Essays on Literature

Armstrong, Jeannette. "Land speaking." Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada (2015): 145. In the story, Armstrong Jeannette has effectively educated and empowered the Aboriginal people on the importance of using their historical or indigenous language and culture despite the rising level through which the residential school system has changed the...

The short story ‘A good man is hard to find’, was written by Flannery O’Connor in 1953. The book has grown to be among the highest observed works of short fiction, especially since the book depicts characters in a straightforward manner that has helped improve the audience’s perception of the...

Macbeth play by William Shakespeare Macbeth play by William Shakespeare is a drama associated with great tragedy portrayed by the characters; Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the three weird sisters. The play is full of imagery, which makes the characters to play their roles effectively (Highley, 2018). The characters and themes of...

The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda-adichie-the-danger-of-a-single-story Analysis and evaluation of the video “The danger of a single story” is a ted talk of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie concerning the things that take place the moment complex human beings and instances are minimized to a single narrative. The narrator...

“Biblical allusion refers to indirect reference to the bible to foster the understanding of a given message.” This rhetorical strategy is effective because it solidifies Martin Luther King’s argument as well as provides reverential men in the holy book that did works that correlate with his deeds. By using multiple...

The introduction of Ha! The Science of Why We Laugh by Scott Weems begins with a humorous anecdote regarding innovative comedian Lenny Bruce and sustain a high level of humor across the book, largely spanning a minor difference between revelation and entertainment (Weems 11). The author claims humor and its...

Part 1: Scansion and Analysis. “Describe Yourself in Three Words or Less” by Rita Dove has three stanzas as opposed to the idea communicated by the title of expressing oneself in three words. The stanzas are almost equal in length with the last two having seven lines each. All the three...

It is common to find that in literature, scholars present their views about prominent books and other works of interest. One such book that has attracted massive attention in the field of literature and has become a subject of high school and college literature studies is the Lottery that describes...

“Let Her Go” is a song written and recorded by Michael David Rosenberg popularly known as Passenger, an English Singer-songwriter and musician. The song was released in July 2012, and its recording features Stu Larsen, Georgia Mooney, Cameron Undy, Glenn Wilson and Stu Hunter. “Let Her Go” is the second...

Annie Dillard (1945-present) is an American who integrated the complex ideas of nature and sight in 1974 in the book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. In the book, the author notes her ideas about sight and appreciate the natural world while delving into the meaning and understanding of the world and...

The Presentation of the Poem The presentation of the poem is in a simple form. The speaker decides to make a stop by some woods. The poem summarizes the information in four stanzas which are identical. The lines constituting the poem are iambic. They consist of four emphasized syllables. The Wood and...

In the article, Ted Gup notes that his nonfiction writing class is “…a sanctuary of free speech” (Gup 2). What such an expression means is that his students are at liberty to utter absolutely anything during his class including even the N-word and the F-word. According to him, words should...