Essays on Literature

Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross are renowned authors of the Canadian and British origin respectively. In their books they reminiscent events and stories that are fictional and fascinating in nature. It does not only choreographs the events in the novellas but also entertain the readers. The paper will focus on...

            A historical purpose is recreating the past happenings and events into documentation for future reference. The purpose is to help the readers understand that religion and faith started back in time. The bible was written many centuries ago, but translation and application of its message are still upheld...

Introduction After reading the stories about social movements from the exercises provided to me, I learned a lot about the fights that many have to face to try to make things better not only for themselves but others as well. The two stories which I picked to write on is The...

The novel The Green House, was written by a well-known literature Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, published back in the year 1966. The writer of the novel, Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936, in Peru, and currently, he has established himself as one of distinguished...

            The current technological advances in the world have been of greater impact to the society. We are connected in a technological world that is characterized with hi-tech devices such as phones, laptops, and other advanced gadgets. This has made communication easily thus playing a critical role towards connecting...

“Let America be America again” is a poem by Langston Hughes which depicts all the distinct cultures and races in America and how it normally ends with the rich and powerful overpowering other races. Hughes was one of the greatest contributors to Harlem Renaissance. He lived in an era where...

In Charlotte Perkins’ The Yellow Wallpaper, the protagonist is denied her rights as a woman The author presents a protagonist character that is the narrator and is denied her right as a woman. Although she is diagnosed with nervous depression, she accepts all the directions by her husband who is a...

Personal Perception and Personal Development Personal perception plays an important role in personal development. Personal perception constitutes of different conclusions we make about other people based on appearances. In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Victor's creation is born just like any human being with good inside it. Since it was his creation, we...

Robert Frost and "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost, in his poem, "The Road Not Taken," reflects on the choice that he made when which changed his life. Nevertheless, the poem is also a reflection of the path Frost did not take, and this engages the reader into psychological criticism. Psychological...

Technological advancements might have contributed towards deteriorating of the reading cultures especially among college students quite significantly. Most of the students prefer watching films or at times listen to spoken content rather than reading. To support the argument from statistics, only around 23% of students’ population complete reading assignments. On...

Sophocle’s Antigone is a play of expansive and lasting well known appeal. However, it is ironical that most of the play’s admirers have hardly arrived at a concurrence regarding its interpretation. This paper seeks to discuss one character in the play, Creon, who becomes the new king of Thebes following...

It is one thing to forget one’s first language after moving to a foreign land but it is a different thing when one moves to another country as an adult and makes a conscious decision to abandon the native language by adapting the second language. After moving to the United...