Essays on Literature

The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls that elaborates her upbringing particularly her experience with her sisters, brother, and parents. In a sincere but loving manner, Walls reveals the irresponsibility and selfishness of her parents which resulted in Walls and her siblings enduring a lot and defying...

The speaker offers valuable advice to her son using carefully chosen words in which she admits that life has not been easy for her yet despite the numerous stumbling blocks along her path, she keeps moving on, always hoping for a better tomorrow. From the poet’s autobiography, it is possible...

Morris from America Morris from America presents a young teenager, Morris who finds himself deep into the realm of ethnicity. It is not typical for a young boy to thrive under the pressure of racial profiling. However, Morris emerges a string character throughout his encounter with people while schooling in Germany. Encounter...

Silvia Plath s Effective Use of Imagery Silvia Plath effectively uses imagery in The baby gives out a bald cry. (Plath, S. 1966). The cry, as the poet states, takes its place among the elements. The predictability of the cry is seen to be cold and non-living. It...

Montresor is one of the character in the book that any stranger would not wish to meet in an underground cemetery or anywhere in life. He is cold and merciless killer. He not only likes murdering, but he also believes it is essential. As the narrator he is recounting the...

Introduction Monster is not a friendly term especially among children, irrespective of the context in which it is mentioned. Essentially, a monster is a subject that should only exist in fairytales but ask a quarterback regarding the 500-pound man rushing at him, or even a mother whose child was killed by...

The Steamboat The phrase “s-t-e-a-m boat coming!” refers to the turn of events that take place when the steamboat approaches. People become more furious to see the boat. The cloud changes due to the smoke emitted from the ship. A pile of skids is another phrase used in the text. It...

The Mind of the South: A Critical Analysis The mind of the South offers investigations of the Southern class system and assessments of the Southern legacies of racism, romance, and religion. The book offers millions of readers with information on how the Southern region of America for decades to come. The...

Merchant of Moor: A Tragic Tale by Shakespeare Merchant of Moor is a tragic story by Shakespeare, and it is thought to have been printed in 1603. The tragedy emphasizes on Othello who is the central character and plays as a military general in the Venetian war and his traitorous acquaintance...

The idea in question is the biography of Maya Angelou who is a renowned memoirist, singer, civil rights activist, and poet. She is an inspiration to the literature world because of the contributions she made as a writer and as an activist.  Research and Record Terms Reception and Legacy- Reception refers to the...

Using the ‘Marxist ways of reading’ section of the Critical Anthology, explore the view that ‘Betjeman is the Licensed Fool of the wealthy; he points out the foibles but in no way, advocates a change to the system’             It is clear that Betjeman is advocating for a change to the...

Throughout life, individuals have the inevitable role of making choices that influence their actions. The Swimmer’s Moment, is an open form of poetry which had been written by Margaret Avison and published in 2003. The persona in the poem asserts that there is a “whirlpool” that every person must face...