Essays on Literature

Hurston (1937) examines the persona of Janie Crawford, a stunning adolescent of mixed white and black ancestry, in Their Eyes Were Watching God. The story traces her development from a young woman into a woman as she searches for and seeks love. Janie, who has long hair and light skin,...

Drug addiction and drug-related offenses can be resolved more successfully through substance abuse therapy than through incarceration of offenders. Data from study organizations and drug enforcement agencies demonstrate that drug abuse treatment is superior to other forms of corrections, like incarceration. The American government invests less in therapy than in incarceration....

Haruki Murakami's "U.F.O in Kushiro" and its Inspiration Haruki Murakami drew inspiration from actual occurrences surrounding the 1995 earthquake in Japan for his short story "U.F. O in Kushiro." According to reports, the traumatic incident claimed the lives of several residents of the Kobe region of contemporary Japan. Despite the distressing...

Given that postmodernism is something that people encounter every day, describing it can be difficult. Others contend that postmodernism began in 1989 after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, while some claim it began in the 1950s. Despite this, there are a few aspects of postmodernism that incorporate reading experience....

The pursuit of perfection and Hawthorn's "The Birthmark" and "Rappaccinni's Daughter" paint a vivid image of society's quest for perfection. The Hawthorne tales frequently deal with the idea of perfection. But the pursuit of perfection among those who try to achieve ultimately fails because Hawthorne's protagonists are frequently mistaken and...

Shakespeare s Much Ado About Nothing has important minor characters Shakespeare s Much Ado About Nothing has important minor characters who have an effect on the plot. The supporting cast members participate in various situations and the course of events. Margaret, the Hero s lady in waiting,...

The term "renaissance" is well-established in history jargon. (Nauert and Cambridge University Pres, 2012). With his 12th Century Renaissance, the great American medievalist Charles Homer Haskins helped to popularize that notion. In addition to the fact that this racial restitution was a direct precursor to every ongoing European development, Charles...

The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America, by renowned scholar Stephen G. Rabe, provides a detailed account of what happened in Latin America during the Cold War era. The book is widely praised for its in-depth analysis and criticism of the US government's then-regional policies....

This essay primarily outlines the significant changes that the American meat packing business has undergone from the 19th to the present-day 21st centuries. Increased urbanization and industrialization increased the demand, which prompted the construction of slaughterhouses to effectively process the high level of meat demand that resulted. (Boyd...

John D. Fenimore Cooper was a very well-known writer in the US from 1789 until his death in 1851. (Trninic, Marina, and Reynolds, 4). Due to his romantic tales of adventure, Cooper enjoyed a great deal of fame both domestically and internationally. Cooper's time at the college was unsuccessful, so he...

One of three novellas released in 1990 in Japan under the title Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa is titled Dormitory. (McHugh 2). The tale makes use of a number of literary devices, including imagery and magic realism. A literary technique known as magic realism entails incorporating fantastic or mythical elements...

The intellectual idea of historicism, which proponents of the literary theory perceive the works as a mirror image of 19th century England, is one of the most widely accepted concepts in the critique of Wuthering Heights and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The premise is based...