Essays on Literature

Comedy on College Campuses Flanagan holds that the comedy that can be performed at contemporary college campuses are the ones that entertain the crowds and make them enjoy without offending even a single student. These comedians involved are those who understand political correctness and know the sensitive areas that should not...

Violations that are regarded as a benign usually result in laughter and amusement. According to McGraw and Warren (1141), some factors can be used to predict whether something will be funny. Benign violations are those that do not threaten people’s beliefs and their worldview. Three situations have to be satisfied...

The Wasteland by Elliot The Wasteland by Elliot and The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald are two stories that correspondingly define disappointment of the modernist post-war. Both authors negatively state the way our world is heading from the perception of the modern post-war. Both stories pinpointed that the contemporary society is a...

Over the years the black culture has been associated with negative aspects such as drugs, violence, and crime. There has been some heated debate amongst the blacks following the constant concomitant. Different authors through their works have made the immense progression to address the issues in the best way possible...

Feminist literature, whether fiction or non-fiction, promotes feminist ideologies for the fair treatment of women. Women for a long time have been denied equal opportunities as those awarded to the male gender. A woman’s position in the society has always been perceived to be in the household or domestic sphere....

In the story The Lottery, the author has used a third person narration. The author has used a third person narration to explain the events taking place within the story. The author has therefore not included his or her presence within the story but instead has revealed the circumstances of...

Dylan Thomas was a famous poet and writer who was born in the year 1914 in south Wales, Swansea; he passed on in 1953 in New York City. He wrote Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night as a message to implore his dying father, David John Thomas to...

The story of “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is about two main characters Alcee and Calixta who initially used to be attracted to each other but later got married to different individuals. The writer used a lot of symbolism to develop the theme of the story. The storm in itself...

The novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini narrates a story of protagonist Amir, who seeks recognition and approval from his father Baba, by joining a Kite-fighting competition together with his friend Hassan. It is a father-son story, prioritizing themes of love, guilt, violence, and...

Young adults and their impulsive actions Young adults are known for making instant choices without even thinking of the consequences that may follow after. This is as a result of their weak emotional controls. One time, I happened to be in such a situation whereby we disagreed with my school apartment...

Story Overview is a short story that appears bizarre, which discusses the mix up of identity among people of the same race or ethnic written by Diana Chang. Chang is a writer from the Asian American women's collection of novels called The Forbidden Stitch. The book follows inconsistent and hyper-vigilant perception...

In the novel Sister Carrie, Theodore Dressier affirms that human beings are victims of chance, social forces, and instinct. Carrie and Hurstwood are the protagonists in the novel, and Carrie ends up rising from her previous condition of poverty while Hurstwood fell from a position of privilege. Their rise and...