Essays on Literature

Milkman's Pursuit of Liberation and its Consequences Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon is always pursuing liberation because he knows it will bring him peace. Milkman becomes a self-made man in the book, liberating himself from his manipulating and materialistic father and losing his burdened family name. I, like Milkman,...

The literature is centered on the Heian period and demonstrates the different differences that occur within females of parallel levels, as well as the treatment of each rank against the other and the emperor's role in changing the face of some of the individuals. Religion is often a derivative of...

A Wall of Rising Fire: A Summary A Wall of Rising Fire is a story in Edwidge Danticat's book Krik? Krak! about a small, three-person family made up of a man called Guy, his wife Lili, and their young son Little Guy. They are a poor family, and Guy, the family's...

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein is a novel about a genetically modified human named Friday Baldwin who is an artificial being. Friday acts as a self-sufficient "war messenger" for a clandestine private entity that is part spy agency, part militia organization, and part think tank. She is an artificial human...

In this work, I want to talk about the idea of deception, the motives for lying, and the different kinds of lies that are told every day. Deception is an event or assertion that is meant to obscure the facts or the true meaning of a circumstance. Furthermore, it may...

Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield are the two hobbit characters who experience the most significant changes in their outlook, behavior, and personality. Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit, is humanlike and displays typical behaviors such as chewing pipes, hosting visitors, and consuming modern foods such as tea and cakes....

Comparing Two Tragic Works: Shahnameh - The Tale of Sohrab and Oedipus TyrannusSince literature is a common art form, many literary works have many parallels in terms of plots, vocabulary, and character traits of the characters. These parallels, though, are not apparent and can be traced largely to people s...

The novel Shame describes some of the events that characterized South Africa's apartheid regime, as well as the horrors that emerged as a result of such hostility, resentment, and rage among the people of South Africa. The book tells the story of how people chose to manipulate each other based...

Tennessee Williams' novel Streetcar Named Desire Like many others, focuses on the main character with distinct traits and a special outlook on life. The novel centers on the life of Blanche DuBois, a hero who seems snobbish, lonely, and confused, among other attributes that depict her as an outsider.Being an outsider Blanche's...

Shakespeare s plays have been divided by scholars into different categories, including comedies and dramas. The playwright has shown considerable talent in exemplifying styles in his productions, but not to excellence, as most critics point out. In some ways, his play starts as a joke but concludes as a tragedy....

The Open BoatThe open boat is a short story written by Stephen Crane that was first published in 1897 and is based on his experience escaping a shipwreck off the coast of Florida. The incidents happened earlier that year when he was on his way to Cuba to interview for...

The initial sound pattern is alliteration, and Hopkins employs more than two or three alliterating phrases. In a sonnet, he follows the pattern of medieval English poetry, which relies on a rhyme for the core pattern production. Hopkins has explained the use of alliterations in each line; therefore, the increased...