Essays on Literature

Christopher Johnson McCandless Christopher Johnson McCandless was a young American adventurer who pursued a nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. The story of his life was the subject of the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, which was adapted into a feature film.Into the Wild Into the Wild is a book...

The late John Peter Berger was an English writer, art critic, novelist, and poet. His 1972 novel G won the Booker Prize and was accompanied by an essay on art criticism. Born in England, he lived in France for fifty years. His works are considered to be important contributions to...

"Little Red Riding Hood": A Classic European Fairy Tale "Little Red Riding Hood" is a classic European fairy tale about a young girl and a wolf. It has its roots in European folktales that date back to the pre-17th century. The tale was later adapted and re-imagined by Brothers Grimm and...

The twentieth-century American poet Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," first appeared in his second collection, North of Boston, in 1914. Since its publication, it has become one of the most widely-anthologized poems in modern literature. In addition to its timeless beauty, it also has a profound message about the nature...

The Bet is a short story by Anton Chekhov about a bet between a lawyer and banker. It is a classic tale of moral ambiguity and human decency. It examines capital punishment vs. death. In addition, the story demonstrates the inevitability of death. Anton Chekhov's short story about a bet between...

Jorge Luis Borges - A Literary Icon Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most important writers in Latin American literature. A prolific essayist, poet, and translator, he has a wide-ranging influence on Spanish and international literature. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His novels, essays,...

In the Taming of the Savage Shrew Play The shrew becomes the object of a relationship. The shrew is tamed but not tamed in spirit or intellect. In this play, the audience's attitude toward the shrew determines the way it will be handled.Characters The play is a classic example of a romantic...

The poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" was written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1918. It was first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole. Yeats' poem explores themes of loyalty and affection, dual loyalties, and the meaninglessness of life.William Butler Yeats' poem William...

The three most captivating of John Updike’s works are the Olinger Stories: A Selection, The Maples Stories and In the Beauty of the Lilies. John Updike was a renown American novelist, poet, art critic and short story writer. Several of his testimonies and poems made the appearance in The New...

Pain, suffering, and havoc are once in a while brought about by invention or innovative creation. Through time, human beings have been on a quest to invent and create some thing different and new. In the process, most of them have ended up disregarding the possible penalties of their acts...

The Definition of Myth The term "myth" is often used to describe a belief that is not founded on logic and is usually based on social perceptions. As a result, the phrase "it's a myth" denotes a topic that cannot be proved but which people have accepted as fact because it...

The Sower's Parable: A Dystopian NovelThe Sower's Parable is a futuristic and fictional novel set in a dystopian United States in the twenty-first century. Octavia E. Butler's novel, written in 1993, outlines the political, social, and economic rot in American society (Butler, 3). This is her first science fiction and...