Newest Literature Essays

In his novel Dispatches, Michael Herr narrates his experiences in the Vietnam War as a correspondent. The lack of plot, characters, and chronological ordering of his stories epitomizes the disorder and chaos surrounding the war, allowing his...

In the short story, “The Interlopers,” Saki describes that feuds are never really worth it, and people should just get along. Many people don’t understand how ridiculous it is to fight with another person for reasons almost unknown to both. These...

Gods and goddesses played significant roles within the literature in the everyday lives of the ancient Greeks. Homer's The Odyssey was certainly no different. Divine figures appear throughout the epic, interacting with characters on both physical...

The aim of this paper is to write an analysis of The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald which was published in 1925. The first part of this essay is written based on a close reading. In the second part the feminist theory is applied to the...

Philip Levine is one of the renowned poets who take up a momentous, noteworthy, and substantial spot in the realm of global literature. Philip Levine is an American of Jewish descent applauded and celebrated for his portrayal, in realistic terms,...

Arguably one of Plath’s more joyous poems, You’re can be considered a celebration of a child growing inside a mother’s womb. Particularly noteworthy is its affirming outlook on life, albeit that of Plath’s new child rather than her own existence....

Immersion. Immersion is to become completely and irreconcilably involved in a subject. A person experiencing immersion is someone who has a deep-seated passion for a topic and who has extensive knowledge on it as well. For an author, immersion is...

“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” - Montesquieu

“Corruption is inevitable under a system of society which only survives through the exploitation of one class by...

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice. In Kindred, Octavia Butler depicts similarities and differences to the characterization between Rufus, and his father Tom Weylin, because they were...

Oppression can come in many forms; the one people identify least is the one that could harm people the most. Audrey Lorde speaks with a personal level of reflection as she states how silence is a version of oppression that many confuse for...

The beast fable is a staple of world literature. In such tales, talking animals learn a lesson from their dealings with each other, and the listener is urged to draw parallels between human and animal behaviour. This essay looks at how Mary Botham...

A dangerous woman is one who poses a challenge or threat not only to the people around her but to society and its norms as well. Whether it is challenging the gender stereotypes of the woman’s time, or asserting her beliefs about the...

Written and published as “Ode” by Arthur William O’Shaughnessy, “We are the Music Makers” is fashioned around the central idea that artists are the real inspirers of men, and their deeds the true shapers of history and society. The ode is divided...

When one imagines the season of spring, images of fluffy chicks hatching, tulips blooming in every flowerbed, or lambs lying in meadows of daisies may come to mind. Spring is widely considered to be a cheerful season, filled with sunshine and a...

In her novel, Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor employs the use of many themes, motifs, and symbols in order to weave structure into the often confusing and seemingly distorted story. One of the most prominent themes illustrated throughout this book...

Willa Cather’s romanticism shines through in all of her works highlighted in Great Books of the British and American Tradition. Readers today still credit her for helping a seemingly ordinary American landscape come to life in her short stories....

The phenomenon of age has its special place in the literary texts, as the chosen scope mirrors writers’ view of the world, and provokes certain psychological aspects for consideration. For example, romantics preferred a young character, as they...

We, as individuals, seek greatness. It is a fundamental and irresistible pull that allows us to continue to move through life and seek out a greater purpose or experience. This thread, while often proving valuable, can cause us to act in ways that...

The English filmmaker, Alex Garland, has written and directed the movie Ex Machina, which is a science fiction film which talks about artificial intelligence and how humans are interested or even obsessed in creating something in their own...

Emily Dickinson’s poem, numbered 622, opens with the line, “To know just how He suffered—would be dear—” (Dickinson 1). The speaker in this poem addresses the subject of death, forming fragmented thoughts and questions about the passing of a loved...

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. This is a quote directly from Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American minister and Civil Rights Activist fond of...

In Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters, stories of characters from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds give readers a taste of life in 1950s Manila, Philippines under a dictatorship. For much of the text, it seems that Hagedorn’s female characters are able...

Lillian Hellman is not a self-identified feminist. In fact, she has been cited multiple times stating that she is a skeptic of feminism, and thus does not write “feminist theater.” However, although Hellman did not necessarily believe that her...