Newest Literature Essays

Ray Bradbury’s “The Will Come Soft Rains” is a science fiction that focuses on house that is purely ran by technology. Some of the automated activities that can be performed by the house include: waking the occupants; issuing alerts on meal times,...

To the average human, happiness lives as a personal goal. If we may not receive any of our desires in life, may we, at the least, possess happiness in the lives that we lead. St. Augustine, however, would argue the fruitlessness of this pursuit....

In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie’s experience as part of a psychological experiment demonstrates the importance of the freedom of choice. Charlie’s freedom of choice is neglected from the beginning, as he is not allowed to consent...

It’s hard to believe a book full of farting and penis jokes could have themes that are applicable to the modern world. The Clouds by Aristophanes though, has a mix of immature comedy, and rather serious commentary on generational differences....

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home has the polished surface appearance of a charming comic about a young girl’s coming of age and struggles with self-identity. Bechdel’s strong personal voice emanates from the text with a captivating candor that renders ...

In Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, Benji is an embodiment of a changing definition of blackness despite his father’s attempt to orient his son to a desirable blackness. Thus I contend that racial socialization for privileged black boys does not...

In Richard Selzer’s “Imelda”, Dr. Franciscus guarantees Imelda that he will repair her cleft the following day. Unfortunately, she succumbs to “Malignant hyperthermia” before he fixes her cleft. The aftermath of Imelda’s death gives Richard Selzer...

Prajwal Parajuly’s “The Cleft” discusses the theme of gender experiences in detail; the theme is intertwined with physical disability. Kaali’s adverse experiences stem from the cleft on her lips. Even though this short story seems like a casual...

Edith Wharton’s choice of the title The Age of Innocence for her novel is jam-packed with irony with regards to innocence and our understanding of it—naivety, harmlessness, and lack of guilt. The book depicts cases of irony related to innocence,...

In contemporary America, Emily Dickinson is considered among the most meritorious, preeminent, and superlative poets, particularly with regards to American sentimentalism and Romanticism as depicted by her rather compelling and fecund body of work...

The 1987 film Wall Street is an American financial drama displaying the life of a young and upcoming stockbroker, Bud Fox, as he learns to traverse the money-churning waters of Wall Street in New York City. Bud, the biological son of an airline...

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” Theodore Roosevelt

If living a life of overcoming challenges and unique obstacles is the milestone for leaving a name worth remembering, then immigrant...

Death, disease and suffering are very important themes in Twelfth Night and multiple charters suffer as a result of disease and death. Orsino suffers through lovesickness, which was a disease at the time and both Olivia and Viola suffer through...

In his short story “Miss Temptation,” Kurt Vonnegut explores religious and social undertones through the contrast between women’s gender roles, using terse prose to allow the reader to unravel his many carefully placed controversial topics....

Through strong personification and amplification, Vergil paints Rumor, the preliminary cause for Aeneas’ final encounter with Dido, and therefore her death, as a monster that is controlled not by the gods, but rather by her own will and the Earth....

In Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory, Nabokov takes on a highly aesthetic approach documenting his past to bring faded memories back to life. Although memory is seemingly regarded as an involuntary recollection of history, Nabokov challenges this...

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, characters are driven by a desire to immortalize their legacies through a noble monument or deed. The epic highlights the Mesopotamian belief that death is inevitable, but beyond this surface fear of death itself, there...

The Association of Small Bombs attempts to create an encompassing narrative about the effects of a terrorist attack on its survivors, the families of its victims, and the terrorists themselves. Karan Mahajan writes a story in which a plethora of...

Where there is a force, there is power, and if there is defiance, there is power. E.M. Forster epitomizes relationships of power in A Passage To India, a story about the British colonial occupation of Chandrapore, India. The novel presents a...

In Ernest Hemingway's narrative "Soldier's Home", Krebs finds it difficult to get involved in girls and to get back to normal civilian life after returning from the war. The occurrences at the war devastates Krebs psychologically to the degree...

Citizen Kane seeks to identify the true essence of Charles Foster Kane from the perspectives of other people and the memories they had with him. It presents the multiple layers to Mr. Kane as the protagonist, and–through a series of flashbacks–...

Prejudice and injustice have been issues in society since the beginning of civilization. What some people do not realize however, is that it is not as uncommon today as people think it is. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is a drama that takes...

Lois Gould intertwines the topics on gender and feminism effectively in the short story “X: A Fabulous Child’s Story.” People conclude that Baby X is a misfit for failing to conform to the typical standards that dictate gender. Baby X identifies...

Many people accept that individuals’ morals, beliefs, and ideas are with them from birth; that it is in each person’s nature to behave the way they do. However, an equally powerful source of one’s ideology stems from their surroundings, and those...