The book by Admiral SM Nanda, The Man Who Bombed Karachi: A Memoir, is an autobiography by an Indian Naval officer who retired as the Chief of Naval staff (CNS) and is often remembered for his most remarkable and vital role played during the planning and execution of maritime operations which led to the historical … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp The book by Admiral SM Nanda, The Man Who Bombed Karachi: A Memoir, is an autobiography by an Indian Naval officer who retired as the Chief of Naval staff (CNS) and is often remembered for his most remarkable and vital role played during the planning and execution of maritime operations which led to … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Gender Inequality From the minute we are conceived we are put into one of two classes, male or female. We are never asked or viewed as anything besides. Furthermore, as a result of the society we made, we connect broad generalizations to every one of those sexual orientations. This is known as the … Read More
The movement raised significant issues affecting the lives of African Americans through a variety of literature, art, music, drama, painting, sculpture, movies, and protests. The outburst of creativity among black writers of this period was the productof the many moods and circumstances of the time. Therefore, the Harlem Renaissance was more than a literary movement; … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp International Baccalaureate Extended Essay How are Albert Camus and Kurt Vonnegut both similar and different in portraying existentialism in their novels ‘The Outsider’ and ‘Slaughterhouse-Five? TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND 3 CONTEXT ON ‘THE OUTSIDER’ BY ALBERT CAMUS 3 CONTEXT ON ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE’ BY KURT VONNEGUT 3 MAIN BODY 4 THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF EXISTENCE 4 THE IRRATIONALITY OF … Read More
o be the same. “Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out—Samsa was a traveling salesman—hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame. It was a picture of a woman with a fur hat … Read More
Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” demonstrates that embracing one’s doubts and fears is an essential part of appreciating life. As presented in the short story, the protagonist Farquhar undergoes torture when he is about to hang. He perceives time to be slowly passing while the ticking on his watch sounds shrieking yet … Read More
Throughout literature writings of tragedy that have been important, such as the play Hamlet. Their plots were usually tragic however the themes established, such as the tragic hero, brought up ideas that were intense and that could be talked about and thought about widely. I’ve noticed throughout many plays I have read in modern literature, … Read More
On the American Dream According to The Epic of America, James Truslow Adams defines the American Dream as “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement” (Adams 404). This definition suggests that the American Dream is a … Read More
This chapter focuses on the structure of stories in different mediums. Storytelling and the development of media have alternately influenced each another, and each new medium has established a new kind of storytelling. A story is more than actions and events. The sequence of actions and events according to a meaning creates a specific kind … Read More
Carly Fischer Dr. Gregory Brown April 28, 2015 American Classics Everyday Use of Heritage in a Growing World Heritage is an essential tenet to human life. It is the faucet that allows people to connect and relate. In order for humans to continue to relate and evolve heritage needs to evolve as well. “Everyday Use” … Read More
Henrik Ibsen wrote the play “A Doll’s House” on December 21st, 1879. The play’s geographical setting is around the 1870’s in a Norwegian town. The era the play falls in is the Victorian era. In “A Doll’s House” Nora the main character goes through a sense of realization in her marriage with Torvald. We get … Read More
Doppelganger The text under study here is called “Another fine Mess” written by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury in this story talks about two women Bella and Zelda who are new to the old age . The story is set in the middle of the summer where on typical late night the protagonists hear voices of two … Read More
Darkness at Noon In his essay, The God That Failed, Arthur Koestler opens by saying that “a faith is not acquired by reasoning” (The God That Failed, 15). When creating his protagonist for Darkness at Noon, Koestler did not need to look far beyond his own experience. He became a member of the Communist Party in Germany … Read More
In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” the author manipulates time by beginning at the end. He painstakingly provides details of Miss Emily’s life through the eyes of a narrator, who appears to be the town’s collective voice. The story is told in a flashback fashion, starting at the end of Miss Emily’s life and … Read More
In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues,” an unnamed narrator recounts his family’s struggle with death and addiction. The titular character, Sonny, is the brother of the aforementioned narrator and the focal point of the events that take place in the story. The narrator promised to always look out for his brother’s well-being to his … Read More
That Face is a Post-Modernist play that first premiered in London, in 2007. The play was written by Polly Stenham and was written in the style of Realism. That Face is considered a “Realistic play”, however, there are also some underlying elements of Freudian ideologies, as seen in the Psychological Realism, as well as elements from Pinteresque. When … Read More
Analysis of “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” by Brad Wolverton is about a former University of Memphis football player and his struggles with reading. With both of his parents leaving the city to do their own thing, Dasmine Cathey took on the role of helping take care of his three … Read More
Does Banning Books Really Protect The Children? All across the world, throughout time, books have been challenged, banned, and outright censored due to “suggestive content” found in such literature. Such actions are taken by governments to avoid their citizens discovering anti-nationalistic propaganda in an effort to avoid revolts; banning literature is also utilized to protect … Read More
hey love. Escape Jewish, Pole people are described as pigs. Art not only use natural animal “pig” characteristic to represent, short-sight, stupid and dull. But also use the animal “symbol quality”. The word “pig” is considered to be an insult in the whole world. In many cultures,especial in Jewish, pigs are treat as dirty, filthy, … Read More
In “The Necklace” Guy de Maupassant depicts a couple of downfalls due to the wife’s careless actions. As the story begins, Mrs. Loisel attends a ball and loses the necklace. Mrs. Loisel is insatiable and oblivious. Mr. Loisel provides for them and dotes on Mrs. Loisel’s hand and foot. They seem to be a very … Read More
“This Side of Paradise” is a title that Fitzgerald has taken from a poem narrated by Rupert Brooke who used to be one of the top poets during the early 20th century. Brooke’s poems were about war and mostly about World War I. Such poems therefore made Brooke famous around the world. The title means that … Read More
In Two Kinds by Amy Tan we have the topic of expectation, character, disobedience, obligation, fault, autonomy and acknowledgment. Described in the principal individual by a lady called Jing-mei Woo the story is a memory piece and subsequent to perusing the story the peruser understands that Tan might be investigating the topic of expectation. Jing-mei’s … Read More
The object of this essay is to identify the differences between two versions of Walter Pater’s description of La Gioconda as a means of exemplifying and exploring changes in meaning undergone by literary texts. In this case, its main concern remains the transcendence of a work of art within its canon and the allegorical imagery it evokes, … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “Young Goodman Brown” is one of certainty and uncertainty. From the beginning to the end, Hawthorne uses the adventures of Goodman Brown to expose Biblical principles to his audience. The symbolism Hawthorne uses is relatable to that of the revelation that comes from the Bible and is seen throughout the … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Analyzing a bureaucratic way of rule and the effects it has on the people in Catch-22 The way of rule in Catch-22, a bureaucracy, affected the people in the novel greatly and developed a sense of fear in the soldiers. Throughout the book, it is evident that Yossarian and the rest of the men face … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Analyzing Chicago’s Gun Violence and Gang Epidemic: Comparing Gang Leader For a Day and Harper High School (Part One) When most individuals hear the word ‘gang’ they tend to think of the mass media’s interpretation of gangs; ruthless, violent groups of people controlling huge areas of a city, shooting out at one another over trivial matters … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Finding One’s True Self: An Analysis of Chiyo’s Journey Finding her Identity In “Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden Most people wear makeup to enhance, modify, or obscure their natural look; that is the purpose of makeup. The Geisha population in “Memoirs of a Geisha” have more than a surface level relationship with makeup. Makeup … Read More
“Adam Bede”- George Eliot Summary: Dinah Morris is a Methodist preacher who arrives in Hayslope, a small village in England, during the late 18th century (1799). Dinah resides with her aunt and uncle named Mr. and Mrs. Poyser, however, she hopes to return to where she normally lives in Snowfield. Seth Bede, who is a local … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabelle Allende tells us a compelling story about a young girl Azucena being trapped in a mud-pit like a prisoner after a volcano erupted, perishing the whole village. Rolf Carle is a television news reporter who had been dispatched to cover the disastrous scene and finds … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Akingbe, Niyi, and Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi. “Countering Masculinity: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and the Rise of Feminist Assertiveness in the Novels of Nigerian Female Writers.” Studia Universitatis Petru Maior – Philologia, no. 22, Jan. 2017, pp. 81–93. This article is two-fold. While the authors do not debate that Achebe’s novel was patriarchal in nature, the … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp A Post-Colonial Perspective on “On the Rainy River” By Tim O’Brien While examining the short story “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien from a post-colonial perspective, it becomes clear that during the time of 1968, patriarchal influence forced many men into war, and encouraged the chauvinist mindset that men should be afraid … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Religious Ideologies and Fractured Identities: A Postcolonial Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Purple Hibiscus. ABSTRACT Literature has been a mirror to human society since the birth of civilization. It has been used by people to exhibit their culture, promote certain ideologies, create an individual identity and even to express oneself without fear … Read More
Reading Journal 3 In the play A Raisin in the Sun, an African American family has an opportunity to have their dreams come true with the arrival of an insurance check after the death of the head of the house Walter SR. Lena Younger moved into the small apartment with Walter, Sr when she was young and … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Into Thin Air- Archetypal Theory Tags: Into Thin Air | Nonfiction | Archetypal Criticism | Archetype | Mountain Climbers The archetypal theory refers to universal symbols, characters, themes, or even a setting that shape the structure and function of a literary work (Literary Devices). Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air is about the 1996 … Read More
August Wilson is an African- American, award winning playwright. Fences is one of his most famous plays. The play is about a low-class man and the fences he builds between him and the other characters in the play. The play uses different symbols to tell the story. In August Wilson’s Fences, the symbols used, baseball, African American … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp In London’s literary ingenuity, Mark Eden is staged in such a way that it is widely considered a living autobiography for Jack London himself from the resemblance of the various themes and postulates in the book with the author’s own perspectives during his life; in fact, so close to London’s perspectives in life are the … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Literature is a window through which the public is able to study the essential events of a dynasty or a country and understand the development of a culture. The long course of Chinese civilization had witnessed the rise of numerous renowned male poets and composers of Song ci, for example, Li Bai, Du Fu, … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, a novel by Bill Bryson takes you through the journey of a man looking to connect with more then just his local environment, but explore nature and go where many do … Read More
“A White Heron” is a classic short story written by Sarah Jewett. A White Heron contains nature elements as well as a portrayal of beauty and innocence. Syliva is a nine-year-old girl who is living with her grandmother, whose name is Mrs. Tilley, at the New England Countryside. She used to live in a crowded … Read More
Playing dollhouse A woman’s place in society has always been mapped out for her before birth. Women born in a patriarchal society of the late 1800s must endure the discrimination brought against them in a male-dominated time. In those times a wife and mother were regarded as women’s most important occupations. During the period women … Read More
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp The Relationship of Bartleby and the Narrator Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby and the Scrivener,” has provided readers and critics with enough material to make you question Bartleby and his odd condition. The message the writer intends to send through the peculiar character makes you ponder the meaning of such a strange being. … Read More
Biblical references in Shakespeare’s The Tempest So much concerns, so much has been said, done, or written about William Shakespeare and his works; there are memorials, museums, theaters in his honor, full actors and actresses companies dedicated to perform only Shakespearean drama, there are even lots of “Shakespearean scholars”, biographers, etc. He had been given … Read More
Billy Budd “Billy Budd, Sailor” is a novel written by Melville, is a reflection of injustice and human rights violation, where the protagonist Vere is embodiment of cruelty and hat hate their own crew in which the character of Billy Budd is a contradiction to all norms and depicts the justice and overthrow of the … Read More
An individual who can rise from the brutal life, beneath the bottom rung of the ladder to the top is able to achieve remarkable things in life. Renowned playwright August Wilson a winner of Pulitzer prizes and many other awards for his tremendous works is an example of such person. He grew up in a … Read More
“Be true to yourself” is a piece of advice given to Marjane Satrapi, the author of the memoir and graphic novel, Persepolis, which is 1980’s Iran when the book is set, is very hard to follow. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, women are forced to wear a veil and can neither voice their views and … Read More
According to Webster’s Dictionary, a hypocrite is a person who claims or pretends to have certain beliefs about what is right or wrong but behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs. A poet can demonstrate this within their work, as did the late Maxine Kumin. Some would say she is a multi-talented and … Read More
Truman Capote had an extraordinary career and has remained one of America’s most controversial authors, combining literary genius with a penchant for the world of high society. Though he wrote only a handful of books, his style of writing was impeccable, and his knowledge in human psychology was impeccable, which is what he studied most. “Truman … Read More
Robert Lee Frost was born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, and was one of the most productive writers in poetry and playwriting. He was highly recognized and admired for his realistic depiction of rural life and his great skill on American colloquial speech. Most of his amazing work encircles the rural life setting in … Read More
how has paul beatty in the sellout and mel brooks in blazing saddles used similar techniques to explore the theme of racism? INTRODUCTION Films and novels are two different storytelling mediums that use different languages and techniques to convey similar themes. Despite this, there are similarities in some of the techniques used to achieve this. … Read More
