Literature Essays

Prejudice and Innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Introduction: The Destructive Thought Prejudice is simply a thought, yet has the ability to do more damage to a society and its citizens than any other force. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper...

Okonkwo’s Narcissism in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
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Introduction: Tragedy of the Prideful Father: An Analysis of Things Fall Apart  There is no truer reflection of a person’s humanity than their treatment towards their offspring. In Chinua Acheb...

Effects of Trauma in Slaughterhouse-Five
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Introduction: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five works as an adamant anti-war novel, depicting the effects of trauma through Billy Pilgrim with a peculiar science fiction tone. More specifically, V...

The Handmaid’s Tale Through Feminism
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Introduction: Men experience a type of fear that if women are created to be equivalent to them in society that women would become more superior than them. Women were at the hands of the men; they were not gran...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: Racism or Reality?
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Introduction:  Heart of Darkness was written in 1899 by Joseph Conrad, a Polish-German author. The novel captures a moment in a time of imperialism and colonialism; a time where racism was very prevalent ...

Gender Roles in “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Fences” by August Wilson
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Introduction:  Society has a way of defining the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, and fathers and mothers. Some couples fall comfortably in these defined roles and can have fulfilled lives, whi...

Comparison of George Orwell's Oceana with North Korea
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Introduction: North Korea  What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear about North Korea? Most people know North Korea as one of the most strictly controlled societies in the ...

Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
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Introduction: 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 h...

Conscientious Decay of Private Paul Berlin in Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien,
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Introduction: The Conscientious Decay of Private Paul Berlin  One of the most life-changing experiences a man can endure is war. Since 1776, America and its patriotic citizens rallied behind the ...

How the Social Pressures and Norms Dictate Nora’s Lifestyle in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
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Introduction: The Suppression of Freedom A Doll’s House, a play by Henrik Ibsen, places main characters Nora Helmer and Torvald Helmer in a Norwegian city during the winter of 1879. Nora and Torvald...

The Secret Life of Bees: Perseverance and Identity
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Introduction:  “The nation saw itself in the midst of a new war in Vietnam, and culture wars were being fought at home, with the civil rights movement escalating and new youth subcultures emerging that ...

Duboisian Double-Consciousness in Invisible Man
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Introduction: Double-Consciousness in Invisible Man How does Ralph Ellison portray and incorporate Duboisian Double-Consciousness in Invisible Man? Since it was introduced by W.E.B Du Bois in...

An Analysis of Chiyo’s Journey Finding her Identity In “Memoirs of a Geisha”
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Introduction: 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, ...

Effect of Bipolar Disorder: The Catcher in the Rye
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Introduction:  The book The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, follows Holden Caulfield as he narrates his life from the mental institution at which he currently gets treatment during the 1950s. Holden...

What Does Hemingway Convey about Success in the Old Man and the Sea ?
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Introduction: Topic: Success in The Old Man and the Sea Research Question: What does Hemingway convey about success in The Old Man and the Seaand is Santiago a successful fisherman   ...

Life and Works of Ha Jin
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Introduction:  “In short, he must be loyal only to his art.” This is a quote from Xuefei Jin, otherwise known as Ha Jin, a Chinese-American author born in 1956 in China to a father who was in the mili...

Landscape as a Reflection of Internal Conflict in Broken April
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Introduction: The blood feud is an integral part of the society of modern Northern Albania, as it has been for many years. While times are changing, the blood feud continues to persist and endure in Northern A...

Stability seen in Brave New World
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Introduction: Today, there are many news articles and research into communication and censorship. Also, there is a lot of talk of genetically modified babies. To many people, this may be a very new thing, but ...

Racial Inequalities of the 20th Century
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Introduction: The life of three people who were in the same place at the same time is a story of those who wanted to make a change in the world. A story of people who thought differently than others and sought...

Is Edmond Dantes a Tragic Hero? Analysis of The Count of Monte Cristo
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Introduction: According to critic Northrop Frye, “Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them, great trees more like...

Submissive Women Protagonists in Literature
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Introduction: It is quite common for readers to apply their own standards of conduct to their favorite characters and situations from any particular literature. This tendency affects the way a reader perceives...

Prejudice Perverts Justice - To Kill A Mockingbird
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Introduction: In Harper Lee’s prize-winning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus represents black defendant, Tom Robinson, in a publicized criminal trial against Bob Ewell for abuse and sexual assault t...

Holden’s Depression in the Catcher in the Rye
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Introduction: Lens of Depression The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D Salinger is about Holden Caulfield. A young curious, lost kid who does not seem to understand the true meaning of life. His trans...

Critical Analysis of Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
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Flannery O’Connor's Narratives on Death
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Introduction: Death’s Inevitable and Merciful Grasp        Flannery O’Connor is noted for her stories about religion. “The River” presents fundamentalists, blasp...