Essays on Literature

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an individual who, in his life, has experienced many hardships and situations that are greatly affected by his race, social class, and gender. Many people go through their everyday lives with factors such as these or even additional ones. These lenses shape a person’s life, even if the person is unaware of…

On the dark of July 26th, 1856 one of the greatest dramatists in history, George Bernard Shaw, was born. George? s female parent, Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly, was a blue blood, while his male parent, George Gurly, was a hapless alky. Shaw had two sisters, Elinor Agness, who died of TB at age 20, and Lucinda…

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore was supposed to be published in October, but the copies printed in September were going to be shredded, since the publisher thought that humorous attacks on President Bush and his partners would not be welcome after 9-11. There was a quiet campaign to get it to readers, and Harper…

A big piece of perusing and encountering Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates rotates around the capacity to identify with Coates. Coates’ motivation at the back of composing data lies in the ongoing flood of law requirement mercilessness on African American individuals, such as the homicides of Trayvon Martin, John Crawford, . This…

John Proctor:”i say- i say- God is dead!” This quote said by John Proctor in the play The Crucible written in the 1950’s. The play is about the people of Salem going through witch trials , which lead to many people getting hanged in the gallows in front of the whole town. If the people…

In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce C. Oates in the year 1966, tell us the horrify story of a young girl led out of her house by a creepy fellow. There is a lot of different interpretation of the story as what the antagonist Arnold Friend represents, what…

In overall aspects, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton’s literature of relationships being reviewed, and previews the reviewer’s opinion of the book is most interesting. Ethan struggles in his marriage to his wife, Zeena, and falls in love with her cousin Mattie. Soon after Ethan married Zeena, his ailing mother’s nurse, he realizes he doesn’t love…

The Grapes of Wrath was based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 Novel. The producer focuses on a fictional family that was inspired by events during the Great Depression. A film that was both loved and unloved by Americans during that time because of its realism. The film served as a stark reminder of the hardships during…

Loneliness is something that many people experience, surprisingly. Especially in the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck which was written in the 1930’s during the Great Depression when everyone was suffering financially and emotionally. It doesn’t matter who they are, people from all different groups and backgrounds will experience loneliness at one point…

Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome uses the harsh winter landscape and lack of animal life to depict the ….. of not only Ethan’s marriage to Zenobia, but also the lack of …. in Ethans everyday life. In fact, the wintry landscape is used for more than just creating a setting, it also used to depict many…