Literature Essay Samples Page 101

The sample of emotive prose which has been chosen for stylistic analysis is a short story “Cat in the rain” by Ernest Hemingway. It has been chosen because it is suggestive and contains a definite psychological implication. The story is interesting from the point of view of the author’s approach to conveying the main idea…

Sonnys Blues is a short story about the past and the present life of two brothers set in Harlem. Sorrow and Pain are part of their lives, and the two brothers view the world surrounding them very differently. Sonny and his brother learn to deal with pain, suffering, and desire for escapism from Harlem in…

Angie Thomas’s award winning 2017 novel The Hate U Give is a story that is all too familiar to many Americans: an unarmed black man shot by the police, for the simple crime of being black. Even with the outcrys of a community, the officer gets off with little to no punishment, while the dead…

A Dystopian genre is defined as an upside down world, controlled by some form of government & has some crisis going on in the world. The way The Hunger Games are considered a Dystopian genre style. tTilogy is because of multiple factors such as: Government. The Capitol is the controlling force in the trilogy, and…

Regardless of weather or insanity, the Walls Family was no stranger to relocating. They endured difficult times, with Jeannette Walls experiencing varied life experiences. She held onto the belief that her father, Rex Walls, would temporarily move them to different places, with the promise of eventually constructing “The Glass Castle” for their family. However, their…

Passionately recommended by a majority, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is deemed credible, intricate, and intellectual by readers of all professions. In fact, not only is Hamlet said to be Shakespeare’s greatest work, but it is often titled the greatest playwright of all time as well. Intermittently, however, do people recognize the fundamental flaws of the play….

After leaving the “departure” phase, the hero experiences what is known as ‘initiation’. The first stage of initiation is the road of trials. According to Joseph Campbell’s model, as the hero’s journey continues, they depart from the comfort zones of their old lifestyle and step into a dream landscape of curiosity, ambiguity and challenge. “He’…

Hitler won t be able to do us any harm, even if he wants to. So begins the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel an autobiographical work about Elie s struggle to survive the Holocaust while living at multiple concentration camps. Beginning at age 15, Elie Wiesel moves from a young man questioning the accounts of…

As readers, we understand the importance of the protagonist to have a sense of identity and distinguishment from other entities present in literature. We expect the main character to set themselves apart from the text and tell a story from their perspective. But what happens when no solid identification can be made about them? What can we deduce…

I have read from easy books like “Dick and Jane” and “The Bobbsey Twins,” to more difficult and challenging literature like “Great Expectations.” One book that made a great impression on me is the classic “The Little Engine That Could” by Watty Piper. In “The Little Engine That Could” one virtue that is dominant and…