Literature Essay Samples Page 133

The February 15, 1923 issue of Brownwood High School’s student newspaper, The Tattler, introduced readers to one of Robert E. Howard’s very first (maybe, the first) series characters, Hawkshaw the Detective. With the Colonel, his blundering sidekick, Hawkshaw appeared in three stories: “Unhand Me, Villain!” “Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace,” and “Halt!…

You will be delivering your speech today. The rubric that your teacher will use to grade your speech is on the next page. Read the hints below and review the rubric. Then get ready to take the spotlight! Note: You do not have to turn this page into your teacher. Your grade will be based…

Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, is one of the greatest examples of a tragic hero. A tragic hero, in literature, is a character who makes a judgement error or has a fatal flaw that, when combined with fate and external forces, leads to their suffering and defeat. A tragic hero…

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. This loss caused many people to move out west in search of jobs and greater economic stability. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family moved out west to California from Oklahoma. This is the most obvious comparison between The Grapes of Wrath and the Great…

“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, is a story that unearths the various issues in a Capitalist Society of America, during the early years of the twentieth century. Sinclair depicts the life of the immigrants, entering into the United States with dreams to become rich, who get trapped in the vicious clutches of poverty, struggle, hazardous…

of the Flies EssaysLord of the Flies as Commentary on Our Times Lord of the Flies is an excellent book filled with symbols, satire, meaningful themes, and is interesting to read as well. In The Lord of the Flies, the protagonist is Ralph, a strong, likeable blond, with natural leadership. There are multiple conflicts in…

Most Howard scholars could probably write an entire treatise on the things they wish they had related to Robert E. Howard’s work, starting with more of everything from a gifted author who died too young.In amongst all those predictable wishes I could name is a minor but nagging one – that we had more information…

Why He is a Hero Some have asked why hakes a hero and why does the US Military only award a Soldier the Medal of Honor after he or she has made the greatest sacrifice. Sergeant first class Smith knowingly put himself into danger to save his Soldiers. A good leader like him would not…

Chapter 1 Takes place in Palestine. Tomorrow, the narrator is conscious that he must end someone’s life. While unaware of the person’s identity, the task itself is well-known. The individual destined to die is an Englishman, and their impending death stems from a war. Curiously enough, this particular Englishman is also a beggar who played…

During the 1960s the focus of language learning studies was on the individual; that is, the linguists were preoccupied with the notion of how an individual learns or develops his/her language, and approached language learning from a psychological point of view. In 1970s, however, the notion of ‘social man’ was at the center of language…