Literature Essay Samples Page 140

Shurr (435) states that Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is highly regarded as a significant and influential book in American literature. Despite the admiration Americans have had for Franklin’s self-improvement philosophy and his contributions during the American Revolution, there remains an unacknowledged truth about his character that requires proper acknowledgment and reassessment. Benjamin Franklin is a figure…

The story of six individuals who experienced the true effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the East Asia Tin Works factory, just sat down in the plant office and was turning to converse with the girl at the next desk when the bomb exploded….

The Grimm brothers have a rich collection of fairy tales. This is not a surprise because writing or telling fairy tales is a way to introduce children to some themes, like oedipal conflict, sibling rivalry, pubertal awakening and adult sexuality (Oliver 85-86), which may otherwise overwhelm them.  Because fairy tales are mostly passed on through…

What similarities have you seen between the book. The Hobbit. and Beowulf? At first I saw major differences between Beowulf and The Hobbit. One is a narrative that was one time a simple bed clip narrative for the author’s kids and the other is a verse form that is the oldest English literature that we…

What if your “tallness” was forced to go to war with “coquettish death”? What if your lover left you “lamenting”? What if someone “took” your happiness? In “The Sonnet-Ballard”, Gwendolyn Brooks uses a great variety of word diction, sentence syntax, and personification to emphasize the theme that, the impact of war changes everyone forever including…

Speech Writing With a subject matter as sensitive as the dangers of marijuana smoking, a simplified introduction is necessary whether speaking before fifth-graders, college freshmen or members of a retirement community.   All of them need to be educated about marijuana: its description and properties, origin and uses to help them understand the main point of…

12 Angry Men is a 1957 film directed by Sidney Lumet and based on a teleplay by Reginald Rose. The film showcases various forms of human communication within a small group of men. Following a court dispute, the jury is assembled in a small courtroom to collectively determine the guilt or innocence of a young…

According to Marxist theory, money and the economy are the driving forces behind society. This theory suggests that changes in modes of production and class conflict influence all social and historical transformations within a society. Additionally, Marx believed that the ruling class not only controls society’s material resources but also dominates the intellectual means of…

A comparative analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People.” Introduction. Two of Flannery O’Connor’s masterpieces, A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People,” not only reflect the life and sentiments of the South in the mid-20th century but also lend themselves to a number…

John Keats, the renowned romantic poet, intended to create a world of pure joy through his two famous odes – Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn. Both these great odes of Keats convey a note of solemnity that deepens now and then to poignant suffering. His words also evoke a haunting…