Literature Essay Samples Page 159

Tim O’Brien’s short story collection “The things they carried” delves into the theme of soldiers carrying various burdens in their lives. O’Brien, portrayed through his persona Tim O’Brien, challenges conventional beliefs about why men join the war. One example is Jimmy Cross, who exemplifies the unasked-for burden placed on a platoon leader. O’Brien also examines…

Edgar Allen Poe’s use of the first person narrative in The Tell-tale Heart is much more effective than Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of the third person in Young Goodman Brown because the use of the first person in Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart allows the reader to feel the narrator’s panic while the third person narrator in…

In 2011, a study was done, and what they found was that approximately one out of every three Americans felt unfulfilled in life. Further research showed that most of the participants retained the feeling due to not living to their fullest potential. The conclusion can be made that not following your dreams can create emotional…

When I first started reading the Hunger Games, I was struck with the dystopian world in which Katniss lives. The description of her father dying and leaving the burden of her distant mother and younger sister made me sympathize for Katniss. I also really liked the relationship between Katniss and Gale because even though they…

Approach to Dr. Faustus Within the text of Christopher Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus,” a reader notices the struggle between the superego and the id. Throughout the play, Faustus struggles with himself while Lucifer and Mephistopheles struggle with him. Though these huge conflicts take place in the text they aren’t the greatest of situations when one tries…

Frederick Douglass, an orator, newspaper editor, and prominent civil rights activist in the nineteenth century, offers insight into the harrowing reality of slavery in his excerpt “Learning to Read”. Douglass employs ethos, logos, and pathos to connect with his audience, recounting his personal struggle to emancipate himself both mentally and physically from slavery. Thus, he…

In chapter 9 Simon awakens and once he’s on his feet he notices the lord of the flies. He then begins to shout into the clearing asking ‘ that else is there to After receiving no reply he begins to stagger his way up the mountain. When he reaches the top he notices the body…

As its most central concept, the whole of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet revolved on the topic of love. However, despite the overexposure of the topic of love that often leads to numerous authors and poets to provide love a shaky and shallow framework, Shakespeare managed to provide a fertile ground on Romeo and Juliet…

Symbolism is one of the major leading and critical part of the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Each character in the novel represents different meanings and ideas. However, the main character who develops into an appealing symbol is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl’s representation changes throughout the novel, but she is…

The same cannot be said for How Many Miles to Babylon, which ends in a pessimistic and gloomy scene. Alec Moore is awaiting execution, as the novel comes full circle. He is given “a pen and paper” because he is an “officer and a gentleman”. He has nothing to do but wait. Alec refused to…