Literature Essay Samples Page 165

Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” clearly depicts the Jazz Age and the moral decline of the upper class. The main character of this narrative is a wealthy and pompous guy named Tom Buchanan, and it is his remarks that provide significant insight on both his character and the subjects that are covered throughout the book. This…

“Orientation” is a short story written by Daniel Orozco, who was born in San Francisco in 1957 and currently resides in the same city. Orozco also teaches creative writing at Stanford University. The story was first published in The Seattle Review in 1994. “Orientation” begins abruptly, with a new employee being given a tour of…

“Fasting, Feasting” is a novel written by Anita Desai. This book is divided in two parts, one part from an India family point of view, and the other from an American family perspective. The title of this novel is greatly interesting because it is in two parts too. Fasting which means abstaining from all food,…

Iago refuses to disclose his thoughts to Othello, saying “You cannot, if my heart were in your hand, Nor shall not, Whilst’tis in my custody” (Act 3, scene 3,168-169). Nevertheless, when pressed by Othello, Iago asserts that even if Othello possessed his heart physically, he would still refrain from revealing his secrets. This enhances Iago’s…

‘Lore’ is a verse in which an old man is convincing us that old age will not drag him down. Within each stanza ‘Job’ speaks about his life and tries to persuade us that he is not affected by old age. – “It will take more than the rain’s hearse, wind-drawn to pull me off…

The Persistence of Desire is based on the idea that there is always an unfinished business between former lovers, in a sense of absence of closure. Though some people are able to deal with such feelings in a positive way and move on, others experience moments of doubt, ecstasy, pain, curiosity, longing, etc, when they…

It is in human nature to delve into the morbid realms of life, and both Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King do this in their writings. These two men appear to have an oddly similar morose obsession with death, terror, horror, and murder; many of Poe’s and King’s characters come to an untimely demise. In…

The Dustin Soldano v. Howard O’Daniels case models the common dispute between negligence and a party’s responsibility in an event. Likewise, chapter 1 of the Legal Environment textbook features Kuehn v. Pub Zone, a case that demonstrates a different scenario but the same battle of negligence and liability. The commonalities between the two cases support…

What defines a girl as sexy? Is it her hourglass figure with measurements of 36-24-36 or perhaps her seductive lips like Angelina Jolie’s or fit physique like Megan Fox’s? Everyone has their own preference for the sexiest woman alive, and who wouldn’t be captivated by their incredibly stunning bodies? However, let me ask you again,…

Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer elaborate Old Major’s ideas into a system of thought called Animalism. After the pigs manage to milk the cows of five buckets of “frothing creamy milk,” the animals go off to the hayfield to begin the harvest and the pigs, including Napoleon, stay behind and drink all of the milk. Napoleon…