Literature Essay Samples Page 193

The Catcher in the Rye, a novel written by J. D. Salinger is a story about a unique yet troubled boy named Holden Caulfield. Salinger masterfully depicts the story’s protagonist as a well rounded character who feels the full range of emotions. Holden is consumed by the desire to live in a world where he…

The  book  ‘The  Forever  War’  is  based  on  the  fiction  written  by  Joe  Haldeman. It  is  basically  a  novel  based  on  the  interstellar  war, winner  of  the  Nebula  Award  in  1975  and  Hugo  Award  in  1976. It  is  based  on  the  war  between  the  humanity  and  the  alien  Tauran  species. It  deals  on  the  theme …

Song of Solomon is a story about Macon “Milkman” Dead, a young man alienated from himself and estranged from his family, his community and his cultural and historical roots. (Wesley, 2015) Milkman is looking for his true self while being mentally enslaved by his family and his own history. He goes on a journey to…

The Importance of Being Earnest’ was originally intended by Wilde to bear the subtitle ‘A Serious Comedy for Trivial People’. This oxymoronic insight into the flavour of the play could imply several different things. ‘Serious’ could be taken as in conveying an important message, which would ultimately make sense as Wilde’s views on marriage and…

This song is about a young girl named Angela Carter who is abused and killed by her mother. It is sung my Martina McBride, a well known country singer. In the first and second verse of the song Martina sings about how the young girl has to make her own lunch and walk to school…

In the story “Frankenstein,” written by the author Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein a being out of people that were already dead. He believed that he could bring people with nature in such a way would make him play the role of God. With Victor Frankenstein true friends, the only relief he had of expressing his…

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 abolished slavery in the United States. However, before this proclamation was put into action, slaves would attempt to escape their dark lives by running to the Free states up north. Many were successful including Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave, who recounts his escape in the given passage. Douglass skillfully…

The alley of ashes, with its brooding eyes of DRP. T. J. Cockleburћ its grey and dreary backdrop and its contrast to East and West Egg, uses various forms Of symbolism. Fitzgerald use Of symbolism, exemplified by the valley Of ashes, gives the novel a timeless appeal and saves it from becoming just another period…

            Famed for his mighty muscles, Hercules was the son of the mortal woman Alcmene and the god Zeus. Hercules performed many legendary feats of strength, the first of which came as an infant: when Zeus’s wife Hera placed two serpents in his crib, Hercules quickly strangled them. After he had grown to manhood Hera…

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ” This quote by Alexander Pope sums up Shakespeare’s view of love in Romeo and Juliet. In the play, two young teenagers meet, fall in love, and decide to get married – all in one night. Of course, this rash decision ends in disaster. Throughout the course…