Literature Essay Samples Page 392

“The First Day” by Edward P. Jones It’s only natural to keep vivid memories of certain monumental moments in life, such as the first day of school, for a long time. “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones tells the story of a mother and daughter on the daughter’s first day of school. In the…

The Canterbury Tales were Chaucer’s way of showing what he saw during his lifetime. The middle ages were a terrifying time in history and the tales show a bit of an understanding of the times. Hypocrisy is a common theme in the Canterbury tales and more specifically in the religious figures of the Canterbury tales…

BeowulfThe basic idea of Beowulf is the struggle between good and evil. Even though Beowulf is not even physically capable of beating Grendal he still overcomes him,because he is good. The poem starts out describing this great Meade hall, and there’s all these warriors that get drunk there. After the Meade hall is glorified it…

Class notes from Animal Farm Socratic Seminar Question do you think old Major wouldst,’e wanted animal farm to be different than what it turned out to be? Communism made animal farm different revolution meaning abandoning humans Question Could any animal make Snowball the leader, besides Napoleon? Would the dogs follow anyone else besides the pigs?…

“The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “Bend it like Beckham” both explore the theme of searching for belonging. In “The Namesake”, Gogol Ganguli faces the struggle of finding his place within his family and Bengali culture, as he was raised in the U.S. while his parents adhered to Bengali traditions in India before moving to…

In his society,” “He was a wealthy farmer and woodchat barns full Of yams, and had just married his third wife. To crown it all he had taken two titles and had shown incredible prowess in two intertribal wars”. He was a self-made man who passed through a modest childhood to become a prosperous and…

Reroute’s ideology is found in both “Night” by Lie Wishes and “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. In OTOH novels the protagonists are faced with obstacles which seem impossible to overcome, however once they reach “rock bottom” they realize how they shall over come their situation. In “Night” by Lie Wishes, the main character,…

The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding used a group of British boys beached on a desertedisland to illustrate the malicious nature in mankind. Lord of the Flies dealt with the changes the boysunderwent as they gradually adapted to the secluded freedom from their society. William Golding’s basicphilosophy that society was inherently evil…

The poetry of  Li-Young Lee is strongly influenced by that of classic Chinese poets Li Bo and Du Fu, both of which flourished during the Tang Dynasty during the 8th Century of the Common Era (roughly 50 – 75 years before the time of Charlemagne in the West). Among other themes, his poetry contains themes…

“An Introduction” by Kamala Das is a renowned poem from her first book, Summer in Calcutta (1965), that serves as a powerful critique of the patriarchal society still prevalent today. With a reflective and confessional tone, the poem enlightens us about the hardships and oppression faced by women. Although the poet disclaims any political inclination,…