Literature Essay Samples Page 42

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oats is a short story about a rebellious insecure young girl that is desperate to seem different from the rest in a way that she can be mature and skilled with men. What the character named Connie does not know is that her different…

William Shakespeare’s Sonnets is a collection of 154 poems that are delicate yet powerful in their ever-intimate tone. It is unknown whether Shakespeare wrote the collection of sonnets in an auto-biographical form or if they are merely fiction. Regardless of the intention, it cannot be denied that the collection of sonnets takes on a tone…

This is Water Essay ‘There is no experience you’ve had that you were not at the absolute center of’ (Wallace). Most of us go through our day unfazed by what is going on in the lives of others around us. We live our lives day by day experiencing what comes in our way. Most of…

After losing to Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, Greece was weakened. Philip II of Macedon took this chance to invade. He encouraged the spread of Greek culture to Macedon. His son Alexander the Great then undertook an epic military campaign that spread Greek culture and literature even further. Eventually, Greece was weakened by the great…

There have been plenty of white writers that have attempted to influence society on the subject of racial injustice while never have experienced it for themselves. However, Ta-Nehisi Coates approaches the subject of racism from his personal experiences of growing up a black man in America. Ta-Nehisi Coates book, Between the World and Me, is…

Introduction “The Golden Boat” by famous Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore is the title poem of the collection with the same title. It was written in the 90th years of 19th century. This poem is almost unique in the Tagore’s poetry because the absence of clear subject or idea. However “The Golden Boat” perfectly fits to…

The role of fear comes to play in the lives of black Americans throughout the book Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015) states, “The fear lived in their practiced bop, their slouching denim, their big T-shirts, the calculated angle of their baseball caps, a catalog of behaviors and garments enlisted to inspire the…

The first poem Balaki ko ‘Day Samtang Gasakay Ta’g Habalhabal by Adonis G. Durado is a simple poem yet the images portrayed in the poem catches the imagination of the reader. Durado used the Cebuano language beautifully. For anyone who has tried riding a habalhabal, a local form of transportation that can carry as much…

SURVIVORS No doubt they’ll soon get well; the shock and strain Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk. Of course they’re ‘longing to go out again,’— These boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk. They’ll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,— Their dreams that drip with…

Ghosts and The Wild Duck written by Henrik Ibsen provides a strong theme about how a lie or even truth can negatively affect the present. Both of the plays’ theme is based on the lies on which characters are built on. The lies on the Wild Duck starts with Gina Ekdal who lives in a…