Literature Essay Samples Page 89

The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have corrupted their lives morally. Their abundance of money has resulted in boredom, influencing their outlook on life and how they treat others in a self-centered manner. However, each person showcases their vanity differently. For example, Tom Buchanan holds the belief that white civilization is crumbling…

In Kate Peterson’s short story “Appearance”, there is the main character Ellen, who lives by herself in a studio apartment in west Cleveland. She’s been living there a little bit more than a month. Since her first day in that new apartment she’s been seeing a stranger in the window outside her room. She didn’t…

“He found himself understanding the wearisomely of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet”(page 76, line 7)This is great example of author style as its a very good sentence that shows his style of writing which is to get the point…

In The Color Purple, Celie, the main character, expresses her emotions by writing letters to God. She turns to her “diary” as she lacks someone to confide in. Despite facing numerous hardships such as abuse from her stepfather and spouse, Celie demonstrates incredible resilience. The novel depicts a situation where Celie’s husband desires to marry…

“The devil in the desert” short story by Paul Horgan (1903-1995) was written in the year 1950. It is a story that features the adventure of an elderly priest who leaves a missionary centre to go preaching to a tribe of Indians that lives in a desert land. At the start of the story, Louis,…

The study examined the difficulties faced by men in different genres during the 20th century. It analyzed works such as William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, T. S Eliot’s The Waste Land, and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. The results showed that contemporary men experience emotions like detachment, disbelief,…

In “A Modest Proposal” Jonathan Swift suggests a unique solution to the problem concerning poor children in Ireland. He suggests using the lands people like cattle, breeding them to eat their babies. He draws the readers in with kind words and a gentle tone, just to drop a crazy bomb on them. This essay will…

The Sidewalk Never Ends “Let us make a pair of pants for the poor old hippopotamus, to cover his hide – once we decide exactly how big his bottomus.” This short, humorous poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the many unique and entertaining works of Shel Silverstein, a poet, author, artist and…

“An experimental dip into magical realism…” (Matson) That is the perfect way to describe the novels, “A Gracious Plenty” and “The Firefly Cloak. ” Sheri Reynolds has a very unique writing style in both of these stories that is admired by many. She uses different writing styles and elements to make her novels appealing to…

Experiencing the aftermath of being stranded on an island with no civilization is an incomprehensible situation for a group of children. William Golding effectively portrays the terrifying nature of this scenario in his novel, Lord Of The Flies, by utilizing symbols to depict the challenges they face. Two prominent symbols, the fire and the conch,…