Annie John Chapter 1 Response Death is a predominant theme in Annie John right from the beginning. The story starts with death, explaining that Annie thought only people she did not know died. This is a strange start to a coming-of-age story because Annie is...
Peyton Farquhar was a plantation owner, a slave owner, and a highly respected gentleman of the South. He loved the South with a burning passion and because of his love for the Confederacy, tried to join the army, but was turned down. Farquhar still did...
The beauty and vastness of outer space serve as a beacon for man’s desire to expand continuously, to transcend all of the boundaries that obstruct his desire to be unrestricted in every direction. Mankind is engaged in an eternal striving for more knowledge, and outer...
Guy de Maupassant’s “The Christening” story highlights the perils of alcohol abuse; alcohol abuse brings about the deaths of four characters. To this end, a certain seaman and his son die due to alcohol abuse. Likewise, Kerandec engages in alcohol abuse that causes the death...
The Impact of Alcohol on Violent Behavior Guy de Maupassant’s “The Drunkard” story illustrates that alcohol abuse is dangerous; after taking excessive alcohol, Jeremie engages in various regrettable actions. For example, Jeremie murders Melina, the wife, in cold blood. Further, Jeremie insults Mathurin, a benefactor,...
The radical notion that one could be without sin be perfect did not originate with John Humphrey Noyes, the leader of the Oneida Community and the perfectionist movement, however, his brand of perfectionism was genuinely new. He claimed that in 70 AD Christ had returned...
Analysis of Grendel’s Character in “Beowulf” In the article “Alas, Poor Grendel,” Robert L. Chapman analyzes the author of Beowulf and the author’s beliefs based on his depiction of Grendel in the poem. By drawing his own conclusions and using other sources for support, Chapman...
The Life of John Ames Thus far in Marilynne Robinson’s epistolary novel Gilead, John Ames appears to be liberal in his spiritual life. As a reverend and a pious man, John always maintains strong beliefs in Christianity, but also opens his vision to writings of...
A Worn Path During the time of slavery and the decades after, social class struggles were obvious and predominant. In a white world, African Americans struggled under great oppression and even after they were given freedom from slavery they were still held by the bondage...
A Pair of Silk Stockings In the short story A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, a young mother comes into possession of fifteen dollars. rs.Sommers at first thinks she should spend the money on her children, but her priorities change after she feels...
In the poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman he speaks of a spider that faces problems and has no one to help it through them. Walt Whitman uses elements such as imagery and symbolism. He uses imagery to allow the reader to understand...
It may seem, as society portrays it, that we all possess different interests. However, is it possible to believe that there can be one thing that we all share in common, for example, our desires? Perhaps, it may seem impractical, but our desires contain the...
In the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, we see many different sides of each character. Whether it’s them sharing a personal secret or turning into a new person, everyone is complex. A common theme in this novel is that there...
From the poetry of the early age [Charyapada app. 10th A. D ] to the modern era (20th century-present), Bengali poetry underwent a vast chronological evolution. In this changing pattern of literature, Jibanananda das played a significant role to propel the stream of modernism in...
A singular person, at any moment in time, will have several different identities that they embody. Our identity is always changing, with every event, every action, and every interaction our identity evolves. But for many women, their role and to an extent their identity according...
The water was a crisp, delicate blue. It stretched out before him for miles and miles. It was endlessness at last. The machine beneath him thrashed and roared in its lust for dry land; yearning for its wheels to be granted traction once more. But...
Many literary pieces were written during the Victorian era, often revolving around the concepts of death and love. The Victorian era saw the unequal treatment of women and huge technological advances. It was considered an important literary period with romanticism at the forefront. However, the...
“The strangest thing about all of this was that, before, in my old life, I hadn’t been any of these things: not a student leader or an actress or an athlete. There, I was just average, normal, unremarkable. Just Mclean”. This is a good start...
“The Company of Wolves” is a combination of small story segments all included in the same space and time. The wolf-infested forests is a dangerous area for any traveller, the reason being that wolves are smart and take advantage of the environment so that the...