Essays on Literary Genres

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The Theme of Loneliness in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield

2 pages / 1130 words

The central theme of the short piece Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield is the pain of loneliness and undeniable attempts people who are alone make to live their lives vicariously and insidiously through others and the environment around them. Rather than finding company through interaction...

Fiction

2396

Novel The Maze Runner by James Dashner

2 pages / 1008 words

It was that much interested novel so that a dystopian science fiction movie was created on that novel. This novel is the first attempt of James Dashner and his writing over comes the national market. It was a top 10 NewYork Times National best seller...

Book Review Character Dystopia

2397

Comic Books and Graphic Novels

1 page / 505 words

Comic books and graphic novels today represent a significant shift in how society is feeling. Society as a whole portends what direction we are headed. Comic book companies recognize that. The graphic novel is an extension of a comic book in that it conveys content...

Book Review Novel

2398

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Plot Summary

1 page / 484 words

The Book of Jeff Kinney starts with one of the main characters Greg Heffley, he makes himself ready for the start of his career in the high school, he was being bullied by his brother called, Rodrick because their mother bought school accessories for Greg....

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Novel

2399

Review of Peepli Live Movie

1 page / 593 words

Peepli Live did not just live up to my expectations, it exceeded them. Giving me a side splitting and yet brooding glimpse to an India I know exists, an India I have experienced first hand, but an India I rarely hear about. An India most...

Drama Movie Review

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The Wonderful Story of Mary Poppins

2 pages / 698 words

In Edwardian London, 1910, Bert entertains a crowd as a one-man band when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks family. George Banks...

Book Review Infant Books Novel

2401

Depiction of The Teenage Love in The New Boyfriend, a Short Story in The Book Get in Trouble

3 pages / 1538 words

Kelly Link’s “The New Boyfriend” is a short story from her collection, Get in Trouble, which traffics into a teenage territory. The story focuses on a teenage girl, Immy, who is jealous of her good friend, Ainslie. The setting of the story is Ainslie’s birthday...

Boyfriend Short Story Teenage Love

2402

Comparative Literary Analysis of The Rocking-horse Winner and The Painted Door

4 pages / 1626 words

One thing that everyone has in common is the need for human compassion. People need other people to interact with, so when loved ones deny them this entitlement it can be devastating. People from all lifestyles are victims to this type of emotional abandonment, but...

Book Review Literature Review Short Story

2403

The Painted Door: Analyzing Anna's Character Guilt in John's Death

1 page / 676 words

The Painted Door is a short story written by Canadian author Sinclair Ross in 1941. The story is about a lonely farmer’s wife one winter, as her husband goes off for the day to check on his elderly father five miles away in the middle...

Book Review Literature Review Short Story

2404

The Mood Swing Through Creative Language: Comparison of The Tyger and Men at Forty

1 page / 635 words

Men at Forty and The Tyger are two intense poems written using creative language that seems to alter each piece’s mood drastically. These two poems discussing strong, bold things are transformed into soft spoken stanzas that float off the reader’s tongue and resonate like peaceful...

Poetry The Tyger

2405

Masculinity and Sexuality in Mexican-american Novels

3 pages / 1295 words

Homosexual love seems to be an impossible theme in the novels, City of Night by John Rechy and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Both protagonists from these novels have different attitudes towards being gay, one is involved...

Literature Review Novel

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Theme of Love in Quartett by Heiner Muller, Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb and Times Square Blue by Samuel Delany

3 pages / 1524 words

Defining Love For many, love can be defined as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Nevertheless, it can also be defined as a sexual passion or desire. One of the various meanings of sex can be seen as feelings or behavior resulting from...

Fiction

2407

A Journey in Childhood: Analyzing "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

1 page / 636 words

Tom Sawyer lived with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid. Tom dirties his clothes in a fight and is made to whitewash the fence the next day, as a punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of...

Mark Twain Satire The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer

2408

"The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton

1 page / 543 words

I believe that, in the book “The Outsiders”, the Socs, socialites or social rich kids from the west, are more of a disgrace and menace to society than the “greasers”, the poorer students from the east. The Socs’ idea of fun is throwing big parties,...

American Literature Novel The Outsiders

2409

Feminist Perspective Shown in The Story of an Hour

2 pages / 1040 words

Death can have different meanings to a person. Sometimes people get joy from it and most of the times they do not. Most widows would respond in a sorrowful way towards their husband’s death, but Louise responded in a untroubled mannered. The main character gets...

Kate Chopin Short Story The Story of An Hour

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The Review of Reached by Ally Condie

1 page / 538 words

We begin our futuristic adventure on Cassia’s seventeenth birthday, at a fancy party where she’ll get to find out her Match a.k.a. the guy she’s going to spend the rest of her life with. She’s delighted to learn that it’s her bestie, Xander but it’s...

Book Review Dystopia Novel

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Leo Tolstoy’s Story

2 pages / 887 words

The tell-tale heart begins on the eighth night as he was peering in at midnight, and perhaps the old man heard it because he startled awake. He wonders if anyone was there. After waiting a long while, he decided to open the lantern and a...

Short Story Tolstoy

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A Reflection on Richard Wilbur's Poem "The Writer"

1 page / 438 words

Richard Wilbur is an accomplished poet who has won multiple awards such as the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry. In 1947, Richard Wilbur published his first work of poetry that appeared in the book, The Beautiful Changes. His debut was received very well with critics...

Poetry

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Short Story of The Turmoil in Angus

7 pages / 3396 words

Angus, a small town in Texas with a population of approximately 400 people, was in turmoil. Three months ago, an outbreak occurred in New York and spread like wildfire until all of the United States was plagued by the sudden outbreak of this disease. The...

Short Story