Essays on Literary Genres

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Plot Review of "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte

1 page / 437 words

The novel commences with Lockwood, a wealthy dweller of Heathcliff’s. Grounded during a snowstorm at Wuthering Heights, Lockwood is attacked and later encountered by a ghost called Catherine. The next day, Heathcliff escorts Lockwood back to Thrushcross Grange. Riled up with curiosity, he implores Nelly...

Novel Wuthering Heights

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An Analysis of The Poem The Thanksgiving by George Herbert

2 pages / 1044 words

George Herbert’s poem The Thanksgiving is a work of a deceptively simple construction. With its repetitive rhyme scheme, its stanzas flow easily and sound almost musical when read aloud. It is written concisely, and despite a few antiquated old English phrases, its content is not...

Literature Review Poetry

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Review of My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok

2 pages / 939 words

A ruling passion in an individual’s life has the ability to demonstrate an effect on a persons life including the atmosphere surrounding them. In the novel My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, the author traces the making of a great painter from the...

About My Name Literature Review Novel

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Chaim Potok’s Description of Asher’s Talent as Depicted in His Book, My Name is Asher Lev

1 page / 605 words

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potek is a novel about a jewish boy troubled by his own artistic gift. The main problem with Asher’s art is that it combats his jewish upbringing, and his dad makes it a point that Asher’s “gift” is...

Novel

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Norman Maclean’s View of Concepts of Spirituality as Illustrated in His Book, a River Runs Through It

2 pages / 870 words

God is in the River The novella A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean is a fairly straightforward book to read, and because of this, the quiet beauty of its writing can be easy to miss. Maclean’s soft-spoken style lays the story out clearly...

Book Review Literary Criticism Novel

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A Review of Virginia Woolf’s Book, to The Lighthouse

4 pages / 1932 words

Focalization and the use of indirect interior monologue is utilized in the novel To The Lighthouse to explain the overall theme that humans are complex individuals, and often have more to their desires and motives, than what may appear at first. Through using internal focalization,...

Novel To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf

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Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Description of a Young Girl’s Challenges as Illustrated in Her Book, Volar

1 page / 558 words

The narrator in the story “Volar” is a young girl who is facing various challenges associated with growing up. Some young children may struggle with the reality that they do not have as much power in the world when they are young. They are physically...

Book Review Literature Review Short Story

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The Idea of Confusion as Depicted The Bluest Eye and I Want to Be Miss America

2 pages / 821 words

Identity crisis defined as a period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person’s sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society. The Identity crisis influences the way woman of color view beauty by making...

Character Novel The Bluest Eye

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Poems 'Three Trees' and 'Not an Elegy for Mike Brown': Analysis

2 pages / 992 words

Do Black Lives Matter? The Faith and Disgust in Society Discrimination is a social issue that has burdened numerous cultural groups in North America for many years. “not an elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith and “Three Trees” by Wanda Coleman are two poems...

Literature Review Poetry

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Review of Toni Morrison's Novel "Mercy"

1 page / 462 words

Toni Morrison’s novel Mercy takes place in the late seventeeth century, and is included as being “a slave novel”. the story is told in a very mainly way all through the first-person of the main character Florens; which is black, and one of the two...

Book Review Novel

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A Comparison Between Annie Barrows' Potato Peel Pie Society and Mary Ann Shaffer's Awakenings in The Guernsey Literary

2 pages / 785 words

Awakenings in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society In the novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, writer Juliet Ashton falls in love with Guernsey, an island in the English Channel occupied by Germany...

Character Novel

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What Makes Felix a Superior Boxer in Amigo Brothers

1 page / 626 words

Amigo Brothers Persuasive Essay We were left hanging, an epic boxing match between two best friends with different advantages, Antonio and Felix, every reader picked a side, but we don’t find out who was the winner. The fighters go through a serious emotional and physical...

Amigo Brothers Short Story

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A Comparative Study of The Characters of Antonio and Felix in The Amigo Brothers by Piri Thomas

1 page / 497 words

Comparison/Contrast Essay In the short story “Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas two boys, Antonio and Felix, are forced to fight for the golden gloves that they both want. Both boys are best friends and train together almost every day. Only one can win the golden...

Amigo Brothers Short Story

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A Comparative Study of War by Timothy Findlay and White Angel by Michael Cunningham

3 pages / 1307 words

The Realisms of a Youth’s Reality: Comparative Essay on “War” and “White Angel” The world is daunting in the face of a young boy, all he knows is what is put in front of him until inevitably he is forced to grow up. Life acts...

Literature Review Novel

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Juan Rulfo's Magical Realism and Its Powerful Message

3 pages / 1306 words

In the novel Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, aspects of the setting, namely time and place, emphasize the novel’s magical realism and help convey Rulfo’s idea that Mexico is in dire straits in regards to Mexican politics and the Church. Made-to-order essay as fast as...

Fiction Pedro Paramo

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Literary Analysis of The Poem Barbie Doll and The Theme of Perfect Image

1 page / 511 words

In the poem, “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, the girl is viewed, at first, as a “usual” little girl with dolls and bright lipstick. Next, the girl is called names until she resorts to the mindset that she is not perfect, but needs to be....

Literary Devices Poetry

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"Bigfoot Stole My Wife" and My Personal Family Experience

3 pages / 1448 words

Growing up our parents’ tech us that telling the truth in any situation is the right thing to do. When we tell our first lie and of course if we get away with it, we then learn that the effect of telling that lie was...

Short Story

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Review of Virginia Wolf's Short Story

1 page / 419 words

A Haunted House Virginia Woolf’s short story “A Haunted House” was published in 1985 and offers up an interesting take on the modern ghost story. Using a modernist take on the genre, Woolf turns the conventions of a ghost story on its head, and at...

Book Review Literature Review Short Story

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Wuthering Heights: Plot, Characters, Themes

2 pages / 1053 words

The novel opens with Lockwood, a tenant of Heathcliff’s. A sequential visit to Wuthering Heights brings forth an accident and an unexpected supernatural encounter, which riles up Lockwood’s inquiring mind. Back at Thrushcross Grange and recovering from his illness, Lockwood begs Nelly Dean, a servant...

Novel Wuthering Heights