Essays on Literary Genres

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Mother Figure in Peter Pan and The Story of The Treasure Seekers

5 pages / 2184 words

Peter Pan (1911) by J.M. Barrie and The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1988) by Edith Nesbit are Victorian novels that follow the stories of two underprivileged families who entertain themselves and each other with their imagination. In both stories, the eldest female characters Wendy...

Novel Peter Pan

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The Male Box: Shrinking Feminine Space in The Street

5 pages / 2189 words

Viewed as a Naturalist novel, with its realistic prose, indifferent environment, and an aesthetic network built around motifs, the narrative of Ann Petry’s The Street reads like a mid-century black version of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie: a woman (Carrie is single; Lutie Johnson is saddled...

African American Culture Novel

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The Struggles of City Life in "The Street"

2 pages / 774 words

Ostensibly, the Ann Petry’s novel The Street describes the work’s windy urban setting and introduces the protagonist Lutie Johnson and her desire to find an apartment that suits her needs. On a deeper level, this novel portrays the ever-present and all-encompassing challenges of life in...

African American Culture Novel

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Cultural Colonization in "Its Wavering Image"

3 pages / 1347 words

Sui Sin Far’s “Its Wavering Image” is a short story depicting a Chinese-American, young woman whom a White journalist beguiles for a story about the American Chinatown in which she lives. His Eurocentric proclivities lead him to impose his social attitude on her, thereby ruining...

American Born Chinese Short Story

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Motifs of Light in The Stone Boy

5 pages / 2346 words

Gina Berriault’s “The Stone Boy” follows the story of a young boy facing the aftermath of a terrible accident and trying to understand his responsibility in the matter. When Arnold does not respond emotionally, the adults’ false assumptions isolate Arnold. In “The Stone Boy”, Berriault...

Short Story

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The Burdening Effect of Remorse: Atwood’s and Macleod’s Fiction

5 pages / 2188 words

As Charlotte Bronte once wrote, “Remorse is the poison of life.” It is true that regret and remorse are inevitable in living a full life, but it also remains true that remorse can indeed be poisoning–so poisoning, in fact, that it can stop one from...

Fiction

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The Sound of Waves and Post World War 2 Japan

3 pages / 1284 words

In The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima conveys the loss of traditional values in Japan due to Westernization in after the Second World War. Through powerful symbols and juxtaposition, Mishima effectively expresses his anger towards the devastating effects of the war, such as a corrupted...

Japan Japanese Culture Novel

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Degrees of Strength: Defining Oneself in The Sound of Waves

2 pages / 739 words

The Sound of Waves develops one of its central themes through Mishima’s examination of the motif of strength of character. The novel portrays strength as a fundamental characteristic that dictates human behavior and the journey to self knowledge. In fact, Mishima actually equates outward strength...

Novel

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Gender Roles in The Sound of Waves

2 pages / 965 words

In Yukio Mishima’s classic twentieth century novel, The Sound of Waves, one might initially hold some misconceptions towards the message of the story. It’s simple enough easily spot certain seemingly-sexist elements and immediately make the judgement that Mishima was a misogynist and plotted to display...

Gender Roles Novel

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The Shared Qualities of Opposing Sides of a Border: How Cultural Relations Can Merge Characteristics Between Different Groups

2 pages / 1082 words

Cultural and geographical borders within any society are believed to create boundaries that limit similarities between those on opposite sides. Contrary to the belief that the qualities of one side do not merge with those of the other, however, it can be seen that certain...

Epilepsy Novel

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The Bureaucracy: Defining Moral Boundaries in Literature from The Soviet Union

3 pages / 1172 words

An extensive bureaucracy is one of the identifying features of the modern nation state. Distributed government administration allows for those factors which drive the state to function smoothly; without it, enforcing legal codes and economic policies would be impossible. During Stalin’s reign, the USSR’s rapid...

Bureaucracy Short Story

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"She Wasn’t Soft": Literary Analysis

3 pages / 1166 words

In “She Wasn’t Soft”, T.C. Boyle uses dynamic and static characterization in his portrayal of an unhealthy relationship. Dynamic characters are characters who change throughout a story, the dynamic character in this story being Paula, while static characters do not change, like Jason. Jason and...

Short Story

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The Exploration of Metaphysical Slavery in The Slave

3 pages / 1204 words

The novel The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer is an introspective work in that it urges the readers to look amongst their own lives and determine what makes them who they are. Throughout the course of the novel the protagonist, Jacob experiences a variety of...

Novel

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The Significance of Symbols in Literary Works by Jackson and Behr

2 pages / 754 words

A symbol in the story is like a souvenir from a travel destination. It holds meaning beyond what is actually being seen. Every author has their own deft way to instill thematic meaning into a seemingly inanimate object, which then grows to become a powerful...

Novel The Lottery

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Marcus: a First-person Perspective and Naive Narrator

3 pages / 1284 words

Introduction In the novel The Smell of Apples, written by Mark Behr, Behr uses a first-person perspective through the main character Marnus, an eleven-year-old boy. The book employs a first-person narration, through Marnus, to convey both the events of when he is older and fighting...

Narrator Novel

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Loneliness and Isolation in The Secret Garden

2 pages / 1009 words

Hidden away from everything and everyone, one can begin to know little more than the sense of neglect. This situation is seen throughout Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, which brings up the idea of being alone prevents the feelings of being rejected by those...

Novel

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The Mark of Maturity in Conrad’s Shadow Line

2 pages / 915 words

A succession of men had sat in that chair. I became aware of that thought suddenly, vividly, …as if a sort of composite soul, the soul of command, had whispered suddenly to mine of long days at sea and of anxious moments. “You, too!” it...

Novel Symbolism

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The Sea as Mirror in The Shadow Line and Lord Jim

7 pages / 3222 words

D’autres fois, calme plat, grand miroir de mon dsespoir Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay -C. Baudelaire Those acquainted with the works of Joseph Conrad know well...

Character Novel

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Feminist Reading of a Passage from Joseph Conrad’s ‘the Secret Agent’

3 pages / 1394 words

In pages 130-131 of ‘The Secret Agent’, Conrad’s description of the female protagonist Winnie Verloc provides the reader with an insight into the generally contemptuous attitude towards women of the Victorian era. In the extract, Conrad presents Winnie as somewhat politically and intellectually ignorant –...

Novel