Essays on Literary Genres

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Ken Kesey "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest"

1 page / 510 words

Introduction I initially intended to compose a piece about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey during Banned Books Week (September 27th - October 3rd). I fell behind with my reading, but learning about banned books should not be confined to just one...

Novel Social Psychology

1845

The Ideas of Language, Gender, and Individual Expression in The Awakening

3 pages / 1456 words

In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, Edna, the protagonist faces a dilemma of solitude and confusion in which no one can seem to grasp and understand, not even her. Taking place during the 1800’s, in a time filled with strict societal laws, women juxtapose to...

Kate Chopin Novel The Awakening

1846

The Dream that Saved

2 pages / 1125 words

Here he is. The man I’ve always adored. The man who raised me from day one. The one who held me when I cried, who hugged me when I was hurt, and who comforted me whenever I was scared of the monsters under the bed....

Short Story Writing Experience

1847

Mark Twain: The Five Boons of Life

2 pages / 899 words

Mark Twain’s, “The Five Boons of Life” is a very interesting short story in which life gifts are offered to a man, describing the effects each choice has on his life and where those choices led the man. I was intrigued by how often the...

Mark Twain Short Story

1848

The Tragedy of Texting While Driving

1 page / 487 words

Over the past few years, more car accidents have occurred because of texting while driving. In Laurie Roberts’ article, “Is Arizona (finally) ready to ban texting while driving,” she brings up the fact that Arizona is one of the last states that has not yet...

Cell Phones Crash Tragedy

1849

Review of Morality in The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

2 pages / 1052 words

The world changes on a daily basis, with many different aspects, including the people, the cultures, along with different opinions and values. As the years pass, we can see the significant changes that are happening, but sometimes forget to take note of the things that...

Mark Twain Morality Novel

1850

My Perfect Miracle

3 pages / 1262 words

“Okay Angela, just one more push and your baby will be here,” said the nurse softly. I thought to myself, this is the last time I will be pregnant. I have two beautiful children, and everything in life has been incredible so far, my children...

Miracle Short Story

1851

A Critical Analysis of The ‘sonnet Reversed’

3 pages / 1489 words

Handsome, charming and highly intellectual, Rupert Brooke was one of the first soldier- poets of First World War. His poems are cemented to the ideals and fears of generation at the time of cultural transitions. His literary pieces are extremely influenced of social, cultural and...

Sonnet

1852

A Small Good Thing and Jindabyne

1 page / 615 words

Raymond Carver’s short story, A Small Good Thing, and Ray Lawrence’s film, Jindabyne, miscellaneously explore the idea that individuals can experience isolation. Carver delineates a tale about two parents struggling with their son’s brain injury after a hit and run accident and the incessant phone...

Film Analysis Short Story

1853

Plot Summary and Review of Liberty's Fire

4 pages / 1860 words

Liberty’s Fire is historically original and an accurate book specifying the events from periods of the Franco-German War, also known as the Franco-Prussian war, as the conflict was between France and a coalition of the Prussian Lead States of Northern Germany. Out of this war...

Civil War Novel

1854

The Serpent King Summer Assignment

2 pages / 854 words

Dill, the son of Dillard Early, learns that rumors spread around like fire. He soon comes to realize that he’s the face of the son, whose father is in prison for possession of child pornography. At this time in his life, Dill only has two...

Fiction

1855

Review of "The Arrival of The Actress" by Elizabeth Howe

1 page / 426 words

This week, I chose to read Elizabeth Howe’s article “The Arrival of the Actress”. The portion of the article that stood out to me the most was the discussion regarding the fact that there has been great deal of confusion as to exactly what solidified...

Theatre Tragedy

1856

Critical Analysis: a Life Worth Ending by Michael Wolff

2 pages / 748 words

In Michael Wolff’s essay “A life Worth Ending” gives his personal experience about how he dealt with his mother’s terminal illness that she struggled with while dealing with the healthcare system. Wolff’s Hi mother is suffering from dementia, which is slowly robbing her of the...

Literature Review Short Story

1857

Edgar Allan Poe – The Giant of Gothic Literature

1 page / 550 words

One of the giants of Gothic Literature, Edgar Allan Poe set the standard not only for the genres creepy plot and characters, but also for what it means to be Goth Depicted in portraits dressed in black, with haunted, sunken eyes, Poe’s bad boy behavior,...

Edgar Allan Poe Gothic Fiction Gothic Literature

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Understanding of Family in The Reunion and This Be The Verse Novels

2 pages / 1028 words

We all have our own meaning of the word family. In fact the definition of family can be defined as “a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.” If you were to sit down and think of the words that symbolizes...

Book Review Novel The Reunion

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Father-son Complicated Relationship in The Reunion

1 page / 557 words

The narrator of John Cheever’s “Reunion,” tells of the time the narrator reunited with his father only to be disappointed in the end. In the beginning of the story, the narrator mentions that his father was a stranger to him due to his parents being...

Book Review Novel The Reunion

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Emotional State of The Main Character in The Necklace Short Story

2 pages / 759 words

Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” is about a woman who longs for another life that seems a world away. She has a loving husband and a comfortable home but does not appreciate what she has because of her desire to be wealthy. The...

Character Short Story The Necklace

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Romantic Relationships in The Poems The Origin of The Milky Way and Little Houses

3 pages / 1161 words

Tale As Old As Time: Storytelling and Relationships The creation of stories have allowed human history to continue to evolve and grow. Storytelling has been ingrained in cultures as a way of passing down lessons and history. The universal subject of love can be translated...

Frida Kahlo Literature Review Poetry

1862

The Differences Between The Novels "Trail of Tears" and "A Rumor of War"

2 pages / 699 words

The author of Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation and the author of A Rumor of War have very contrasting styles due to the different purposes of their books. John Ehle, the author of Trail of Tears, mainly writes to...

Literature Review Novel