Essays on Literature

Joy Harjo is a Native American Poet. Harjo started writing poetry to make her voice heard and spoke for the Native American women. 1973 was the year of awareness for the Native American issues during the native rights movements. At this time, Native Americans were...

The Little Red-cap is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy published by Picador as a part of her 1999 collection of poetry’, ‘The World’s Wife”. The book consists of re-telling of fairytales, mythology, female figures in history and folk tales. In these re-telling Duffy gave...

Yes I agree that the power in Grimm’s, Carter’s and Duffy’s versions of Little Red Riding Hood is gendered. The concept of power is the foundation of the story and revolves around the characters and the position of power that every character holds is different...

Fairy tales usually ends with this statement “Happily Ever After” maybe because it wants to give us hope, provide idea that every trial that we may encounter can be surpassed as well as to share knowledge that everything that is good can succeed. I do...

 “The View” is an American talk show aired on ABC. It discusses current sociopolitical issues alongside interviews with prominent people. Hosting John Steinbeck and Anton Chekhov on an episode of heart and love gives the audience a comprehensive understanding of love. John Steinbeck is the...

One important theme in “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas” is friendship. In the novel, the main character Bruno, meets Shumel when he is exploring along a fence. Even though the fence separates the boys, they start meeting daily and soon become friends. Bruno’s family...

In both Homer’s Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid, destiny and free will are both significant. Destiny is unchangeable, it may seem like a coincidence, but it is something no person controls for oneself, but within the destiny, you do have a choice. Free will is defined...

Through and through, freedom and destiny are two aspect that are significantly noticeable in the Odyssey. Before we jump right in, one must understand exactly what these two concepts truly mean. For one, freedom, or free will, generally, is having the ability to act or...

White like me is an analysis and intense examination of racism in the United States of America. This book offers an insight into the life of a white man and how he became aware of his privilege. While exploring other people’s hardships and discriminations because...

Knowledge transmission between writers and audience depends on the effective communication and the use of appropriate strategies related to language. The documentary is made by Ben Proudfoot, who is an award-winning filmmaker. He is an entrepreneur and a former magician. His background identifies his interest...

At the beginning of Duffy’s collection of poems Little Red cap depicts the state of adolescence and the rites of passage that lead to adulthood, containing autobiographical narratives Of Duffy’s own life. ‘Little Red Cap’ is based around a young girl end of innocence as...

Henry David Thoreau was an American author who possibly will be considered as one of the most opinionated supporters of environmentalism. He became famous for his violent outbursts about nature and the unfairness of society. As a strong supporter of environmentalism, Thoreau believed that nature...

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven definitely is a poem about unhappiness and loss, which is quite significant. The narrator tries to essentially escape despair and death, trying to pass it into a kind of forgetfulness, which is fairly significant. The poem shows the many stages...

Half broke horses is a True-Life novel written by Jeannette Walls. The novel tells the story of the author’s actual grandmother, Lily, who happens to be the narrator. Lily is an extraordinarily strong and independent woman who overcomes times of extreme poverty as well as...

Abstract From the beginning of the 20th century until the present day, new inventions of technological advancements that have the purpose to help mankind has been continually growing and increasing. Food industries have also adapted their technological advancement when it comes to serving food, especially...

The 2009 novel, ‘Jasper Jones’ has uncanny similarities to the short film ‘Be My Brother’ on the concept of belonging. Belonging is considered a fundamental human need and a source of survival, safety, protection, and happiness. However, a negative sense of belonging: found among the...

It is widely agreed that the epistemologies of composers writing about World War One (WW1) have significantly impacted stigmas and perceptions of that war. If literature is to play this crucial role in feeding society’s understanding of the atrocities of war it becomes imperative that...

The construction of knowledge throughout the United States has been controversial to the systematic educational principles of what we know to be learning. The concept of understanding these principles is rooted from the awareness of what position we hold as being the one who is...

Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian novelist born on November 16th, 1930 has been described by many as Africa’s most influential writer of his generation. Achebe continues to receive tremendous praise for his “unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation” that came with the western customs...