Essays on Literature

In the book, Charlotte’s Web, the author E.B. White purposely puts the characters through similar experiences that children go through while growing up. These life comparisons make the story relatable and meaningful to its young audience. The experiences that challenge the characters in the book intellectually,...

In this paper, I will be explaining how E.B. White’s use of specific dialect, speech, and phrases is important in telling the time period in which Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little were written, around the 1940s. Introduction The author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little,...

‘My Sister’s Keeper,’ directed by Nick Cassavetes, was released in June 2009. The film is an emotional journey. It revolves Anna Fitzgerald, a teenage girl conceived for her gravely ill sister as a blood and marrow donor who has endured countless operations and medical procedures....

This essay is a reflection on the book called Who Moved My Cheese? The story is about changes that take place in a place called Maze, were four characters were looking for their own Cheese. In this story, “Cheese is a metaphor for what you...

“Who Moved My Cheese?” is a business bestseller by Dr. Spencer Johnson published in 1998. The story represents the different circumstances that individuals looked throughout everyday life and the attitudes that they show while they faced those moments. As indicated by the book, these attitudes...

A group of friends are gathered for dinner and the subject of discussion is, changing-in professions, relations and marriage and family. One of the existing claims that the change doesn’t bother him at all after he’s heard a humorous little story called Who Moved My...

Wealth is not equally distributed and hard work can one day earn the kids great things In the two stories, Jackson and Sylvia both have something that symbolizes something that very important to them. Since they have trouble with money, they cannot afford the item...

Growing up on a Native American Reservation with alcoholic parents, being bullied at school and having severe a health condition, the great writer Sherman Alexie somehow still managed to excel in his literature class and later be awarded a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University...

The short story “What you will pawn I will redeem” by Sherman Alexie was a very great and eye-catching story that I truly enjoyed. It depicts a young character Jackson squared also known as “Jackson Jackson” a Spokane Indian boy from Seattle who is on...

Raymond Carver uses a literary style that enriches the portrayal of the themes of each short story he writes. Yet his style of work often gets criticized which demonstrates a common crucial problem; the misinterpretation of the message his theory attempts to portray to this...

The book starts off with a man (our narrator of the story) who witnesses an alien invasion from Mars that begins at the small British town of Woking, there a mysterious cylinder crashes into the earth, and the townspeople see that a martian the size...

If you like Aliens and Science Fiction then you will enjoy H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. I was referred to this book by my English teacher who said that this book would be popular for boys my age. I would agree with that....

In Viramontes novel, “Under the Feet of Jesus”, Estrella’s, or the main character’s nature of resilience comes as result of her prior life experiences and the trials and tribulations she has endured over her lifetime. Viramontes reveals this through the use of selective details, figurative...

The novel Under The Feet of Jesus by Helena Viramontes was published in 1995. The book depicts Estrella and her family moving to America for opportunities to survive. The author successfully uses imagery, diction and symbolism to emphasize the horrible conditions these immigrants had to...

Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress’ is a metaphysical, carpe diem poem that dates to the mid-17th century. It’s also a poem of seduction, in which the speaker tries to convince her mistress to make love with him.. “To his Coy mistress” by Andrew Marvell...

Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and John Donne’s “The Flea” have a similar situation going on. Both stories involve a man trying to convince his mistress to have sex with him. They each take a different path in convincing their ladies to stop turning...

During the 17th century, women were seen as an object rather than a human being and men had many desires for women. For example, women were expected to keep her dignity, wait for courtship, and marry a suitable suitor before succumbing to the flesh’s pleasures....

When one boards the train of parenthood, there is no getting off. The journey through parenthood can be frightening as selfless and sacrificial love has to be rendered; and it is only when a child matures, and gains experience that their view of the world...

As people grow older and get more mature, their views are changed through life’s experience. People reflect back on their lives, especially childhood memories, to shape who they are today, or learn from them to become a better version of themselves. The boy, now a...