In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the ...Read More
In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the written piece. When focusing on the entire creation of chosen writers, the typical characteristics of their style are uncovered along with the unique and original elements that set it apart. Additionally, the sources of inspiration, the influences, the evolution in time are analyzed. Review the essay samples below on certain writers and their works – pay attention to the topics, content organization, approaches to writing, etc.
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” (Hamilton). You and I, we both cry, we both bleed, and we will both die. One critical lens that sparked my interest the most while reading William Shakepeare’s Hamlet was the postcolonial lens, especially because of the...
In the essay “Mother Tongue” published in the American literacy journal, Amy Tan goes on to emphasize the struggles of identity, and expectations of the American and Asian society, through her two worlds of language. She demonstrates her point through her mother’s perspectives, as well...
Imagine moving to a foreign country overseas and not knowing your way around. You’re in need of guidance with directions, but you don’t speak the language of the country. Wouldn’t you feel lost? Clueless? Perhaps, excluded? This is what the author, Amy Tan, in “Mother...
In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, one Greek value explored is Kleos, otherwise known as glory. This value is not only explored in the Odyssey by the protagonist (Odysseus), but is also used to explore different themes through the protagonist reaching their Kleos....
The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald is a complex novel pertaining the main characters complicated journey home from Troy to his throne in Ithika. The Greek gods play a big part in his long 10-year journey back home. Are they to blame...
Literary analysis In the stories of “Cask of Amontillado”, “Tell of Tale Heart” and “A Rose for Emily” the main characters have killed someone close to them. These stories have some differences but also some similarities. Montressor it’s a smart guy and he has some...
In the late 1400s, Leonardo Da Vinci used his various natural-born talents to shape the world as we know it today. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest Renaissance men of all time. The great artist was born April 15, 1452, in Vinci Italy...
Humanity is setting so much tension on individuals to achieve success and be someone they can’t be, that people are behaving in any way they can achieve that goal. Men repeatedly use authority and dominance to prove that they are important and that they can...
Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ dramatizes a perennial issue we have all more than likely encountered: a lack of communication within a relationship. Hemingway narrates this short story through a continuous conversation between the story’s two main characters, the American and Jig. The conflict...
“They look like white elephants” says a girl, referring to a burden that is never called by its name in the story. Although, the girl and her companion have a conversation through the story, neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other, highlighting the...
“Champion of the World” is a chapter from a piece called I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. It tells a story of a boxing event and describes what being African American in the early 1900’s was like. The nineteenth chapter of...
In Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Shakespeare shows many different types of political violence which can still be related to today. Shakespeare writes about civil war over how the government should work. This is a concept that can relate to our times and almost any time...
Tones within an essay play a pivotal role in shaping how readers perceive the content. The novel “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, employs various essay tones to evoke distinct emotions in the audience. In this...
The Things They Carried is a touching short story and helps us to remember the lives of those who gave so much for our benefit. This story is about the soldiers of the Alpha company in the Vietnam War who each carried something into battle,...
Tim O’Brien skillfully blurs the boundaries between truth and fiction in his literary masterpiece, “The Things They Carried.” This captivating narrative offers readers an intimate glimpse into the minds of soldiers, laying bare the emotional and psychological tolls of war. For the seventeen soldiers featured...
Book analysis In “The Things They Carried”, by Tim O’Brien, the audience can see the lives of many soldiers in their time in Vietnam before, during and after their time. Many soldiers in the story have to deal with the effects of having other people’s...
Robert Frost said, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Through the life in which he went through, Frost has learned a lot, such as the value of things and been through a lot, such as the...
Robert Frost is one of America’s greatest poets. He was born on March, 26 1874 and died January 29, 1963. He wrote several books in England as an American author. He suffered from depression and had several occurrences of death and crisis in his life,...
W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington were two of the greatest leaders in the 19th and 20th century who had high hopes for the African American communities, but they disagreed on their strategies for black social and economic growth. Washington believed in education to learn...