Category: Literature

To begin with, I would like to say a few words about travel literature. As a genre, it is very popular nowadays. The study of this genre was widely spread in the nineteenth century. Travel literature is much diversified because it describes a person or a group of people who visit some concrete place, another…

The novel The Island of Doctor Moreau demonstrates the views of Herbert Wells on human nature, the development of personality, and the connection between the spiritual and the animal in people. Even though the creatures of Moreau and Montgomery can be called monsters, the two scientists are much more terrible than their unfortunate animals. Human…

Love often reveals some of the innermost feelings of one’s own being, these could be the true feelings a toddler understands freely, a teenager happens to be wandering around to be clarified and an adult often dismisses in the disguise of intelligence and success. However, it basically is human relationships that occur between one another.…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Works Cited Introduction “Atlas Shrugged” is a passionate appeal for the liberation of human mind as ‘mystics of spirit’ and ‘mystics of muscle’ denies the mind’s role in human life, and Ayn Rand challenges the long-held belief that human beings should simply follow their heart. Being an ardent follower of…

Having been embedded into the very fabric of nearly every society since the dawn of humankind, racism has drastically shaped the lives of African American people. In her famous 1983 story, ‘Recitatif,” Tony Morrison examines the problem of racism through the lens of the complex relationships of two women in a vignette of their brief…

Alexander and the Palace Setup Chapter one of the book Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault introduces the reader to the main characters of the book. It introduces life in the palace by giving the reader a description of how the palace was organized as well as governed in terms of security of the royalty.…

Table of Contents Introduction Main text Summary References Introduction Truett and Elliot start their brilliant book by introducing readers to long-standing and contemporary debates concerning the nature of borders, frontiers, and different borderlands in a general manner. Among the primary assumptions the authors are pursuing and trying to convince readers in is that they “see…

Poetry is different from prose in that the former can express broad ideas in a limited number of words. Moreover, poems can use sophisticated rhyming, stylistic devices, and other approaches to convey the authors’ ideas precisely. The three pieces under analysis have different structures and seem to address various issues. Christina Rossetti’s “In an Artist’s…

Table of Contents Introduction The Story Teller The mouse Conclusion Introduction Both “the mouse and “the storyteller” are wonderful short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, a British author who is popularly known by the pen name “Saki.” As it is observed, there is much in common with the two stories which revolve around the inescapable…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction In David Sedaris’ “Jesus Shaves” the misconception can be seen in students’ attempts to explain the historical background of Easter to their Moroccan classmates. It was a French class, and everyone was supposed to talk only in French, so it might seem that the language barrier…