Category: Literature

Life itself is a complex concept that includes many stages, aspects, and problems. As a person goes through the subsequent stages of development, the previous issues become less important, leaving room for new questions and concerns. Their philosophy is moving further away from worldly matters. During this period, people participate in reflections and discussions about…

The Stranger is a novel written by Albert Camus that was published in 1942. It was first written in French before it was translated into English. Meursault is the main character in the book; he is a young man, who is narrating the readers about the things that have happened in his life. He lives…

It is no secret that the film, Clueless, by Amy Heckerling is an updated retelling of the classic novel, Emma, written by Jane Austen. There are numerous similarities throughout the film to the novel and the overall plotline is quite similar as well. The ball scene in the novel, Emma, however, has some marked differences…

Levenson’s Dear Evan Hansen is a well-written story about an intelligent but highly self-conscious high school student, Evan Hansen. The play explores the themes of loneliness, self-acceptance, suicide, lies, and the hardships of being a teenager’s parent. The main characters are high school students and their families going through the suicide of one of the…

Table of Contents Introduction The Theme-Sense and Sensibility Character Difference Tone and Satire Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The most outstanding quality derived from the novel, Sense and Sensibility, is the author’s deep penetrating character analysis. Jane Austen, the author, articulates all aspects of human characters in each chapter of the book – strengths, weaknesses, desires,…

In the novella, Hunger, Samantha Chang explores a journey of a Chinese immigrant, Tian, who focuses on his music to keep a grip on his dream in a competitive American society. In pursuit of this, a number of things suffer including his family. This is because Tian equates his approval within the musical circles to…

During their arrival in the New World, the family’s difficulties parallel the problems they confront in their new life in America. The hardship of immigrants is the central theme of The Jungle. The enormous quantity of bribery and corruption in Packingtown contributes to the situation. For the immigrants, there are so many obstacles that the…

The stories A & P by Updike and Where Are Your Going? Where Have You Been? by Oakes introduce the characters coming of age and searching for self-determination and independence. They strive to go beyond the established social norms and values and prove their superiority over the circumstances. Thus, Sammy, a nineteen-year-old boy, strives to…

Sappho’s lyrics are the subject of various debates concerning the spiritual perception of love by the ancient Greeks. Sappho’s poetry can be called a treasury of feelings and experiences. The main theme revealed in this poetess’s poems is love. Feelings in her lyrics take on their own unique image. The poetess really showed the world…

“Those Winter Sundays” is a reflective poem about a son’s memories. The speaker recalls scenarios in which a father dutifully rose early every Sunday to light a fire and polish his son’s shoes. While these actions seem mundane at the time, the child later realizes the depth of the sacrifices his father made as he…