Category: Literature

The short story “A Conversation with My Father,” written by Paley contains two narratives. The first one is autobiographical – the narrator, a writer, describes a conversation with her father about her work and future. The second story is created b the main narrator in two versions, both describing a mother and a son dealing…

Dylan Thomas is a famous Irish poet whose works include “Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night” published in 1951. The speaker in this poem urges people not to fear death, as has been the tradition. The poem notes that death is an inevitable circumstance that all persons will encounter. As a result, individuals…

The Song of Roland is one of the oldest examples of Western European non-Latin literature, written in the 11th century. This is an epic poem written in the “chansons de geste” or “song of deeds” genre, that is, inspired by historical events (Cook, 2019). Firstly, the work is a product of its time and realities.…

Table of Contents Introduction Plot Questions Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Sarah Jewett’s A White Heron is a short story written in the best literary traditions of the nineteenth century: although simple in its language and plot, it cleverly alludes to many important philosophical questions. In a tale about a young girl meeting a hunter, the…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Work Cited Introduction After reading the story “The Sanctuary of School,” the answer to the question of why Lynda Barry was crying is simple. The author says by herself “I realize I was crying from relief” (Barry 2). However, to understand the background of the story and the causes…

In her short story “The Storm,” the American author Kate Chopin portrays her ability to use metaphors in exploring several social and emotional issues affecting women in the 19th century. Noteworthy, Kate Chopin was born and lived at the time when feminist writers and social enthusiasts were advocating for women rights. Born Katherine O’Flaherty in…

Introduction Human beings are the part of the natural world that is why human relations, qualities, and attitudes can be discussed with references to the relations between animals as the reflection of the humans’ world where social interactions are meaningful. From this point, it is possible to accentuate the definite features of the human relations…

A Synthesis of “The School” by Donald Barthelme There are many books and stories which are dedicated to the topic of life and death. All of them present different perspectives, and views and approach the theme from various angles. Numerous philosophers in the history of humanity shared their complex understandings of what life and death…

Gennifer Choldenko is an American writer, a winner of Newbery Honour Award and the author of many popular books for teenagers, children and young adults. Gennifer Choldenko’s novel called “Al Capone Does My Shirts” consists of many deep themes and stories, for an attentive reader this work would be extremely exciting to explore, as the…

Russian Thinkers which is a compilation of essays on the Russian luminaries that includes Alexander Herzen, Tolstoy, Belinsky, Bakunin, and populists like Chernyshevsky is very helpful to introduce one to Russian history during the19th century and was written in Russia. These essays are used by Berlin so that he can clearly bring his points about…