Category: Literature

“Catch-22” is a unique and inimitable novel in its genre by the great writer Joseph Heller. Thus, this work describes the life of the American military during World War II. In the narrative, American pilots are based on one of the Italian islands, making raids on German-held positions from time to time. One of the…

The book “Crossing into America: The New Literature of Immigration” treats the United States as a country of immigrants. This text manages to capture diverse voices and ideas from different poets, authors, and writers. The authors present the best ideas and discussions to understand the issue of immigration. The immigration reforms of the 1960s made…

Table of Contents Introduction Story in the book The power of forgiveness The story of devout Christians Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Social constructs mold the behavior of individuals to a great extent. The Hiding Place is a description of the societal constructs that had molded the beliefs and actions of Corrie and her family and…

The poem “Sci-Fi” by Tracy K. Smith reveals the narrator’s fantasies with a utopian world where controlling forces, rules, and restrictions become cease to exist. The poem illuminates details about the futuristic world where the word sun will be forgotten, people will be living longer, and safely drifting through space. The narrator also suggests that…

Table of Contents The Sophoclean Hero The Sophoclean Hero aspects Conclusion References Would God no Argo e er had winged the seas To Colchis through the blue Symplegades No shaft of riven pine in Pelion’s glen Shaped that first oar blade in the hands of men Valiant who won to save King Pelias vow The…

Table of Contents Antigone written by Aeschylus Bacchae written by Euripides Lysistrata written by Aristophanes Phaedra written by Jean Racine Works Cited “Antigone” by written by Aeschylus The Main Action or point of the play “Antigone” can be summarized as: To live with Fate. In the play, several themes illustrated include the power of love…

Table of Contents Introduction The frame story Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Thousand nights and a one uses a frame narration in order to connect other stories and makes the narration smooth and clear to a reader. In this work, the main character, Scheherazade narrates to sultan fairy tales connected by a frame story. In this…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte, is among the most well-known novels of all time, with emphasis on the conflicting human nature. Among the characters of the novel is Heathcliff, torn between evil and good. While some readers might sympathize with the character due to his…

Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake from the book of poems Songs of Innocence. This book contains 19 poems and was first published in 1789 (“Holy Thursday,” para. 1). Interestingly, there is also a poem with a similar name from the book Songs of Experience published in 1794, which is different in mood…

Anderson, Nancy. Elementary Children’s Literature: Infancy through Age 13, 3rd ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2010. This is the latest version of the book, and provides major resources used for preparing students on how to be good teachers of literature. Students find the book resourceful, but it’s actually the teachers who benefit the most from…