Category: Literature

Victor Villaseñor presents a nonfiction novel, Rise from Gold, based on the experience of his family from Mexico to America. The novel tells a parallel story of Villaseñor’s parents, Lupe Gomes and Juan Salvador. The story predominantly describes family stories and the struggle of two Mexican families who find their space in a foreign land.…

In 1969, N. Scott Momaday created a story about the journey of Momaday’s Kiowa ancestors and called it The Way to Rainy Mountain. The author traces his roots, starting from the Kiowa Indians. In order to present a really informative and educative picture of his own past, Momaday chooses an unusual way for his story…

The principal idea of the Faulkner’s short story Barn Burning is related to the mature reflections of the young boy Sarty Snopes who can’t decide on his moral obligations and family duties. It is exactly the dual nature of the young boy’s reflections which is described in Williams Faulkner’s short story. Sarty’s complicated thoughts are…

Whether or not one believes Alex, the protagonist in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is cured at the end of the book depends upon how we define sick, insane, and cured. By some definitions, Alex is only sane before the treatment and only cured when he jumps from the window. He is a product…

The events in the Middle East in the middle of the 20th century showed a moment of crisis that changed the social structure of Iran and led to the Islamization of the country, which resulted in the rejection of Western values ​​and anti-Christian sentiments. In his book All the Shah’s Men, Stephen Kinzer describes the…

Table of Contents Introduction Background Poems Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Art is a not only a tool used to reflect the happenings in a society, but it also reflects the feelings of the artist towards the society and towards themselves. It is for this reason that art can be considered to be unlimited in terms…

Among the most controversial and disputable issues in the world of the literature is the question of whether Shakespeare and his creations are suppose to be included into the famous and glorious Canon. On the one hand, the re can be no possible doubt about the impact of the Swan of Avon on the English…

“March of the Elephants” is a short story written by Allison Thai, depicting the events of the Sino-Vietnamese War. The protagonists – two sisters, Hiển and Mai – lead the resistance forces and eventually succeed in overthrowing the Chinese reign. Thus, “March of the Elephants” uses two strong women and their successes on the battlefields…

The narrator spends his winter in Starkfield, where he is attracted to Ethan Frome, a local resident. Initially, the narrator thinks that Ethan, whose face is disfigured and scarred from an accident he had suffered ten years earlier, is unapproachable and silent. Subsequently, he gets curious about Ethan’s facial characteristics and his isolated existence that…

Table of Contents Introduction Jungle, and the Symbols Conclusion References Ramayana as an epic poem is full of symbols and metaphors. The symbols of nature are various, and have different meanings, depending on the context, but the key meanings of these symbols are life itself, and the beauty of the surrounding world. Introduction The ancient…