Category: Literature

Roddy Doyle’s novel The Van provides an insight into the life of a person who faces difficulty being open and sharing their emotions with others, especially his family members. The main character Jimmy Rabbitte Sr. loses his job and thus becomes unable to provide for his wife and children, which leaves him emotionally frustrated. The…

“Ballad of Birmingham”, written by Dudley Randall, is considered to be deep and meaningful through the number of sophisticated philosophical elements introduced by the author. A close reading of the poem makes the reader see the interaction of political and religious aspects through social interference leading to death. The poem appears to be rather tragic…

Table of Contents Introduction to Assessment Historical Value Essentiality of Historical Background Influence on Modern Life Conclusion Works Cited Introduction to Assessment The book under consideration is called ‘The Western Heritage (10th) edition. Volume II: Since 1648’ by Donald M. Kagan , Steven Ozment, and Frank M. Turner. The book unveils a compelling history of…

The irony is an important element in Frank O’Conner’s story “First Confession.” In this story, one can actually hear the soft tap-tap of irony as it drives its careful wedge between a young boy’s pronouncements and the conclusions readers are meant to draw (Raney 86). The story is in the first person, in the voice…

The heroine from the story “The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter perceives herself as a sacrifice for her family to get out of poverty. She sees herself as an innocent person who is trying to help herself and her family live a healthy life. To achieve this, she marries a man who she does not…

Table of Contents The Dynamics of Cruelty in “The Winter of Frankie Machine” Conclusion Works Cited Violence and crime are transforming the lives of many people in America and across the globe. A sequence of aspects has led to a surge in violent crimes in America. These include social inequality, unemployment, poor education, organized crime,…

For more than a century, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, occupied a prominent position in American literary history as a significant character. Because of his distinct Southern drawl and demeanor, he was a terrific ambassador for the region. From his early days as a journalist to his most renowned…

The story of Dido and Aeneas became a source of endless inspiration for many generations which succeeded in Vergil’s work. Though the poem’s creation was encouraged by the emperor Augustus, Vergil put into The Aeneid not only a laudatory narration of Roman people origin but vividly depicted social and moral values of that period; he…

Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror firstly published in 1992 in New York is one of her famous plays devoted to one of the current issues of modern society namely to ethnic conflicts. The play consists of a number of interviews of the participants of the accident happened in the Crown Heights (Brooklyn Hights,…

In the era of modernism, poets tried to find a basis for the further existence of people in the world, and for some, such a basis was the strengthening of ties with nature. Moreover, poetry itself becomes the central value, conceived as a way to build a new world (Shoptaw). Later, during the transition to…