Category: Literature

  • Rule of the Bone

    Table of Contents Introduction Analysis of the Character Chappie/Bone How Chappie/Bone is a dynamic character Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Every teenager wants to be independent in their life. Most of them try to shun any influence from their parents and start to associate with their peers. The overrunning theme in this book is that of…

  • ‘The Third Policeman’ by O’Brien

    Table of Contents Introduction Thesis statement Discussion Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This paper will discuss the story ‘The Third Policeman’ by O’Brien. The paper will focus on the intellectual thesis that is applied in the story. The main character in this story is a single-legged young man who is also orphaned. The narrator of this…

  • William Blake’s A Poison Tree Essay

    The poem talks about how fatal it is to suppress anger as it eventually leads to grudges in a society. As the poem starts, when the person reveals to his friend that he is angry, the anger goes away, but when the persona fails to speak up when angered by the foe, wrath grows. The…

  • Atwood’s “Dancing Girls” and Achebe’s “The Madman”

    Table of Contents Introduction Brief Synopsis of the two works Comparison of various themes in the two stories Conclusion Bibliography Introduction This paper provides a comparative essay on the works of two eminent authors Margaret Atwood and Chinua Achebe. While Margaret lived in Canada and Chinua was from Nigeria, two nations on different continents and…

  • “Morning Song” by Sylvia Plath

    The Morning Song by Sylvia Plath is part of the Ariel collection revealing her personal issues in a frank manner. In this poem, Sylvia uses a mixture of serious and joyous elements. Her use of clever metaphors, technical brilliance, fantastic imagery, ironical wit, controlled stanzas, and assonance makes the poem tremendously powerful. The poem begins…

  • Fables of Anansi and the Jamaican People

    Table of Contents The Origins Jamaica’s Interpretation The Modern Interpretation Conclusion References Anansi is a character of African folktales. This character is often depicted as a spider and regarded as a spirit who is the source of all stories and knowledge. It is one of the most popular characters of the Caribbean and West African…

  • “We Take Vacations” by Melissa Day Reid: Analysis

    Growing up is an integral part of every person’s life and is the next stage in personality development. In “We take vacations,” Melissa Day Reid tells the story of a young girl’s transition from childhood to adulthood. The story’s main focus is interaction within the main character’s family and the role parents play during this…

  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

    Ivan Ilyich’s Life as Most Ordinary and Most Terrible Ivan Ilyich is the main protagonist in Leo Tolstoy’s novella ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ first published in the year 1886. Through this widely acclaimed literary work, the author has clearly addressed some of the important perspectives of life as well as the inevitability associated with…

  • Motif-Based Literary Analysis Of “Check One”

    The changes in the world and society brought the changes in every area of the public’s life and its art, culture, and spiritual life. Thus, today the American poetry develops according to the contemporary tendencies, and a poem’s performance becomes the part of the vivid action basing on a number of controversial aspects discussed in…

  • On How to Tell a Great Story

    Introduction Storytelling is a means by which one can convey events using words, images or by means of sound. This is done through making the story more appealing to the audience. Storytelling has been an activity practiced by all diverse cultures all over the world. Each culture has its own way of telling its own…