Category: Literature

Table of Contents Introduction Main Body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction To begin with, let us state, that the book under analysis is “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid” by Bill Bryson, a talented American writer, who managed to capture the attention of the audience due to his inimitable witty humor and shades of…

The poem “An Ante-Bellum Sermon” can be viewed as a hymn of slaves or servants on their way to freedom. The text describes the aspirations of the underprivileged part of American society that hopes to get equal rights and freedoms with privileged groups. The author makes Biblical references to Moses who came and saved his…

In Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club, the gaps are more than generational: they are also cultural, a misaligned mix of a past of which no remnant exists and a present which fails to reach the dream. The past in which the mother’s originated has vanished as massive change swept through China. The isolation…

The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo (1819) by Uriah Derick D’Arcy and The Masque of The Red Death (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe both revolve around dark themes. The second story explores human nature at the sight of the inevitable, while St. Domingo’s story focuses on what comes after death and revenge themes.…

Recently, I had to read the story titled “Where Oaken hearts do Gather” by Sarah Pinsker and posted in the Uncanny Magazine. The story revolves around a few commentators discussing the traditional English ballad about Fair Ellen and Sweet William, with the discussion slowly realizing that the story may have been about murder rather than…

“Catch” by Robert Francis belongs to the most inspirational pieces of American poetry of the twentieth century. In his poem, the author compares the process of creating poetry to a sports game. Francis employs a variety of poetic elements such as metaphor, simile, epithet, an interesting rhythmic pattern, alliteration, assonance, and repetition. Out of all…

A person’s ability to stick to the things they cherish, the things that make them who they are, and the things they would never want to forget is called memory. Consciously storing memories is becoming more difficult as people age. Additional factors to consider include the inability to interact vocally and identify familiar locations or…

Table of Contents Introduction The Characters of Cannery Row Human Condition Universal Message Conclusion Works Cited Works Consulted Introduction Although all humans differ in their character, appearance, and perception of the world around them, several distinct characteristics that can be observed in all individuals exist. The novel Cannery Row by John Steinbeck portrays the various…

Shakespeare uses dramatic irony as one of the main stylistic devices to unveil the false morals and weaknesses of the main characters. Using dramatic irony, Shakespeare attacks the low morals of characters and the inability to improve critical situations and life around them. Dramatic irony is based on the key themes which are order, war,…

Discussing Compassion as a Pro-Social Emotion, as Presented in Born to Be Good by Dacher Keltner Society is a group of people who are interconnected by common traditions, cultures, and ideological views. What is more important is that socialization is the main feature of human beings who refer to their emotions, mind, and feeling to…