Category: Literature

“I wish my house was underneath Kaunakakai Groceteria…. In my bedroom there’s a secret door up to the groceteria, which I could sneak into at night, after everyone went home. Then I can choose anything I want to eat when I get hungry…. And I would take Maisie and you with me too, so we…

This Side of Paradise is the first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The history of publishing this novel is rather long and captivating. Fitzgerald could not find any publisher for his first story. It is not even strange, as in 1920, Fitzgerald was an unknown writer, and his stories were unknown to the reader and…

Isidore Lucien Ducasse was one of the most mysterious poets in French literature. During his literature career, he used a pen name Comte de Lautréamont and created only two works – Les Chants de Maldoror (in English, it is known as The Songs of Maldoror or just Maldoror) and Poesies. These works influenced considerably modern…

Table of Contents Author’s Biographic Note Thesis Statement Summary of the Book Personal Evaluation of the Story Works Cited Genghis Khan is the book by an English writer Richard Percival Lister. In spite of the fact that not much information may be found about this author, his works and his contribution to the world of…

Love You Forever is one of the most brilliant works by Robert Norman Munsch, a Canadian kid’s writer and storyteller. Although, this book is a part of children’s literature genre, it may be also interesting to lots of adults, both fathers and mothers. Children buy this book for their parents, and parents want to present…

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, known as S. Y. Agnon, was a popular Hebrew fiction writer. He significantly influenced the development of Hebrew literature by means of the frequent usage of literary techniques. One of his known romantic stories is A Simple Story. He shares his viewpoints on the lives of Jewish people, offering insight into their…

Table of Contents Introduction The Monkey’s Paw Critical Analysis – Themes The Monkey’s Paw: Conclusion The Monkey’s Paw is a short story by W. W. Jacobs, first published in 1902. It deals with the themes of horror, the unknown, fate, and grief. This page contains The Monkey’s Paw literary analysis. Introduction It is a common…

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is a controversial book that many students and parents would like to see removed from their school curriculum. Some schools have actually removed it already. They have argued that the content in the book is inappropriate for the age level of students. It is argued that the…

The story,” Teddy,” by J.D Salinger begins when Teddy, the main character in the story, appears to disagree with his father Mr. McArde who is a daytime radio serial actor. The parents then differed on how to punish the ten -year old boy. However, the boy’s intelligence is noted at this moment when he religiously…

I would like to concur with Abram’s words that writing is a form of animism. This portrays writing as a kind of magic output advanced in a creative way by man. Abram argues that human beings tend to complicate the meaning of magic yet they do perform magic every time they get a book to…