Category: Literature

In the story “The Way of the Machete” by Martin A. Ramos, the concept of local customs and traditions, providing a significant backdrop to the story, can be seen in the duel between Scipo Armenteros and Josué. Local customs in this particular case manifest themselves through the belief of defending your personal honor with your…

Table of Contents Introduction Adultery According to Chopin Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Can the legalization of extramarital affairs change the world for the better? This is the brainteaser behind Kate Chopin’s book The Storm. The prevailing society rules do not always take into account all the likes and dislikes of people neither do they care…

Distinguishing between Cosimo’s Values and Those of His Parents The Baron in the Trees is an account about a young boy refusing to live on the ground because of his sadistic sister humiliating him. The hero climbs up the trees and swears he will never descend on the ground. Judging from the plot, the author…

William Wordsworth is often held as the ultimate example of the English Romantic period, particularly with his publication of the Lyrical Ballads. Together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he is credited with having started the entire movement, which was radically different from what the reading public knew (Davies, 1980). Other analysts indicate numerous other writers of…

Table of Contents Introduction Brief Synopsis of Being There Elaboration on Author’s Thesis Author’s Image of Chauncey Gardiner Elaboration on Socrates’ Way: Seven Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost Conclusion Works Cited Introduction I hope that every person gets a chance to read a book called Being There by Jerzy Kosinski. It is…

Through her Half and Half narrative, Amy Tan describes 2 characters – namely, Rose Hsu Jordan and Ted Jordan – as experiencing marital and emotional problems. These problems emanate from the characters’ wrong decisions as well as from the influence of fate. For example, fate is depicted as causing Rose and Ted’s marital problems because…

Table of Contents Craft Phrases Quotes Works cited Craft Wolf uses the word craft to denote the kind of wit applied by writers by using words cleverly and cunningly to attract the reader. One thing about writers is that it does not matter what situation a text was written down, but rather how well the…

Table of Contents Synopsis Main Themes The writers Artistic expose Synopsis Carlos Bulosan’s novel America is in the heart is born from the hostile environment to which the writer was exposed, from his childhood years to the time the novel was published. It is his dream of escaping this situation that propelled Carlos into the…

The poem The Sick Rose looks into vulnerability of women in the face of men, the susceptibility of love in the face of unfaithfulness, and the susceptibility of the body in the hands of STDs. It reflects Blake’s days in a London full of prostitution and where marriage was the socially acceptable surface that covered…

Table of Contents Introduction The main characters and the plot Reflections Introduction I have just finished reading a semi-historical yet fictional book entitled “To Shield the Queen”. The book is a mystery thriller based upon a historical event that took place in the royal court of Queen Elizabeth the 1st. Written by Fiona Buckley, the…