Category: Essays Samples on Literature

Amy Tan wrote "Mother Tongue" in American literacy journal. It focuses on identity struggles and expectations for American and Asian society. She supports her argument through the perspectives of her mother and her own childhood experiences. I believe her points are valid and clear from the examples that she has given. Tan's universes are affected by language conflicts, which can lead to her loss...

Ralph Ellison's story "Battle Royal" was written. It begins with a flashback to what happened many years ago. A black man is the narrator. He narrates the story of his grandfather's passing and the wise words that he left his son (Father, to the narrator). The story is set in small towns, according to the narrator. The story is about how the interactions between the white and black people were...

Hercules by Disney is full of predetermined stereotypes. These stereotypes are evident in plot development and character portrayals. To expose the implicit connotations of this film, the main focus will be on gender roles. Disney movies' hidden stereotypes send unjust messages to young children about gender roles, body image, and heroism. It is a tradition of Disney to portray female characters...

Ben Mikaelsen's touching novel Touching Spirit Bear centers on Cole Matthews' life-changing experiences. Cole's 1 year exile from Minneapolis to an isolated island transformed him from a tense teenager who likes to beat up others into someone who is able to understand the power of choice and life. Cole's actions influence readers in multiple ways. He shows that anyone can make a change if they...

Many Africans were exploited as a result of Europeans arriving in Nigeria to extract ivory and spread religious ideas. The story of Africa's impact on the white man is told in two novels: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Heart of Darkness of Joseph Conrad. However, it is unclear if these novels are complementary. Chinua has called Conrad's novel "racist." It also contains elements such...

Richard Foster says that The Importance to Being Earnest has "multivalent nature". This means that farce or comedy-of-manners are not suitable for The Importance to Being Earnest. Foster suggests that the play can be understood as more complex and satirical than a comedy of manners or farce. Wilde makes subtle comparisons between his life and the play's. Foster describes Wilde's play as a comedy...

The story The Interlopers has a short length, but contains multiple types of conflict. These conflicts challenge and intermingle different characters, which contributes to the plot. This essay aims to explain and highlight all the conflicts. The story opens with an outside conflict. The story is about the long-running conflict between Znaeym Family and Gradwitz over land. But, George and Ulrich...

It is not possible to define strength in a universal way. In its purest form, strength is an individual characteristic. Others may define strength as staying true and not bending to another's will. While others see it as doing what is right and moving forward with dignity and grace, some people view it as being strong. Although the struggle to see women as independent, strong beings has been...

The Wanderer is an ode to time and space. It asks existential questions which are not answered in the brief conclusion but appeal to God. This structural anomaly has seen critical attention to The Wanderer shift dramatically over the last century. Early 20th-century critics thought that the conclusion to the poem was added later to Christianize the piece, but later critics said that it was part...

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga examines the contradicting threads that run through Indian society. It exposes corruption and the exploitation that is all too common in modern Indian society. Adiga juxtaposes the disparate worlds "Light" & "Darkness" to show that prosperity and decency are not compatible in a society with only "two castes". While the oppression of the land that flows into the...