📚 Literature Essays

Jonathan Kozol is the author of Rachel and Her Children. He released this book at a time when homelessness in the US became a major…

“The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli is a historic work dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the former ruler of Florence. It was written in 1513 Florence,…

When humankind turns directionless and destination less, when confusion confounds the society, when people act and react as if they are in world created out…

The “Enuma Elish” is the Babylonian myth of creation and is one of the oldest myths that exists, found inscribed on  seven tablets  in Nineveh,…

Before going to discuss Gulliver’s travel to Lilliput, let us get an overview of the background of Gulliver’s travels. Gulliver’s Travels is the story of…

Introduction In his “Preface to Shakespeare”, Samuel Johnson has praised the bard, as above “all writers”, and, as one who “holds up to his readers…

The enlightenment period occurred during a time when the Polish civilization was in confusion over whether to follow their traditions and customs or the modern…

Homer’s Odysseus is one of the most outstanding characters among epic heroes due to his contradictory and complicated personality. He differs much from other famous…

The article “Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference” by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson investigates a relationship between investments of a company…

The play “Joy Turner’s Come and Gone” was written by August Wilson. The detailed analyses of the play and Loomis’s character makes it possible to…

In the chapter “The learning organisation: Faucauldian gloom or Utopian sunshine?” the author Michaela Driver (2002) is attempting to increase the discussion between the two…

Fernanda del Carpio and her daughter Renata Remedios are two characters in One Hundred Years of Solitude that have solitude in common. Fernanda came from…

The writings of Edward Taylor, Benjamin Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne represent the continued struggle of the human soul with sin and demonstrate a deep faith…

Searching for the meaning of life and love seems to be a popular theme of philosophical novels. And, Hesse’s Siddhartha (1922) is no different from…

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the most famous novels of English literature not only because it is a masterpiece of writing but…

Croilus and Criseyde is a middle age love poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer in a period ranging from 1381 to 1386. In particular, the story…

Ntozake Shange’s masterly  poem is the most illuminating and poignant story I have ever read about black women in America. The writer puts forth her…

Introduction There has been great effervescence for the Native literature since the second half of 20th century. The major novelists within this period include Leslie…

In the first sentence John Demos says: “I wanted to write a story”. It’s rather strange to notice that this well-known historian really wanted to…

Mother tongue, written by Amy Tan provides a description of the forms of English languages adapted by different individuals during their migration to the United…