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Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, and Nicole Alyssia Analytical Essay
Maya Angelou
Poetry
In exploring the school namely “Women Resisting Convention”, It is evident that there are many ways in which the poets differ and speak without fear. With that being said, Nicole Alyssia’s Enter At Your Own Discretion gives the impression of being “cut from a different cloth” which is a stylistic approach that has been thought…
The Outsiders by Susan Eloise Hinton Book Review
American Literature
Novel
The Outsiders
The novel “The Outsiders” was written by Susan Eloise Hinton in 1965 and later published in 1967. Hinton was born in 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This means that she was in high school when she wrote this book. It is told in the first person by Ponyboy Curtis. This novel is in the coming-of-age literary…
Power of Strong Female Relationships in The Color Purple
Novel
The Color Purple
Each female helps Celie in her own way and does their best to show her that they love and support her even when she thinks nobody does. That understanding allows Celie to speak up in anger against Mr. ___ and no longer be submissive and weak. With the help of Shug and Nettie, Celie uncovers…
Stereotypes and Heroism in Dead Poets Society, a Film by Tom Schulman
Fiction
Hero
Heroism
Literature
The film Dead Poets Society was written by Tom Schulman and was produced in 1989. The film was directed by Peter Weir. The main characters I will be focusing on are as follows: John Keating, Neil Perry, and Todd Anderson. These characters are played by Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, and Ethan Hawke. This movie…
Love during War in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
Literature
Novel
The hillsides of Italy grew forests of chestnuts and beyond the plains, streams ran through gardens and vineyards. The scene sounds blissful, but it was war. It was World War 1 and Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver for the Italian army was in the midst of it. He traveled to the exotic country…
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Novel
Uncle Toms Cabin
Writers
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe an American abolitionist, author and one of the most influential women of the 19th century best known for her novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. Born into a prominent family, Beecher grew up with her father, Lyman Beecher, a Presbyterian preacher and her twelve…
The Handmaid’s Tale About Disempowerment Of Women
Novel
Society
The Handmaid's Tale
In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood creates an extremely marginalized society. Atwood’s different writing techniques and different styles (switching back and forth between Offred’s current life as a Handmaid and her life before she was transported to Gilead) help the reader define the marginalization in each of the characters. The internal thoughts of Offred also…
Meursault in The Stranger by Albert Camus
Character
Novel
The Stranger
Some authors write books for a specific reason while others may write for no reason at all. Although they may or may not have specific meanings, a reader always has the opportunity to create their own thoughts about what a book may be portraying. In “The Stranger” by Albert Camus, he created a character that…
The Eagle by Alfred Tennyson Poetry Analysis
Poetry
Poetry Analysis
The theme is important to poetry. Not only music but also theme is linked to poetry since its birth. Usually, great verses have more than one theme. these days different methods of literary analysis are on theater. The various approaches are used to explain the rich themes of The Eagle in a memory of Hallam…
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin Literary Analysis
Short Story
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
When we analyze the way our economy has been built over the centuries, we often come to a tragic realization. It is the awareness of patterns of exploitation that have been the norm and continue to be our standard procedure when it comes to business. From the making of our cheap clothes to the production…