Literary Genre Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 48

Ambiguity and deception play a major role when making a snap judgement on a community or society. What this means is that a society can look fine on the surface but there can be a whole other world when you take a close look and question aspects of said society. Throughout the short story “Young…

Poetry therapy is a form of creative arts therapy that involves the use of spoken or written word as a means to express deep-rooted emotions. Poetry based practices are intended to encourage self-expression through literary works. Therapeutically, poetry allows individuals to communicate and understand their inner-most feelings. While the potential for re-traumatization exists, poetry therapy…

“Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society – a future world that could plausibly happen,”(Lauren DeStefano). Dystopian societies are the type of societies that many want to stay away from. This type of society is a society in which it is very unpleasant to live in…

Khaled Hosseni’s The Kite Runner is a novel about a young Afghan boy named Amir and his friend Hassan and the trials and tribulations they go through in their lives. Although the story was mostly about Amir and his life before he left Afghanistan and how that affected him after he arrived in California, no…

“A life with no memory is no life at all”. This is, in my opinion, a true representation of Jonas’ story in the Giver. Jonas lived in a perfect world where everything is controlled by strict rules. Jonas was selected by the Elders to become the receiver of memory in the community. The receiver is…

Marie Ostby is an assistant professor of English and Global Islamic studies who specializes in looking at Iranian art forms as a focal point into political inquiries in contemporary world writing. Within the field of Iranian art forms is a landmark autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi called Persepolis. Ostby’s article, “Graphics and Global Dissent”,…

Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat” introduces the reader to Delia Jones, a washwoman living in Florida in the 1920’s. Throughout the story, Delia Jones is perceived to be a very hardworking and undoubtedly is the breadwinner in her marriage. Her husband, Sykes, is extremely horrible towards her and constantly terrorizes and cheats on her…

What do you think is the secret of a successful relationship? Well I am not an expert dealing with this topic, but it is definitely not dominance and communication breakdown. In this story “Hills Like White Elephants” Ernest Hemingway tries to show the communicational gap between an American guy and a girl named Jig. He…

The tyrannical rule of Trujillo wreaked havoc on the lives of the citizens in the Dominican Republic and set a precedent of male superiority. The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz takes place in a deleterious atmosphere of patriarchy and emphasizes the disconnect between the female and male Latino identity. This disconnect…

The primary aim of this thesis is to analyze Sherman Alexie’s short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven in relation to the theme of alcoholism among Native Americans in the twentieth century. Sherman Alexie is a contemporary Native American author who was born on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The lives of…