Literary Genre Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 54

Heading into the final weeks of the semester, we read a few short stories written by various authors. We read “The Flowers,” by Alice Walker, “The Pedestrian,” by Ray Bradbury, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, and “To Build a Fire,” by Jack London, along with a few others. Among these short stories, it was noticed…

Bierce’s short stories are darker because of the time period, topics, and characters. The topics are more evil. Time periods are different war and Christmas in totality. Characters are closer to death. Characters don’t have happiness in they’re lives. The setting of the Gift of the Magi is a flat on Christmas Eve. The setting…

As a New York Times Bestseller, The Fault In Our Stars, has been through a lot of critics and reviewing. Many consider this book a masterpiece of the modern era and although it may consists of two dying teenagers, the book strongly portrays what it means to feel alive and love someone. They say there…

The novel of One door away from heaven entertains the readers of all ages and keeps engaging in surprising turns and twists. Once someone starts reading the novel, it is very difficult to leave it without finishing, as it keeps users on the edge of the seat with every page. This beautiful novel knows how…

When we find out something new about somebody else, whether it is an action, belief or behavior, it has the potential to influence our perception of that person. As the knowledge of these actions, beliefs or behaviors may cause someone’s perception of another to change, one may keep secrets. The act of holding a secret…

Dangerously knowledge is a prominently seen theme in Frankenstein. In Frankenstein we see the search for leaving and knowledge in three major characters, Victor, Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the creature. From the beginning of time until now the limitless pursuit of knowledge reveals man’s weakness. Modern society provides humans with a wide variety of sources…

Published in 1759 by Enlightenment pioneer, Voltaire, the satirical novella Candide, gives its readers an insight to the different philosophical ideas that sculpted this intelligent era. The novel opens following the protagonist, Candide, a light hearted, sheltered young man who resides at the Thunder-ten-tronckh castle with his affluent family in Westphalia. It is in the…

In Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood creates a dystopia. After an apocalyptic event, the society became very unequal with a mix of new technologies and poor government enforcement. The only human left on earth, Jimmy, had a tough childhood with his parent’s always fighting and eventually abandoning him. Jimmy lives the best way he knows…

The short story, Sweat, was selected, because I was able to connect with the story on a more personal level. I can connect to the story, because as an African American female, I understand the hardships women face having to jungle and maintain different responsibilities, and not even being acknowledge or respected for doing so….

In the Scarlet Letter, light and darkness is one of the main symbols present in the story. In the real world, light is a symbol for joyfulness, hope, and happiness while darkness is a symbol of despair, gloomy, and sadness. In the book, it’s the same concept light represent happiness and darkness represents secrecy and…