Writers Essays and Research Papers Page 43

In Eighteenth-century Europe, women believed that marriage was only to increase family wealth or to gain social class. In the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, find people they love but soon after the sisters realize that their love interest is already engaged or were already obligated to a…

Chris McCandless’ literary heroes shared various similarities and differences. Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, and Leo Tolstoy are a few examples of writers that influenced Chris. Although, I believe Jack London inspired Chris McCandless the most because Chris’ actions were heavily inspired by London. Chris’ moral principles were impacted, as well as his desires to…

Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea shows a strong representation of Christianity through the main protagonist, Santiago. Given Santiago’s suffering and willingness to endure pain for a marlin, this can act as the wounds of Christ’s stigmata, and Hemingway goes on to portray the old man as a Christ-like martyr. Throughout the novel…

In his essay The Old Man and the Sea: Story of a Common Man, Gerry Brenner stated that the story of Santiago and his two important relations: first to a young child and second to nature. Santiago did not catch a fish for several days when the story opened, and his young companion Manolin was…

Born in India in 1903, George Orwell became a well-known novelist, essayist, and a strongly opinionated person with political views. Later Orwell addressed some of the major political movements of his time such as imperialism, fascism, and communism in his essay the “Shooting of an Elephant” (1936) Orwell mainly focuses on the “real nature of…

What creates the poetry style of a well-known American poet such as Walt Whitman? Whitman’s use of poetry techniques makes him the recognized poet that he is today. Whitman is a poet whose poems often concentrated on himself or the world around him. He was one of the first poets of his time to use…

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”-George Orwell. This quotation elaborate and focus to the specific crisis in the book entitled “Animal Farm,” Mr. Orwell made himself, he showed us, his readers, how language is being used and misuse. Over time in the story where pigs start ruling the manor farm, and…

Occasionally, too much wealth can satisfy an individual’s heart desires but oftentimes, it can bring the worst out of him or her. In the book, The Pearl by John Steineck, it shows that even simple actions can greatly impact one’s life. The story is about a family that lives in La Paz, Mexico where the…

Individualism, death, and the beauty of nature are the main themes shown in the works of Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman was 19th century poet who wrote Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself, and O Captain! My Captain!. Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York on May 31, 1819. Whitman grew up on a…

“The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion” (Democritus). Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus reveals that the augmentation of life, amidst the unraveling pursuit of self-gratification, will always entail the constraints of modesty. Santiago, the protagonist of The Old Man and the Sea endures multiple tests of…