Writers Essays and Research Papers Page 46

John Steinbeck’s novella “The Pearl” is a kind of parable about how the things we think we want desperately can sometimes destroy our lives. Steinbeck introduces us to a young family of indigenous Mexicans who make a living pearling. Kino, his wife Juana, and their baby son Coyotito live in a poor village on the…

First published in 1949, “1984” is a dystopian novel by an English novelist and critic George Orwell. The book features totalitarianism as the major theme being driven by the eight characters led by Winston Smith who is the main protagonist. Alongside totalitarianism, the book also highlights other ideas such as technology, physical control, information censure,…

One major role of poems is that they deliver emotion or an idea in a glamorous language. Poems paint images of the poet’s adorations and feelings about an idea, an object or even a concept. Sometimes, the feelings of poets can contrast modestly presenting ideological variation while on other occasions; the poets can come to…

The novel 1984 by George Orwell is one in which there is an interesting central character. However, the protagonist shows Winston Smith’s demise was inevitable from the start. George Orwell is the author of the book 1984 which is about a character called Winston Smith, who is a member of the ruling party in Oceania….

‘Blackness engulfed the room as light seeped in the dark corners and crevices. Taking tentative steps, the man edged closer to the lean figure sleeping peacefully on the bed. Oblivious to the stranger’s intentions, the old man slept peacefully for seven nights, impervious to the looming death that awaited him on the eight-night. The man…

“The Tell -Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, was released in 1843. It is one of the shortest stories Poe wrote and takes a look into dysteria and mental health issues. “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was released in 1899. This story also looks into mental health problems and one a different…

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest has very few female characters and when a female character is to act or say something in the play, it should be thoroughly and deeply analyzed. Shakespeare’s Sycorax for example, is said to be an ugly hag but is also considered a very powerful woman. Miranda on the other hand, is…

“Man is an animal who has to live in a lie in order to live at all.” (Ernst Becker, Escape from Evil). The two major themes of the East of Eden are, finding your identity and escaping evil, often argued through multiple articles. Evilness is something that some people do not escape, but in this…

The Seven Deadly Sins of the world are seven sins that can lead to a major change in someone’s mind and life. Greed is one of the seven. In the book, The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, the theme of greed and how money changes people are a recurring element. Even Kino, who was just a…

The Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello (1604) addresses the issue of jealousy and love, confronting the mind and feelings that leads to tragedy. That is the basis of a play, where the basic laws of the tragedy genre are clearly observed: the collapse of hope, the inability to change reality, the death of the main characters. Each…