Literature Essays

Liam O’Flaherty did an excellent job in employing stylistic devices in “The Sniper”. There were significant amounts of imagery, which enhanced the reader’s imagination while reading the book. There was also a distinct symbol that portrayed the true theme of the story perfectly. I also found interesting irony at the …

The entire novel takes the span of one Saturday afternoon, from 5:05 PM until 12:48 AM the following day, approximately eight hours. Through Cooney, we are able to enter the minds of the major characters in the beginning of the novel – from the rescuers to those boarding the plane …

The poem Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani introduces itself with a small paragraph explaining how an Asian-American student reportedly jumped to her death after being unable to obtain a perfect four point grade average. What follows is the girl?s suicide note, an apology to her parents in poetic verse, which …

Raymond Chandler, a fiction writer, once said, “The most durable thing in writing is style.” True, the style is often defined as one of the most important elements in writing. In Amy Tan’s novel, “The Joy Luck Club”, the style significantly contributes to the development of both the tone and …

“A Streetcar Named Desire” is a movie, based on a play, of two opposites, Blanche and Stanley. Blanche is the sister of Stanley’s wife. The most obvious difference between Blanche and Stanley is one of social background. Whereas Blanche comes from an old Southern family and was raised to see …

1. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. 2. The text I have chosen for this speech is and episode of “Family Guy”. “Family guy”, much like “The Simpsons”, is a satire on …

The definition of the word ghost is “a disembodied soul of a dead person haunting the living.” Some people believe in ghosts, others don’t. One lady who did was Sara Winchester who thought she was cursed by ghosts. She spent 36 years of her life, until she died, building a …

The universal appeal of Bruce Dawe’s poems lie in the poet’s passion in speaking for those who have no means of speaking. In “The Wholly Innocent” Dawe challenges his readers through a wilful determination to terminate the pregnancy of a healthy foetus. And in Homecoming Dawe questions the validity of …

Chapter 1 Augustine and his friends are doing bad stuff, running through fields, and taking people’s fruit. He and his best friend Alypius get caught behind and have to hide out. Then, they meet up with the others at the center of town they called the Hollow. Here, Augustine told …

Many people look to God for comfort. They live their lives based on His teachings in the Bible. People also look to their parents for comfort and live their lives based on what they teach them. In numerous ways, God is comparable to a parent. Providing comfort, setting rules, and …