Literature

When I read the title of this book, I thought it was another story of a war hero. I thought Navajo was a code name for an elite military sector. To learn that the Navajo are a people with a unique culture was very interesting.

The title of the book is IJaam written by Sinan Antoon who is an Iraqi-born poet, novelist, film maker and assistant professor at New York University. Ijaam explains Iraqi expatriate Antoon life in his country.

This essay sample aims to illustrate how Dostoevsky in his Crime and Punishment shows us the other side of Saint-Petersburg, crowded, stuffy, noisy, and dirty.

This essay example compares and contrasts the literature of the Selma Movie and the I Have a Dream speech of Martin Luther King Jr. about America's history.

Images or symbols refer to shapes, objects, colours, characters or shapes used to symbolize something else, commonly an abstract quality or thought. The use of imagery and symbolism generally represents...

When it comes to virtues and values, each and every one of us is acquainted with a fair share of the same. The laws of right and wrong are instilled in us as young as 5 years or even younger.

Controversial protagonists and antiheroes are ranked in the same category as the heroes and heroines in literature. However, there exists some differences, in that the antihero lacks the conventional traits...

The Road Not Taken is among Robert Frost's most famous poems. He creates wonderful imagery with a pace and rhyming scheme which makes it pleasant to read and listen to.

Feeling grieved and aggravated I pass by at Fair Verona. I meet my cousin Benvolio; he is a caring and comforting guy who cares to know what makes me grieve. He nearly thinks my heart faints because of my love for a fair woman.

African diaspora refers to the people living in Europe, Americas, Asia and Middle East who trace their origins to African continent. For the purpose of this work, African...

The story in Lucy depicts a struggle by the main character to come to terms with her real self that is her origin and being. As common with any other growing and upcoming young person, the changes...

Telling stories is an inseparable part of every culture. From generation to generation mothers tell their children different stories, thereafter children grow up and tell these stories to the infants.

The first chapter of Sandra Cisneros's book The House on Mango Street presents a young girl coming of age in an arguably harsh environment telling the tale of her family's constant migration.

Greek mythology by different philosophers such as Euripides is fascinating and absorbing as it captures the attention of the reader and the audience due to its usage of different styles that are enthralling.

Ishmael Bear is the narrator and the major character of the book titled A Long Way Gone. Bear undergoes three main changes throughout the book. Bear is presented as being a person with a complex character.

Hiding in the play A Doll House has been showed in various occurrences. The characters hide paramount details from each other that could affect their relationships significantly.

Arendt's book accounts for the events that proceeded during the trial of Adolf Eichmann in an Israeli court. Eichmann was convicted as one of the chief members of the Holocaust organization...

The poem Success is Counted Sweetest, is a poem written in the year 1859 by the famous American poet Emily Dickinson. The poem is composed in three stanzas with four lines each...

It is a common saying that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. In line with this thought, it is evident that beauty, as defined by two different people, will not be entirely the same.