Category: Literature 5177

What is the place of a woman in modern society? Should a woman be a classical housewife and the ‘mother of the family’ or a modern independent businesswoman with a strong position in the so-called ‘men’s world’? Today we have a right to choose. Today we have equal rights and duties with men in every…

Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of nine short stories written by an American author Jhumpa Lahiri. This writing presents its readers with stories about the experiences of Indian Americans who learn to live in the conflict between two distinct cultures. Therefore, in order to understand the life of these people better, the following essay…

The novel From Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among Lowly is an impactful piece, showing the cruelty and inhumanity of the slavery system in the United States. The novel shows many aspects of real life, from childhood, labor, motherhood, and gender to many more. Slavery being at the center of the story, the author still…

Table of Contents Introduction Cultural Identity and the Idea of Fitting In Family Values and a Sense of Belonging Conclusion Work Cited Introduction The Namesake is a debut novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. Originally, a part of the novel was published in a magazine and only later extended to a full-length novel.…

“Blindness” is an essay written by Jorge Luis Borges in 1977. In this work, much attention was paid to self-referentiality because the author’s experience is extremely important to support his writing (Block de Behar, A Rhetoric of Silence 279-281). To understand the purpose of this essay, it is critical to refer to Borges’s explanations and…

National Enterprise Reporter Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and the author of five successful books. His books include masterpieces such as The Good Rain and Lasso the Wind. The worst hard time is a story that centers on the people who were present in America’s high plains in the 1930s and who suffered…

Table of Contents Introduction Works Analysis Conclusion References Introduction Wislawa Szymborska is considered to be an outstanding Polish poet and essayist. Her works stand out from all others by their prominent character and individuality. The author’s style is unique and expressive; she always tries to differentiate her poems from others by disclosure of major philosophical…

Table of Contents The End That It Serves from a Narrative Perspective Whether the Strategy Reminds of Any Other Works of Literature The Advantages and Disadvantages of Telling a Story This Way References The End That It Serves from a Narrative Perspective From a narrative perspective, the Divine Comedy by Dante, as provided by John…

Table of Contents Introduction Religion and Cultural Order in the Indians’ New World Economics and as an Aspect of the Indians’ New World Material Goods in the Indians’ New World Culture and Relationships with the Outside World Conclusion References Introduction Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel Richter is not the first book written about…

Woody Guthrie composed “This Land Is Your Land” in 1940 with the hope of proving the Americans to diverse views. The poem is well known, and it is considered the nation’s patriotic anthem. While the composition is supposed to promote patriotism, some of the song’s stanzas contradict the tune’s intended theme. For instance, the poem…