Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

3 pages in length. When examining how the narrator's admission that he is an 'eminently safe' man helps to establish his point of view towards the story's events, it is important to understand how his realization of humanity and the emotions associated with it ultimately allowed him to accept the various occurrence that take ...

A 7 page paper which discusses various aspects of Shelley's "Frankenstein" as they concern Frankenstein, his admission to responsibility and his responsibility to his creation. No additional sources cited.

10 pages in length. The writer discusses Nathaniel Hawthorne's biography, as well as addresses various components of "The Scarlet Letter." Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines the bizarre life and career the elusive author of the popular series of children’s books about the misadventures of the three unfortunate Baudelaire siblings as well as discusses the real-life man behind the author, Daniel Handler. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

In 5 pages the author discusses 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' by Benjamin Franklin and how this work reflects the ideals of the Enlightenment in both form and context. No other sources.

This 3 page paper looks at what drives the writing of autobiographies, the paper is written using Franz Fanon’s “Black Skin, White Masks” as an example. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the novel by Jamaica Kincaid, and considers its application in terms of identity. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper argues that The Confessions of Augustine and The Life Of St. Teresa of Jesus are able to be accepted within the realm of philosophical rhetoric because of their willingness to explore their lives and beliefs in an effort to teach others rather than merely to present their experiences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how lynching is portrayed in Nella Larsen’s “Passing” and James Weldon Johnson’s “The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.” Bibliography lists 3 additional source.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the book but critically evaluates it in respect to characterization and the thematic element of race. The mother is the focus of this analysis which sees her as important in shaping her son's life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 2 page paper considers some of the central issues presented in James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. This paper specifically considers factors that influence a view of the author's class biases, including two specific scenarios in which these biases are outlined within the narrator's commentary. No additional sources cited.

A two page biography of the author, together with several very short reviews of stories in his anthology "Dubliners." Bibliography lists five sources.

Barbara Johnson has posited the idea that autobiography is always in the process of symbolically killing the mother off by narrating the fiction as though it were the child one has given birth to and that represents the author. In Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confessions the premise of an autobiography is not in question. ...

This 3 page paper compares the two books, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" and "The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how Benjamin Franklin and Jane Austen define virtue in "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" and "Pride and Prejudice." Specifically considered is what Franklin and Austen believed makes someone a good person. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page overview of the lives and circumstances of five members of a poor Mexican family in Mexico City in the 1960s. Plagued by poverty, the challenges of living in the corrupt and unpredictable environment of one of the world’s largest cities, and just the incredibly fragile relations which occur within a typical ...

A 6 page paper which examines an individual’s need to obtain the American Dream, as revealed through the ex-colored man’s relationships with his black mother, white father, and his friend Shiny, and Jay Gatsby’s relationships with Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, and Nick Carraway. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the writings of two great Americans from the 18th century -- the relatively unknown John Woolman and the very well-known Ben Franklin. Each offered important insight regarding morality, business, and morality in business. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 11 page paper which presents a biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The paper also addresses how transcendentalism influenced his writings, primarily his short story "Young Goodman Brown." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines toward what ends did Franklin employ humor. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page paper which presents a biography of Alice Munro. Bibliography list 3 sources.

A 5 page review of the autobiography of one of the most accomplished black women of our time. Attending the prestigious St. Paul’s Preparatory School in New Hampshire at the tender young age of fifteen, African American Lorene Carey faces the turbulence of the Civil Rights movement and the direct effect it will have ...

This 7 page paper provides basic biographical information as well as to highlight this novelist's social and political views. His personal life is discussed as well as his novels. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines strengthened King and Malcolm’s resolve to liberate themselves and their race from oppression while the character of Eliezer (Elie) remained imprisoned even after his release from a Nazi camp in Buchenwald, Germany in April of 1945. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page review of the first English translation of the experiences of one Chinese woman in pre-revolutionary China. The contention is presented that Xie’s experiences serve to dispel the Twentieth Century notion that up until the 1949 revolution China remained to a large degree traditional. Bibliography lists 2 sources.