Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”: This 5-page essay discusses the significance and symbolism of the leopard and the hyena in this Hemingway classic. Adept in the use of symbolism, Hemingway not only impelled readers to think, but also was able to leave us with a myriad of introspective questions relevant to the melancholia of ...

A 5 page paper which examines the texts as a way of illustrating and defining literary modernism. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

5 pages. The focus of this paper is the different perspectives of London based on three pieces of literature from different time periods. Examined in this paper are William Wordsworth's The Prelude, William Blake's Songs of Experience and E. M. Forster's Howard's End. All three of these writers have their own view of the city of London, ...

A 5 page paper which considers how these novels show whether or not the promise of the American Dream, that personal happiness in the form of material success through hard work, is being kept. Specifically discussed is how each novel specifically defines the dream, and how the characters define themselves in relation to it. ...

5 pages. Aura was first published in 1962 by Carlos Fuentes. It is a novel filled with dualities and comparisons such as that of masculine and feminine, young and old, the beautiful and the deteriorating, life and death and darkness and light. It is this very combination of opposites which makes the novel so compelling to read ...

A 6 page research paper that examines three disparate works that are, nevertheless, connected by their shared postmodernist perspective. These works are Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49, Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash, and Peter Greenaway's film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. While these works are vastly different ...

A 5 page paper which examines the author’s satirical style and the way in which he attacks the American stereotypes of living. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes how Yossarian represents an individual who opposes the will of the military majority, and discusses the moral and ethical implications for both Yossarian (the individual) and the society. No additional sources are used.

5 pages in length. Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers attacks several social norms of both her traditional Polish homeland and the American life her protagonist has come to know. Clearly autobiographical, Bread Givers boldly questions why certain social and religious traditions continue throughout the centuries without the slightest consideration for an individual's interests or ...

A 5 page essay that examines how Joseph Heller manipulates time in his novel Catch-22. The writer argues that by manipulating time and telling episodes from his protagonist's war experience out of chronological order, Heller facilitates conveying his main message to his reading audience, which is, first of all, that war is not only hell, ...

A 5 page paper which analyzes how point-of-view shapes the exposition, prose, style, tone, plot, theme, and character of these works. No additional sources are used.

Stephen Crane – Literary Naturalist: This 11-page essay discusses the concept of “naturalism” in four of Crane’s most popular literary works: “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”, “The Open Boat”, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”, and “The Blue Hotel”. . Overall, naturalistic writing depicts nature’s indifference to humanity’s fate, and the consequent need ...

“Employment opportunities for women in ‘Sister Carrie’ and ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’” A five page paper which compares and contrasts the socio-economic backgrounds in Dreiser’s ‘Sister Carrie’ and Zola Thurston’s ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’, in terms of the career opportunities available to women in the two novels, and considers the constraints which prevented the ...

This 5 page paper looks at Roth's Goodbye Columbus and Five Short Stories. The way in which the author looks at Jewish American life and societal reaction are explored. No additional sources cited.

Alice Walker's 1982, Pulitzer Prize award-winning novel, The Color Purple has become a classic in defining the role of women of color. This 7 page discussion will look at some of those stereotypical roles of the past and make an effort to determine whether they have changed or just taken on another disguise, in ...

A 5 page paper that provides: a thesis statement, a synopsis of the story, major themes, and symbolism, emphasizing the symbolism of the quilts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares Voltaire's Candide and David Malouf's Fly Away Peter. The writer argues that these two anti-war novels approach their subject from very different perspectives, yet there is common ground also. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts these novels, and also examines the theme of the American Dream in each. No additional sources are used.

A 10 page paper which analyzes how James achieves the effect of the uncanny so that the reader cannot ultimately decide whether the novella is a ghost story or a story of delusion and mental disorder. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an evaluation of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy. A description of the work is provided and it is critically evaluated for its contribution to both society and to literature. Themes of racism and homosexuality are explored. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which illustrates how Emily, in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," and Olaf, in Wright's "Big Black Good Man," are both characters who suffered intimidation. This argument fits in with Erich Fromm's statement that men are not free from society and judgements, which can be found in his book "Escape From Freedom." A comparison and contrast ...

A 6 page paper which presents a general overview of James Joyce's short story 'Eveline.' Eveline, despite the fact that her family life was somewhat dysfunctional, was afraid to take the final step and move on with the life which was offered her. She was typical of individuals who feel they are not prepared to live a life away ...

This 5 page paper compares the tales of the Miller and the wife of Bathe in terms of social elements during the medieval era. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Bernard Malamud's The Assistant mirrors the social issues so prevalent within his other works, outwardly addressing political, cultural and economic concerns through the intensity of his story line and characterization. Following the life of a typical American whose life becomes irreversibly changed upon meeting and falling in love with ...

A 20 page paper discussing the progress of family dysfunction in the 20th century using the characters of Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and Sam Shepard's "Buried Child." These characters present an overwhelmingly depressing picture of the dysfunction of the family as it has progressed with alcohol as its origin. The Compsons are no more effective than ...