Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 3-page paper is an essay encouraging people to read John Fante's Ask the Dust.

A 4 page essay that discusses this short story. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper is an essay about Rush Limbaugh’s book “See I Told You So.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay on the famous short story showing how the characterization of Abner Snopes is enhanced by Faulkner's use of symbolism.

A 7 page essay examining the issue of transformation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and Stephen Crane's 'The Monster.'

A 2 page essay discussing the diminishing plausibility of Blanche DeBois's potential demise, as alluded to in the first scene of the play.

A 6 page essay that uses looks to Machiavelli's book for the a further understanding of the events of the Revolution.

A 5 page essay examining the importance of dreams in the solving of the mystery of murder in this Margaret Atwood novel.

A 4 page, thesis-orientated essay in which the writer explores and compares the theme of inheritance in these two classic stories.

A 3 page essay that discusses Henry David Thoreau’s famous essay “Civil Disobedience,” in which Thoreau describes in detail what his one night incarcerated in his village’s jail was like. All-in-all the description conveys an experience that was not unpleasant. The question arises as to why Thoreau includes this description as the experience is ...

A 3 page essay that discusses Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking,” in which he writes that “in Wilderness is the preservation of the World” (Thoreau). In making this statement, Thoreau refers to qualities that reside in wilderness that he believes to be essential to the continued vigor of human society. These words are profound and ...

A 5 page research paper that offers a study guide and suggestions on how to understand and approach the task of essay writing on 2 plays: Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Darker Face of the Earth by Rita Dove. To repeat this, this paper is not an essay but it rather suggestions and ...

A 6 page research paper/essay that discusses essays by Chinua Achebe and C.P. Sarvan. Achebe argues that Conrad was racist and Sarvan defends Conrad. The writer evaluates both arguments and then argues that Achebe has the stronger argument, substantiating this position by examining Conrad’s text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page essay that consists of 3 individual essays, each roughly 2 pages long, on Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” John Updike’s “A&P,” and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page rhetorical analysis of Henry David Thoreau's famous essay. Civil Disobedience is an eloquent composition that lays out the parameters of what people should and should not accept in governmental action. Thoreau's intention is to demonstrate logically to his readers that to passively accept injustices perpetuated by government is morally equivalent to supporting ...

A 12 page research paper on Mark Twain's classic novel Huck Finn. This paper includes a 9 page essay, an annotated bibliography and 20 literary questions drawn from the essay. The writer explores the topic of cruelty in the novel which shows how Huck learns to overcome a cultural view that rationalized systemic cruelty, as ...

A 3 page essay that takes the unusual form of a hypothetical magazine article that might have been written to describe the scenario of Albert Camus' The Stranger. Mimicking a journalistic-type style of "people" reporting, the essay speculates on the personality and motivation of Patrice Meursault in relation to his crime. No additional sources ...

A 10 page essay that is made-up of 3 separate essays on 3 of Saramago's novels: Blindness, All the Names & The Cave. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that discusses the arguments expressed by Mary Wollstonecraft in her essay "On National Education" (1792). The writer discusses the points made by Wollstonecraft regarding education for women and why this was considered radical in its day. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that examines what John Stuart Mill meant in his essay "On Liberty," when he said that the liberty he espoused was not meant for societies in their "nonage," that is societies that were immature. The writer examines how this position applies to Mill's argument in the first two chapters of "On ...

A 7 page paper which discusses how no matter how distant society removes itself from nature, it still has a concern for the wilderness and the rural. The paper utilizes three essays/stories in this examination. The essays/stories are Zora Neale Hurston’s How it Feels to be Colored Me, Flannery O’Connor’s The Life you Save May ...

A 3 page essay that discusses what the French literary critic Roland Barthes means by "writerly" and "readerly" texts in his book-length essay S/Z. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page reaction paper to James Thurber's essay "University Days." The writer offer an overview of the essay, describing the sections that she found to be particularly funny and offering speculation on the nature of its humor. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper examining Mary Shelley's work in the light of the scientific discoveries of the time. The paper particularly discusses the work of Sir Humphry Davy, Luigi Galvani, and Giovanni Aldini in relation to their theories about the connection between chemistry, electricity, and living matter. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

Communication styles are the how and why of the way people interact with others. Communication includes any strategy that might bring meaning into an interaction. This 5 page paper looks at the style and type of communication utilized in Raymond Carver's A Small Good Thing, Cathedral and Where I'm Calling From. No additional sources are listed.