Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 8 page paper explores D.H. Lawrence's short story "The Rocking Horse Winner" using psychoanalytical critical theory and reader-response. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the absence of the male/father figure for much of “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott. No additional sources cited.

A paper which compares the two novels, with regard to specific themes such as the role of the hero, environmental pressures on the characters, and the nature of emotional/romantic relationships as portrayed in the two texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper highlights the theme of justice and claims that the theme of vengeance is secondary. Some quotes are included. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the symbol of the buzzards in Zora Neale Hurston’s novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 3 page paper which defines and explains science fiction. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page essay that examines four short stories by Flannery O'Connor: A Good Man is Hard to Find; Good Country People; Greenleaf and Revelation. The writer argues that each of these narratives shows how O'Connor was fascinated by the ways in which grace, that is, redemptive understanding of basic flaws, can come to individuals ...

A 5 page essay that discusses and analyzes Booker T. Washington's autobiography. The writer argues that Washington brought rational discourse and reasoned compromise to a volatile era in race relations. He fully realized that a black man could not get a white man to consider his position unless he managed to get around the overt ...

A 3 page paper which examines why Emily murdered Homer in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” No additional sources cited.

This 8 page paper examines two of Voltaire's works and compares and contrasts them. The type of satire utilized in each is noted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

4 pages in length. Throughout history, women have had one – and only one – trump card to play in an otherwise patriarchal society. The female gender has routinely been oppressed, degraded and made to feel less than a human being all in keeping with the heavy-handed tactics of a male-oriented existence. ...

A 4 page paper which summarizes the novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper examines the Goethe work but focuses on the concept of begging. How does the author see the beggar and begging? Some quotes are included. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the positive sides of materialism and what it can offer as seen through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye.” Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how McCourt’s harrowing childhood memoir illustrates that bad things happen for a reason. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares the F. Scott Fitzgerald characters of Daisy from “The Great Gatsby” and Bernice from “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examine whether Richard Wright’s comments about this novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, being exploitive are correct. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page review of “Out of This Furnace” by Thomas Bell. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse" and why it can be considered a modernist novel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that examines Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. In the spring of 1899, when Joseph Conrad's slim novel Heart of Darkness was first published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine, the author had no way of predicting that his story would remain both provocative and controversial over the next century (Mitchell 20). ...

A 3 pages essay that summarize and analyzes Ernest Gaines' short story "The Sky is Gray," which is a coming-of-age narrative for a young man growing up in the segregated, prejudicial South of the early 1960s. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the notion of dreams and “train dancing” for the African Americans in relationship to the Great Migration and Harlem as seen in Toni Morrison’s “Jazz” and Alain Locke’s “The New Negro.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page review/summary of “The War of the Roses” by Warren Adler. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how realism is presented in Homer’s Iliad. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the spiritual and psychological impact of Gilgamesh's failure. No additional sources cited.