Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper discusses the commonalities among several characters in the story, “A Walk in the Night” by South African writer Alex La Guma. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page essay on this topic. There is a tendency in the Western mindset to perceive past, present and future as compartmentalized, that is, as distinctly separate from each other, which is an attitude that emphasizes the ability of the individual to shape the present and determine the future. Whatever one's past might be, ...

This 5 page paper describes Michael Fullan’s book about being a leader in a changing educational culture, and then considers how two reviewers felt about his book. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the character of Ron, in Ron Born on the Fourth of July and Sammy in John Updike’s A&P. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page paper which examines the symbolism present in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Shirley Jackson and Flannery O’Connor in terms of their characters and themes. No sources cited.

This 4 page paper examines the role of illusion in “Hamlet” and “Don Quixote” and what it tells us about the characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper which compares and contrasts the theme of survival in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and J.M. Coetzee’s Foe. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper examines this sympathetic character and argues that even murderers possess admirable traits. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses Aldoux Huxley’s and Joseph Conrad’s views of civilization as illustrated in their works “Pleasures” and “An Outpost of Progress” respectively. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In four pages this paper examines the character of Lucy Honeychurch and considers her in relation to the other characters in the novel, including her mother, her cousin Charlotte Bartlett, her true love George Emerson, her former fiancé Cecil Vyse, and her hometown rector Mr. Beebe. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page essay that is written from the perspective of person washed ashore on Thomas More's Utopia. The writer describes what it is like to live within this imaginary ideal society. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper compares the 1950 Disney cartoon with other versions of the Cinderella story, and argues that the Disney Studios “sanitized” it to make it suitable for children. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. Mark Helprin has a special way of reaching inside each one of his protagonists and drawing forth the most complex yet fundamental qualities of human nature. His themes stretch from one end of the spectrum to the other, focusing upon the characteristics that comprise what should be - but ...

In three pages, this paper examines the hero’s journey or quest to awaken self knowledge and inner strength resulting from self realization experiences as represented in these classic works of literature. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper provides a book report written on a grade school level. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the father in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning. No additional sources cited.

In five pages a comprehensive review of this novel is presented with the writer’s personal commentary also included. There are no additional sources cited in the bibliography.

A 5 page paper which analyzes Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page analysis of Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman and Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that takes the form of a letter to a distant friend in which the letter-writer discusses a story from the Odyssey. The writer discusses the story of the cave and the blinding of the Cyclops, as well as the theme of the degree to which human beings could control their own ...

This 5 page paper discusses the way Khaled Hosseini presents American and Afghan culture in his novel “The Kite Runner.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page essay on Joyce Carol Oates' short story "How I Contemplated the World From the Detroit House of Corrections and Began My Life Over Again," which offers a distinctly postmodern view of the life of an unnamed sixteen-year-old female protagonist. Examination of this narrative demonstrates that it is postmodernism that makes the writing ...

This 10 page paper examines two of Gertrude Stein's books, "The Making of Americans" and "Tender Buttons," and argues that the books are incomprehensible if approached in the normal way, but make sense as a linguistic experiment in form, rather than meaning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the book "The Shock of Arrival" by Meena Alexander, a chronicle of the immigrant experience. Bibliography lists 3 sources.