Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper discusses the impact of the book “Tuesday with Morrie” on the reader. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page essay that discusses the career of William Sydney Porter, who is better known by his pseudonym of “O. Henry,” a man who is one of America’s most prolific writers of the short story genre (O. Henry, Writer). Over the course of his career, O. Henry wrote roughly 600 short stories, which were ...

A 4 page case book study/research paper of Jack London’s Call of the Wild. The writer discusses critical reception and evaluation of the book, a summary of the plot and a brief discussion of themes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses aspects of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel, “Ceremony.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper responds to one of Thoreau’s quotes: “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper analyzes the book “The Coming Darkness” by John Ankerberg and John Weldon. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page discussion of the differences in the way Sherman Alexie and N. Scott Momaday depict Native American culture. This paper asserts that they aren’t sending different messages to different audiences. The audience is the same and the threats are the same. They just choose to illustrate those threats differently. Bibliography ...

This 3 page paper discusses the metaphor of the storm in Sinclair Ross’s short story, “The Painted Door.” Bibliography lists 1 source

A 3 page essay that offers a psychological explication of Robert Frost's poem "Home Burial." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines many elements within John Updike’s short story A&P. No additional sources cited.

This 18 page paper examines the play Mrs. Warren's Profession written by George Bernard Shaw. Censored for the first 8 years of it's' existence this was a very controversial play commenting on a number of social issues including the role of women and prostitution. The paper starts with a comprehensive synopsis of the play and ...

This brief 3 page paper answers a few questions about the book "The Challenge of Jesus," including two items of information the book provided; the most helpful part of the book and one particularly important quotation from the work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman can be seen as an indictment against the American Dream. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the point of view in Margaret Atwood’s Death by Landscape and Richard Ford’s Great Falls. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Homer’s use of similes in his extended description of violence in “The Iliad.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines the differences between Upper and Lower Hell in Dante’s Inferno. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the element and role of time in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper examines Aldous Huxley’s novel “Brave New World” and argues that the vision expressed in the book is already coming true in America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses scenes from “Great Expectations” and “Pride and Prejudice” which represent turning points in the story. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares Robert Frost’s Mending Wall and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. No additional sources cited.

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the impact of reading romantic fantasy and the actual reality of life affect the protagonists of these novels by Miguel de Cervantes and Gustave Flaubert. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper reviews the book “Charlemagne” by Matthias Becher. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper compares two of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the character of Hagar in Margaret Laurence’s novel “The Stone Angel.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper discusses the narrators in “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton and “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad and argues that they are both unreliable. Bibliography lists 2 sources.