Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 7 page paper considers the era in which Kafka's novel was written and how the work reflects this period in time. This paper also considers why Kafka chose the particular structure and language of the work relative to the progression of existential thinking. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper presents the thesis that in Reapers, Jean Toomer uses diction, tone and imagery to produce emotional effects and meanings. Support is provided for the thesis and alternate interpretations are explored. No additional sources cited.

A five page paper looking at F. Scott Fitzgerald's unusual choice of a narrator in this novel. Nick Carraway is not a protagonist in the novel, yet his very distance from the heart of the story enables us to learn a moralistic lesson from the tale in a way that wouldn't have been possible if ...

A five page paper looking at James Baldwin's short story in terms of the way it uses the metaphor of ice -- and the contrasting metaphors of light, liquid, and heat -- as symbols of self-expression and emotional openness, or the lack thereof. Numerous quotes from the story are included. No additional sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the novel in general and “Einstein’s Dreams” specifically. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In five pages this paper analyzes the text from a humanistic perspective, which includes a summary, discussion of its moral significance, and critique of the author’s approach. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.

This paper analyzes some of the symbolism in Demetria Martinez’ novel “Mother Tongue.” Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page essay that summarizes the story and explores the main theme of revenge. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte and “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys and the way in which the authors discuss patriarchy and rebellion against it. The novel “Wide Sargasso Sea” tells the story of Edward Rochester and his first wife; she is never seen, but is a major driving force ...

A 6 page paper which examines female characters in The Color Purple by Alice Walker and how they rise above oppression. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts these two works. Themes of freedom and modernity are duly noted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper is a book report on Jenny Nimmo’s novel, “Charlie Bone and the Time Twister.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page book review, which focuses on ethical issues pertaining to slavery. Contemporary society’s perspective of this institution is understood to be that slavery is purely evil. In his novel The Known World, Edward Jones examines a little known fact of Southern antebellum society, which is that freed blacks were often slaveholders themselves, and ...

Emotional Changes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer : A 3 page paper which examines the emotional changes seen in Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. No additional sources cited.

In five pages this paper presents a comparative poetic analysis of how each poet examines the theme of death in their respective poems. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the moral and ethical issues raised by Mary Shelley’s classic novel “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 12 page consideration of the behavior that characterizes a mid-life crisis. The writer uses the book by author Terry McMillan as a descriptive backdrop for discussing why mid life crises erupt for some but not others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page essay that discusses and analyzes Langston Hughes’ vignette “Salvation,” which recounts an incident from Hughes’ childhood. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page paper uses deconstructionist criticism to discuss Tennessee Williams’s classic play “The Glass Menagerie.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Mask of the Red Death” as a work of psychological fiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the meaning of the kiss in “The Grand Inquisitor,” a “digression” within the novel “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoyevsky. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines the quest in Homer’s The Odyssey, Richard Adams’ Watership Down, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper is a reaction to Tim O’Brien’s classic Vietnam War novel, “The Things They Carried.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines how Joyce Carol Oates’ story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is a story about coming of age. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the classic treatise “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, and argues that it shows the U.S. cannot win in Iraq. Bibliography lists 4 sources.