Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 10 page research paper describes three primary source representations of life in Taiwan: short stories "Lucky Worries About His Country" by Zhang Dachun and "The Taste of Apples" by Huang Chun-mng and the film Eat Drink Man Woman (1994, directed by Ang Lee). These representations are discussed and compared. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page paper that offers a detailed summary of chapters 17-26 in Mario Puzo's novel The Fortunate Pilgrim. Only the novel is cited.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of redemption in "The Scarlet Letter". The three scenes at the scaffold are examine for symbolic value. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of public morality in the works of Hawthorne and Miller. The dangers of public morality are tied to contemporary events through an analysis of trends and patterns in the texts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 16 page essay that contrasts the women in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. This discussion of these novels focuses on the creativity and passion of the protagonists and how this affected their lives. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of "The Great Gatsby". The novel's closing passage is explicated to emphasize the book's central theme. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 pages essay that describes the prejudicial behavior of Lilliputians against Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's eighteenth century novel Gulliver's Travels. No additional sources cited.

In four pages this paper examines how Jack London utilizes setting as the antagonist in his classic short story. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of teaching in Burma. A fictional story highlights differences between the cultures. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

There will always be differences between people from different cultures. This book by Anne Fadiman, written in a journalist style, demonstrates the presence of cultural barriers when looking at the treatment of a child with epilepsy. The writer argues that the barriers were too great for those involved to overcome. One source is cited ...

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts The Homecoming by Harold Pinter and Blue Winds Dancing by Tom Whitecloud. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the role of the narrator in Mark Twain’s short story The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses the emotional impact of Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns."

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of the American Dream. Different views on the merits of the American Dream are presented by examining American literature ranging from Salinger to Morrison. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page essay that compares and contrasts Portrait of the Artist and Ulysses by James Joyce. No other sources are cited.

This 5 page paper discusses Kurt Vonnegut’s early work, Cat’s Cradle. Bibliography lists two sources.

This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The argument is made for a humanistic examination of chivalry's ambiguities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper considers how or why the use of Latin declined from the 12th century onwards in favor of the vernacular language and discusses the impact of that shift. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales the Knight’s Tale and the Friar’s Tale. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper reviews the book by author David Grann who attempts to solve the century old mystery of the disappearance of explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett who set off in the early twentieth century to find the ancient Amazonian civilization of El Dorado. No additional sources are listed.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of printing and photography in ancient China and in the West. Emphasis is placed on defining differences between the two. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the labor conditions in Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the book and film versions of The Great Gatsby. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In three pages this paper examines the influence of Chippewa flawed heroine June Kashpaw on her various family members – her niece Albertine Johnson, her husband Gordie, and her son Lipsha Morrissey – as well as to the novel as a whole, thematically representing the search for identity among Native Americans. Six sources are ...