Literature Essay

when their simplicity triggered a soporific rendition of the book. It persisted until the gifts of classical literature unwrapped as I learned to penetrate, explore, and discover meanings in, for example, Dickens’ lengthy description of a clock tower did I truly find my beloved. Although young adult books had their place in my life by inspiring a love for reading, classical literature has opened up a whole new perspective, teaching me to seek out knowledge while still yielding enjoyment as I…

Literature in Isolation in Notes from Underground Literature in Notes from Underground is a prominent theme that controls the nameless character. He is an extremely well read man who lives life through books and his imagination. For him, literature is an alternative for a life he cannot or will not live. As a practice that is solitary in nature, reading isolates him from experience. He has a preconceived notion of life that has nothing to do with any life experiences. These conceptions are a…

Literature in many respects is an art form, and like art is subjective in its interpretation. What one person may see as a literary classic another may view with little to no literary significance. Perhaps what makes literature so difficult to interpret is the reader must not only be willing to connect with the writer, but also understand the context in which the writer uses to express their work. Even with this understanding of literature the individual reader remains the judge, jury, and…

Every author influences literature, what makes them different is their story behind it. Harper Lee spent her career influencing American Literature by making readers question, do they possess the same type of power to represent what can be in the face of what really is. Lee’s lasting contribution was to bring a book to American Literature that gave readers a moral compass. Lee has her very own relations to American literature within her work that strongly impact the society. In high school, Lee…

Phylicia Griffin Compton English 101-I01 17, May 2017 Writing Diagnostic “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” is an article written by Anne Murphy Paul, that was published by the New York Times June 03, 2013 and appeared in the ideas section of the publication. In this piece, Paul brings attention to the differences between online ready and offline reading and the capacities that each one produces. In the article, Paul…

mainstream in the Romanic era is the way Gothic elements are intertwined in the novel. Dracula’s use of the archetypal character, drama, ATMOSPHERE OR ENVIROMENT, and decay earns it the honor of being considered Romantic, or Gothic, literature. In Gothic literature, there is always a hero and a villain archetype character. In Dracula, Dracula is the archetypal villain. A villain is the epitome of evil. Dracula is a categorized as a villain because of his implicit malevolence. Dracula has a…

In any individuals' lives, we at least have spent an immeasurable portion engrossing in the storytellings from elders or fictional entertainments such as novels, TV shows, and films. However, have we ever asked ourselves that are those fairytale stories moderately trustworthy in term of motivation for the readers when they are living in a wicked period of life? In Rosalie Bertell’s essay from The Impossible Will Take a Little While, she states that “Stories alone cannot keep us motivated and…

Reflective Statement Before the interactive oral on the impact of translations in the understanding of novels, I never regarded the influence of a translation on my understanding. While reading The Stranger, I knew the book had been translated from French, but disregarded that the translation might lead to alterations of words or ideas based on the style of the translation. With books originally written in one’s own language, it becomes easier to derive meaning closer to the author’s…

Literature is one of the most valuable assets of human beings. The art of writing has been around since before human civilizations, and like humans it has evolved. Some take for granted the ability to read and write for it is a privilege many individuals do not have. With literature, the reader can travel through time, go to a different place by a flip of a page, or even learn a different language. Literature is important for so many different reasons, including, but not limited to, historic…

Chapter 28 in The Norton Introduction to Literature talks about the elements of an essay. An essay is a short written assignment that develops and supports and idea that the essay is written about. Each essay has a reason for being written. Essays about arguments are meant to convince someone of their view point, while an essay about analysis is supposed to breakdown and explain something to the reader. Essays should include four things: a thesis, structure, evidence, and tone. Including all…