Modernist literature

“Soledad Brother,” by George Jackson at the beginning of the book it's seemed to me as if it would be another boring book. As I read through the book it seemed interesting to me, also as I was reading the book I did something I had never done with any other book, I was relating my self to the story. I had some similar events as the guy in “ Soledad Brother.” Even though we are two different races I related to someone not even the same Identity, roots, ethnicity,background as myself. I knew i…

LANGUAGE AND ITS ROLE IN FANTASY LITERATURE The fantasy genre is distinctive due to its freedom of expression – the entirely independent framework of story and its style of writing. It has the ability to take people into an alternate universe via a portal or immerse them in a completely different world. These worlds are characterised as unique and separate from us due to the unfamiliar lands, mystical culture and history of the characters in the story which is brought to us by the use of a…

The Chosen vs To Kill a Mockingbird After many observations, I have come to the decision that Chaim Potok’s The Chosen exceeds Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in the following areas: character development, making readers fell like they are watching from the sidelines, and creating great examples that people can follow. Throughout The Chosen, Chaim Potok displays his extensive vocabulary to describe his scenes and characters in his novel. Fortunately, his talents in writing do not end there…

Hunger Games Essay Are you interested in survival skills and intense romance? If so Hunger Games is a book for you. It tells a story of a young teenager going through what is called the Hunger Games. This story is placed in the future when everybody has gone to a point of watching fighting to a death on live television. This story goes through a first person point of view of Katniss, She is from district 12. She first started from a poor family, after that she is drafted into the hunger games…

Throughout the ages, we have seen that a symbol in literature can suggest more than its average run of the mill meaning. In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” she uses several different symbols for their realistic and symbolic meanings. On the realistic level, each symbol sets as a part and that has its own place in the story but represents a hidden thought or idea upon closer inspection. She uses symbolism for these items in the story to create a sense of foreshadowing and to create some…

During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth. To begin, there are…

Many sonnets display an essential message regarding the concept of love. However, they all relay a variety of different themes that can be interpreted in many ways. Sonnet 30 and Sonnet 130 are prime examples of this type of nature. Sonnet 130 consists of the poet listing out his lover’s imperfections and mocking the said imperfections. On the contrary, Sonnet 30 portrays the confusion and the curiosity of the poet. He constantly wonders how his lover can deal with him and vice versa due to…

Lewis Carroll is a poet often known as ahead of his time, and his poems and books amazed the people of the 1800s. However, many things happened before Carroll became successful. Strange relationships with young girls and thoughts of “sin and guilt” surrounded Carroll’s reputation and his mind. Even his meeting with Alice Liddell (better known as the star in her book Alice in Wonderland) caused several whispers among critics and other writers. After making several relationships with small…

For the purpose of this essay I am going to discuss the Novella ‘Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorf’ by Gottfried Keller. “Romeo and Juliet in the village" is similar to Shakespeare's play. The plot was, however, transferred to the rural milieu of the 19th century. In the novella, there are children of peasant families, Sali and Vrenchen, who fall in love with each other. The fathers of the children are enemies because of a dispute over Land. Because of this bitter enmity and feud they lose…

Catch 22 was written by Joseph Heller, who is well known for writings satire novels. Joseph Heller, the author, uses many different examples of satire.Catch-22 is usually called a comic satirical novel. A comic satirical novel is a literary genre in which comedic forms , exaggeration, are used to focus on human weakness and societal problems.In Catch 22 the author takes the reader on an emotional trip through the extended use of satire. Satire is the use of humor to expose others stupidity…