Old English literature

The British novel , The Woman in White, created in the 19th century is one of Wilike•Collins’ masterpieces. In the development process of early British detective novel history, with regard to the advantages and disadvantages of creation techniques about this novel to study rhetoric, although it is slightly inferior to the other contemporary writers’ works in the social influence, popularity, sales and writing techniques, it will have a certain guidance and reference significance for us to…

The American Dream as Depicted in “On Her Own Ground” and “The Fist that Ate the Whale” Introduction This essay will feature two extraordinary biographies, A’Lelia Bundles’ “On Her Own Ground” and Rich Cohen’s “The Fish that Ate the Whale.” Bundles’ book is named New York Bestseller in 2001 and received several prestigious awards. As a direct descendent to Madam C. J. Walker, she was compelled to share the legacy and struggles of her ancestor to the world. The facts presented in the…

explains how Sylvia, one of the main characters and the use of African-American Vernacular English in the story symbolized the resistance of the Civil Rights Movement by the white people, and the rising tensions between ethnic groups. This language emphasizes the children's distance from the typical white middle-class culture and economic power. However, Bambara also celebrates African-American Vernacular English as a means for conveying black experience: Sylvia uses the language to express her…

David Drayer is one of the best authors,and has written a very interesting novel. Have you ever been glued to a book that is so much similar to your life? Well I have. The book “Strip Cuts” by David Drayer is a great book. I would count it as a positive experience because, Drayer does a good job of making my spine tingle and making me anxious to read more. I also would say this book because of the topic, suspense, strong descriptive language and even the point of view. I love the themes of…

The Scarlet Letter is seen by many as a story about sin, forgiveness and love and although these are all key points to the story, there are many other symbols and parts to the story that may not be plain to see at first glance. Symbols can be found in many different areas of the book, like the symbol for public shame, which can be found in the scaffold where Hester stood. Although there are multiple symbols found throughout the story, perhaps the most interesting and numerous one is the symbols…

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Márquez uses symbols of falconry, flowers, and religion to reflect on important thematic aspects of sexuality, purity, and honor. These symbols represent and provide insight into Márquez’s characters. Márquez’s use of symbolism helps pave the way for the themes that he presents in the novel. Márquez depicts the main character, Santiago Nasar, as a predator in the novel through not only the aggressive tone he uses when he describes him but also through…

Novels are just an escape from reality. These works of literature transport their readers into perfect worlds for a short period of time before they must come back into the real world. Sadly, a great realization is that the world in these different works of literary merit do not have a perfect world, especially perfect endings. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the world is shattered, including the ending. An ending of a novel will never be perfect because it is merely a reflection of…

I Feel Like I’m Writing Poetry. I Love Poetry. (A Reflective Essay of an Event that Changed My Life and Shaped Me as a Person) There is always a line in a story where the narrator marks a specific point in time, a moment either horrible or wonderful, as a defining point in their life. The narrator may say that this changed them as a person, and how they saw things, or how they dealt with problems and experiences. Though this is a very common thing in stories written in famous novels, it’s not…

to Eliot showing how the history of your nation or people influence your work. Eliot does this by explaining that "historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that the whole of the literature of Europe" (Eliot 27) and by doing so, Eliot makes further connections as to how a nation's history effects poets of that nation. Past poets are also by the tradition comparison, among the dead." (Eliot 27) which also adds Eliot's view on that…

The key aspect of this essay is to compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the graphic novel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes, and the movie Ghost World directed by Terry Zwigoff. When an author creates a novel or a book it is often easier later on to develop a movie based depiction from that written work, rather than vice versa. Usually movies are able to improve upon the details of a book and give visual representations for understanding, while if a film is created beforehand then…