Essays on Book Page 97

Maus is one of the most famous of recent graphic novels. Winner of the prestigious Pulitzer prize for literature, it’s the harrowing true story of a Jewish holocaust survivor, retold to his son decades later. The story has two main threads. The first is the true story of Holocaust survivor Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences as a…

byColin BarkerHomeland, John Jake’s formidable novel about the final explosive events of the nineteenth century, in the first in a series that will focus attention on a new “Jakes” family, the Crowns. Multiple characters and settings at the norm for Jakes; however, this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown, a young German immigrant. Paul…

The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, contains many literary devices. One of such devices is characterization, the author’s method of describing characters. In this novel, the author creates many of the characters to be superficial. Through their actions, comments, and descriptions, Fitzgerald gives the reader an idea of the characters. One such…

“Imagery” on OthelloIn William Shakespeare’s Othello, the use of imagery andmetaphors is significant in conveying meaning as it helps to establish thedramatic atmosphere of the play and reinforce the main themes. Throughthis, the audience is able to grasp a better understanding of the play. Throughout Othello, images relating to poison frequentlyoccur. These references are predominantly…

The plot of the story The Storm” by Kate Chopin is a conventional everyday plot. The story would not be as interesting without the last line, “So the storm passed and everyone was happy.” What did she mean by this closing line? My interpretation of the story is that she meant the rocky part of…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story, Phoenix Jackson, is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif, which is the continuous walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey….

GREAT GATSBY: SYMBOLISM (Original Essay)The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1927 about corruption, murder and life in the 1920’s. The true purpose for a writer to compose any piece of literature is to entertain the reader, and this writer does this to the best of his ability….

In Cold Blood: the Death PenaltyCapital Punishment has been part of the criminal justice system since the earliest of times. The Babylonian Hammurabi Code(ca. 1700 B. C. ) decreed death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer(Flanders 3). Egyptians could be put to death for disclosing the location of sacred burial sites(Flanders…

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol parallel each other on many levels. Macbeth is a play that describes the rise and fall of a ruler who believes nothing can harm him, so the lead character, cleverly called Macbeth, attains power whenever possible, not caring who he hurts or what he destroys in…

Tale Two Cities EssaysCharater of Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities Sydney Carton, one of the main characters of the book, A Tale of Two Cities, is a drunken lawyer who works with Stryver on the trial of Charles Darnay.he doesnt care about anything. At first this man seems as if he is…