Essays, Book Reports & Research Reports on World Literature Authors (135) essays
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Golden Slumbers Essay is about Vargas Llosa's book Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. Essay incorporates historical information as well as biographical.
... of Peru and are employed by the Mestizo people as servants and laborers. The Indians are hard working and are far from dumb. They often learn Spanish and adopt different cultural ways. However, many people mistake the Indians for being stupid because of their low social rank. But how many of the ...
Author/Biography : William Golding (1911-1993)
... the United States. Quickly becoming a campus favorite, rivaling even J. D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye", "Lord of the Flies" soon earned Golding enough money to retire from teaching in 1961 to write full-time. Other writings include "The Inheritors" (1955), "Pincher Martin ...
"Wanderlust: The history of walking", by Rebecca Solnit
... a stunningly beautiful work of art, "Wanderlust: The history of walking", by Rebecca Solnit, realistically and ravishingly exposes and performs a harmonious melody and astonishing combination of the language in the text and the act of walking. In "Wanderlust" Rebecca Solnit weaves together all the ...
Nadine Gordimer: A Life in South Africa
... of her writing style, Gordimer excelled in a country full of trouble, despair, and poverty. For decades Gordimer put together a resume that some of the most famous authors of all-time would be envious of. As stated before, Writing is making sense of life. You work ...
Discuss the following statement: "Quiroga does not glorify Nature; he simply shows how it works"
... a similar example of the way Quiroga describes the life and consequence of Nature. The story of the brief agony of a man who falls on his machete knife is narrated. The unexpected accident happens on his plantation, while taking a rest from his work ...
Phillis Wheatley
... the obscurity of slavery into the annals of the American literary scene. Even though she later died in near obscurity, the words she wove in her lifetime immortalize her memory. Today, her works continue to generate interest from scholars and to inspire the student of ...
Reflection on the author, Edwidge Danticat, and her novel Krik Krak
... a work of literature, one must have a thorough understanding of the time period in which it was written and the culture from which it comes." Throughout my reading of Edwidge Danticat's Krik Krak, I fell in love with every story and the meaning behind each. Reading this novel ...
How does the structure of Roger Mais' Brother Man borrow from, transform (and transcend) Aristotle's notion of a tragedy?
... description to the novel Brother Man ? Roger Mais cleverly structured his novel similar to a dramatic piece. Brother Man is divided into five chapters - reminiscent of the five acts of a play. Additionally, the short episodes within each chapter also suggest the scenes of a play. The novel may be ...
Book Report: Waiting, by Ha Jin
... of the novel is Manna Wu, the head nurse of the hospital that Lin works at in Muji City. Manna is Lin's girlfriend, but they cannot act like it outside of the hospital because of the strict regulations. A couple who is not married or engaged cannot walk together outside the ...
Graham Greene's The Quiet American: Alden Pyle as the Antagonist
... of thinking. This clearly makes Thomas Fowler the good guy while Pyle is the unwanted trouble-maker of the story. The characters in this novel are representatives of their respective countries: Fowler represents England and France while Pyle is a personification of ...