World Literature essays:
Analysis of Pico Lyer's short story "Nowhere Man".
... the target in exposing the emptiness that looms our generation. The meaninglessness threatens to swallow us all like a black hole. Lyer includes himself as being part of this new generation and gives his generation the ...
"The Schoolboy" from Songs of Innocence and Byron's Don Juan, stanzas 37-48.
... the natural speech pattern, loose tetrameter and trimeter, representing the child's struggle against the confinement of school. The schoolboy is the speaker of the first three stanzas, but the voice then changes to that of an adult appealing on behalf of the children. The entire poem ...
Importance of Journeys
... The Town Where Time Stands Still" by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. The poem "Crossing the Red Sea" by Peter Schrzynecki, is a reflection on the pain and suffering experienced, and looking to the future with hope and freedom. The title " Crossing the Red Sea " expresses biblical images of salvation ...
Ode of Beauty, Tragedy of Beauty --CaoXueqin and Dream of the Red Mansions
... the true nature of feudalism: in the society, law is the slavery of money; ruthlessness is the master of conscience. All the events described in the novel point to the fact that feudalism, which had lasted for 2000 years, was becoming rotten, and was about to start to going downhill. The ...
The Voice of the People: Kahlil Gibran, a writter of the 18th century, and "Spirits Rebellious".
... time he was, at first, ridiculed and outcaste for his thoughts, he then went to the people and bared his sole to win their hearts. Confronting Death was hard for him, but he stood up with his opinion and obtained the peoples support to ...
The Connections Between Telemachus and Odysseus. The Odyssey - by Homer
... still plays a major role in his life. He talks about his father several times in his speech at the assembly. Including Odysseus in an oratory taken directly from his heart expresses to the reader that his father is very important to ...
"A Grain Of Wheat" by Ngugi Thiongo: Examine the last chapter of the book. What does it seem to be advocating?
... the end emphasises its importance. Gikonyo plans to: "carve a woman big- big with child." This is very significant because women are the key to the future as they give birth to the children of the future. The nature of woman changes from the start of the book to the end. The main example of ...
"Things Fall Apart" critical analysis
... of the clan, and this made him feel that his tribe had neglected him. This idea is clearly expressed on page 124, when the narrorator says "He could return to the clan after seven years." Because of human nature ...
What is Human?
... the might of the USSR. And soon after from mid 1940s to early 1990s the United states entered a period of tension and competition between the USSR in what came to be known as the Cold War a period of time ...
The 'fragility of father/son relationships' in "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
... of Baba's unwillingness and inability to accept Amir for who he really is. This incident reveals their conflicting beliefs and portrays such fragility. If Baba had just accepted Amir for who he was the future ...