Literature Essays and Term Papers

not never tell nobody but God. It'd kill your mammy." Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple, begins her novel with an ambiguous threat. A fairly powerful, yet unexplained, quote begins a very powerful novel. Before opening this book, I had…

or girlfriend, husband or wife cheating on you? Would you stay with them or would you leave them? Could you ever forgive them or would you hold a grudge? Would you get revenge by doing the same thing to them? I have been with my boyfriend…

in your life? To me holidays have different meanings. Some mean more to me than others, but some also mean the same as others. I have my most favorite holidays to my least favorite holidays. The holidays that I like the most are ones that you spend…

Laurence's novel, The Stone Angel. The story is written from the point of view of Hagar Shipley, who is Marvin's mother. We see Marvin as he is portrayed through his mother's eyes. Hagar never loved her son much and it is possible her view of…

created by Edgar Allan Poe's stories and by Alfred Hitchcock's films. Besides those vivid emotions, there are several themes common to both writers: the madness that exists in the world, the double aspect of human nature, and the power of the dead…

Laurence's novel, The Stone Angel. The story is written from the point of view of Hagar Shipley, who is John's mother. We see John as he is portrayed through his mother's eyes. Hagar loved her son very much and it is possible her view of him is…

is puzzling, unknown or unexplained.  "Wonder" means to feel curiosity about or to have a feeling of awe or admiration.  One of the themes of mystery and wonder is clues from the past. Clues from the past allow us to study what happened in…

fiction book. It tells a story of a boy living in a future society completely controlled by Elders. I get this message from the story: that technology, security and research will never be able to replace a feeling such as love. In a society where there…

Fall Apart Ekwefi and Ezinma have a unique, two-dimensional relationship as mother/daughter and as mother/friend. When Ezinma comes down with a high fever, Ekwefi is immediately at her only daughter's side to aid her. "Ezinma was an only child and…

transitional figure in 18th century poetry, providing a bridge between the poetic sensibility of his own generation and the Romantic revolution of the future. His work shows the relation between the poetry of the new age and that of the 18th century.…