World Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of the Theme of Identity and Place in the Poems of Bhatt and Brewster (974 words, 2 pages)

Essay QuestionHow do the poets create a sense of place and deal with the theme of identity?Both poets deal with the theme of place and identity, including ideas of displacement - being a stranger in a strange land. In A Different History, Bhatt deals with nostalgia for her homeland, colonialism, ... Read More

Internal and External Knowledge in the Book The Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides (581 words, 3 pages)

Knowledge Internal, Knowledge ExternalMaimonides introduces The Guide of the Perplexed as a treatise dedicated to promoting the pursuit of divine truth. He is humble only to God, acknowledging that no human can fully apprehend the whole truth beyond a certain degree. However, this should not sway one from trying to ... Read More

An Analysis of God in the Guide for the Perplexed, a Book by Maimonides (516 words, 3 pages)

Truth and Falsehood In Book One, Chapter Two of The Guide of the Perplexed, Maimonides draws from the biblical story of Adam and Eve to explain how humans can intellectually apprehend the image of God. The first humans were provided with reason to discern the Gods commandment to not eat ... Read More

The Struggle for Survival in the Lamp of Umm Hashim, a Book by Yahya Haqqi (1079 words, 3 pages)

In the Lamp of Umm Hashim, Naima and Ismail both represent a human struggle to survive. The fictional artifice is evident here for Naima is virtually an alter ego for Ismail himself. If Naima prostituted her body, Ismail, the educated, young mancultured and intelligent,(pg.85) prostituted himself to science and ideas ... Read More

An Examination of the Identity Crisis of Mustafa Sa’eed in the Novel Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (745 words, 2 pages)

This paper explores Mustafa Saeeds character as it goes through an identity crisis of a post colonial subject who seeks to become completely westernized, which proves to be an embodiment of a self-lie. His act of violence against women is a quality that he believes embodies the colonizers historical identity ... Read More

The Impact of Gregor’s Life on the Samsa Family in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1291 words, 4 pages)

In The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa is a regular guy, he goes to work, he supports his family, and he doesnt complain. That is until he wakes up one morning and finds himself turned into a human sized cockroach. His whole life gets flipped around and his family ... Read More

An Examination of the Influence of European Colonialism on Gender Roles in Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood (1895 words, 7 pages)

Effects of Colonialism on Gender Roles in The Joys of MotherhoodAs is evident in so many African novels, the roots of a nations problems, in nearly every aspect of life, can be traced back to a history of colonization. Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood is no exception to this ... Read More

The Idea of an Anglophile in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (802 words, 2 pages)

God Of Small ThingsAnglophile is defined by Webster Dictionary as, A person who greatly admires or favors England and things English. Anglophiles customarily hold over romanticized views of England and may favor it over their country of origin because they consider English history, art, music, culture, etc. to be superior ... Read More

A Comparison between the Portrayal of the Holocaust and the People’s Responses to Hardship in The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom and Night by Ellie Wiesel (621 words, 2 pages)

Your Situation Is What You Make Of It"Happiness isn't' something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves." This quote from The Hiding Place shows that we are in control of how we feel in any situation. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom and Night ... Read More

Creative Process in Poetry by Neruda and Constantly Risking Absurdity by Ferlinghetti (2802 words, 8 pages)

The creative process is often filled with emotions, and throughout it, it is not uncommon to experience the whole gauntlet of highs, lows and everything in between. The poems, poetry and constantly risking absurdity are two works that are filled with similarities in the creative process and yet they are ... Read More

Self-Invention and the Pursuit of the American Dream (1620 words, 7 pages)

Self-Invention and the Pursuit of the American DreamSome ride a wave of their own personality to success, sometimes to an undesirable end. In F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, has made a quick ascension to wealth by means of his involvement with the mob and participation ... Read More

Archetypes of a Hero in Star Wars by George Lucas and Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (561 words, 3 pages)

Archetypes in Star Wars and Other WorksIn The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell explores the underlying similarities between heroes of a wide range of literary works. He explains the fundamental characteristics of a hero, which remain in play across mythology and literature. As the title suggests, the face ... Read More

The Life of Thornton Niven Wilder and Its Impact on Our Town and Blindness (1682 words, 8 pages)

Our Town and BlindnessThornton Niven Wilder arose from a cultured, urbane, and highly educated household, which seemed almost poised to manufacture successful offspring, out of the likes of which it would be easy to anticipate a great writer emerge. Very simply, his family was defined by the written word. Wilder ... Read More

The Miscomprehension of Sexual Innuendos in the Religious Texts Due to the Style of Writing According to Borgerding (800 words, 3 pages)

Due to the overwhelming amount of sexual innuendos, the style of writing found in religious texts have become an easy target for miscomprehension. The basis of Borgerdings arguments rely heavily on the text itself being written in a homoerotic manner. Since the historical background of a text like the Bible ... Read More

The Significance of the Setting in a Doll’s House, a Play by Henrik Ibsen (851 words, 3 pages)

A Dolls House would not have the same symbolism without its setting, especially in terms of time. Christmas and New Years Eve serve a greater purpose for the play as a whole. A house is at its most peaceful state during the Christmas season, and it becomes a place of ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of AIDS in the Port-Au-Prince Marriage Special by Edwidge Danticat (1596 words, 6 pages)

The Humane TreatmentShould your social status determine your fate in times of trouble? In the short story The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special, by Edwidge Danticat, a poor girl contracts AIDS. Mlisande works at a hotel in Port-au-Prince, that the narrator and her husband own and operate. Since Mlisande is poor with ... Read More

The Nationalistic Message in Tawfiq Al-Hakim’s Novel Return of the Spirit (818 words, 3 pages)

Today, Tawfiq Al-Hakims novel Return of the Spirit is considered a classic, but at its height of popularity, in the late 1930s, the book was a symbol of Nationalism and a tool for exposing the vicious nature of colonialism. Al-Hakim wrote this passionate novel, originally titled Awdat ar-Ruh, in hopes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Shocking Novel In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (389 words, 1 pages)

Having read Kafka's In the Penal Colony, it is quite evident that the work is meant to shock. The machine is quite brutal in its operation, and that the Condemned Man is sentenced to that for such a small crime, that he isn't even told of, is meant to shock ... Read More

A Short Summary of Harry the Dirty Dog, a Book by Gene Zion (423 words, 1 pages)

Harry the Dirty DogIn this book, the dog represents the the average adolescent nowadays. In the beginning of the story it explains that Harry does not like getting baths by his owners, so what he does is take the scrubbing brush and buries it and then runs away. This scene ... Read More

An Analysis of The Mother Qualities Present in Reyn (1427 words, 3 pages)

This woman has been with me from the very beginning, keeping an eyeon every little thing I do, constantly reminding me of everyday tasks. Asmost would have guessed, it is the mother that gave birth to me and stayedby my side for the past 16 years of my life. It ... Read More

The Narrator’s Experience with Time and Sense of Losing Identity in Franz Kafka’s Short Stories Metamorphosis and A Country Doctor (550 words, 2 pages)

Kafing up ExamplesAfter reading Kafkas Metamorphosis and a selection of his short stories, it is clear he has his own cache of unique literary characteristics with which readers identify him. Two of these characteristics are the narrators experience with time and the narrators sense of losing his identity. Kafkas works ... Read More

The Effects of Land Reforms in Korea During the Mid 1940s in the Novel Descendants of Cain by Hwang Sun-won (1042 words, 4 pages)

The early and middle years of the Twentieth Century were a time of great change and conflict within the Korean peninsula, China, and Japan. Koreas colonization by the Japanese, the Soviet and American occupations, Japans invasions of China and Korea, civil war, World War II, and militaristic government leadership worked ... Read More

Insights on Morals and Human Nature in the Panchatantra Fables (472 words, 2 pages)

A Fable is a timeless piece of wisdom presented in story form. The Panchatantra contains three fables which teach about moral, but, they also contain insights on human nature. We will identify these insights contained in the Panchatantra and analyze them.In the story The Foolish Friend a king befriends a ... Read More

A Psychological Approach to The Metamorphosis by Kafka (528 words, 2 pages)

Because The Metamorphosis seems to be a story about how he thinks of himself somewhat as an insect in his own life or world, I chose to read it from the psychological approach.The Metamorphosis begins with Gregor Samsa waking up to discover that he has changed into a monstrous cockroach. ... Read More

A Review of the Autobiography of a Holocaust Survivor in the Diary of Anne Frank (595 words, 1 pages)

Anne FrankOne of the most famous historical books, which is still bought today, is the diary of Anne Frank. It has been translated into over fifty languages and around thirty million copies have been bought! The reason for the diarys success is it gives our generation a chance to see ... Read More

An Analysis of the Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Richter (2400 words, 9 pages)

Epic of EdenChapter 1Richter uses a metaphor to describe most people's knowledge and use of the Old Testament. Describe this metaphor, and discuss whether or not you agree with her proposed thesis.The metaphor Richter uses is The dysfunctional closet syndrome. He goes on to describe this as everyone has a ... Read More

The Educational Role of the Children’s Book A Apple Pie (751 words, 3 pages)

Edible EducationA Apple Pie is among the most quintessential and representative piece childrens literature books that can be understood as a swallow alphabet. Crain explicitly mentions A Apple Pie in her description of swallow alphabets. She briefly explains how tropes of consumption can contribute to educating the reader in the ... Read More

Emotion, Nature and Spirituality in the Romantic Era of the 1800’s (919 words, 4 pages)

Romanticism Emotion, Nature, and the DivineThe Romantic Era of the 1800s was and continues to be vastly influential to American literature. Down through the centuries, poets, essayists and novelists have been inspired by the masters before them. Authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Jules Verne and H. P. Lovecraft found inspiration ... Read More

The Theme of Justice in Pat Mora’s La Migra and Paul Zimmer’s Zimmer’s Head (1780 words, 6 pages)

Brandy on the Rocks, Hold the BrandyIt would be very difficult for anybody to argue that there is a more important metaphysical concept to humans than justice. It is in our very nature to justify and explain everything. From the days of the ancient Roman Coliseum to the modern judicial ... Read More

A Summary of The Guide by R.K. Narayan (1134 words, 3 pages)

Chapters 1-5 In part one of The Guide, R.K. Narayan tells the story of the main character, Raju, through a mix of flashbacks and memories that serve as a background story for the current narration.The novel opens with Raju finally being released from prison and journeying back home when he ... Read More

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