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

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An Analysis of the Metaphors in Franz Kafka’s Short Story The Metamorphosis (824 words, 1 pages)

In two ways, change is brought about in The Metamorphosis. The first is by allowing time and circumstances determine ones decisions. The next way is by using courage and conviction to make ones own decisions. Kafka brings about change with the use of metaphors in The Metamorphosis. The hidden metaphors ... Read More

An Analysis of Symbolism in the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1117 words, 2 pages)

Symbolism in Metamorphosis As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect (chapter 1). How odd! A story where a salesman mysteriously wakes up and finds himself transformed into a large bug. Why? How? There has to be some ... Read More

An Analysis of Signs and Symbols by Vladimir Nabokov (713 words, 1 pages)

"Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov, has been read in many different ways by many different readers. The story depicts a day in the life of Russian immigrants on the birthday of their mentally ill son. Critics may say it is a simple short story, a collage of signs and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Franz Kafka and Literary Analysis of the Trial (1958 words, 3 pages)

The Trial Franz Kafka The Trial is, on the surface, the story of a man who works at a bank, Josef K., who wakes up one day to find that he is being charged on an unspecified charge. The story relates his court case, his attempts to prove his innocence, ... Read More

An Analysis of Life and Death Themes in Night and Dawn by Elie Wiesel (1576 words, 2 pages)

Night and Dawn Night and Dawn, both written by Elie Wiesel, are two books that have changed the way people view life and death. Night is a story of the Holocaust that occurs in the time frame of the mid-1900s. Elie, the author and the main character of Night, tells ... Read More

An Analysis of Life in the Concentration Camps in Elie Wiesel’s Memoir Night (700 words, 1 pages)

Elie Weisels memoir Night focuses on Elies harsh life in the concentration camp. One of the important aspects of the books is the change in not only Elies father-son relationship but other father-son relationships in the book. The book reveals a great deal on how humans can change in a ... Read More

An Analysis of Religion and Personal Beliefs in Night by Elie Wiesel (1710 words, 3 pages)

Night by Elie Wiesel is a compelling story of one boys survival of the Holocaust. Elie starts describing his early years in the town of Sighet in Transylvania. Here his father was a prominent member of the Jewish community and Elie devotes his entire life to his religious beliefs. During ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2693 words, 4 pages)

Nabokovs Lolita touches upon the theme of sexual prohibition, the sexual inviolability of girls of a certain age. Lolita is an assertion of the power of spirit of love, but not as a natural, pure feeling. It is love that goes beyond control and regulation, love that in one way ... Read More

A Comparison of the Works of Franz Kafka and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (809 words, 1 pages)

Kalfka and Marquez This essay will examine the similarities along with the differences between the two stories, A Hunger Artist, by Frank Kalfka, and A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. By comparing these two stories one is able to understand the struggle the two individuals ... Read More

An Analysis of Franz Kafka’s Lightness in His Literary Works (911 words, 2 pages)

Lightness in Kafka How does Kafka lighten each of these stories? How is reality dealt with? What animates these stories (pushes them forward, provides conflict and finally resolution?) How does the title impact our reading of the story? In Unhappiness, what does one make of the girlghost? In defining how ... Read More

An Analysis of In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (421 words, 1 pages)

" In the Penal Colony" "In The Penal Colony", Kafka illustrates the capital punishment of a colony run by a governor. Throughout the story, the officer who performs the execution reinforces all his actions by saying that this was how the previous governor used to do it or that this ... Read More

A Biography of Elie Wiesel a Writer (906 words, 3 pages)

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928, in a small town of Sighet in Romania, where people of different languages and religions have lived side by side for centuries, sometimes peacefully, sometimes in bitter conflict. The region has long been claimed by both Hungary and Romania and, ... Read More

Elie Wiesel’s Description of the Detail of the Concentration Camps in His Literary Works (757 words, 1 pages)

One can think how horrible a concentration camp is, one can think how horrible schools are, the scary thing is that they aren't that far different from each other! Elie Wiesel describes in detail the concentration camps he is in and how he feels emotionally. Elie mentions several things about ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of The Diary of Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel (1047 words, 2 pages)

Comparison Essay The Diary of Anne Frank is about a teenager growing up and sorting out her feelings under very difficult conditions. In 1942, when the Nazis began to invade their country, the Frank family tried to escape by going into hiding in an attic of a warehouse. Otto and ... Read More

The Real Motive of Abandonment in Vladimir Nabokov’s Story “That in Aleppo Once” (1212 words, 2 pages)

The Real Motive of Abandonment Vladimir Nabokov short story That in Aleppo Once presents a man who brings forth himself victim on his own tragic romantic misfortune. The protagonist, a writer who currently resides in New York, writes to an ambiguous yet close companion about his struggles with love, regret, ... Read More

A Response to the Poem, Softest of Tongue by Vladimir Nabokov (789 words, 1 pages)

Minor response to "Softest of Tongues" Change is an inevitable part of our lives and sometimes accepting that change can be difficult. In the poem "Softest of Tongue" poet Vladir Nabokov expresses the burden of accepting change and saying goodbye to the past. Nabokov writes of a character that goes ... Read More

A Comparison of The Country Doctor by Ivan Turgenev and Franz Kafka (1194 words, 2 pages)

The writings of different authors can lead to a similar mode a story of one can be the response or simply can be compared to the others. After reading The Country Doctor by Ivan Turgenev, and A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka, it can be seen that these two short ... Read More

A Comparison of Holocaust in Night by Elie Wiesel and Schindler’s List by Spielberg (616 words, 1 pages)

1.holocaust - Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire. March 20, 1941, the Krakow ghetto is liquidated. 1942, German oppression spills into Transylvania, the Sighet ghetto is liquidated. Two seemingly unrelated events in a plethora of death and oppression. However, both are turning points in ... Read More

A Book Analysis of Night by Elie Wiesel (772 words, 1 pages)

If they would have only listened to Beetle! That was my only thought after reading Elie Wiesel s Night. This graphic story of a fifteen year old boy s life in concentration camps made me realize just how bad Jewish citizens had it during the reign of Adolph Hitler. Women, ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Elie Wiesel’s Night (2277 words, 8 pages)

Perhaps some of the most vivid images of the Holocaust are the death marches, when tens of thousands of Jews at one time were paraded to the extermination camps in Germany, Poland and Austria. Some of the more notable death marches included the mass march from the Warsaw Ghetto to ... Read More

The Split of Society into Different Sections in the Novel, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1108 words, 4 pages)

Society often works against itself in one way or another. In reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka one could presume the work to be a social criticism. Throughout this story Kafka shows how society can be split into into different sections, with Gregor representing the working man at the time, and ... Read More

The Idea of Growth and Degradation in The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1807 words, 2 pages)

"The Metamorphosis," written by Franz Kafka in 1912, follows several societal patterns that are frequently observed in Kafka's other works. The idea of growth and degradation is one of these patterns. Another is the aspect of human nature that causes deception as a defensive device. Within "The Metamorphosis" these two ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book of Job and The Trial of God by Elie Wiesel (975 words, 2 pages)

Is God the Enemy? A Comparison of the Book of Job and Elie Wiesels The Trial of God. Where is God when innocent human beings suffer? This question plagues the minds of people everywhere following disasters and the death of innocents. After the 911 attacks, people wondered to themselves why ... Read More

An Analysis of Short Stories About the Holocaust in Silence by Tadeusz Borowski and The Watch by Elie Wiesel (742 words, 1 pages)

Critical Essay 1 Fiction Borowskis Silence and Wiesels The Watch are stories about the Holocaust. Both short stories are great work of fiction that give the reader a clear image and idea of what the Jews experienced. During the Holocaust, both short stories experienced great lost and great pain. Therefore, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1208 words, 2 pages)

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, portrays the life of Gregor Samsa after he has been transformed into a beetle like insect. Many changes occur throughout this story, mainly with Gregor, but with in his family as well. Gregor remained a static character in this story, although he physically changed, his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Holocaust in the Book the Night by Elie Wiesel (606 words, 1 pages)

The Night In the book The Night, written by Elie Wiesel, a quote that made me realize the horror people went through in the Holocaust was, "For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1272 words, 2 pages)

Asmondy 1 The End of a Story All good stories have an ending. But what is an ending? It is a termination. It is something that constitutes an end in the form of a conclusion to reach a logically, necessary end by reasoning (Webster 2000). In relation to a story ... Read More

An Analysis of Camp Experiences in Elie Wiesel’s Book Night (755 words, 1 pages)

"How did Wiesels belief in God change through his camp experiences?" Why do peoples beliefs change? What would cause a strong believer in God to no longer acknowledge his existence? These changes could be a result of things experienced in a persons life. In Elie Wiesels book, Night, Elie loses ... Read More

An Analysis of the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1522 words, 2 pages)

Mediocrity Surrounding Genius Nabokov's View on "The Metamorphosis" "The Metamorphosis," a story by Franz Kafka is about an ordinary traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who suddenly transforms into a "monstrous vermin." What exactly this vermin is, and why Gregor is suddenly transformed into it is left unclear throughout the story. After ... Read More

The Origin of the Theme of Alienation in Franz Kafka’s Literary Works (1122 words, 2 pages)

Franz Kafka can be noted as the originator of the theme of alienation in the twentieth century. Throughout the century, as society evolved and began to disassociate itself from community and family values, Kafkas theme became all the more prevalent. However his piece Metamorphosis is said to have evolved from ... Read More

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