Passage Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Joseph Conrad and William Faulkner are two of the most prominent writers of the modern literary era. In fact in an event held in the year 1957 at the Virginia University, Faulkner openly stated that his works were influenced by Conrad’s writing style. Faulkner have rated ‘ A Heart of Darkness’ as one of his favorite books, and reportedly when he travelled through Kent he remarked to his mother about the serenity of the place, and commented that ‘ no wonder Conrad writes such fine books from here’. Such was the admiration he carried for Conrad. Both of them wrote ...

The short passage is evidence as to the suffering and agony that the monster, Frankenstein, experienced as a result of his loneliness and the grotesque sight that he was taken to be. Filled with anger and indignation that surged out of his painful quest for companionship, Frankenstein sought to wage vengeance on his creator, Victor Frankenstein, and make his life as painful as his own (Cobley, p 33). Surrendering to his painful fate, that of a monster, Frankenstein decides to adopt an evil nature which he was unwillingly chosen and crated for.

The theme of monstrosity is dominantly evidenced in this passage. ...

1) "Halley's Comet" by Stanley Bunitz

This passage is meant to demonstrate the excitement and joy that young boys feel at the exciting and the new - the boy does not quite understand that his life and the lives of everyone else would end. All he knows is that "there'd be no school tomorrow." The way Halley's Comet is described in the beginning evokes exciting things that boys love, including train tracks and high speeds. This visceral language makes the whole affair sound thrilling, and this appeals to the boy.

In the passage itself, he is telling God where ...

Backgrounnd

In today's political climate, much discussion centers around the facts of marijuana policy in national discussions and debates. On the one hand are the scientific and medical policy discussion which consider continuously whether marijuana is in fact detrimental to your health or whether there are some if any benefits. On the other side of the fence are the social policy wonks who argue continuously over marijuana policy and its legal status in contemporary American jurisprudence. Marijuana legalization discussions are not simply a question of whether the law should permit the use and possession of marijuana (however, this is one ...

“Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! --do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must ...

Just like anyone else, all characters in a story have their own historical background and information regarding their pasts. This information is usually very important in understanding their traits and their current lives. Therefore such information assist readers understand a specific story. This is what is referred to as exposition. Generally it can be defined as the historical background touching on the characters and setting in a given story usually at the beginning of the story. The major information is usually occurrences that took place before the story was initiated. Therefore it is usually the initial part of the plot. Therefore, in ...

The reading forms an integral background for insightful discussions about the particulars of sentence-level pedagogies. The author enables the reader to understand the fact that “error” and “grammar” are often used in a slack way. The following passage captured my attention.
“In short if we read any text the way we read freshman essay, we will find many of the same kind of errors we routinely expect to find and therefore do find. But if we could read those student essays unreflexively, if we could make the ordinary kind of contract with those tests that we make with other ...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot by the Irish writer Samuel Becket is a powerful play attesting to the inevitable suffering inherent in human existence. The play depicts this agony even more poignantly by the fact that it is devoid of a well-organized plot and a conventional setting: “A country road. A tree” (Act 1). This is all the setting there is. .Devoid of these familiar elements, the audience or reader has no choice but to face one of the most fundamental elements of the play: an endless wait. As the play opens, the audience or reader meets Estragon, or rather Gogo, who is struggling ...

Beowulf is an epic Greek poem based on a great hero named Beowulf. It is an epic poem because it emphasizes heroic actions of Beowulf who is the protagonist. The central character struggles between human feelings and heroic ethos in his adventures. It is a universal story of a life’s journey from adolescence to adulthood and to old age. Beowulf who is the hero in the poem grows in wisdom through pain and at the end of the epic tale, he triumphs through personal experience. In the poem, Beowulf is portrayed as the hero of the people for saving them from ...

Introduction

Point of Comparison
The first point of comparison between a happy pig and depressed human can be observed in the major character of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. After Gatsby’s meeting with Daisy, there was an apparent change in him. It seems that Daisy has a strong characteristic that changed Gatsby from a happy pig into a depressed man. The mere fact Gatsby has the materialistic possessions that only the intellectual individuals would have attained made Daisy believe that Gatsby is in fact a person of intellect. On the other hand, Gatsby’s blooming interest on Daisy opened him up to a profound change. ...

Control Valves

A valve is a control device that is utilized in adjusting the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe (Doddannavar, Barnard, and Ganesh, 2005). This implies that the flow rate will change as the valve opens and closes either partially or fully, thus providing some obstruction to some extent (Rennels and Hudson, 2012). The valve comprises a flow passage in which the flow area can be varied. Operation of valves in most scenarios is manual. In cases where the valves are operated automatically, electromechanical actuators are used. The electromechanical actuators can include electric motors or pneumatic actuators that are motorized by air ...

1) (p. 34) "When they were twenty he asked her to marry him. She was only a girl, but he believed she would make radical discoveries. This was why Jacob dedicated himself to Marion. He was not trying to be a feminist, or to sacrifice himself. He did not particularly resent his teaching career at Tufts. He believed in Marion."As a child prodigy, Jacob is in a good position to judge Marion--and to find in her a remarkable gift, a gift that was not also granted to him. What is this gift that Marion has but not Jacob? 4-5 sentences.

Marion has the gift ...

1.0 Introduction
There is a sense in which nature is depicted in literal work to resonate with the normal human course of life. In this regard, authors and artists seek to use psychological and philosophical aspects on nature to make this impact (Bruin,Murray, and Boom 43). Such depictions are very essential because they make sure that the reader connects with different components of the play because it enhances a sense of familiarity. In this light, therefore, this paper will analyze the various ways in which natural world is significant to two different plays. The plays include “Our Town” ...

Analysis of “Middle Passage” by Robert Hayden with Reference to Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”

Robert Hayden used reference to “The Tempest” in his work “Middle Passage” because both of the artworks shared the same theme that depicted the misery of the African people.

“We find it paradoxical indeed

that you whose wealth, whose tree of liberty are rooted in the labor of your slaves” (Hayden, 1)
Hayden told us that masters were retaining their power in the society by keeping others enslaved, and most of the slaves were Africans in the ship described in the poem. Secondly they were treated as if they were not humans (Hayden, 1). The older work shared a story of the royal party ...

Publication

What publishing company published the book? How reputable is it and how do you know? What are their review policies?
Reception
What (peer) reviews can you find? Where? What is the general consensus? Who has cited this article, and in what kind of publication?

Who is the author and what is their academic background?

Where are they working now (and at what capacity/rank)?
What else have they published (recently?), and how much is actually related to the topic of this article?
Explain the title. Does it really fit the thesis statement, or is there any shifting or gapping? What kind of shift/gap/miss and how ...

Society has evolved in so many ways after American slavery. Although isolated cases of racism still prevail in some places, African Americans are now enjoying the same rights and privileges that everyone else from different races have. African Americans, even women, now hold important positions in companies and government organizations. But perhaps the ultimate proof of recognition and acceptance that they were once completely stripped of is having an African American as President of the strongest nation in the world. However, despite the liberty and the success they were able to achieve in the society, female African Americans still ...

Close Reading

The passage is a complete description of a deserted, dark and gloomy house. A vague image is visualized where we find the narrator in an intense situation. Thrilling language is used by a single narrator to portray a fearful and excellent description of the house. The first sight of the house evoked ‘utter depression’. The storyteller describes his incident with the words, ‘with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit’. He after observing the house and the surroundings feels unbearable murkiness floating above the huge house and immediately discerns that something is erroneous. The looks of the ...

Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings is a very important text in both American History and Literature. Most often heralded as a document produced by, and about, one of the most important of the Founding Fathers, it is also a work that employs several literary devices and introduces many of the values that remain at the center of American culture. In his book, Franklin offers a way to live ones life, which is, interestingly enough, the way he lives his life. The book also has a section entitled, “Franklin The Scientist” which contains a series of letters which document his experiments and successes in ...

Explication of a Central Passage

“But whereas Seth sets up a hypothesis about both the content of the text and its source [] and reads on to confirm his hypothesis, Kara’s reading proceeds as a series of content paraphrases []. She continues to interpret the text a chunk at a time, paraphrasing linearly with little attempt to integrate or connect the parts. She reacts positively to the text [] and, despite her initial confusion with ‘glibness,’ she seems satisfied with her simple reading []” (Haas & Flower 128).
In this passage, one can see the author establishing differences between the ways that people read the text in question. ...

Some of the characters named in this passage include Lord Henry and Basil

Hallward. They are also some of the main characters in the story. From their names, the reader can tell that Basil is a good person. The name Basil means royal or chivalrous; therefore, the reader can assume that Basil Hallward is a chivalrous person (Wilde, 1993). For example, his disappearance led to public excitement. On the other hand, from the name Lord Henry, one can tell that an individual is a respected person in the society. In the first eight paragraphs, the author reveals minimal details about the characters. Nevertheless, the author notes that at some point, Basil Hallward ...

- Literature
- Myths
- Epics
- Literary analysis
- Plot
- Setting
- Characters
- Point of view
- Theme
- Context
- Archetypes
- Mesopotamia
- Marduk
- Cuneiform
- Babylonia. British Museum
- Religious, historical and literary. Covenant
- Torah. Pentateuch
- Psalms
- James
- Jewish diaspora.Israel
- This quote is found in the book “Genesis” of The Bible. This quote is important because Noah saved natural beings from being destroyed by coming into favor ...

In Samuel Beckett’s Company, he uses variations of the word “devise,” “deviser,” “device,” and “devising.” In this paper the use of these words, which are used by Beckett with some frequency will be analyzed. The words will be analyzed as per their meaning, and in how “meaning” fit the contextual elements of Beckett’s text. The paper will be argued from an etymological perspective, to investigate whether words have different forms of meaning, and how Becket may be playing with the meaning of words. Although Beckett bombards the text with formations of the word “devise” in a seemingly absurdist ...

Descriptively, Scofield conveyed that each human should create every scene eventfully, while this essay will elaborate simplicity of sentences and passages - some example from chapter 8. Scofield is focusing in the ways in which to write or any form composition with sense of the reader or viewer in mind . The use of an emotional awareness is natural, fundamental key .
A simple sentence is the direction to its passage in which it represents. In example, the day was gloomy. Upon awakening to grey skies, as if a great ray of sunshine dangled over us, there was a Claus trophic sentiment – ...

There is plenty of literature on human trafficking. Much of the available literature relates to human trafficking on women and children. According to Laczko and Gramegna (2004) these two groups are the hardest hit by the illegal trade. In order to avoid ambiguity, most studies and books have described human trafficking as coercion or forceful involvement of people into activities against their wish for commercial gain (Laczko & Gramegna, 2004; Farrell, 2011). In spite of numerous efforts to fight the trade, the number of people affected by human trafficking is still high. A study by the Polaris Project estimates that ...

Edith Wharton’s two short stories “Roman Fever” and “The Fullness of Life” are two very different types of stories. Roman Fever is a realist, but fictional account of two women who have known each other from the days of the youth. “The Fullness of Life” is a transcendent, story of mythical proportions which lends itself to tracing it’s influence back to Greek and Roman mythical stories. Despite the diverging nature of the stories, both of them have similar characters in one sense. This essay analyzes the similarities of character and difference in setting, and the similarity of theme running ...

Analyzing Stephen Crane’s prose style.

The above paragraph provides a deep insight into the naturalist writing style of the author, Stephen Crane (Colvert, 35). The first sentence mentions ‘None of them knew the color of the sky’. This displays an uncertain perspective in the forefront but if delved deeply displays ontology of corrected aesthetic reply. This is a figurative speech and the author on one hand admits that people do not know the ‘color of the sky’ and on the other hand mentions that people know the ‘colors of the sea’. The prose here emphasizes on the ‘colors of the sea’. It speaks about agency, integrity, ...

However, I always kept my guard up and tensed my entire body if I thought she might come my way. (Pelzer, 1993)

Annotation

Here the child implies that he would always be alert and expect anything. This is due to the bad treatment that he had been accustomed.
In life, we usually have situations that make us afraid and hence taking caution and being prepared for the worst. There is usually nothing we can do about them yet we just have to take some measures to ensure we are on the defensive,

As June turned to early July, my morale dwindled. (Pelzer, 1993)

Annotation
The child lost hope, there ...

With the silent pauses of the monosyllables, Frost manages to say a remarkable lot through the compressed cadence of this unusually short poem. The smoothness of a lyric, the simplicity of a rhyme and a delicacy if highest order, the poem “nothing gold can stay” stands out because of the brevity in the message implied. Sired with several connotations and numerous contemplations Frost isn’t concerned with the direct passage of the meaning. It is a minefield of arguments, cryptic derivations and surface level meanings. Heavily end stopped and finalizing in its tone, it has a haunting and a captivating charm that is at once sonorous ...

Guard the Commander-in-Chief’s remains. What a pitiable sight. I’ll

Light candles and incense and lament his death. [He lights a Candle and mourns beside the corpse, then sings]:

The hero is dead of indignation, his people all dispersed.
There is only an empty boat to serve as his coffin.
I invoke his spirit by the river,

But where can I fund wine for the sacrifice? (K’ung Shang-jen, 253)

The Peach Blossom Fan is an exposition of the realities of the nadir of the Ming dynasty of China. At the end of the Ming era, the ...