Literature Review

“Sam Houston and the American Southwest”, is a book written by Randolph B. Campbell, this book is a perfectly written biography of Samuel Houston’s life, going in chorological order of his most significant contributions as a leader, warrior and mainly a politician in American history. Throughout the book, Campbell carefully and without bias, describes and…

Horses and Mule in the Yard are two short stories by William Faulkner that deal with comedic animal chases. Although both provide entertaining examples of Faulkners work in very similar settings, on the scale of literary value, Spotted Horses rises above Mule in the Yard in depth and insight. This superiority is result of both…

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth’s surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating…

My book report is on White Fang by Jack London. There are 152 pages in this book. The author writes about struggles White Fang, the main character, encounters throughout his life. Set in the Northern Wild, Jack Londons main conflict in this story is man versus nature. He also parallels the conflicts of survival of…

Carol Anne Duffy’s poem “Adultery” is structured in a traditional and straightforward way. It is comprised of eleven verses – each with the common four lines, which consist of between four and nine words. This makes the poem not particularly striking at the first look, before it is read.The typography does not attract the readers…

Adrienne Rich takes us inside Shatayev’s head and depicts her joys and feeling of triumph along with her lingering undertones of jealousy. The use of the journals helps to relate the comradery and love within the team but also serves to paint a picture of an ungrateful Shatayev. Throughout this poem there are repeated declarations…

In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe uses the resolution of the conflict between Dr. Faustus and the beliefs of his time to explore the idea of man’s place in the universe. In Faustus’ time, it was believed that man had a place in the universe, and man must stay within his boundaries. It can be shown…

The stories that are told in Distant Mirrors reflect how people can be so comfortable with the way they live that they will never realize what is around them. This does not happen unless they take the initiative to research the”outside world.” I focused on three stories. These three stories share in the fact that…

Use two characters to illustrate your argument. Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene, is a book based in 1930s underworld Brighton. The novel is based on the tale of Pinky, a teenage gangster, and his conflict against an amateur detective, Ida, who is intent on bringing Pinky to justice. In many ways Brighton Rock can be…

Ophelia’s Weaknesses Ophelias Weaknesses In classic works of literature all characters have certain flaws. In Shakespeares tragedies the characters all have flaws that eventually lead to their undoing. In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the character of Ophelia is ultimately killed by her flaw. It is apparent that Ophelia is an obedient person through…