Never Let Go

“The Joy of Cooking,” a poem by Elaine Magarrell, metaphorically represents the speaker’s sister and brother through the use of a tongue a...

After reading the poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, I realized a difference in the point in time of what is actually occurrin...

“The Drunkard,” a short story by Frank O’Connor, a young boy becomes drunk after drinking his father’s alcohol at a bar. After this occurs...

The short story, “Once Upon a Time,” by Nadine Gordimer takes a rather unconventional twist on the characteristics and aspects of children...

After reading Eudora Welty’s short story, “A Worn Path,” a question became apparent. This question was whether the grandson of the main ch...

In Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun, there are many characters who greatly contrast with each other. However, two characters...

After reading the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, one symbol stood out to me. This was the plant belonging to Mama, a cha...

In the poem “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes, Hughes writes in response to the question, “What happens to a dream deferred,” a line in...

 Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A Raisin in the Sun , has many compelling and complex characters that add to the plotline of the story. Ho...

After reading the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, I noticed a dramatic change take place in one of the characters, Walter ...

The short story, “Interpreter of Maladies,” written by Jhumpa Lahiri creates an interesting conflict between the two main characters. It i...

While reading “Dream Deferred,” a poem by Langston Hughes, I became caught up on a certain line. That line was “Or does it explode?” (Hugh...

After reading “Mr. Z,” a poem by M. Carl Holman, I took from it the message that the character of the poem was making a fruitless attempt ...

“Hazel Tells LaVerne,” a poem written by author Katharyn Howd Machan, cleverly creates an image of a working woman, living in the lower so...

After reading “Everyday Use,” a short story by author Alice Walker, one character in particular that caught my attention was Dee, the spea...

After reading “The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry,” an article by Laurence Perrine, I was able to take away from it speci...

F. Scott Fitzgerald In the concluding pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby , it seems as though each character’s true ...

Myrtle Wilson After reading these pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby , my previously proclaimed hopes that this novel would...

In my opinion, these pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby , mark the downfall of character Daisy Buchanan. All throughout ...

The falling action of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby crashes through the pages at this point in the novel. With the drama of the ...