Today's Date:
February 20, 2025
Plot Summary of Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell opens with the aged and dying Pig, Old Major, as he gives a an impassioned speech to the other animals of the farm imploring them to reject the injustice forced upon them by the humans. He rallies the →
Analysis and Short Summary of “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift
Before beginning this summary of “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, it is important to clarify that this is a satire and thus Swift is using symbols and motifs to present the themes he wishes to discuss and is not →
Analysis and Summary of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
The short story by Zora Neale Hurston “Their Eyes Were Watching God” the reader has its setting in a small village in the South, and the story picks up as the townspeople watch a strange female figure as she makes →
Analysis and Summary of “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
As the short story by Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” begins, the reader is introduced to the protagonist, Delia, as she is sorting clothes on a spring night in Florida at her home. The main character in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” →
Short Summary of “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is the story of eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as told by Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner who lives on Long Island but works in Manhattan. Gatsby’s enormous mansion is adjacent to Carraway’s modest home, and Carraway becomes curious about →
Psychological Character Analysis of Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner
Miss Emily Grierson, the main character in William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” is certainly strange by any average reader’s standards and a character analysis of Emily could go in any number of directions. It is nearly impossible →
Analysis of Characters Representing Major Themes in the Play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller
Need a Refresher? Click Here for a Detailed Act by Act Plot Summary of The Crucible Arthur Miller took the historical events of the Salem witch trials and dramatized them in The Crucible. In doing so, Miller exposed just how easily and how →
Allegory in The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Allegory is one of the primary literary devices used in “The House of Seven Gables” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and, as in the case of many other works by Hawthorne, it sets the tone for the story and communicates a number →
Character Analysis of Cory in the Play “Fences” by August Wilson
All of the characters in the play by August Wilson Fences experience a personal transformation over the course of the play. While the characters of Troy and Rose in “Fences” by August Wilson may seem to be the characters whose experiences of →
Feminism & Science Fiction : “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” and “When It Changed”
Two works of science fiction with unique understandings of gender, “When it Changed” by Joanna Russ and “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” by James Tiptree challenge the grasp on sexuality and gendered meaning. While these are two specific examples →
