With direct connection to the title of the novel, the theme of the protection of innocence in J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is explored through the eyes of central character Holden Caulfield. At various points of the story Holden experiences the struggles of growing up, the harsh...

While this piece can be analyzed from many different perspectives, the setting in “The Chrysanthemums” is one that is quite important in understanding the overall theme of the story. In the first line, the reader finds out that it takes place in Salinas Valley, which is John Steinbeck’s place of...

1. I think the narrator describes his life at home and at school as “inessential” in comparison to the life from the exciting stories of Eduardo because the teenager thinks nothing interesting happens in his life. The narrator probably thinks that, when he is at home or at school, he...

The preservation of youth can prove to be both beneficial and a destructive force when implemented in literature and society. Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story is no different; throughout the epistolary novel, youth in the form of Eunice Park is what captures the fascination of main protagonist Lenny...

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is filled with many examples of irony. Irony exists in literature when the author uses specific words or situations that offer both an expected meaning to the reader as well as meaning that opposes what is traditionally acceptable. For instance, the reader...