Essays on Literature

Part I

This dedication to the act of harvesting lumber itself is condoned in the book through the main dramatic tension: the work of the Limberlost harvesters to make sure that no timber thieves illegally cut down trees and cut into their profits. Because the conflict focuses so closely on the legality of who should harvest the Limberlost, and not whether the harvesting itself is a good idea, there is no abject environmentalism to speak of in the text - just ownership of land and nature's resources. McLean even just primarily objects to them not taking lumber efficiently enough - "McLean ...

The world of fairy tales is a world of black and white, good and evil, where the villain is perceptibly malevolent, his actions mirroring his wicked soul and he is eventually punished, righteously so in the end. Simultaneously, heroines are the ones who enjoy the symbolic protection of the fairy tale universe and it is this that proves to be their salvation, and not their own survival skills. However, one heroine rises above all of these passive damsels in distress and takes her fate into her own hands. At first, Gretel is obedient and passive, listening to her brother’ ...

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” has been a beloved children’s fairy tale, as presented by Walt Disney, who stripped it off of its innate, shocking cruelty and ideas which did not appeal to the general public’s idea of what a fairy tale is supposed to sound like. The original story, as captured on paper by the Grimm brothers is one of violence and unnecessary bloodshed, of villains being punished in unimaginably cruel ways, all in order to appease the black and white world of the fairy tale universe.

Most parents believe that children would prefer being ...

Introduction

Digital storytelling is considered as a computer based technique of narrating stories. It is mostly concerned with a particular point of view as well as focusing on a particular topic of explanation. This computer based program contains a mixture of automated image, audio narration, music and video clips as well as texts. This helps to equip the learner with enough knowledge and make him have a clear understanding of the true picture of the story explanation. These automated stories have a varied amount of time but an educational story typically takes around two to ten minutes. A digital ...

In Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," Louise Mallard, a woman "afflicted with a heart trouble" learns over the course of the story that her husband is dead. The story follows the progression of her emotions from shock and horror to a feeling of liberation and freedom, as she feels relief of the burden of being wife. A very controversial story when it was first published, Chopin's tale (like many of her works) deals with the unexpected ability of women to liberate themselves and operate separately from men (Jamil, 2009). This theme of ...

There are different styles employed in writing literally works. These styles go a long way in making the piece interesting. Over time, literally writers have perfected their art, which makes the writing even more interesting to read. The essay below looks at some of the styles used in literally writing.

Reading Reflection

‘The Welcome Table’ as written by Walker (1970) is a narration about the last day in the life of an old colored woman. The interesting thing about the story is the manner in which it employs different styles to bring out the message. The article is a clear illustration ...

"Despite the usual connotations of the word “criticism,” literary criticism is called criticism not because it is negative or corrective but rather because those who write criticism ask searching, analytical, "critical" questions about the works they read. Literary criticism is both the process of interpreting and commenting on literature and the result of that process."

This passage from the textbook gave me a new way to think about the word “criticism.” I always thought of criticism as a way to talk about what is wrong with something, but the textbook says it is not limited to negative remarks. It ...

Introduction

Nursing is generally concerned with care. As such all characteristics analyzed about this discipline should relate to the concept of care. This task aims at analyzing four major attributes of nursing in relation to a story of personal experience. The attributes to be analyzed in this case include loving kindness; patience; commitment; and openness/attendance to mysterious and unknown happenings of life and death or allowing miracles to take their course. The aim of this paper is particularly to provide insights into what is expected of a nurse in caring for and about persons in need. The story being ...

“Cathedral” is a small, intimate story, one which effectively revolves around two characters – the narrator, a regular average joe, and Robert, a blind man who is an acquaintance of the narrator’s wife. One fateful night, invited over for dinner, the narrator attempts to understand Robert and his way of life, as well as his relationship to his wife. In the process of this, he begins to understand things about himself, life, and Robert that he could not imagine otherwise – this level of understanding is the ‘sight’ that is discussed in the story.

There is a direct discussion of ...

Almost every person has his/her favorite place and being there makes him/her feel happiness, peace and joy. I also have such a place and this is my library. I spend much time there because it brings me good emotions and I feel myself there. In this room I can be myself and no one can disturb me here. The library is like a living organism that lives its own life changing its mood depending on the time of the day.

In the morning this ...

The epic poem Beowulf is one of the earliest long-form stories known to man, and it suitably deals with the themes of good versus evil in a very straightforward way. Heroes are virtuous, villains are villainous, and characters are less real people than they are forces of nature. The allure of good is even illustrated through the narrator's treatment of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes: "In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and began to pay tribute. That was one good king" (pg. 1). At the same time, ...

Fallacies refer to mistakes that people make frequently in arguments. Most fallacies accrue from questionable premises, while others accrue from false dichotomy or slippery slope Fallacies make arguments less logical and lack the compelling evidence required to assure coherency and completeness. If an argument had fallacy, then the conclusion becomes false (Mosser, K., 2011).

1. The first fallacy concerns making hasty generalizations: Here is an example.

I have read books about Africa. The books report a great deal of poverty in the continent. Ayodo is from Nigeria, which is in Africa. Ayodo is therefore poor. The fallacy in this ...

A particular feature of the literature is that it can send the author’s message in various ways and reach a target reader out of the crowd of ignorant ones. This can be often achieved through the hidden meaning inside a literary work or through irony, satire and caricature of the reality described. The aim of the present work is to compare and contrast Anton Chekhov’s play “The Proposal” and Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”. In this context, the comparison will be conducted in the framework of the depicting of the same theme of gender ...

It has been a common notion about the existence of self. You are exactly who you look at yourself to be. The theory of personal identity revolves around the questions ‘What am I?’, ‘When did I begin?’ and‘What will take place after I die?’. The major questions that are posed by or own inner selves are what exactly strive to define who we are. Human Beings are constantly faced with the questions coming from their conscience. They are always trying to ‘figure out who they are’. The subject of personal identity has been of considerable interest to all ...

Rhoma Irama is one of the most acclaimed Indonesian musicians of all time, innovating and exemplifying the best of the Indonesian dangdut style of popular music. After a difficult and intriguing childhood, he became a superstar in Indonesia in the 1970s, dubbing himself Raja Dangdut, which translates to the "King of Dangdut." Rhoma Irama's contribution to the world of Indonesian pop music is immense, and his popularity helped to provide some crossover success in the United States as well. His popularization of dangdut allowed the lower-class of Indonesia and Jakarta to express themselves in a culturally relevant and powerful ...

Susan Fenimore Cooper wrote the piece “from the rural hours”. She is conversant with the happenings in the rural areas. This is mainly based on the fact that she understands life in the rural areas fully. She has been brought up in the rural areas and as such can explain many natural phenomena in the rural places. She mentions in her writing “The fields which border this quiet bit of road are among the oldest in our neighborhood.” This informs us that Susan Fenimore lives in the rural areas and hence her wide knowledge and information. She is able ...

Sometimes, it only takes one great act in history, or one great story for a hero to emerge. Such is the case with the Greek story Iliad, and the historical events in Jerusalem during the time of the crusades. To say that the heroes of these stories do not have anything in common, is a denial of the natural order of things. Both have somehow made a stamp in history, and both are touted as heroes, even up to this day.

Achilles is one of the many heroes in the Greek story ...

Jean Rhys’ I Used to Live Here Once, is an unusually short story. However, it is also unusually memorable, which is always a sign of an effective piece of work. Through the use of point of view, symbolism, imagery, and other narrative techniques, Rhys explores a delicate theme in a subtle yet powerful way.

I Used to Live Here Once is a rather shadowy tale of a woman who appears to be a ghost calling on her childhood home. The narrator trails the woman on her walk from a near river ...

1. Shinpa melodrama is one of the most prevalent and pervasive forms of Korean literature and media, both in television and film form, and has had a profound effect on Korean culture. Shinpa means "New Theater", and consist of tear-jerking, highly emotional stories that typically involve romantic relationships played up to an incredible degree. At first, when the Japanese form of melodrama arrived in Korea in the early 20th century, it was mainly a theatrical endeavor; kino-films, filmed scenes, would accompany them. Eventually, plays themselves would be filmed, turning the audience who still enjoyed the theatrical/film mix "low-class" (Lee ...

When a new technology is created, there are always people who believe it is a good thing and there are people who believe it is a bad thing. It is not surprising that people today have the same feelings about the Internet. Some people who use the Internet daily wonder if it is having a bad effect on our minds. For example, Nicholas Carr writes about the Internet’s bad effects in his July 2008 article in The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?.” The Internet can be bad for people, but it is a choice people make if ...

Psychological Egoism involves being entirely driven by self-interest, and is characterized by purely selfish motives. It is believed that such a mind will always bring happiness. Whereas, Ethical Egoism is the view that people do take into account interests, that are not their own. Glaucon has created a myth titled “The Ring of Gyges” which discusses the entire concept of egoism.

This myth is the story of a man named Gyges, who while travelling he comes across a chasm, with something sparkling deep inside. Attracted by the shine he goes into the depth and enters a tomb. Gyges ends ...

Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of Scout Finch, the six year old daughter of Atticus Finch, a strong father, a virtuous lawyer and the defender of Tom Robinson. Scout grows up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s, among the other interesting and entertaining people in the town. Going through her life and growing up with her friends, she learns many lessons from her father and the town itself. Much like Atticus with Scout, this book is incredibly important because of its teachings of morality and virtue; the ...

Robert Hass born in 1941 in San Francisco is a contemporary American poet and has more often been referred to as a California poet; because sometimes his poems tend to have a West Coast based aura and theme. This poet has been recognized as the most celebrated and widely read contemporary English poet. His works don’t only include original writings, but he is also known as a critic and translator for the Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz and the Japanese haiku experts Issa, Buson and lastly Basho. His translation of Czeslaw Milosz from “Hymn” goes on to say: “There ...

This paper has analyzed the problem of what impact does leadership have on quality. The scope of this work involves the specific work in the book called Leadership for quality by an author Juran J.M. It has reviewed various concepts by the author.

The approach to this problem has involved analyzing three functions of businesses, planning control and improvement in quality. Also, an analysis has been made in the work force part in order to get an idea of the factors that will lead to their improvement in quality.

The results in this analysis are that quality can be ...

So far, I believe that my concept paper progress is going well. I have done a lot of work on it, though it feels like I have not even scratched the surface of what is needed for my dissertation. One of the biggest challenges in my work to date has been changing my concept paper and research design from a mixed methods to purely quantitative design. I wanted to be able to create a more accurate and measurable way of determining the success of the DLIC interventions, which initially was to be through the Oral Proficiency Test. However, as ...

During the 1930s, the Great Depression affected many states leading to major changes in most sectors of their economy. One of the countries that became a victim of the Great Depression was Canada. Owing to this, the issue has attracted the attention of many researchers. The aim of this review is to examine the work of one such researcher, Katrina Srigley, in her book, Breadwinning Daughters: Young Women working in a Depression- era City, 1929-1939 (2010). The Great Depression era affected the live patterns of young women in Canada. They experienced a great shift while trying to ...

Brief Summary

The story relates to three pigs that leave home to try to find their destiny. As such, each pig built a shelter using different materials. Two of the pigs build their dwellings with noticeably very insubstantial materials. The first pig build a house using straws while the other used sticks. Subsequently, the wolf blew the two houses and fed on the two pigs. However, the third pig was more cautious and used bricks. The wolf was unable to huff and puff the house as had done on the earlier occasions. He tried to use tricks on the third pig ...

Bram Stoker’s epistolary novel, entitled Dracula, offers a glimpse of a dark, supernatural world, wrought with sexual symbolism and the draining of human power. Stoker introduces his protagonist, a young solicitor named Jonathan Harker, who finds himself on the road to Transylvania for the purpose of visiting a certain count Dracula and organizing a real estate transaction. Harker leaves behind the vehicles of modern civilization as he is driven into the desolate mountain country (Davison 79). The countryside he passes through is picturesque enough to lull him into a state of false security, while the villagers offer charms ...

1. The authors perform this study in order to determine exactly by what means do nurses calculate which drug doses need to be allocated to patients on a ward.
2. The authors believe that it is possible to combine knowledge-fragment analysis and cultural practice in order to provide a more comprehensive means of education. They claim that, contrary to what is claimed in nursing practice, experienced nurses calculate doses through several proportional-reasoning strategies to provide more accurate dosages.
3. Evidence includes the actual behavior of the nurses in the field, as compared to their reports and explanations to other medical ...

My passion for writing developed quite early in my life despite a relatively slow start! I remember being taught how to write the alphabets by my mother – yes, my memory does go back far. She was particular about preparing me before I started pre-school, a pre-pre-school-school of sorts. I had learned to say the alphabets soon enough found it very difficult to write the alphabet ‘E’, drawing circles instead of a pretty cursive letter. However, once I actually joined pre-school, I received rave reviews for just how good my handwriting was. This made me swell with pride. I also ...

In Edmund Wilson's "The Historical Interpretation of Literature," Wilson attempts to demonstrate the means by which literature is interpreted in its "historical" sense - the sociopolitical and economic worlds of a literary work. Throughout the essay, he notes the history of this kind of criticism, which goes back all the way to the Enlightenment - investigating the historical components of a story allows the reader to bring further context to these works. The use of historical interpretation is a very strong and powerful method of gleaning meaning from a work - "The experience of mankind on the earth is ...

In Virginia Woolf's literary essay "A Room of One's Own," the author explores themes of feminism through the viewpoints of a narrator who has a unique and principled view of how women are represented in the world. Throughout the text itself, Woolf denotes many things that have held women back from holding positions of power and wealth, as well as granting them agency in society. This then extends to the limited and restricted body of work that women are allowed to have, seemingly due to the inequalities presented by a patriarchal society. This text sheds some light on feminist ...

The business community is anchored on profitability and to this end companies implement a variety of strategies. The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” by Adam Werbach tries to prove to the business community that though sustainability programs may usurp some resources, they will in the long run increase the profitability of the business.

The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” explores the business strategies that companies need to pursue in order to maintain profitability and sustain the environment, address climate change concerns and social issues such as poverty. According to Werbach (2009), business strategies without sustainability ...

The yellow paper is a story that is usually said to be horror. This is due to the mistreatments that were accorded to the women during the period. The fact that people see the mistreatments being abnormal makes the people to refer the stories as being a horror. Gothic on the other hand is a story that combines both matters relating to romance and horror. Most of the characters in the story have the characteristics of horrors. What the stories show is that the women were taken to be the weak creatures during the period when the stories were ...

What is improved in the 6th edition APA format?

The American Psychological Association (APA) format is now in its 6th edition whose focus is mainly on publication. The video on you tube is a concise step by step as to how to format a paper in the APA style of formatting. In this video the video graphics and voice quality are in clear unaccented English which is appropriate for all peoples who can understand the language. The voice speed is also good for the ear making it possible for an individual to understand the step by step guide to APA as well as the length of the video. ...

Background

Taiwan has a magnificent movie industry. The movie industry in Taiwan is filled with talented actors, singers, dancers, and even personalities who excel in all of these three fields. The movies that will be reviewed for this paper are the movies “Invitation Only” and “Comedy Makes You Cry”. Both movies were filmed in Taiwan and the actors and actresses who filled the roles of the movie characters were either Taiwanese or of Taiwanese origins.

Narrative Strategies

This movie was one of the blockbuster hits about 3 years ago. “Invitation Only” was considered to be a movie under three ...

Scenarios are informal narrative descriptions, which are used to describe human tasks or activities that allow for the discussion and exploration of requirements, needs, and contexts (Rogers et al., 2007). They do not provide an explicit description of the way that a technological support or a software application is used to complete a task. However, they make use of the stories told by users, which describe the tasks that they need to ...

Transitioning from high school to college is one of the most important and unique experience in an individual’s life. The level of responsibility increases when we start college after completing high school. The work load is significantly more and the classes are harder. The expectations that our professors have from us are different from what our teachers expected from us in high school. This is when we realize that we have transitioned from secondary level education to higher education. The freshman year is a unique experience for everyone. Some people are able to adjust to the new circumstances ...

The book “Six Thinking Hats,” written by Edward DeBono (1999), is a text that presents thinking as a methodical and systematic process that can be controlled. In fact, it should be controlled because the author argues that using several perspectives at once is confusing and lacks efficiency. DeBono assigned each thinking hat a color that represented its characteristics. The white, red, blue, black, yellow, and green hats are presented in the book, and a detailed elaboration on perspectives and insights from each hat are presented to the reader. Personally, I found ...

The article “Explaining Development and Change in Organizations,” written by Ven and Poole (1995), explains changes within organizations through introducing four basic organization development theories. The authors use those theories to explain why changes in organizations occur, and they identify the circumstances in which those theories are applicable to describe an organization’s change and development. All theories are different and focus on observing different determinants of business development and change. For example, the life-cycle theory focuses on logical and sequenced factors, such as institutional rules or programs, to explain business ...

In his book, The Puritan Dilemma, Edmund Morgan narrates the dilemma of Winthrop, who felt that he needed to separate himself from the rest of the society which he felt was unclean in religious aspects. However, Winthrop was afraid the extent to which he felt he could distant himself. Another worry that engulfed him was that he was not really certain whether the generation that could come out of him could match the standards that he cherished. His major awareness is that he appreciated the presence of God. This is evidenced, when he ideologically differed from Rodger Williams who ...

John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May 1806 in Pentoville, London. He was the first-born son of James Mill and Harriet Burrow who got married in 1805. His father was born in Scotland but had to move to London to advance his career in economy as well as in philosophy. John’s father and his close friend, Jeremy Bentham, played a pivotal role in equipping him with the knowledge that he would require to lead a successful life.

John began his education at a rather early age. He started learning Greek at the age of three. When he ...

The main theme of the paper is creativity and how it is seen by society. The authors stresses that even though innovation is welcome in our society, it is not truly so. Innovation means change, it means the unknown. We as human beings don’t like to lose control and to try something with an uncertain ending. Something definite is what makes us calm. The author proves his point not only by his personal thoughts. He gives examples both from creative ...

The freedom of speech and to express oneself is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United State’s Constitution. Yet, in many cases the amendment is violated by the censorship. In her essay Intellectual Freedom, Libraries, and Censorship Judith F. Krug proves logically that everyone has the right to get any information he or she might want to know whatever the information is and whether is trustworthy or not because lack of this information leads to ignorance and misunderstandings; libraries are the ideal places therefore to distribute such information and librarians are the people, who protect and warrant ...

Fooled by Randomness is Taleb’s first non-technical book published in 2001. This book discusses the underestimation of the role or randomness and chance in day-to-day life experiences. One of the core concepts of this book is the idea of hopefulness for the best average consequence across all possible outcomes and the unpredictable ranges of possibilities as opposed to a fixed foreseeable outcome. This book looks at randomness at a broader context and even though it focuses more on market and trading, it stills spans to other spheres of life and general philosophy. Precisely stated, this book is about ...

Da Vinci’s ‘La Joconde’ better known as Mona Lisa has captivated the hearts and minds of millions for several hundreds of years since its conception. It is truly a great work of art in that it is basically simple yet its true life approach makes it one of the most desirable paintings ever to grace a collection of great masters.

Principally, La Joconde contains a visual expression of a woman in the height of her prime. Her staring gaze is undeterred by what is going on around her; she almost seems to be completely fixated with what is ...

In her writing, Sandra Cisneros (204) pays much attention to the issue of discrimination against women. In her article entitled ‘Only Daughter’, the author dwells heavily on the issue of women being seen as second class people after men, with even parents seeing the girl child not as valuable as the male child. To illustrate this, the author takes the reader back to her younger years where the reader learns that she was brought up in a family of a Mexican father and a Mexican-American mother. Discrimination was evident in that the girl could not play with her brothers ...

It is not a secret that determining the sample size that is optimal for a study is a very responsible and difficult process that requires considerable research. The main of sample size determination is finding such a number of subjects so as to make it possible to get statistically significant results. This process is not easy due to a number of variables that it involves. In particular, there are four of them that will be considered below. The first is the desired level of statistical power. His indicator can be interpreted as the probability that effect of treatment will ...

The author of this paper opines that the very question “is history a science or an art” is redundant. A scientist has to have a certain degree of creativity and imagination to be good at his or her work. For instance, in general terms, a zoologist has to understand organisms at the cellular level as well as have an understanding of their habits and needs to appreciate animal behavior. This not only requires scientific training but also a certain development of instincts and awareness, which in many ways makes the zoologist a keen observer of life, not unlike a ...

A formal report is usually written to present findings and information to the reader. It presents information in a succinct manner, and should be professionally presented (Canberra, 2011). A good report is well written, organized, and planned. A formal report contains many elements which work to present the report in a professional manner. This paper explores the various elements that compromise of a formal report.

A title page, also be known as a cover page, contains the title of the report which relays the purpose of the report. It should also have details of the person who prepared the ...

ABSTRACT

The abstract does not provide a brief description of the problem under study but rather gives the objective of the study which is to summarize longitudinal research regarding physical health and health behaviors on women’s subsequent alcohol use. The research does not conduct experiments with participants but rather uses databases from Medline/PsycINFO to yield its results. The database yielded ...

“...August 8, 1967 marks the death of Joyce Wilson Jones whose mortal body was absolved by Christ, and she was laid to rest after being overcome by alcoholism. Joyce was my biological mother, and I watched her suffer stubbornly to the disease of addiction making this essay the most difficult one to approach, perhaps the most difficult of tasks in all my collage years….” Death is one of the major causes of denial since one may not be able to accept the reality of the loss, ...

This semester was very challenging for me. I came to New York City from Brazil and I encountered many problems that are very popular among international students. The main problem is of course language barrier. It was very hard for me to speak in front of other people. It is really frustrating when you cannot find the right words to express what you think or feel. And I was getting very upset when that happened.

This course required a lot of communication and writing and it was exactly what scared me the most because of my poor grammar and ...

We have read such a wide variety of texts that it hard to pick out with confidence those that have influenced me the most or had the biggest impact on me. On reflection though, I have realized that there are some texts which I will remember for a long time – and those texts are ones which use language in a significant, interesting and original way.

So for me a very memorable text is Gail Godwin’s “A Sorrowful Woman” which uses fairy tales elements – even in the words she uses – and yet also manages to evoke a modern setting ...

The novel’s setting is the racist south during the civil rights movement. The characters interaction in the novel try to bring out the situation as it was during the civil rights movement. Key to note here is that various people had the responsibility of uniting the people while some like Dr, Martin Luther king Jr. had the responsibility of fighting for the rights of his people. The rivalry that was there between the white and the black camps had created so much tension among the two groups creating enemies as a result (Harken 57). There was to be ...

Telephones, fax machines and email have all made office communication faster and easier. At the same time, they have dealt a big blow to interpersonal, informal forms of communication. Email tends to be formal, telephone calls are normally short, perfunctory and scripted and opportunities for informal conversations over projects are rarer. Meetings cannot be held daily to facilitate brainstorming, and many companies are realizing that something valuable may be lost.

Informal interactions give opportunities for people to bounce ideas off of each other and solicit for personal opinions in a low pressure environment. Outside of formal meetings, outside of ...

Introduction

Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy were from extreme opposites of the economic spectrum in Russia during the dying days of the nineteenth century. Chekhov was a grandson of a serf, while Tolstoy was an aristocrat. In spite of this, however, both writers saw and deeply felt the ironies of life as reflected in their own lives. This is especially brought out in the way that their short stories, Chekhov’s “The Bet” and Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, employ character, irony and plot to explore the same theme; that is, the corruption involved in the ...

We discussed post-colonial theory in terms of these categories: history, language, education, place, body. Discuss the novel as it speaks to at least three of these categories. 
In the Heart of the Country is a classic novel which demonstrates the relationship between whites and blacks in South Africa in the apartheid era. The principal topic which is very clear in this book is the history of the place where black South Africans are emarginated and almost eradicated by policies of resettlement applied by their white masters. In fact the main character in the book, Magda nurses a bitter hatred ...

1. Marie de France’s “Bisclavret” is far more understated in its description of the werewolf than similar imagery in modern novels. One element of modern writing is an increased reliance on imagery rather than suggestion, and while the important element of “Bisclavret” is the theme rather than description, in modern works we tend to get both – consider the case of Professor Lupin from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The focus in “Bisclavret” is on the treachery of the wife and the knight, and the rectitude of the former baron. The narration in “The Porter’s Tale” ...

The fable dates back to the writings of ancient Greece, which featured the prolific works of Aesop, and even to the Old Testament, which features the fable of the serpent. What all fables have in common is the use of animals, creatures of myth, or natural forces which are given traits of humans for a brief time. The action of the fable expresses some sort of lesson, and fables often end with these lessons restated as a short sentence. One of the most famed fable tellers of the twentieth century is Dr. Seuss, whose wide range of animated books ...