Essays on Little Hope

Introduction

According to the Cliff Notes critical analysis of the play “Waiting for Godot”, the story has no definite conclusion or resolution. The notes also highlight that the play is not an ordinary traditional play since its setting is a little vague. However, the main aim of the absurd theater is to present something out of the ordinary. The absurd movement sought to move out of the status quo and present literature in its most unique form. In the case of “Waiting for Godot,” the resolution is found within the main themes of the play. The two vagrants resolve to ...

Introduction The Stanford Centre on Poverty and Inequality is a federally-funded poverty institution that focuses on monitoring inequality and poverty trends in the U.S. (Grusky et al., 2016). The centre examines the factors and forces that influence the trends and develop science-based policy on inequality and poverty. The “State of the Union: The Poverty and Inequality Report 2016” suggests that the U.S. ranks poorly when compared with other well-off nations (Grusky et al., 2016). The report is compiled by some of the leading global experts on inequality and poverty. Besides, the report encompasses data on employment, poverty, economic mobility, ...

Analysis: Out of the Dust

Abstract Karen Hesse's book Out of the Dust takes an unconventional approach to fiction, depicting the events of a full-length novel in a number of free verse poems. The tale of a family of farmers attempting to survive the Dust Bowl, Hesse's work is fascinating in its minimalism and heartbreaking in its focus. Hesse's free verse prose lends a childlike sense of simplicity and wonder to these heavy themes, showing just how dramatic these conditions can affect a child of that age; the result is an intelligent and thoughtful book on life in the Dust Bowl. Karen Hesse's book Out of the ...