As major figures in the progressive modernization of literature, both Auden and Thomas moved away from apparent objectivity, a theme once standardized by previous literary figures, and toward subjectivity. ... It is all too common for modern literary works from the 1930s and 1940s to exude human suffering, and Thomas's "The Hunchback in the Park" is no different. ... Even though the reader does take solace in the fact the hunchback at least "has his nights," Thomas's closing lines, " the birds the grass the trees the lake and the wild boys innocent as strawberries had followed the ...

• Word Count: 1641
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are literally hundreds of fictional or documentary-drama pieces about the Holocaust with a number of themes in use. ... Themes popular throughout this era were the depiction of Jews in hiding and Jews as successful, accomplished individuals who were unfairly persecuted. ... A poignant feature of the literary version of Anne Frank's Diary centred around the point that Anne's childish innocence was to be shattered by the events of the world around her. ... This could explain why the Vietnam War, with its moral ambiguities, invoked renewed interest in the Holocaust in the...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... The blending of Christian themes and Marxist humanism ideals were also common place. ...

• Word Count: 995
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... The blending of Christian themes and Marxist humanism ideals were also common place. ...

• Word Count: 995
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This combination of awareness and honesty would render Remarque both praised by many for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quiet on the Western Front after exiling Remarque to Switzerland. Before it is possible to delve into the aforementioned themes of the futile agonies of war and the perils of Nationalism, it is necessary to understand the political and social climate in which Remarque was writing. ...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

McEwan utilizes literature to provide insight into human nature through his clever interpretation of humanity's fragility at the mercy of war along with literary preservation through history. 1. ... Writers write with the purpose of presenting and explaining some sort of universal theme relating to human life, which survives in history through generations, along with the stories they create, because they are written down and read by others who keep that tradition and the values connected with it ongoing. ...

• Word Count: 1179
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate