Top 100 Literature Essay Topics 2023
The role of symbolism in “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The theme of isolation in “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
The portrayal of race in “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
The use of imagery in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
The representation of gender in “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
The theme of mortality in “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy
The use of irony in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
The portrayal of mental illness in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” by Ken Kesey
The theme of self-discovery in “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
The use of point of view in “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
The portrayal of the American Dream in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller
The theme of justice in “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines
The use of stream of consciousness in “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
The representation of war in “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
The theme of survival in “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
The use of magical realism in “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The portrayal of family in “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
The theme of time in “The Time Traveler's Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger
The use of allusion in “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
The portrayal of social class in “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
The theme of friendship in “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini
The use of satire in “Gulliver's Travels” by Jonathan Swift
The representation of love in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare
The theme of power in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
The use of foreshadowing in “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
The portrayal of religion in “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The theme of alienation in “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka
The use of motif in “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
The representation of politics in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell
The theme of redemption in “The Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
The use of flashbacks in “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy
The portrayal of individualism in “Anthem” by Ayn Rand
The theme of revenge in “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas
The use of repetition in “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
The representation of morality in “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The theme of courage in “The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane
The use of ambiguity in “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James
The portrayal of social injustice in “Native Son” by Richard Wright
The theme of identity in “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
The use of allegory in “The Pilgrim's Progress” by John Bunyan
The representation of the American frontier in “The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
The theme of disillusionment in “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway
The use of satire in “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller
The portrayal of mental illness in “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
The theme of cultural conflict in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
The use of imagery in “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
The representation of slavery in “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
The theme of societal pressure in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde
The use of foreshadowing in “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier
The portrayal of sexuality in “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov
The theme of conformity in “The Stepford Wives” by Ira Levin
The use of metaphor in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The representation of the American West in “Lonesome Dove” by Larry McMurtry
The theme of human depravity in “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad
The use of alliteration in “Beowulf” by Unknown
The portrayal of addiction in “Trainspotting” by Irvine Welsh
The theme of individualism in “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
The use of flashback in “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
The representation of the American South in “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell
The theme of morality in “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville
The use of simile in “The Odyssey” by Homer
The portrayal of social mobility in “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The use of foils in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
The representation of gender roles in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin
The theme of sacrifice in “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo
The use of dialogue in “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams
The portrayal of the American immigrant experience in “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan
The theme of obsession in “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
The use of motif in “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
The representation of the American middle class in “The Corrections” by Jonathan Franzen
The theme of corruption in “The Godfather” by Mario Puzo
The use of personification in “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame
The portrayal of dysfunctional families in “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls
The theme of betrayal in “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” by John le Carré
The use of irony in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller
The representation of war in “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque
The use of symbolism in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
The portrayal of the American Dream in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller
The theme of social inequality in “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair
The use of juxtaposition in “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens
The representation of the American small town in “Main Street” by Sinclair Lewis
The theme of redemption in “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The use of setting in “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien
The portrayal of the American military in “The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien
The theme of ambition in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
The use of tone in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The representation of the American prison system in “The Green Mile” by Stephen King
The theme of guilt in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The use of motif in “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
The portrayal of mental illness in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” by Ken Kesey
The theme of the American Dream in “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The use of foreshadowing in “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
The representation of the American family in “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
The theme of morality in “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
The use of imagery in “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles
The theme of loneliness in “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
The use of repetition in “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
The representation of the American working class in “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck