The document requests assistance with a one-page essay comparing and contrasting postcolonial elements in the works of various authors. It specifically mentions Derek Walcott, Chinua Achebe, Deepika Bahri, W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, E.M. Forster, Salman Rushdie, and Arundhati Roy. The focus is on defining how these authors represent postcolonial themes in their writing.