Since the beginning of time, the opportunity and the ability to learn has divided the rich from the poor and the elite from the ordinary. In today’s world, for many the higher the education the more likely the better life. As in the Narrative of...
Would it be difficult to live in horrible conditions, watch close friends die violently, and have the fear of dying at any moment? In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque the soldiers living through World War I endured all of those...
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler, conveys many similar topics from history, such as slavery, not having equal rights, and decrease of civilization, which is what makes it diffcult to put the book under one genre classification. Regardless, Butler is able to fit...
In Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson describes self-reliance as the perception of one’s interpretation of reality, or truth. “What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think,” Emerson says. He emphasizes on the dignity of the individual and advocates that every...
First drink, first prank, first friend, first girl, last words! A poignant and moving crossover novel about making friends and growing up from American author, John Green. The novel Looking for Alaska follows a young boy Miles (pudge) and his journey throughout boarding school at...
Introduction: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third installment of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Background: The story focuses on Harry Potter, a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and his two best friends, Ron and Hermione...
Historical context of the book; Bud not Buddy is based in the great depression age in the 1930’s. Times were difficult in the united states and poverty dominated a large part of the country, citizens used to make long lines to eat daily, lines that...
The book Hillbilly Elegy is a memoir of J.D. Vance. He shares his memories of his time growing and how he beat the odds and became an accomplished scholar. It starts with his early beginnings and talks about the hillbilly culture that he grew up...
The book, A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City, written by an anonymous female, focuses on the social history during the capture of Berlin by the Red Army in 1945 and how it led to violent acts of rape against Berlin women....
Farewell My Concubine takes place during the Chinese cultural revolution, and throughout the novel the political and social aspects of China are constantly changing. As the novel is based around the Peking Opera, the role of beauty is greatly significant within both the themes and...
For the abolitionists and intellectual opponents of slavery during the 19th century, fruitless sympathy from the “enlightened” liberals of northern states was simply not enough. In the literary works “Benito Cereno” and Our Nig, authors Herman Meville and Harriet E. Wilson argue that sentimental sympathy...
Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There (henceforth referred to as Marnie) tells the story of Anna, whose foster mother sends her away to stay with distant relatives in Hokkaido after a severe asthma attack, in hopes that the change of pace, scenery, and air quality...
The article “Sports Participation, Screen Time, and Personality Trait Development During Childhood” investigates the correlation between the following variables: involvement in sport; age; sex; screen time; environmental variables such as social-economic-status (SES) and household income; and personality traits such as introversion, persistence, and reactivity. In...
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is about a girl named Lara Jean who writes letters to all the boys she’s genuinely liked. Until one day when she finds her letters missing that they’ve been sent out to all of them. There’s five total...
Introduction Desmond Tutu once eloquently stated, “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” This profound sentiment reminds us that hope is the gentle whisper that assures us, “You’ll overcome this hardship,” while simultaneously reassuring us that life holds...
Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has death and innocence that provides an in-depth view of soldiers and tensions that they may face during the Great War. This novel shows the growth of a young man going into one of the greatest wars...
Freakonomics. What kind of name is that for an entrepreneurship book? It sounds like a joke. I chose this book for the same reason I chose the other two I have written essays about: I received it as a gift. Unfortunately, this was the last...
This essay is going to answer the question ‘How does Gatsby represent the American Dream?’. Dividing fantasy from reality has always been a complication for humans throughout history. By yearning for the impossible, one prepares for failure and disappointment in the future. This plight is...
Burn Zones by Jorge P. Newbery is a book detailing the journey of the author in pursuing his interest and overcoming the obstacles, also known as the “burn zones,” to achieving his success. Mr. Newbery started working at a young age of 7 years old,...
The responsibility people have when they are developing new technology is to not overstep boundaries. In both Frankenstein and The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks tie down with ethics. One can see how science seems to trample human rights. Both Victor in Frankenstein and Scientists...
The story takes place in Holland with some parts of the book in Germany during the II World War. It is fundamental to the story because the event of the war takes Corrie and her family to take action in the war. I would have...
This book reflects over 15 years of research by Annette B. Weiner on a broad spectrum of subjects concerning Trobriand society and culture. She also researched archives in museums and libraries overseas and in the U.S. Fieldwork has never been simple, but it was her...
Books. As children we peered into these stacks of paper, befuddled by the scattered symbols and lines forming rows upon rows of script, these symbols seemed to be ubiquitous – appearing in mum’s recipe book and dad’s manual. Little did we know, that behind the...
Loneliness and isolation are themes explored in various differing ways throughout Tennessee William’s play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1947) and Colm Toibin’s novel ‘Brooklyn’ (2009), mainly through the way their protagonists are presented and developed. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay...
In her novel Charlotte: A Tale of Truth, probably better known under the title of Charlotte Temple, Susanna Rowson relates the unfortunate life of a young girl for a specific purpose that she presents in the opening lines of her work, through the following words:...
Written at a time where the conventions of marriage were being challenged and transformed, Le Bel Inconnu charts a tale of romance and self-discovery ultimately ending in the abandonment of true love and instead acceptance of a royally approved marriage. Given the relative power of...
Heda Margolius Kovály’s Under a Cruel Star recalls the social and political struggles in Prague between 1941 and 1968 that resulted directly from the Second World War and its aftermath during the Stalin era. Under a Cruel Star is a fantastic candidate for European history...
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.” This prevailing quote given by Dr. King provides us with his feelings...
The story Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello is the stunning tale of lawyer Zachary Blake and his plummet from grace. Once a prominent partner in a law firm in the heart of Detroit, Zack’s impending alcoholism forces his business partners in the law...
Introduction Throughout history, society has established standards not only for minors but also for minorities. Aspects such as education, wealth, equality, and basic rights were often granted to certain racial groups much later than others. In the narrative, these African American children discover the significance...