Almost all characters in Catch 22 made decisions on behalf of the society, which in return came back to haunt the society. American society had its values and ethics, but the novel demonstrates how the dehumanization, greed, and evil was brought about by individual interest....
Overtime people wonder what the difference is between Chinese parents and Western parents and how both families raise their children. Chinese parents raise their children way differently than Western parents, the opposite. In this novel “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” written by Amy Chua...
The Other Wes Moore is about two boys who are are similar, yet also extremely different. Both boys grew up in Baltimore just blocks from each other with the same name, Wes Moore. They were both raised by single mothers who tried to give them...
Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel that combines the themes of marriage, wealth, class and self-knowledge to unleash an extravagant masterpiece. Since its immediate success after being released in 1813, it has remained one of the most well-known English novels. Written by famous novelist...
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to make peace is to “become resolved or reconciled.” How does one feel when they find acceptance and success in the quest to make peace with a past they can’t abandon? In “The Glass Castle” and “Born A Crime,”...
This book is titled Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. This book is about the Jappanese internment camps during World War two more specifically the camp called Manzanar. Jeanne and James Houston argues that there was an injustice done here...
Two well-known economists – Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson – co-authored a book called “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty”. Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-born American economist, he is “Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics...
‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’ is Hemingway’s paean to a kind of existential skepticism, an investigation of the significance, or deficiency in that department, of presence. It plainly communicates the way of thinking that underlies the Hemingway ordinance, harping on subjects of death, vanity, aimlessness, and...
Abstract The following paper based on Chinua Achebe’s work No Longer at Ease (1960) highlights the ways in which the Nigerian community is laid out and how the binary opposition of white and black is perceived throughout. Obi Okonkwo, the male protagonist who is born...
In the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a father, Rex Walls, keeps his family from amassing substantial wealth. Rex buys hard drinks whenever the family begins to earn money. When he comes home he unleashes his anger onto his family by destroying the...
Luck appears at a moment in time when people need it the most. When all of one’s knowledge, experience and skills have been exhausted, luck can alter given circumstances thus allowing people to push past difficult situations. Luck can be defined as a spontaneous change...
Samuel Pepys’s Diary is often studied for its first-hand account of important events in London’s history. Pepys records information on the Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy, the Plague, and the Great Fire of London, and readers are able to gain a greater understanding of this...
Explore Miller’s presentation of Rodolpho in the play One of the ways Arthur Miller presents Rodolpho is by his opening line, “This will be the first house I ever walked into in America! Imagine! She said they were poor!” This line highlight that Rodolpho is...
Management is the process of pursuing organizational goals by planning, organizing, controlling, and leading with the goal of efficiency and effectiveness. Often consumers of any good look to the management to make sure that their needs are met to their desire. As the world becomes...
Book My Show was incorporated in the year 2007 and in less than four years it already boasts 40% CAGR in revenues and holds over 90% market share in the online entertainment ticketing space. Their business is spread over to 1000 screens and across 87...
Introduction In Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring, Alexander Rose tells the story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. Rose takes us beyond the battlefields into the secret world of double agents and triple crosses, confidential operations...
Frederick Douglass’s narrative, aptly titled “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” is a powerful account of the inhumane experiences endured by enslaved African Americans in the United States during the 19th century. Douglass’s narrative not only sheds light on the...
For several stories, the protagonists’ pride is usually shown and explained by the narrator or secondary characters. Yet in Anglo-Saxons’ Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, his pride is boosted by himself; he takes satisfaction in knowing he is letting everyone know of his value and...
Imagine moving to a foreign country overseas and not knowing your way around. You’re in need of guidance with directions, but you don’t speak the language of the country. Wouldn’t you feel lost? Clueless? Perhaps, excluded? This is what the author, Amy Tan, in “Mother...
Girls Like Us (2014), a novel by Gail Giles, takes the reader through the lives of Biddy and Quincy, two special education graduates. The structure of this book alternates between the two girls point of view, knowing their thoughts only makes Giles message stronger. Girls...
A deeper look at Joyce’s ‘Eveline’, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at a feminist angle, shows the many stereotypes of women present like helplessness, in need of saving, male oppression, only caring about looks and female characters that are portrayed in demeaning ways such as...
Bridge to Terabithia is a novel written by an American writer named Katherine Peterson. This book is about two people, who are named Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. They are both from 5th grade. Jess is a good runner who practiced all of summer for...
I chose to read the book Tattoos On the Heart. It is a first person story that follows a priest, Gregory Boyle, through his many experiences with gangs of Los Angeles in his community. The story take place in the 80’s and 90’s, a time...
The essay, “Mother Tongue,” by Amy Tan, is about how language can be spoken in different ways, all depending were an individual is from, where or whom the person grew up with, and if or not education was withdrawn. Tan was an Asian-American writer and...
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...
Holden Caulfield is a very interesting character who describes perfectly how an antisocial wannabe is. He not only expresses his disconformity openly, or at least he expresses it to himself, but also he was not afraid of what other people think of him. It is...
In Willa Cather’s “O Pioneers!” the death scene of Emil and Marie perfectly encapsulates their story because it properly illustrates the inner turmoil the two felt throughout the book, and how although they have died, their love cannot be tethered to mortal bonds. Made-to-order essay...