Throughout the article “East of the River” written by Susana Raab discusses the inclination of change that has amounted in the District of Colombia. This substantial increase in the district’s population has all to do with the “young affluent transplants” that reside in the heart...
A Flat character is one who does not go through significant changes throughout the novel and who also serves as a support system to the min character. In “The Catcher to the Rye,” Phoebe is seen as a flat character while her brother Holden is...
The following essay is my reflection on the “Heart of Darkness”, a novel by Joseph Conrad. I found this book really entertaining because the author introduces numerous themes such as the mystery of new territory, (the eastern world) and the emotion of an adventurous journey....
The story of “Theft” written by Katherine Anne Porter takes place in New York City during the 1920’s. This unnamed female protagonist discovers that her purse, made of gold cloth, is missing. As the mid 20 year old woman ponders, she realizes she had her...
We often lose ourselves in books as reading is the sole means by which we slip, inadvertently, often impotently, into another’s life. One of these books is When Breath Becomes Air written by the hands of Paul Kalanithi and published in 2016. It is a...
The Billionaire Raj is an enlightening and intriguing book in which James Crabtree makes an analogy comparing India with the United States gilded age in the late 19th century. This analogy implies that other countries have been through similar periods, many including in Asia over...
Fast food can is a relatively new industry that serves fast, cheap, and oftentimes unhealthy food. Eric Schlosser wrote a book called Fast Food Nation in which all of the fast food industries faults are exposed. Many people do not know all the short, and...
The historical context of The Fire Next Time shapes the reader’s understanding of the text because it shows how in detail how much the author cares about what he talks about in his stories and how passionate he is when it comes to them. It...
Connie is the 15-year-old protagonist in the story “Where are you going, where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. She has a emotional conflict as Connie recognizes that she does not want to go with Arnold, but also grasps that she has little choice,...
The period between 1837 and 1901, also known as the Victorian era, was a difficult, oppressive and inconvenient time for women. It was a period in which a large portion of society held to the belief that women were inferior to and should remain dependent...
When faced with adversity, humans often strive to give their best efforts, even in the most challenging circumstances. “The Best We Could Do” encapsulates the idea of putting forth our utmost determination and resilience when navigating life’s difficulties. This essay explores the concept of giving...
Russell Baker is famous for his warm and funny writing style that has kept readers hooked for years. In his autobiography, “Growing Up,” Baker shares stories from his childhood and early adulthood, showing us the things and people that shaped him into the well-known writer...
Edith Wharton’s short story “A Wagner Matinee” explores the theme of sacrifice and the impact of music on the human spirit. The story follows the protagonist, Clark, as he brings his aunt, Georgiana, to a performance of Wagner’s music after many years of living on...
Impact of the Great Depression In Chapter 4 of “Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States,” Manuel G. Gonzales takes us on a journey through the lives of Mexican-Americans in the 20th century, specifically between 1930 and 1960. You might be thinking, what...
Introduction Henrietta Lacks’s life and legacy have been immortalized in Rebecca Skloot’s seminal work, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” This book not only tells the story of Lacks, a poor African American woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent, but also delves...
Both Mrs. Turpin in Flannery O’Conner’s Revelation and the narrator in Raymond Craver’s Cathedral hold prejudiced worldviews. However, Mrs. Turpin is religious and expresses her self-satisfied thoughts openly, while the narrator dismisses others because he does not believe in anything. Both characters need to be...
In “Shout,” Dagoberto Gilb focuses his story on the emotions and headspace of his protagonist, a manual laborer returning home from a hard day’s work. While he looks to escape the toil of his labor, this laborer realizes that his home life does not provide...
In Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera depicts a society almost devoid of human connection. Kundera utilizes the characters Tomas, Sabina, Franz, and Tereza to explore the inability for human beings to allow themselves to attach to others, either consciously or subconsciously. Made-to-order...
In “Lighten Up, Sir David, Our Wildlife is Safe,” Matt Ridley expertly combines audience-appropriate, simple diction with abundant evidence to counter the Malthusian-esque concern raised by Sir David Attenborough. Throughout the passage, Ridley also uses a clearly organized structure and key rhetorical appeals, such as...
To Kill A Mockingbird Outline Introduction Description of Maycomb, Alabama Introduction to the Finch family: Scout, Jem, and Atticus Mention of Dill Harris and their fascination with Boo Radley Scout’s Early Experiences Scout starting school The Radley Place and the mysterious treasures The knothole and...
Introduction There is an uncountable number of references to Latin American culture found within the literature, “Pedro Páramo” by Juan Rulfo, and “No One Writes to the Colonel” by Gabriel García Márquez. The question is: can a reader whose cultural experiences are based in the...
If you are a book reader, you must have noticed a lot about the author by his way of writing. This happens a lot that some books seem to be a pack of emotions that we read and re read them and always find something...
The novel begins with the John Nichol’s Milagro inhabitants speculating the motives of a local native, Joe Mondragón after he began illegally propagating an arid beanfield by using an irrigation system while the rest of the town withered in the drought. The townspeople of Milagro...
The narrator of John Cheever’s “Reunion,” tells of the time the narrator reunited with his father only to be disappointed in the end. In the beginning of the story, the narrator mentions that his father was a stranger to him due to his parents being...
In the story, Sentimental Medicine, Eula Biss talks about how she is having a hard time to decide whether she should vaccinate his son or not before he was already born. She went on the internet to look for information and she gives up on...
The artistic world of Dostoyevsky is exceptionally dark and frightening: the author places mirrors in which the reader peeps to understand the truth about oneself. Unfortunately, this truth exposes fear and hatred, and love of cruelty and weakness, instead of the presence of virtues. Dostoyevsky...
The Devil Take Tomorrow by Gretchen Jeannette is a historical fiction set in the American Revolutionary War era. Anyone interested in history, espionage, and romance would enjoy this fast-paced novel. I for one love it when a book delivers on an action-packed storyline and is...
Neel Burton wrote an article in 2012 that questions whether suicide is right or wrong. He listed arguments from many different views and from different people and places. One theory is saving someone’s life and committing suicide is going against God’s wishes. The theory about...
Animation and Comedy This chapter is concerned with comedy in the animated film as comedy is the core of most animations and has the capacity to laugh at world and show that things could be different. The animation extends the vocabulary of humour within the...
As social creatures, we, human beings, are smart enough to struggle for development, high productiveness and personal growth. There are a lot of methods, approaches and recommendations on how to increase productivity, stop procrastinating and do so many tasks per day that is hard to...
