Essays on Books

In this paper, I will be explaining how E.B. White’s use of specific dialect, speech, and phrases is important in telling the time period in which Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little were written, around the 1940s. Introduction The author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little,...

‘My Sister’s Keeper,’ directed by Nick Cassavetes, was released in June 2009. The film is an emotional journey. It revolves Anna Fitzgerald, a teenage girl conceived for her gravely ill sister as a blood and marrow donor who has endured countless operations and medical procedures....

This essay is a reflection on the book called Who Moved My Cheese? The story is about changes that take place in a place called Maze, were four characters were looking for their own Cheese. In this story, “Cheese is a metaphor for what you...

“Who Moved My Cheese?” is a business bestseller by Dr. Spencer Johnson published in 1998. The story represents the different circumstances that individuals looked throughout everyday life and the attitudes that they show while they faced those moments. As indicated by the book, these attitudes...

A group of friends are gathered for dinner and the subject of discussion is, changing-in professions, relations and marriage and family. One of the existing claims that the change doesn’t bother him at all after he’s heard a humorous little story called Who Moved My...

Raymond Carver uses a literary style that enriches the portrayal of the themes of each short story he writes. Yet his style of work often gets criticized which demonstrates a common crucial problem; the misinterpretation of the message his theory attempts to portray to this...

The book starts off with a man (our narrator of the story) who witnesses an alien invasion from Mars that begins at the small British town of Woking, there a mysterious cylinder crashes into the earth, and the townspeople see that a martian the size...

If you like Aliens and Science Fiction then you will enjoy H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. I was referred to this book by my English teacher who said that this book would be popular for boys my age. I would agree with that....

In Viramontes novel, “Under the Feet of Jesus”, Estrella’s, or the main character’s nature of resilience comes as result of her prior life experiences and the trials and tribulations she has endured over her lifetime. Viramontes reveals this through the use of selective details, figurative...

The novel Under The Feet of Jesus by Helena Viramontes was published in 1995. The book depicts Estrella and her family moving to America for opportunities to survive. The author successfully uses imagery, diction and symbolism to emphasize the horrible conditions these immigrants had to...

Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress’ is a metaphysical, carpe diem poem that dates to the mid-17th century. It’s also a poem of seduction, in which the speaker tries to convince her mistress to make love with him.. “To his Coy mistress” by Andrew Marvell...

Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and John Donne’s “The Flea” have a similar situation going on. Both stories involve a man trying to convince his mistress to have sex with him. They each take a different path in convincing their ladies to stop turning...

During the 17th century, women were seen as an object rather than a human being and men had many desires for women. For example, women were expected to keep her dignity, wait for courtship, and marry a suitable suitor before succumbing to the flesh’s pleasures....

In today’s society we are surrounded by technology. Many have the choice to either keep up or get left behind because it is constantly changing. Just about anywhere traveled there will be a computer in some way, shape or form. From the cash register at...

Introduction The issue of global poverty appears to be getting worse with no clear end in sight. The rich are getting richer and those who need help aren’t getting enough support. It’s clear that most people believe that everyone, no matter where they live and...

Everyday we see rich American consumers walking around with expensive cars buying new TVs, 100.000 dollar houses and other luxury items. In “the Singer’s solution to the world poverty” Peter Singer argues that there is know reason that these type of people and others can’t...

A positive duty is a duty of which we are required to carry out (Singer, 1965). Resultantly through Singer’s argument that we have a positive duty to give as much as we can afford to poverty relief charities, he has removed the notion of supererogation...

When you bring up world poverty it always seems to depress people, yet they go eat out once a week and they buy things that they do not even need. Do people really care about world poverty, if they are willing to spend unnecessary on...

Every day, Americans spend their hard earned money on material things that either satisfy a need or provide some form of gratification or pleasure. Should an individual feel remorse buying such items on a daily basis knowing that those few dollars spared can rescue a...