From a young age Ishmael Beah has loved rap music. Ishmael has a “soundtrack” to his life. His life is heavily influenced by rap music, and shows parallels to rapper’s. In the novel “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah, he leaves his family and village at age 12, he goes looking for work. After […]
Abraham Lincoln once said, “if slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”. At face value, this statement seems slightly embellished, however, after studying Harriet Jacobs’ novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, it becomes remarkably transparent. Jacobs’ novel works to exploit the dreadful malady that slavery truly was and attempts to offer a […]
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Get startedHarriet Jacob’s book, ‘Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl’ asserts that slavery was a very crucial thing back then, it was very serious, and they had to go through a lot just to protect themselves. Jacob’s supports these claims by explaining what she did to survive and keep safe for so long. This […]
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley raises many questions about the extent to which the acquisition of knowledge is justifiable.The story follows three characters that, although may seem to be from vastly different circumstances, are actually all on the same journey, all highly motivated by the power that they believe can be attained by the acquisition of […]
In Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, the characters are a part of The Wingfield family in the 1930’s, a time that Williams knew much about. The main character, Tom, lives in an apartment with his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Rose. From Williams’ interviews and small stories in which he shared little bits of […]
Before entering a discussion concerning truth, one must first establish the definition of truth. For this, I offer the definition simply as reality. For example, we can prove that the existence of gravity is a truth using experiments, observations, and calculations. Truth is synonymous to reality. It can be proven through logical deduction, and should […]
Often ones do not realize how much love they have for their family until thinking back on past memories of them. The play was written by “Tennessee Williams” called “The Glass Menagerie” is a typical example of a young man regrets leaving his family at a time when they needed his emotional, as well as […]
“What he did. Where he touched me. I didn’t want it, Sally. The way he said it, the way it’s supposed to be, all the storybooks and movies..” says Esperanza, the narrator in The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza and other girls on Mango Street struggle with growing up and being objectified […]
The Connection between The Cask of Amontillado and John Wick Movies There is a perfect connection between the John Wick Movie and The Cask of Amontillado. The plots for both stories are meant to explain an act of revenge against their actors’ foes. The story is interesting because it is short and to the point, […]
An unstable narrator is tortured, and when he can no longer take it and has reached the breaking point, the man murders his master. This is the out-of-control conflict created in Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story, “Tell-Tale Heart.” The short story is published in 1843 and gives a better understanding of what an insane […]
William Golding’s best work, Lord of the Flies is a harsh tale about innocent boys stranded on an island that inevitably revert to savagery. Jack’s (main antagonist) tribe conquered every inch of soil on the island with their brutality, despite Ralph (main protagonist) and Piggy’s increasingly desperate attempts to halt this advance. Jack’s tribe, which […]
Lord of The Flies had many morals and lessons and made a lot of good points. The first lesson is that no matter how civil someone seems they can turn savage instantly. All the boys came from esteemed families and were extremely modest, they were kind to one another. But then it was like someone […]
Dracula makes an effort to portray what the role of sexuality and gender had in the Victorian Era. It does a good job of making the novel more realistic and adding a different aspect to it. Women were very naive and were not allowed to show affection towards men or do anything that would show […]
Play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, tells the story of two-star-crossed lovers whose love causes many fatalities including their own. Romeo and Juliet come from the houses of Capulet and Montague; these two houses clash violently. Many die as a result of a conflict between the two houses. The two attempt to be […]
In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men there are many characters, all characterized in different ways. The two that stand out the most are the two main characters, George and Lennie. George is a lonely ranch man with an extreme temper. He gets very frustrated with others, primarily Lennie, but near the end of […]
“‘And I should think you’d consider me sometimes. If we had a fourth wall, why it’d be just like this room wasn’t ours at all, but all kinds of exotic people’s rooms. We could do without a few things,” which is what Mildred tells Montag (Bradbury 18). Mildred would want distractions that televisions her instead […]
Everything in our world has a greater meaning than what we see at first glance and the vast spectrum of color is a prime example of how a simple color which doesn’t look like much to begin with, can mean something deeper to each person who interprets it in a different way. In the book […]
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a novel encircling the struggles that accompany the quest for ambition. Walton is driven by the desire of discovering new lands, Victor is driven by the ambitions of creating new life, but most important of all, the creature is driven by the desire to be seen as an equal in […]
The American Dream for Daisy and Myrtle is to be married to a man with deep pockets. Gatsby wants to become rich and use his wealth to bring back Daisy. George Wilson desires to move West with Myrtle. The American Dream in ‘The Great Gatsby’ is wealth and love but portrayed as failure for the […]
In to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tires to expose the truth about sexism and womanhood through the behaviors and motivations of Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie impacted the finch family in to kill a mockingbird, especially scout by giving her constructive criticisms about growing up as a female, like being approached by sexism. Miss maudie […]
Nelson Mandela said “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” This quote […]
Money is like a double ended sword, as it makes life easier on one hand while at the same time most of the problems in many families all revolve around money. Raisin in the sun play was written by Hansberry which the center of all the issues they are facing hence the central motif in […]
Having decoded the Sphinx’s riddle and rescued the city of Thebes from destruction, Oedipus is named their king. Although a plague is devastating Thebe’s people, and many bird entrails and oracles strongly propose it is due to the murderer of the last king, Laius, still living in the kingdom and is unpunished. In order to […]
We cannot alter our destiny, it cannot be shaped, we can only learn to accept it…or so they say. What is fate really? Can we control it? Does fate determine our lives? Fate is a supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events, beyond human control. The idea that that you can’t avoid what happens […]
Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five novel has an extremely dark, tragic story line. But, in Vonnegut’s melancholic autobiography, he incorporates a fair amount of irony and black humor into the novel. As a result of including black humor and irony into the story, the novel enables the reader to comprehend the terrors of war – and contributing […]
“So it was the hand that started it all… His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms… His hands were ravenous.”- Guy Montag. Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 Montag’s actions, appearance and thoughts have changed drastically. Montag himself is a fireman and has never seen an issue with the way he […]
The Mead Hall can be seen as the soul of a Hrothgar’s kingdom in ‘Beowulf’, the reasoning behind it is the offerings of coziness and warmth to the soldiers and the civilians. Because of this, the merit of the mead halls were ineffable. Often, the Mead Hall’s would be embellished in all kinds of expensive […]
“My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.” (1.5.137-140) Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and romance of a forbidden young love between a Montague and a Capulet, written by William Shakespeare. […]
