Essays on Books

In his book “Guns, Germs, and Steel” Jared Diamond addresses the world history of the last 13000 years, with the main question being “Why is it that Europeans, despite their likely genetic disadvantage and (in modern times) their undoubted developmental disadvantage, ended up with much…

The family helps shape us into who we are as people. In the book “crime and punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, family plays an important rule in Raskolnikov life. They support us and guide us into doing the right things but in this book is different…

After several weeks of reading the book “the Alchemist” I find this story very wonderful and full of adventures. I found out that there are several effects of Santiago’s adventures on his identity and his self perception. When Santiago has to sell his sheep to…

This novel ‘Frankenstein’ is written by Mary Shelley. She was an English novelist, dramatist, travelled writer and she was best known for her Gothic novel (an English genre of fiction characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror) ‘Frankenstein’. Story of ‘Frankenstein’ touches on issue…

Nature in the novel is considered supreme. The characters must work with nature to be in peace, not against it. The interactions with nature that Victor and the creature have are more than just what they may appear to be to the reader at first…

Beowulf is an epic poem written around 700 CE and takes place in 500 AD. It tells the story of a fearless warrior, Beowulf, who is apart of the Geats tribe and resides in Scandinavia (present day Sweden.) Beowulf has the grip of 30 men…

Being decades old, The Perks of Being a Wallflower still — quite accurately — demonstrates the struggles of adapting to life as a freshman in high school; many of Charlie’s feelings and actions mirrored my personal experiences throughout all four years of high school. The…

Childhood is not only a crucial time for learning and developing, but it’s also a magical time where everything seems possible and that is the feeling I got as a child when watching Disney movies. Today, as an adult, I still find myself tearing up…

There are many differences between movies that are created by using inspiration from books and the original book. We wonder why they do this, is it to make it more interesting or to add suspense to the audience? Every movie uses inspiration in many different…

Light and darkness, two aspects of life that differ in all magnitudes and shapes. The world is split in two, good people and bad people, both have good and bad inside of them. What matters is the part people choose to act on. From the…