Essays on Books

Many of James Baldwin’s peers had been disillusioned with the promises made by Christianity which they considered to be unscientific or delusional. Despite this, Baldwin draws several parallels with the Bible, while at the same time quoting and paraphrasing scripture in his novel Go Tell…

This essay will discuss the two main characters’ bildungsroman, or quest of self- identity in regards to their personal experiences and hardships. The first part will concentrate on Morisson’s God Save the Child, while the second will focus on John Grimes’ religious transformation in Baldwin’s…

‘The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness’ (Psalm 72:3). An internal spiritual struggle or obstacle inside oneself is often portrayed as a mountain, associated with divine inspiration, transcendence, and spiritual elevation. Symbolic of a rise or fall from…

John knows that he is an intelligent kid, and does not want to fall into the cycle of oppression most of his fellow African-Americans do, either turning to the church or the streets. He feels suffocated in his home environment and in his seemingly limited…

Brokeback Mountain (2005) is an extraordinary double-protagonist film in Hollywood that has broken hearts, touched hearts and given hope to so many people through this “unique and universal love story” – to quote director Ang Lee. The two main characters involved in a homosexual relationship…

Genre is a complex element of film, often interacting differently across adaptations. Annie Proulx’s text Brokeback Mountain, and Ang Lee’s film adaptation, include elements of a multiplicity of genres, though most predominantly the western and melodrama. If genre is to be defined through setting and…

B. Ruby Rich stated in an article; “Every once in a while, a film comes along that changes our perceptions so much that cinema history thereafter has to arrange itself around it… to signal a new era” (Rich, 2005). Hollywood, like many other aspects of…

The short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx challenges the stereotypes homosexual men were being confronted with during the time period from the 1960s to the 1980s and thereby heavily criticizes homophobia, socially constructed gender roles and the compulsory heterosexuality during this time. Contextualization Brokeback…

The Great Depression is known as one of the toughest economic periods of the industrialized world that brought severe consequences to a lot of countries in the West. A great example of an interesting description of the change in people’s lives is in the book…

Is it necessary to have rules in order to survive? In the novel, Bud, Not Buddy, author Christopher Paul Curtis explores the life of a young orphan boy named Bud Caldwell and his quest to survive during the great depression. Throughout the story Bud follows…