To Kill a Mockingbird was published by Harper Lee as a Southern Gothic and Bildungsroman genre novel that came out on July 11, 1960. It became a classic modern American literature to win a Pulitzer Prize. That the following next year was made into an…
Essays on Books
During the late nineteen centuries, the sole purpose of a women was encouraging and nurturing her kids and husband from her home. Women weren’t able function like men in society because they fall under the category, which historians refer to as the “cult of domesticity”….
Juvenile delinquency is a word made from an act where youngsters perform crime and moreover it is the act of minors taking part in unlawful behavior. In the contemporary era, minors do not follow the rules and regulations. They are engaged in performing unauthorized activities…
In the living world, immoral can influence one’s point-of-view of the world depending on the community they are in. Immoraltality may sometimes not be shown by one’s actions but can show if needed for power. This is shown in a story named “Lord of the…
Childhood is formed not by the child, but the ones who raise the child. The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini and, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, written by Maya Angelou, are two major novels that prove this statement to be true. The…
‘Everyday Use’ by Alice Walker and ‘Cathedral’ by Raymond Carver exemplify through a point of view, imagery, and symbolism, an issue of importance: stories that have an important look on life are more imperative than those that don’t. ‘Everyday Use’ and ‘Cathedral’ both appear different…
Are humans good, or are they bad? It’s a question philosophers haven’t been able to answer since the day humanity came to existence. And how about the acts of humanity, are they good or bad? Are we as good as we think we are at…
When I choose and started reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I just could not see how the book would relate to my life to much. I have lived in the United States my whole life, where the United States protects freedom. I cannot imagine…
In her short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Gilman explores the oppressive nature of gender roles in the Victorian Era through the narrator’s journal entries. Using tidbits of her writing, the narrator is able to deliver a harrowing story of her descent into madness after…
In the poem “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost describes the classic idea of the fork on the road. He describes how a person can only take one path in life and must choose between two options: “Two roads diverged in a wood and I…
From politics to the dinner table, arguments are based on changing and modifying people’s opinions. Change in opinions are most often caused because of the way our minds were built; not based on what they see, but based on their beliefs. Studies have shown that…
Writing arguments to make someone believe in an idea is an art, and persuasion is the root of writing the sharpest arguments. Ethos, pathos, and logos are the main modes of persuasion. Each with having a different way of showing the reader the ideas of…
Antigone, penned by Sophocles, is the final play in the trilogy of tragedies, beginning with King Oedipus. The battle between the two sons of the extinct King Oedipus ends with both dying in battle. With the deaths of two brothers, Uncle Creon, the only remaining…
Things Fall Apart is story chronicles of pre-colonial life in Nigeria’s south-eastern part and the arrival of Europeans in the late 19th century. The novel follows Okonkwo’s life in Umuofia’s fictional Nigerian tribe, an Igbo man and a local wrestling champion. Okonkwo is a revered…
In this excerpt from “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker it not only shows a failed attempt of persuasion but ultimately an overall message that mama made the right decision to give the quilts to Maggie. The beginning of the excerpt describes the quilts, and provides…
