Essays on Books

Many authors of award-winning novels usually seek inspiration from other sources to add to the greatness of their story. Robertson Davies, the author of the first installment of The Deptford Trilogy – Fifth Business is one of these authors. He incorporates many unique ideas which…

Experiences refers to the nature of the events someone or something undergoes. Experiences is what is always happening to us and can change someone for better or for worse. Throughout the novel, Fifth Business the protagonist, Dunstan Ramsay goes through many experiences that help make…

Religion plays a key role throughout the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. As human nature forces one to believe in something bigger than itself in order to feel protected and in control. We need something to know that someone will always look after us…

In the first paragraph of this article on Zadie Smith’s novel On Beauty, it talks about where and when she was born to give context to her writing. Born in the 1970’s in England gives her an interesting non-American perspective on issues like race and…

The complexion of White and Black plays an important role not only in second generation but also affects Belsey and Kiki too. In University, Belsey is also affected by this Identity crisis. He is a man of flawless in his career but he is condemned…

In social viewpoint Belsey and their kids influences a lot to endure their own practices. ‘Ethnicity’ is frequently utilized as it were near one customarily ascribed to ‘race’. It incorporates race, shading, sex, language, cause and so on. Be that as it may, Levi’s way…

Freud developed the concept of the uncanny in the early 1900’s. He wanted to investigate the kind of creeping horror, that deviates from the standard fight or flight response to a scary situation. The word ‘uncanny’ is derived from the German word, unheimliche. Unheimliche is…

In German, the word uncanny translates to unheimlich which means unhomely. However, Sigmund Freud’s definition of this word is one that is much more complex. In his essay The Uncanny, Freud writes “the uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back to what…

Every person understands the feeling of underlying worry and fear without being able to pinpoint the source. Humans were designed to have emotions that they can not decipher. There was once a time that no one knew how one thought nor did they ask the…

“Is it not good to make a society full of beautiful people” (Westerfield pg 1). In the public eye most imperfections are often seen as ugly by societal standards. Many people feel the need to alter their bodies because they think it will automatically make…