Essays on Character

In the Biopic of Erin Brockovich, we are first introduced to our main character as a single mother of three, who has been divorced twice and left alone to fend for her family. Brockovich appears to be disparate in her situation, as her career aspirations…

If a bunch of boys were stranded on a deserted island. In Lord of the Flies midst an unspecified war only boys survive an airplane crash on a deserted island. At first social structure is established, but as the plot develops order erodes. Golding, mainly…

Philip Lombard is the human embodiment of selfishness. Not an evil disdain for human life, but a simple yearning for self-preservation above all else. Lombard often seems disconnected from his surroundings, as if he’s observing the events around and occasionally participating. Lombard often treats life…

When Conan Doyle was writing about the Sherlock Holmes novels, he decided to be an objective writer. I firmly believe that this is because of the strict lifestyle and social order that existed during the Victorian era in New England. For Doyle to represent his…

It is the late 1800s, and Clara Foltz is the first woman to become a lawyer. As a member of the suffragist movement, this accolade gives her very favourable repute amongst her peers. One night, upon leaving a suffrage meeting, she comes across a young…

A private detective named Lenny Samuel got a job from a woman to find her sister whom has disappeared a week ago. The woman was Helen Garfield and her sister was Elaine Garfield. She was paying him 50 dollars per day and asked him not…

Schools and the media tend to inculcate traditional notions of leadership. Children grow up thinking that chiefs are supposed to be obeyed and listened to regardless of the message they convey and the goal they strive for. Unfortunately, the same traditional idea is true for…

In Samuel’ short story, there are four boys jiggling on the swaying platform of moving subway cars in New York. Their names are; Samuel.Alfredo, Tom and lastly Calvin. The men and women in the cars on either side of the cars watch them Samuel and…

All highly respected and powerful wizards we encounter in reading any fantasy book usually have one feature that immediately stands out as a powerful sorcerer to the reader: a long beard. A wizard can’t be very powerful if he isn’t depicted as an elderly man,…

Shylock’s character in William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice is essentially evil; he is meant to be hated by the reader. He is portrayed as a devil-like being throughout the entire play, someone purely just evil. However, it can be argued that maybe Shylock’s…