Introduction The internet is a place to connect with other people. It is a place to find people with whom we have common ground; a place where we can air out our grievances for the world to see without knowing who we are. It is…
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Introduction If the author of Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly, were to write a sequel she would most likely address the topics of discrimination against people of color in more recent times. Overall, my opinion on this book is mixed feelings. Shetterly had great a…
The Hate U Give: Portrayal of Racism and Police Brutality in the Novel
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Introduction I enjoyed reading the novel, The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas simply because it can connect to society effectively and relate to teenagers in a humorous way at the same time. Additionally, Angie Thomas successfully portrayed many powerful and relevant themes such…
Starr comes from a family of four. She is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives in a neighbourhood of Garden Heights. She faces many experiences and demanding challenges, she develops a lot of change and finding her voice through the silence. In Angie Thomas’ The Hate…
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: Stylistic Elements and Societal Issues
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Introduction I enjoyed reading the novel, The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas simply because it can connect to society effectively and relate to teenagers in a humorous way at the same time. It effectively communicates the issues of police brutality by showing an…
It’s Hard to Be a Vampire, by Viktoria Faust includes eight short stories involving vampires or worlds of a paranormal nature. I was attracted to this book because short story collections are often not as drawn out as full-length novels can be — this way…
Introduction Throughout Station Eleven art and the history of art is very important for the lives of the characters. In the beginning scene of the novel during “Year 0”, Arthur Leander is performing a famous Shakespeare play called, King Lear, on the night before the…
Sing, Unburied, Sing and The Color Purple: the Reality of African Americans
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Both Walker and Ward present protagonists who seek hope and escapism to transcend their hopeless surroundings, concerning Black America. In The Color Purple, Walker creates a protagonist, Celie, living in 1930s rural Georgia; a young black woman living in an extremely racist and sexist society…
Tennessee Williams reflects real and personal details in his plays, despite the fact that he has been quoted saying: “My chief aim in playwriting is the creation of character. I have always had a deep feeling for the mystery of life, and essentially, my plays…
As a kid, we had many books read to us throughout our childhood whether it was at school or home, but only a select handful of those children’s books stuck with us to this day. We can still recall these books today because they stood…
Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican American writer, poet, and artist, born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Her book, Women Hollering Creek and Other Stories, published in 1991, reflects her upbringing of being surrounded by American influences while still being bound to her Mexican…
Introduction The importance of family is described it many essays, however this is also a popular topic for literature writers. Family is the most important thing in a person’s everyday life and today most people don’t realize the importance of a family and people tend…
Green Eggs and Ham is about a furry creature named Sam-I-Am who tries to convince the no-named narrator to try green eggs and ham. Throughout the book, Sam-I-Am suggests different places and locations the narrator should eat the green eggs and ham. After consistently being…
In Imbolo Mbue’s 2016 novel Behold the Dreamers we are presented to Cindy Edwards’s and Neni Jonga’s characters, two mothers living seemingly different lives – the former being a good looking nutritionist, described as a “woman with a rich husband” (p.29); the latter being a…
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Analysis
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Can utopia be attained and maintained without suffering or subjugation? This perennial question has garnered the attention of authors Ursula K. LeGuin and Ewan Morrison in their discourse against the dangers of utopian societies. LeGuin, who wrote the esteemed short story “The Ones Who Walk…