Essays on Literature

The skill of listening and understanding is dying day-by-day. Listening, like other skills, can be developed through practice, which allows one to receive and understand information that is communicated. As a result, basic skills are being lost as listening is only half of the communication….

I’m hesitant about writing a review for fear of not being able to do the book justice. I want to write a review that is fully compacted with all of my thoughts and feelings that makes everyone give up what they’re doing and start reading…

American humorist Molly Ivins once said, “Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.” It gives the everyday person the unique ability to say something about the world in a critical yet captivating way. Throughout history, many have utilized humor as a…

Some people love learning. Some love glory. Some love what they are doing. There are also those that love their country more than any other. These people would do everything for the welfare of their motherland. They would protect the life of their fellow countrymen…

Life is ironic. One time you’re floating in happiness, the next you are drowning in tears. One time you’re on top of the world, the next you are at the bottom of the ocean. On the days when you think you’ve conquered everything, life will…

According to Martin Luther King Jr., intelligence plus character is the goal of true education. Education is more than just reading the books. It is more than just high scores and excellent academic achievements. True education is learning and putting what you have learned into…

Sophocles’ Antigone (c.441 B.C. E) is a play from the time when power was the truth. It was the time when people’s voices were either bought by wealth or suppressed by power. Although government nowadays are completely different, it is still hard to change what…

Due to his life experiences such as assault by police force, three years of labor-intensive work, and service in the U.S. Air Force, Howard Zinn occupies many objections to objectivity, otherwise known as objections to neutrality. These previous accounts in Zinn’s life eventually caused him…

At the entrance of the gallery dedicated to the evocation of the Assyrian artistic period in the great Metropolitan Museum of Art, huge reliefs engraved in the walls are certainly the first to notice. Of those reliefs, two mythical creatures stand out, winged lion and…

In his paper, ‘The logic of Nonstandard English,’ William Labov has used a key term in his analysis, ‘Nonstandard Negro English (NNE)’. As defined by the author, Nonstandard Negro English is basically African American vernacular English which is spoken by adults and children in this…