Essays on Reading Books

Books and movies take you into a whole new world where you can let your imagination explode and explore new worlds without leaving the comfort of your house. Even though both are very different they both have a lot of similarities too, for starters, many…

Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck, it’s a riveting true story of Rinker Buck and his brother Kernahan bought a dilapidated Piper Cub for 300 dollars and rebuilt it. In the summer of 1966, they traveled across America from New Jersey to California on this…

In the Brothers Grimm’s story, “Hansel and Gretel”, the patriarchal beliefs of German culture in the age of Romanticism become apparent by using feminist, historical and archetypal lenses. When viewed through a feminist lens “Hansel and Gretel” is a sexist text that misrepresents women and…

Six Patterns to Spread your Social Innovation by Al Etmanski, is a book which addresses the many challenges social innovation face. This book explores the difference between short-term success and lasting impact. Al refers to many Canadians who have obtained a lasting social impact. In…

Throughout the book, Lives on the Boundary, we are introduced to multiple different characters. Many of these characters though can be related to one and another as they faced many struggles and hardships while in the education system. Because of this, I feel like Rose…

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is about a Lithuanian family led by Jurgis. Jurgis and his family move to America in search of the American Dream. They moved to Chicago with only a few dollars. They had no jobs. Jurgis was a large and strong…

Have you ever wondered why people read books? This answer, although seemingly banal, certainly brings some difficulties to some people. Despite the fact that they are dealing with literature practically all their lives, none of them wonder what its role is. Still running somewhere, not…

While reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor many aspects of books I have read began to make sense. This book began to open up the world of literature and gave me an understanding as to why authors put certain concepts and events in…

Books can be very confusing sometimes (especially a book written in the late 1840’s). It’s not deniable that a highschool student can get bored reading these sort of books (the oldies) because not only are most of them really hard to understand but they’re also…

Unfortunate Events turn to Fortunate Events There are always little moments in your life that completely impact the rest of your life growing up. My first moment that impacted how I am now was in the third grade. The whole school year passed by in…