Essays on Reading Books

 In James’ insightful writing of “The Beast in the Jungle,” the reader is placed on the outside looking into the egocentric mind of John Marcher. The story is centered around Marcher’s obsession over “the sense of being kept for something rare and strange, possibly prodigious…

His critical portrayal of society serves to enhance the audience’s awareness of the weakness of the current social order at the time in order to draw their attention to the necessity of change. Ultimately, Kushner wants us to participate in the challenging creation of a…

Before analyzing Andrew Marvell’s political scope, we have to look briefly when he first published his poems. He first published a poem, ‘to his noble friend, Mr. Richard Lovelace’ in 1649. And the poem, ‘An Horatian ode’ was published in 1650. This is where the…

Anne Bradstreet is known as the first puritan woman to write english verse in the American colonies. Bradstreet’s poems were inspired by Puritan women like herself, and about her life. In one of her most popular poems The Author to Her Book, which is written…

Mephistopheles takes advantage of Faust’s lack of faith and dissatisfaction to get him to agree to a risky wager. Early in the poem Faust moans that he has studied “Philosophy I’ve read, and Law, and Medicine and fear Theology too.” (16) Though containing more knowledge…

Annie Dillard stated, ‘Living Like Weasels,’ an exposition in which she paints the tale of her experience with a weasel. She clarifies that from her gathering with the weasel, she built up incredible esteem for the weasel’s lifestyle; Weasels live not by decision, predisposition, or…

The well known yet mysterious West Egg citizen Jay Gatsby appears to have been killed in a murder-suicide, say investigators. His body was found yesterday by a fellow West Egg citizen , Nick Carraway, who claims to have been a friend of Jay Gatsby. Carraway…

If you were stranded on an island, what items would you take with you is the question everyone hears at least once in their lifetime. For your Crusoe moment any answer other than a boat, a knife and water would be unwise since if you…

Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London, England in April 1759. She was an English writer, philosopher and can now be seen as a feminist who truly believed that women of that era should be treated respect and equal to men. A Vindication of the rights…

Gustave Flaubert displays the contrast between Emma’s romantic ideals and the realism of the Bourgeoisie life using symbols and recurring motif. Through the symbol of the lathe, Flaubert displays the unproductive, useless and ornamental character of bourgeois tastes, the banal and mundane ways of bourgeois…

 The total number of words within a sentence in classic books is almost double the quantity in modern literature. For decades, English classes have read classic novels such as A Tale of Two Cities. The term classic novel refers to a timeless, essential piece of…

Until 1941, Adolf Hitler’s main purpose was to exile Jews from Germany: however, at this time, Hitler issued the order to exterminate- do away with- the Jewish race (“Adolf Hitler” Britannica School). Anne Frank and her family were forced to leave Germany because of Hitler…

Annie Dillard supports her claim by first sharing her experience with the encounter with a weasel, and then she compares humans to weasels saying that they should live wilder like weasels. Dillard’s purpose is to show that we should go after our dreams no matter…

The novel has commenced, and we have been introduced to Raoul Duke who seems to be a rich man and also the protagonist of this novel. We also are introduced to the Duke’s Attorney. He has not been given a name yet, but he signed…

The struggle to balance two things is presented in Tsitsi Dangarembga Nervous conditions. Maiguru, Bamukuru’s wife is one of the characters presented struggling to balance these things. She is educated with a master’s degree which she obtained in UK, at the same time she struggles…