Essays on Year of Wonders

Year of Wonders is a book about religion, medicine, and how a small village of Eyam, England overcome a dreadful plague. This novel, written by Geraldine Brooks is based on true events, lasting from 1665-1666, a bubonic plague occurred in England. Anna Firth, along with…

Introduction Negativity brings sorrow, grief, hostility, and fear. The outlook that is held can hinder the way that you decide to go about handling the situation. The plague, a serious illness with terrible effects on a society, causes fear, uproar, damage, pain, and grief. Plague…

Introduction Geraldine Brook’s novel ‘Year of Wonders’ highlights the extensive ways in which Transformation occurred to those who survived the plague in the small village of Eyam. As a result of the plague many of those whom survived all experienced dramatic changes. Many of these…

Introduction Both texts explore the causal effects and relationship between individuals’ agency and their respective societal constraints by focusing on the oppressive social norms and the character development of individuals produced from the vicissitudes that emerge from their condemning, judgmental societies. In order to challenge…

Introduction “Well, my beloved, I say we shall not flee like the faithless Israelites!” (Brooks, 103) This was the key moment where Michael Mompellion decides for the village to stay in the tiny village of Eyam in the middle of an outbreak of the bubonic…

Mob mentality is a common cause of yielding to social pressures or norms, meaning that individual behavior and decision making can be influenced by the presence of others. Miller constructs an image of Salem, Massachusetts perched on the edge of the dark and barbaric unknown…