Category: Book Review

I chose to read the book Tattoos On the Heart. It is a first person story that follows a priest, Gregory Boyle, through his many experiences with gangs of Los Angeles in his community. The story take place in the 80’s and 90’s, a time that was constantly plagued with violence, especially in a big…

In Edwardian London, 1910, Bert entertains a crowd as a one-man band when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks family. George Banks returns home from his job to learn from Winifred that…

Lois Lowry paints a dystopian world ostensibly utopian, which is thoroughly explored in this “The Giver” book review. In the novel, the people live in a colorless, monotonous society where music, emotion, and knowledge of death are alien concepts. People believe that they spend their lives in that community forever. Everybody seems happy. They also…

Death is not an end, but a new cycle of life through which the deceased get an opportunity to have a more thorough understanding of their life. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by , Eddie’s meeting with five different people provides him with an opportunity to redeem himself. Eddie’s encountering with Ruby…

Historical context of the book; Bud not Buddy is based in the great depression age in the 1930’s. Times were difficult in the united states and poverty dominated a large part of the country, citizens used to make long lines to eat daily, lines that could last up to four hours. Furthermore, the racism and…

As children, numerous individuals can recall reading Dr. Seuss’s books from time to time. In his book The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss illustrates a silly fight about butter as a way of showing classic judgment of our world. There are two different groups of people on each side of the wall: one side is…

Travel writing has been a powerful way of directing the audience to new places; some pieces of work will take you on an emotional through the eyes of the writers, to explore and experience new things, to get a deeper understanding of different cultures and become a part of that community. Travel writers such as…

Comic books and graphic novels today represent a significant shift in how society is feeling. Society as a whole portends what direction we are headed. Comic book companies recognize that. The graphic novel is an extension of a comic book in that it conveys content as a whole verses segmenting it. Graphic novels are typically…

The genre of the comic book culture has many ardent fans. The readership proves that true. In that venue, the proliferation of comic book companies is astonishing. There are over one hundred comic book companies and many more that are defunct. The competitions to produce, advertise and distribute are daunting. Each company tries to produce…

Sometimes people commit crimes and they never have a reason for why they did so. There are of human behavior determined by the environment, either shaped by experiences during a person’s life or through a person’s genes; also known as nature or nurture. Nature refers to the genetic material that a person inherits from their…