Category: Book Review
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The Figurative Language in Two Views of The Mississippi by Mark Twain
In the following essay I am going to analyze the figurative language used by Mark Twain in his “Two Views of the Mississippi”. Mark Twain was many things in his life. A writer, a miner, a newspaper shop’s apprentice – but also a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. After being trained to navigate the Mississippi…
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The Analysis of Book by Harriet Jacobs “Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl”
Slavery has been the wicked phenomena in the world. Slavery is very unnatural and aggravates mixed outlooks from the perspective of every person. Some of the people still face slavery in the present times. Other people do not necessarily understand that a person can treat another individual as a slave. In definition, slavery is one…
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Analysis and Review of The Book Salvage of The Bones
“Salvage the Bones” is a woman’s fiction novel that follows along with a poor African American family living in Bois Sauvage Mississippi in the year of 2005. Facing the tragedy of following twelve days leading upon the arrival of hurricane Katrina. Esch is a fifteen year old girl living with her family of her father…
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Analysis of “The Story of an Hour”: Being Oppressed in Marriage
The Story of an Hour depicts what happens in a marriage when a wife is given news about her husband’s death by his friend from the office, Richard and her sister, Josephine. They carefully break the news to her because she has a heart problem. The story gives us insight on her feelings and thoughts…
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“A Visit from The Goon Squad” Character Analysis
Author Leo Tolstoy once said “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time’’. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Time as “the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues”, in other words, time is a period that can be measured where situations occur and people change. Jennifer Egan’s…
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Review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel that combines the themes of marriage, wealth, class and self-knowledge to unleash an extravagant masterpiece. Since its immediate success after being released in 1813, it has remained one of the most well-known English novels. Written by famous novelist Jane Austen whom novels expound critique and comment upon the…
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Breaking The Silence: a Review of ‘Born a Crime’ Memoir
‘Born a Crime’ is a memoir written by South African comedian and actor, Trevor Noah. The book was published in 2016 and it tells the story of Noah’s upbringing in South Africa during the time of apartheid. “Born a Crime” essay shows how the book covers his childhood and teenage years, and it provides a…
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A Review of Rainbow Rowe’s Eleanor and Park
Table of contents Summary Characters analysis My opinion Summary The story is about two young teenagers, Eleanor & Park. They meet each other in the school bus. Park has a seat on which he always sits alone it is in the back of the bus, Eleanor is new at this school when she couldn’t find…
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Women as Possession of Husband: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Based in the late nineteenth century, by Kate Chopin is about a woman’s reaction to the news of the death of her husband. Though there are several feelings associated with this devasting news, Mrs. Mallard experienced a sense of euphoria. It then becomes clear to the reader that Mrs. Mallard was unhappy being married and…
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The Life of a Victorian Housewife in The Story of an Hour
The period between 1837 and 1901, also known as the Victorian era, was a difficult, oppressive and inconvenient time for women. It was a period in which a large portion of society held to the belief that women were inferior to and should remain dependent upon husbands and all other male figures. Women were to…