Category: Book Review
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Summary and Analysis of ‘The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down’
In the world of modern health care system, hospitals, clinics are filled with professional doctors, professors, nurses who has many medical experiences. Therefore, is a good thing but there are always two sides of the story. Perhaps, because we depend too much on pharmaceutical medicine that we forget about traditional medicine. When I mentioned traditional…
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Challenges of Among Refugees in ‘The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down’
‘The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down’ essay was written by Anne Fadiman. This story explains the hardships faced by Hmong refugees after migration to the United States from Laos, and in particular we are introduced to the characters of Foua Yang and Nao Kao Lee who fled from Thailand in 1979 while trying…
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How Richard Louv Influences The Audience in The Last Child in The Woods
In Richard Louv’s novel, The Last Child in the Woods, Louv argues that our society’s advancement in technology is furthering the separation between today’s generation and nature itself. Louv’s use of indirectly implying his main idea, having a narrative that consists of countless thought provoking rhetorical questions, and his illustrations of hypothetical situations are key…
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The Character of Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank
Amongst the many characters in The Diary Of that stand up for something that they believe in, there is one character in particular that stood out to me. That character is (Anne’s father). Without him, the world would never have known that there was an Anne Frank diary. The novel Anne Frank: The Diary of…
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Gender Inequality in The Book ‘The Chrysanthemums’
In a work of literature, it becomes difficult to conceptually understand a piece without viewing all aspects and underlying meanings. The novel “The Chrysanthemums” is the main topic for the essay. Here I would like to unfold topic sections that can be set up to illuminate that the relationship of Henry and Elisa paralleled to…
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The Importance of Overcoming Challenges in Caged Bird and Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
A bird resides in a cage. In ‘Caged Bird’ by , the bird is restricted from any sort of freedom, and its feet are tied to constrict movement. However, the caged bird is relentless in its pursuit to sing of freedom. The obvious joy that the free bird takes in flying through the sky is…
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My Review of The Book a Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel
Shaw, in his his teenage years, that’s when one rainy morning, when he crossed the line of a Utah highway, hitting a car containing two scientists, James Furfaro and Keith O’Dell, who were heading to work nearby. Both men were killed. Shaw says he was texting his girlfriend at the time. He is next seen…
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Analysis of Girls Like Us by Gail Giles in Contrast to Echo by Ellen Von Wiegand
Girls Like Us (2014), a novel by Gail Giles, takes the reader through the lives of Biddy and Quincy, two special education graduates. The structure of this book alternates between the two girls point of view, knowing their thoughts only makes Giles message stronger. Girls Like Us highlights the importance of not judging someone based…
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Elements of Transcendentalism in Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime”
No one expects to be thrown out of a moving bus by their own mother, but sometimes, the society and conditions around people force them to take cross lines and adopt certain unorthodox methods. The ideals of transcendentalism seek to break these chains that bind our minds and thoughts. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, and…
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Honesty and Humor in The Canterbury Tales
“Here begins the book of the Tales of Canterbury…” The Canterbury Tales is full of intrigue and sheds light on the life and times of the Middle Ages. These were times where hierarchy, feudalism, and chivalry were in effect. The tale is of twenty-nine individuals who set out on a pilgrimage and happen to chance…