Category: Book Review

R.J. Palacio’s debut novel, Wonder, was published in 2012 while the author was working as a visual designer (Palacio, 2012). The book centers around the experiences of August Pullman, a young boy with a facial deformation that prevented him from attending a public school. However, his situation changes when he enters fifth grade at a…

A Short History of Reconstruction is a book about the Reconstruction and what follows after it, the domino effect or the aftermath in a formal style. It starts out with the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, teasing the reader with what was about to play out during the time. The slaves being in the…

Rich Dad Poor Dad is a book about the keys to financial success. The entire premise of the book is to juxtapose the two different financial mentalities of two different people. The point of view is of the author, Robert Kyosaki, who describes his childhood experience. The “poor dad” is his actual father, while the…

Frederick Douglass was fortunate enough to escape slavery. In this novel, he explains his life as a slave. Although he went through a lot of traumatic moments as a slave, he was one of the lucky ones to escape slavery. Today, people still read this narrative to remember how cruel this time period was and…

Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go addresses questions about past, present, and future ethics and morals surrounding technological advancements and specifically, cloning humans. Using a thirty-one year old named Kathy’s recollection, narration is used to display the inevitability of loss in a preparatory school for human clones. Ideas are presented and remembered throughout the novel,…

Table of contents Perseverance Resilience Power of Hope “A Long Walk to Water” is a powerful novel by Linda Sue Park that tells the story of two young characters, Salva and Nya, whose lives are deeply impacted by the lack of clean water in their war-torn country of South Sudan. Through their separate yet interconnected…

In Toni Morrison’s novel Sula, the reader’s perception of good and evil is challenged as the story unfolds within a small black community in Ohio, post-World War I. The main , Sula and Nel, provide a lens through which racial and gender relationships in twentieth-century segregated America can be examined. While initially appearing as polar…

The time we live in now there is lots of rights and freedom we have. We live in a place where we have the opportunity to be our own person and we don’t even think twice about it. We have these privileges that we take for granted. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” life is…

What is the source of Rosseau’s happiness and is it related to contemplation and writing? Happiness is a subjective term. It has no formal measurement and differs between people and cultures. It is also multidimensional in that it encompasses the senses and contingent on a range of internal and external factors such as mood, perception…

Equality is something many people had to fight for. Imagine in a dystopian United States in 2081 when everyone is equal. Above average people have handicaps so they are equal to normal people. A powerful symbol in this story is the TV which Harrison’s parents are watching. In this story lost authority, television impact, and…