Category: Book Review
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The Symbols in Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
In “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut criticized the way government took advantage of the power they had over civilians and demolished people’s strongest capabilities. A few years later, Joseph Alvarez wrote “An Overview of Harrison Bergeron” to analyze the work. He believed Vonnegut’s use of the television is a way of telling how powerful technology can…
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The Symbolism of Fire and Ice in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
In the gothic romance novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, there are many references to the imagery of both in the plot. The images of fire and ice provide positive and negative implications and connotations alternatively. For instance, those implies depends on a character’s mood, the state of situations, and their actions. Through the development…
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“Sports and Personality Development” Critique
Table of contents Methods Results Discussion The article “Sports Participation, Screen Time, and Personality Trait Development During Childhood” investigates the correlation between the following variables: involvement in sport; age; sex; screen time; environmental variables such as social-economic-status (SES) and household income; and personality traits such as introversion, persistence, and reactivity. In this longitudinal study out…
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The Idea of Survivalism in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi
American Historian of Science, Michael Brant Shermer once stated, “Mammals are that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish.” Identical characteristics are shown in humans no matter what period of time they are from. In Yann Martel’s Fictional Drama Novel, Life of…
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Summary and Analysis of so Long a Letter by Mariama BA
The book So long a Letter by Mariama Ba was published in 1979 in Senegal. This is an autobiographical novel which talked about women in the western part of the African Society. This essay will explain what the novel is about and how it portrays the image of Africa. It will also explain the main…
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The Idea of a Growth Mindset in The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, written during the 14th century, explores the stories told by multiple characters for the prize of a free supper and night stay in the Canterbury Inn. One character in particular, , tells a story which object against the current status quos of the 14th century. While The Wife of Bath…
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Summary and Analysis of The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion is a historical non-fiction narrative written by Stephen B. Oates. Oates narrates the life of Nat Turner, a boy who grew up in Southampton County in Virginia. The book takes place in the early 1800’s, a point where slavery was on the rise. Slavery around this time…
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The Grapes of Wrath as “A Piece of Documentary Propaganda in Functional Form”
Throughout The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck follows the journey of the Joads during the Great Recession, they were a fictional family who had fallen into poverty after losing their farm and had no choice but to become migrant workers. I believe Steinbeck takes a Marxist approach to writing this novel, creating a reaction against capitalism…
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Symbolism in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl
“It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods.” The Pearl, short story written by , the author in which he presents Coyotito, the baby of Kino, a poor fisherman and…
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Symbolism in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Table of contents “The Awakening” and Its Hidden Symbolism Conclusion Works Cited In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, specific settings, and details further explain Edna’s day to day struggle in Creole society. The symbols are used as carriers to give an understanding of Edna’s awakening journey beyond the surface. The textual comparison and use of birds,…