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A Feminist Review of Shiloh, a Story by Bobbie Ann Mason (1252 words, 2 pages)

A Feminist View on "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason In the story Shiloh Leroy and Norma Jean, two very loving people, just can't seem to keep their relationship going Leroy, who has recently given up on truck driving due to an accident, noticed that everything around him is changing, except ... Read More

A Summary and Review of Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s List (1298 words, 2 pages)

none Nice paper-I would have liked to have seen what you got out of the Jews' experiences as death-camp survivors Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List is the historical account of Oskar Schindler and his heroic actions in the midst of the horrors of World War II Poland. Schindler's List recounts the ... Read More

A Review of A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller (505 words, 1 pages)

A Canticle for Lebowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. Copyright date 1959 In A Canticle for Lebowitz, the character that starts everything off is Brother Francis. Brother Francis was just a young novice looking for a place of refuge, in the time were mutants roamed the deserts and barbarians ruled the ... Read More

A Review of The Power of One, a Novel by Bryce Courtenay (664 words, 1 pages)

In my experience as a student, I have read a countless number of stories for both school and pleasure. While I made an honest attempt to enjoy the novels assigned to me by my teachers to the same degree as those I have chosen myself, I must admit that most ... Read More

A Review of The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key (510 words, 2 pages)

This book was about a 12-year-old boy, named Jon who fell through a magical door that transferred him to another world. When he fell through the door he hit his head on the rock floor of a cave, which caused him to lose his memory. He could not even remember ... Read More

A Review of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the Politics of Its Time (388 words, 1 pages)

The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written during the early 1950s at the time of Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee hearings on the infiltration of Communism in the United States and the loyalty to democracy of many prominent U.S. citizens. The McCarthy hearings pitted artists and performers against ... Read More

A Review of Andrea Palladio’s Quatro Libri dell Architettura (2126 words, 3 pages)

More than four hundred years ago, in 1570, Andrea Palladio published his Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, one of the most influential treatises on architecture ever printed. It contains a number of woodcuts of ancient Roman buildings, as well as two illustrations of a small church by Bramante, known as the Tempietto, ... Read More

Review of Stud Terkel’s Book Who Built the Pyramids (453 words, 1 pages)

Who built the Pyramids In Studs Terkels Who Built the Pyramids? a man named Mike talks about work in the steel mill and the ridicule he receives for being a laborer. I belive his negative attitude affects his crediability. Mike feels that he is treated like a slave and that ... Read More

A Review of the Book Stand by Me by Stephen King (627 words, 2 pages)

Stand by Me is the story of true friendship and the loss of innocence. It brings all childhood insecurities, fears, and dreams into sharp, crystal-clear focus. It begins, as childhood stories often do, with curiosity. Four friends, each with his own emotional baggage, decide to go on an adventure to ... Read More

A Review of Wilfred Owens Poem Spring Offensive (320 words, 1 pages)

SPRING OFFENSIVE (Wilfred Owen) Wilfred Owens poem Spring Offensive explores the unnatural offensive of war against spring or nature. Opening with Halted against the shade of the last hill Owen suggests both the calmness of the shade and the deadly implication of last. Written in a conversational tone, Spring Offensive ... Read More

A Review of D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers (1156 words, 2 pages)

D.H. Lawrence Son and Lover Bildungsroman, a form of fiction which allows the novelist to recreate through the maturing of his protagonist some of his own remembered intensity of experience (Nivin, Alastair pg. 34) D.H. Lawrence re-created his own life experience through the writing of Sons and Lovers, an intensely ... Read More

A Review of Stephen King’s Short Story The Body (1077 words, 3 pages)

short story that best shows the type and technique of Stephen Kings writing is "The Body." "The Body", which has been adapted into to a Hollywood movie, was first published in the collection of short stories called Different Seasons. The story is a tale of four twelve year old friends ... Read More

A Review of James Hurst’s The Scarlet Ibis (862 words, 2 pages)

A person should treat others well so they wont regret it later. In the short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst a young boy named Doodle, who is suffering from a weak heart is trying to be friends with his twelve year old brother. When Doodle was born the ... Read More

A Review of Elie Wiesel’s Night and Schindler’s List, Two Holocaust-Related Works (681 words, 1 pages)

Schindlers List and Night by Elie Wiesel Night is a horrible story of murder. Elie saw his family, friends, and fellow Jews being murdered. During his crisis he begins to loose faith in God, to who he used to be so devoted to. He believes that God was also murdered ... Read More

A Review of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a Cult Movie (906 words, 1 pages)

It was a cool, crisp November evening, while five teenagers were hustling and bustling around my house excitedly getting ready for their very first showing of the live version of their all time favorite movie. They knew it would be the best night of their lives. The night of my ... Read More

A Review of Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons (2269 words, 4 pages)

Morality is often overpowered by materialistic pursuits. In A Man for All Seasons,Robert Bolt shows the corruption of those who put self interest above all other values. His use of such characters as Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, Chapuys and Wolsey help convey this corruption. There is yet another character who ... Read More

A Review of the Film Adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (465 words, 2 pages)

This film is was the big screen adaptation of Harper Lees prize-winning novel. Some people may have already seen the film as it's on the GCSE English syllabus. The story is believed to be based on events that happened in Lees childhood. The story, set in the American recession, is ... Read More

A Review of the Musical Kiss of the Spider Woman (631 words, 1 pages)

Kiss of the Spider Woman The musical, "Kiss of the Spider Woman", was very enjoyable to see. The characters in the musical were played very well. The main characters in the musical were Molina and Valentin. These characters went together rather humerously and made the musical worth seeing. Even though ... Read More

A Review of Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket (1280 words, 2 pages)

One of the early images in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket'' (1959) shows the unfocused eyes of a man obsessed by excitement and fear. The man's name is Michel. He lives in Paris in a small room under the eaves, a garret almost filled by his cot and his books. He is ... Read More

A Review of Farley Mowat’s Book Never Cry Wolf (986 words, 2 pages)

Being an outsider is the only way one can truly discover ones true self. To find yourself you must spend time with yourself. An outsider, unlike people who belong to a particular group, isnt defined by the group, but instead defined by their individual character. So to really know or ... Read More

A Review of E. B. White’s Essay Once More to the Lake (651 words, 2 pages)

Dombroski 1 Lisa Dombroski Prof. Harrison English 101 18 September 2000 Footsteps of Time E.B. White's essay, Once More to the Lake demonstrate his own security in consistency from growing up on into adulthood. White begins to set the stage mid way through the first paragraph, mentioning that he and ... Read More

A Review of Ken Kesey’s Novel One Flew the Cuckoo’s Nest (1073 words, 2 pages)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest By Anonymous One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest We, being members of society do not have the authority to judge whether people are sane or insane. Some may say that others are insane but we are all a little bit crazy. One Flew Over ... Read More

A Review of the Movie The Black Robe (467 words, 2 pages)

The Black Robe Bruce Beresford October 2nd, 1991 This movie was set in Quebec in 1634. Its main focus is the story of how the Jesuit priests try to civilize the untamed Indians and turn them to Christianity. The story starts off with Father LaForgue, along with his companion Daniel, ... Read More

A Review of the Essay Severing the Human Connection by H. Bruce Miller (840 words, 1 pages)

Throughout history people have enjoyed a democracy which basically puts the way that society runs in the hands of the people who live in it. In the essay Severing the Human Connection by H. Bruce Miller there is a valid argument that our society has turned for the worse. In ... Read More

A Review of J. Alfred Prufrock Poem Love Song (889 words, 1 pages)

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Lines 37-52 In this stanza the man regrets some of the decisions that he has made in his life. The man feels that if he allows himself to reflect upon his past he will have to deal with the emotions and consequences of ... Read More

Review of Ernest J. Gaines’s Novel Louisiana Cajun (1135 words, 2 pages)

Ernest J. Gaines's award-winning novel is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. ... Read More

A Review of the Anti-Smoking Subject of the Movie Insider (1017 words, 2 pages)

The Insider A dramatization of 1995 events in which the tobacco industry allegedly covered up proof that nicotine is addictive and harmful. When Brown and Williamson executive Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) tries to expose the industry's cover-up, he is threatened into silence. He eventually gets his story to 60 Minutes producer ... Read More

A Review of the Story of the Piped Piper of Hamelin (3235 words, 8 pages)

Everyone knows the story of the Piped Piper of Hamelin. He had the ability to hypnotize people with his flute by playing the most enchanting music. But he's just myth, right? No one has the power to charm people with music. Well, you'd be surprised. Throughout history, music has always ... Read More

A Critical Review of an Article about Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Time Magazine (568 words, 1 pages)

Critical Review In November of 1999 an article about cosmic cataclysms appeared in Time magazine. A cosmic cataclysm is also known as a gamma-ray burst. These gamma bursts cant be seen with the naked eye and they release more energy than our sun releases in its whole lifetime. As of ... Read More

A Review of A Chronicle of a Death Fortold, a Story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (395 words, 1 pages)

Chronicle of a Death Fortold, by Gabriel Marquez, is concerned with death in life and life in death. It was rainy on the day of Santiago Nasars murder, and yet by the account of others, it was not. His death is so mingled with illusory images that everything seems mystified ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013