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A Review of the Film The Outsiders (407 words, 1 pages)

The OutsidersThe Outsiders is a movie about teenagers who Are always facing conflicts around themselves. The teens are represented in many different ways throughout the movie. There will be many questions asked like are these teens realistically portrayed, Are they like any other teen you know, and is it worth ... Read More

A Review on the Story, The Street by Ann Petry (1714 words, 2 pages)

In The Street, by Ann Petry, Lutie and her son Bub, as well as most of the characters, are clearly portrayed as victims. One is ultimately led to believe that their victimization and the barriers they face are because of race. Race is clearly the main obstacle for Lutie and ... Read More

A Review of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony (284 words, 1 pages)

Review of CeremonyCeremony, written by Leslie Marmon Silko, traces the alienation and destruction of a young Native American who must first come to terms with his past before he can overcome his post-traumatic stress. Throughout this novel, there are many symbols and examples of how not only the main character, ... Read More

A Review of The Highroad to the Stake by Michael Kunze (1005 words, 2 pages)

After reading Michael Kunzes The Highroad to the Stake , I feel that the Ironmasters wife has a very unfortunate life, yet she did not look for pity, she made the best of the situation. Her lifestyle is one that is not glorious or even desirable, yet the way she ... Read More

A Review of Jack London’s Novel The Call of the Wind (2218 words, 3 pages)

The Call of the Wild John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant mother, was born January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. Jack spent much of his childhood working odd jobs to help support his family. After living abroad on a seal-hunting ... Read More

A Review of the Book, The Giver by Lois Lowry (670 words, 6 pages)

0 1ST LOIS LOWRY RECEIVED THE NEWBERY MEDAL FOR NUMBER THE STARS AND THE GIVER. SHE IS ALSO THE AUTHER OF MANY OTHER POPULAR BOOKS FOR YOUNG AUTHOR OF MANY OTHER POPULAR BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, INCLUDING THE ONE HUNREDTH THING ABOUT CAROLINE SWITCHAROUND TAKING CAREOF TERRIFIC AUTUMN STREET US ... Read More

A Review of the Novel, The Killing of Mudeye by Celeste Walters (639 words, 1 pages)

READING JOURNALThis novel is about the killing of a small adolescent troubled boy whom was labelled Mudeye because he was a real victim. I think that Ned is guilty because he has made Linton Begg even weaker because he refused to hand out a friendship to Mudeye. He did this ... Read More

A Review of the Poem, The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh (822 words, 2 pages)

The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd The poem The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd, is a look into the mind of a realistic (or some may even say pessimistic) person. It was written as a response to the more idealistic poem, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, by Christopher Marlowe. ... Read More

A Review of the Novel, A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (396 words, 1 pages)

A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton PeckThe book took place in rural Vermont with a young Shaker boy named Rob Peck. The novel was basically about this boy going through joyful and trying times in his youth, and his friendship with his pet pig named Pinky. Robert Peck ... Read More

Movie Review About a Little Boy’s Supernatural Abilities to Communicate With the Dead in The Sixth Sense (774 words, 1 pages)

The Sixth Sense This past weekend , I went to see a movie at the near theater to my house . The Sixth Sense It is some kind of psychological movie that tell the story of a littleboy name Cole Sear ,Who has some kind of Supernatural abilities to see ... Read More

A Review of Cinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1139 words, 3 pages)

Book EvaluationTitle Things Fall ApartAuthor Chinua AchebeSetting Time Nigeria in the late 1800sPrincipal Themes Clash of culturesNeed for balance between individual needs and community needs Fate or DestinyFirst Published 1958Summary Okonkwo is an angry man whose one goal in life is to succeed his lazy fathers name. He is lead ... Read More

A Review of This Boy’s Life A Memoir by Tobias Wolff (586 words, 3 pages)

Nip It In the BudThis Boy's Life, a memoir by Tobbias Wolff, is a story about a young boy named Toby struggling through life because his parents were divorced. Living with his mother Rosemary, who wasn't able to provide him with proper upbringing on her own. Toby owned a gun ... Read More

A Review of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston (976 words, 2 pages)

Third time is a Charm Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Hurston is narrated in the eyes of a black woman named Janie. Janie was brought up in the age when blacks where free, but she was still under a social law inherited from her family which kept her ... Read More

A Review of the Poem, Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth (5258 words, 8 pages)

William WordsworthTintern Abbey This poem is written out of the experiences of a walking tour that Wordsworth shared with his sister Dorothy, in June of 1798. The background circumstances are that the two had gone to Bristol to look after the details of publishing the Lyrical Ballads. But they did ... Read More

A Review of Alan E. Nourse’s Virus Invaders (340 words, 1 pages)

Katie TurnerTechnical WritingPeriod 7Virus Invaders, written by Alan E. Nourse, M.D., explores different viruses and our body's defenses against them. This book traces the "history of the discovery of viruses, and discusses the difficulty of identifying them, major diseases caused by viruses, the present state of virology, and the prognosis ... Read More

A Review of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (422 words, 1 pages)

Some years ago, when a few copies of a volume called Leaves of Grass found their way into this country from America, the general verdict of those who had an opportunity of examining the book was that much of it was indescribably filthy, most of it mere incoherent rhapsody, none ... Read More

A Plot Review of Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” (334 words, 2 pages)

The story about Young Goodman Brown centers around the allegory of a man pitted against his past and his desires to reach beyond that which his benighted heaven would put before him. The allegory is Christian due to the references in Young Goodman Brown to the devil and Satan. The ... Read More

A Review of Ernest Hemingway’s Protagonist Story “Soldier’s Home” (1173 words, 5 pages)

The Common Hemingway Protagonist Soldier's HomeVarious authors, through years of discipline, develop their own style in creating characters. Ernest Hemingway varied his styleby establishing an indestructible template for pressing characters into molded protagonists. This "template" protagonist follows aunique set of standards unlike any other character, produced by any other author. ... Read More

A Review of the Book “Calvinism and the Religious Wars” (1173 words, 2 pages)

Title Calvinism and the Religious WarsPlace of Publication New York, 1971Publisher Howard Fertig, Inc.This book is about pretty much the beginning of Calvinism and how it played a major role in the reforming of mid to late fifteenth century Europe. Franklin Charles Palm tries to exam the role in which ... Read More

A Review of Bobbie Ann Mason’s Story “Shiloh” (1222 words, 2 pages)

Good bye Norma Jean The death of an infant can modify ones characteristic and psychological behavior to the point of suicide. In Bobbie Ann Masons "Shiloh" she leaves the ending of the story for her readers to draw their own conclusion of how Norma Jean leaves her husband Leroy. Most ... Read More

A Review of the Film Danton During the French Revolution (626 words, 1 pages)

The film Danton takes a look at the end of the French Revolution. To me, many of the scenes seemed to be saying that the Revolution itself was hypocritical. There are numerous examples in the film where leading figures of the Revolution were taking action that was similar to what ... Read More

A Review of a Skulls Practice Task (725 words, 2 pages)

Classical Studies (OFC304C)Skills Practice TaskShort Answers1) The sources for ancient history are divided into four categories. Name each of them, and briefly describe two of those categories.h ArchaeologyArchaeology is the science or study of history derived from the evidence of the relics and remains of early human cultures as discovered ... Read More

A Review of Niccolo Machavelli’s Work Piece “The Prince” (865 words, 2 pages)

In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a piece of work called, "The Prince". It was written to all principalities, and that which is parallel to what Machiavelli suggests is often referred to as being "Machiavellian". The purpose of this essay is to ask the question "Is Napoleon Bonaparte Machiavellian in Nature?" ... Read More

A Review of Felix Markham Book “Napoleon” (1551 words, 10 pages)

The book, Napoleon by Felix Markham, is a biography about NapoleonBonaparte, one of the greatest historical figures and legends of all time. He was born on August 15, 1769 at Ajaccio inCorsica, which is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1779, when Napoleon was nine years old, hebegan his ... Read More

A Review of Jacques-Louis David’s Artpiece “The Tennis Court Oath” (1622 words, 3 pages)

The Tennis Court Oath by Jacques-Louis David is perhaps the most prominent piece of artwork that captures the event that occurred on the 20th June 1789. It was at Versailles on this day that members of the clergy and the third estate met and excluding one person, made the solemn ... Read More

A Review of Maya of Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” (855 words, 2 pages)

"I will not allow anybody to minimize my life, not anybody, not a living soul- nobody, no lover, no mother, no son, no boss, no president, no body." (Maya Angelou) In Maya Angelous I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, she, Maya, tells the reader about the challenges and praises ... Read More

A Review of Robertson Davies’ Novel “Fifth Business” (610 words, 1 pages)

Fifth BusinessIn the novel "Fifth Business", the author Robertson Davies is successfully able to relate both the themes of magic and religion throughout. He achieves this relationship between the themes primarily through the characters and their actions. Dunstan Ramsay, Paul Dempster, Mary Dempster and Liselotte Vitzliputzli all help to illustrate ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1019 words, 2 pages)

The Fear in the House of UsherThe short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, uses a rational first person narrator to illustrate the strange effects the house has on the three characters within it. Everything about the house is dark and supernaturally evil, and appears to convey some ... Read More

A Review of Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince” (749 words, 2 pages)

The Prince, written in 1513 by Niccolo Machiavelli is regarded as one of the most crucial yet controversial works in the field of political science. It holds Machiavelli's observations and reflections on Italian political history. It was written in response to the decay of the Italian states system. This book ... Read More

A Review of the Heated 1998 U.S Senate Race in New York (2278 words, 3 pages)

The 1998 U.S. Senate race in New York is one of the most heated and competitive political battles in the country. New York has traditionally been a place where only the strong willed, and tough at heart could compete a place where crafty tactics, extensive connections, and stocks of cash ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013