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A Review of Helena Maria Viramontes’ Story “The Moths and Other Stories” (1083 words, 2 pages)

This story from The Moths and other stories by Helena Maria Viramontes is told in three different parts. In the first part we read about Sonia and Macky who are children that migrated to the United States with their parents but are now lost in the streets. In the second ... Read More

A Review of D.H. Lawrence’s Story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” (468 words, 1 pages)

Many writers today leave the ending of a story to be decided upon by the reader. I have chosen three stories The Horse Dealers Daughter, Jury of her Peers, and Taking Care, and will discuss the implied ending of each.In D.H Lawrences story The Horse Dealers Daughter, the implied ending ... Read More

A Review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” (579 words, 2 pages)

OJ Simpson was suspected of killing his ex-wife and her friend outsideher home. Before he was arrested for the suspicion he was already tried,convicted and, executed in the minds of all of America. Before he went totrial everyone knew the "truth," everyone had already decided his fatebefore the evidence was ... Read More

A Review of John Henry Newman’s 1852 Book “The Idea of a University” (716 words, 1 pages)

John Henry Newman is a Catholic who had a different goal in life for other people, including himself. As a pronounced Catholic, Newman had reservations about these changes and wanted to defend the value of learning for its own sake. His point of view for a prefect university was that ... Read More

A Review of “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (206 words, 1 pages)

Douglas Noel Adams has successfully tried to show us another aspect of ourdaily-life routine. By using many cynical elements, he creates extremely funnysituations which represent much deeper aspects.The destruction of Earth in order to create Inner-Galactic Highways as thedefinition of Earth in the universe encyclopedia both represent the smallness ofhuman-beings, ... Read More

A Review of Raymond Carver’s “Myers trio” (1332 words, 2 pages)

is one of the longest and most complex stories in the collection, and one of its finest. In addition, it brings together a number of the themes and images that have recurred throughout the book. For example, it depicts the kind of interaction between two couples that we have seen ... Read More

A Review of Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” (560 words, 1 pages)

In "Miss Brill," Katherine Mansfield describes an aging teacher who visits a public park on a weekly basis. Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Brill ventures to the park at the same time and watches the band play. On this Sunday, Miss Brill wears her old fur coat. To her, the fur ... Read More

A Review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minster’s Black Veil” (1150 words, 4 pages)

"The Minister's Black Veil", a literary masterpiece written byNathaniel Hawthorne, was a divergent parable for the period it was written.Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote as an anti-transcendentalist in thetranscendentalist period as a result, his view's in writings were mostlypessimistic considering his family's sinfulness. Hawthorne's grandfatherwas a judge in the Salem witch trails ... Read More

A Review of an Emotional Letter to Dad and Mom (802 words, 1 pages)

Dear Mom and Dad,I wanted to sit down and write you a letter so that you can better understand what is going on with my life and what was happening when I returned home from the war. When I returned to my so called home, I didn't really feel at ... Read More

A Review of the Comic Book “Beware The Fish” (294 words, 1 pages)

'Beware The Fish' is one of the funniest books I have ever read in mylife. It is about two boys named Bruno and Boots who go to a boarding schoolcalled 'Macdonald Hall'. Their headmaster is a grim man named Mr. Sturgeon(a.k.a'The Fish'. A sturgeon is a kind of fish.) It ... Read More

A Review of Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy (646 words, 1 pages)

Woman on the Edge of Time In Woman on the Edge of Time, Piercy uses language to create the idea of a climb toward knowledge and the discovery of an unknown truth that will save the present. With the help of Luciente, Connie will rise up from the dystopia, New ... Read More

A Review of the Novel, Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (1275 words, 4 pages)

William Faulkner came from an old, proud, and distinguishedMississippi family, which included a governor, a colonel in the Confederatearmy, and notable business pioneers. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippiwhich he later renamed Jefferson, Mississippi in his novels. AlthoughFaulkner is a contemporary American, he is already considered one of theworld's greatest ... Read More

A Review of the Story of Two Indian Twins in “War Of The Worlds” (953 words, 3 pages)

A Summary ofThis story is about two Indian twins who live by their mother, because theirfather died. The twins and the mother are starting to have some problems,because the mother has the opinion that the twins no longer have respect forother people. As a results of this big discussion the ... Read More

A Review of Gilbert Wilson’s Book “Waheenee” and the Movie “Eve’s Boyou” (761 words, 1 pages)

Common ground is two or more things that have things that happen to be in common. Various things can be used to find things that are in common. But I was looking for things that are in common with the native Indians and the blacks. So I decided to use ... Read More

A Review of the Book “The Aeneid on the Odessey” (1330 words, 4 pages)

The story of was drawn from many sources, the mostinfluential being the work of the Greek poet Homer. Virgil based the first sixbooks of the Aeneid on the Odessey and the last six books on the Iliad bothwritten by Homer. The Aeneid describes the adventures of Aeneas, the legendaryTrojan hero ... Read More

A Review of Eric Liu’s “Notes of a Native Speaker” (1155 words, 2 pages)

For many years, the effects of dominantly white cultures have been evident. In Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie, and Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu, both authors delve into the issue of white supremacy and its effect on minority groups. In Alexies novel, it is clear that many ... Read More

A Review of “The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas” (573 words, 1 pages)

In the story "The Ones Who Walked Away From Omelas" Ursula Le Guin used a child as a psychomyth. The use of a child is a very potent choice because of a childs innocence, and how we value it as adults. This scapegoat is being used not just to keep ... Read More

A Review of the Story of “Underground to Canada “ (1258 words, 2 pages)

In the novel , we are informed of the living conditions, the issue of nutrition and health, the treatment of the slaves, and the long hours and the hard labor which they have to encounter as they journey to their destination of freedom. We also learn of the commitment and ... Read More

A Review of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1181 words, 2 pages)

Uncle Tom's Cabin, also called Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a realistic, although fictional view of slavery. The main characters in this story are Uncle Tom, Eliza and George Harris. Uncle Tom is a pious, trustworthy, slave. He never wrongs anyone and always ... Read More

A Review of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1194 words, 4 pages)

The book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was obviously a novel where thesetting was the major factor in the plot of the story. If this had takenplace in any other area, like Canada, there would not have even been asstory because slavery did not exist there. Therefore the South was theprime region ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “Totem” by Thomas King (742 words, 2 pages)

In the short story Totem by Thomas King, a totem pole causes substantial trouble for the employees at the Southwest Alberta Art Gallery and Prairie Museum. The author is here combining his choice of theme let it be, and the matter of the natives, to teach us that if we ... Read More

A Review of the Story, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by David Wisniewski (888 words, 2 pages)

Sundiata An Epic of Old Mali told the story of a crippled boy rising to be the most powerful king of Mali. Sundiata was considered to be even greater than Alexander the Great. Though Sundiata's wrath was great, he was considered to be a good ruler. By the same token, ... Read More

A Review of Ernest Hemingway’s Novel “The Sun Also Rises” (515 words, 2 pages)

In the novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes acouple who share a very strange and distant kind of love for each other.This story takes place immediately after World War I, a time of greathardship. This hardship results in a digression of values both morallyand socially. The love that ... Read More

A Review of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (680 words, 2 pages)

I cannot express to you how glad I am that I am taking this class. I amthoroughly enjoying Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises is one of the best books I'veread in quite a long time. For a while there, I was, for God knows what reason,taking Physics and Chemistry and ... Read More

A Review of Robert Stevenson’s Novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (348 words, 1 pages)

In the novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lois Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll is a and that is literally faced with his alter ego. The Dr becomes obsessed with this reflection and it ultimately destroys him. Many people have two different sides within themselves. These ... Read More

A Review of the Heart-Warming Story of “The Stone Angel” (1567 words, 5 pages)

is a heart-warming story of aninety year old woman who is nearing death and who has very little to lookback on with pride. Her life had been ruled by her concern of outwardappearances and manners. Although she often felt love and happiness, sherefused to show it fearing it may be ... Read More

A Review of the Book, The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle (316 words, 1 pages)

This story is about a women that asks for Shelock Holmes help because she belives that she is going to die like her sister that died two years before. She belives that her sister was either frightened to death or killed by gipsies. Because when this woman Helen found her ... Read More

A Review of William Faulkner’s Novel “The Sound and the Fury” (826 words, 2 pages)

In William Faulkner's novel, The Sound and the Fury, Caroline Compson focused directly upon appearances. Mrs. Compson never allowed herself to forget that her family wasn't as good as her husband's. Marrying into a higher class altered her perception of society. She searched for the acquisition of material objects in ... Read More

A Review of Stephen King’s Story “The Shining” (855 words, 1 pages)

Stephen King's The Shining is a story about a family, the Torrances who stay at Overlook Hotel for the winter season. The father, Jack Torrance takes his family (wife, Wendy and son, Danny) up to this remote hotel to work as a caretaker for the off season. Jack is a ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (224 words, 1 pages)

In the short story of the Secret World Of Walter Mitty. His life sucks.His wife uses him and picks on him. People around him put him down. And justabout everyone thinks he's a whimp, accept for him. Poor Mitty, his life willprobably always suck.His wife is always nagging him. She ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013