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A Review of Catherine Mackinnon’s Article on Pornography (304 words, 1 pages)

Synopsis In this article Catherine Mackinnon is speaking from her point of view on Pornography. In her article she uses political aspects to further her argument on pornography. She believes pornography is widely obscene, which illustrates women having less power than men. Mackinnon speaks about pornography being a more political ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Paths of Glory (399 words, 1 pages)

The recent film that we viewed was "Paths of Glory" Directed by Stanley Kubrick and Produced by James B. Harris and Stanley Kubrick and was released in 1957. This movie stars and was also produced by famous actor Kurt Douglas. The music was by Gerald Fred and cinematography is credited ... Read More

A Review of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Sonnet Ozymandias (595 words, 1 pages)

A traditional sonnet contains fourteen lines and follows one or several set rhyme schemes. However, not every sonnet follows these guidelines. There are two basic types of sonnets which are Italian and Shakespearean. A third type is Spenserian, which combines the two styles and is very rare. The sonnet "Ozymandias" ... Read More

Review of Ordinary Resurrections (1193 words, 2 pages)

Ordinary Resurrections What do the terms "rational" and "irrational" mean? Rational means sane or intelligent. Irrational is just the opposite. Some poor people do behave irrational as well as some rich people. People of lower economic class remain poor, not because of irrational choices, but many times because of limited ... Read More

A Review of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1349 words, 2 pages)

"Be kind everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." In the story of One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the people in the story are fighting their own hard battle. The person in this story that is fighting a hard battle is Ivan Denisovich. ... Read More

A Review of Old Man and the Sea (1452 words, 4 pages)

This part of the story has to do with Santiago against nature and the sea. In this part of the story, he goes out and fights nature in the form of terrible forces and dangerous creatures, among them, a marlin, sharks and hunger. He starts the story in a small ... Read More

A Review of Willa Cather’s Short Tale O Pioneers (1096 words, 3 pages)

Until the late eighteenth century, any land located beyond the Alleghany mountains was believed to be savage, uninhabited land. Thus, it became known as the American frontier. According to Turner, the definition of frontier means, 'the meeting point between savagery and civilization and a region of sparse settlement.' 1 With ... Read More

A Review of Donna Williams’s Book Nobody Nowhere (459 words, 1 pages)

The name of the book that I read was Nobody Nowhere, and the author was Donna Williams. The book was an autobiography about an autistic woman named Donna Williams. She basically tells you what life is like mentally, physically, and emotionally for her. She starts telling her story at the ... Read More

A Review of Nella Larsen’s Novel Passing (1990 words, 3 pages)

Explain the importance of the concluding scene of Passing to our understanding of the novella. Your response should do more than argue Irene killed Clare, it should explain how this result is forshadowed in the text. In other Words, your essay should be able to answer the larger question concerning ... Read More

A Review of Theodor Roethke’s Novel My Papa’s Waltz (1077 words, 2 pages)

In Theodor Roethke's 'My Papa's waltz' the reader finds a horrid experiance, the beating of a child by his father, which is told in a way of a romantic and beutifull dance - the waltz. The feeling one get from reading this poem is that the narrator, at least at ... Read More

Various Reviews of Literature Works (2298 words, 4 pages)

Concrete It starts off with Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and Fiance to Theseus discussing their wedding plans. They want the celebrations to the wedding in Athens to be in a good mood. Egeus, father of Hermia, and youth Lysander and Demetrius all come in ... Read More

A Review of Stephen Crane’s Novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1003 words, 2 pages)

America is known for being the "melting pot" of the world. This is because so many immigrants come here from all different places in the world, making America the most diverse country. Immigrants come here for many different reasons new job opportunities, religious and political freedom, and wealth. What they ... Read More

A Review of Gabriel Marquez’s LTC (657 words, 1 pages)

Entry 1 In LTC, Gabriel Marquez explores the world of a man who is desperately in love with another woman. Florentino Ariza is in love with Fermina. They once met when they were young and at first Fermina falls in love with him. However Fermina eventually marries the Doctor. For ... Read More

A Review of the Story of Narcissus and Goldmund (1227 words, 4 pages)

Defining the word love is almost impossible. No other word in the English language has so many different connotations and uses. There can be no one true single definition. However, for the purpose of this paper, I have come to the following conclusion. Love is an intense emotion, characterized by ... Read More

A Review of Fritz Lang’s Movie M (534 words, 1 pages)

In the film M, by Fritz Lang, a child murderer is killing little girls in a large German city. People are fearing for their children. The same way a modern serial killer instills fear in todays society. Peter Lorre plays this lone, psychotic murderer. He is caught at the conclusion ... Read More

A Review of the Passage from the Book Lord of the Flies (719 words, 1 pages)

In the following passages, we are exposed to the efforts of Ralph to diminish the segregation of the boys, whilst still being in the presence of evil. The skull of the beast is a symbol of the strong innate evil that still exists on the island amongst the boys and ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Lord of the Flies (1314 words, 2 pages)

This quote describes the life faced by the characters stranded on an isolated island, in the 1963 film, Lord of the Flies. It portrays the suffering and distress experienced on the island, as ghastly and horrific as 'the horror of non-being", or death. The film is about a group of ... Read More

A Review of the Book Journals (429 words, 1 pages)

The book which I was currently reading is called Journals. Journals is just photographs taken of the journals that Kurt Cobain wrote. They had found over two dozen of his journals in a safe and they got them out and then published them into one big book. Kurt Cobain already ... Read More

A Review of the Novel Jane Eyre (1118 words, 2 pages)

The novel "Jane Eyre" has been a book of many generations. It is very well written for the time it was portrayed. The sorrow and defeats a person goes through in their life is brought to the surface in "Jane Eyre", causing this novel to be a great book for ... Read More

A Review of Skip Ewing’s Poem It Wasn’t His Child (336 words, 1 pages)

The poem "It Wasn't His Child," by Skip Ewing, is not only a good song, but it conveys a very important message as well. A man does not need to be a biological paternal figure to a child in order to be a father. The word father has a deeper ... Read More

A Review of Barbara Michael’s Into the Darkness (577 words, 1 pages)

Michaels, Barbara. Into The Darkness. New York, NY Simon Schuster Inc., 1990 Let me tell you a story about a woman named Meg Venturi. She was born in Sedon, a small New England town. Her Grandfather Daniel Mignot, a roguish and mysterious founder of a majestic empire, died after a ... Read More

A Review of Christopher A. Darden’s Book In Contempt (1057 words, 2 pages)

This report is based upon the book In Contempt, written by Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter. This book is published by Regan Books an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers and is copyrighted 1996 by Christopher A. Darden. Introduction of the Author The book In Contempt was written by Christopher ... Read More

A Review of the Book Guitar Highway Rose (1652 words, 3 pages)

The storyline The book "Guitar Highway Rose" talks about teenage rebellion, their experiences, relationships and thoughts about everyday life. Asher and Rosie are both fifteen and are the central characters in this narrative. Rosie and her mother can at times not want to look at each other. Her mum thinks ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Gattaca (776 words, 1 pages)

Set in the not-to-distant future, the film "Gattaca" gives us a chilling yet eye opening glimpse of life bound by DNA. Children are perfected by genetic manipulation before birth and then born into a prejudiced society where DNA determines your social standing. The director, Andrew Niccol successfully expresses a bold ... Read More

A Review of Scorsese’s Gangs of New York (594 words, 1 pages)

Hype machines be damned. Forget the rumors of derision behind the scenes, forget the cost over-runs and lack of onscreen chemistry between two of the leading actors. Forget that Miramax and Harvey Weinstein had anything whatsoever to do with cutting, budgeting or otherwise exercising creative control over the finished product. ... Read More

Book Review of Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein (1281 words, 3 pages)

Title of Work Frankenstein Author and Date written Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1818 Country of Author London, England Characters Major Robert Walton- A man of strong resolve, Walton is the captain of a ship sailing towards the North Pole. Absolutely amazed by its awesome power, Robert Walton makes it his objective ... Read More

A Book Review (703 words, 3 pages)

The book starts off with Ender getting his monitor off. A monitor is something that they but on the back of these peoples necks to see if they are a good candidate to be a general to fight the buggers. The buggers are aliens. Well, since he is not monitored ... Read More

A Review of Jacob Abbott’s Biography Elizabeth I (1108 words, 2 pages)

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I by Jacob Abbott is the biographical account of Queen Elizabeth I. The story follows the birth, childhood, reign, and death of England's beloved Virgin Queen. King Henry VIII of England is known best for his six wives (three Catherines, two Annes, and a Jane), the most ... Read More

A Review of Steinbeck’ Book East of Eden (765 words, 1 pages)

According to today a father's love is unconditional, a father loves his child because heshe is his child. In East of Eden, Steinbeck chooses to represent a father's love as conditional. A father's love must be competed for and literally won. This type of love is represented by one family ... Read More

A Review of Mordecai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (684 words, 1 pages)

The Art of a Friendship Duddy Kravitz Style "A man without land is nobody", and with these words Duddy sets out on his quest. The novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler is about a young man who, after hearing those words, from his grandfather, goes throughout life ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013