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A Review of the Black Holes in the Universe (3088 words, 8 pages)

Every day we look out upon the night sky, wondering and dreaming of what lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders, our ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Book Review of the Color of Water (1052 words, 2 pages)

Phillip SouzekSusan VervaetEnglish 111 Section (06)September 27, 2000The Color of Water Book ReviewIn this memoir, the author chooses to have two narrators, himself as one, and his mother as the other. This style makes for quite an interesting story, skipping back and forth in time, from the childs life, to ... Read More

Character Review on The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1064 words, 2 pages)

In the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Willy is both sympathized with and looked down upon throughout the story. Willy is a very complex character with problems and faults that gain both sympathy and also turn the reader off to him. Willy Loman is both the protagonist ... Read More

A Review of the Novel A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee William (952 words, 2 pages)

Tennessee Williams novel, A Streetcar Named Desire, is the story of the brutish Stanley Kowalski and his meek wife Stella, a New Orleans couple whose lives are turned upside down with the arrival of Stella's neurotic, Southern belle sister Blanche who is immediately drawn into a battle of wills with ... Read More

Book Review about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (964 words, 2 pages)

Harry Potters Development of FriendshipsThe novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling, is a story about an orphan named Harry Potter who is sent to live with his relatives, the Dursleys. For the first ten years of his life, Harry is hated and ignored by his Aunt ... Read More

A Review of Transcendentalism in Today’s Society (1104 words, 2 pages)

Transcendentalism Today Transcendentalism is a philosophy that declares the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and hypothetical beliefs. It focuses on non-conformity, optimism and passive civil disobedience. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were models of these ideas. They focused on the fact that you should ... Read More

The Review of Langston Hughes Poetry (1069 words, 2 pages)

Langston Hughes Poetry to the PeopleI had been a writer who wrote mostly because, when I felt bad, writing kept me from feeling worse it out my inner emotions into exterior form, and gave me an outlet for words that never came in conversation.-Langston HughesDuring his lifetime as the "poet ... Read More

Review on Edgar Allan Poe’s Writing Styles (1184 words, 4 pages)

Poes Writing StylesThe short story writer, which I have chosen to write about, is Edgar Allen Poe. After reading one of his works in class, I realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. Although many critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I think that ... Read More

A Review of the American Dream Concept (1184 words, 5 pages)

The American Dream What is the American Dream? Is it fame? Is it fortune? President FranklinRoosevelt explained the American Dream as freedom of speech, freedom ofreligion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. (AAC) I think that theAmerican Dream is different for everyone. It is simply the urge for a ... Read More

A Review of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (2455 words, 9 pages)

Of Mice and Men By John Stienbeck In the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two man tribe, despite Lennies intimidating size. George is ... Read More

A Review of the Movie Based on Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1025 words, 2 pages)

Sin or SaintThe Scarlet Letter is a highly sexual movie remake of Nathaniel Hawthornes classic novel. Starring Demi Moore as Hester Prynne, Gary Oldman as Arthur Dimmesdale and Robert Duvall as Roger Chillingworth. The movie is in a league of its own and thats not really a compliment. Literary purists ... Read More

A Review of Sweet Whispers Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (873 words, 2 pages)

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, by Virginia Hamilton, was first published in 1982. The estimated reading level for this book is twelve years old and up. Some of the issues examined in the book, such as child abuse, disease, and drug use, will be better understood by junior high age students. ... Read More

A Review of An Essential Emotion (881 words, 3 pages)

An Essential EmotionObstacles appear whenever an individuals attempts to accomplish any goal. The majorityof these obstacles can be overcome nevertheless, there are some hurdles in life which are nowand will never be able to be mastered. Gene Garrison from Robert Andersons I Never Sang forMy Father strives to conquer his ... Read More

A Review of the Two Different Stories of Hazel Motes and Enoch Emery (916 words, 2 pages)

I am not sure how to react to the novel after reading it. It has been a very confusing novel I am not quite sure what it is saying about religion. Initially I thought that it was supporting an anti-religious aspect of life. However, the end of the novel presented ... Read More

A Review of Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (836 words, 1 pages)

Having read The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter once before, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the short story. With more understanding of the story now, it is much easier to consider the how Grannys actions are acceptable rather than rash at times. ... Read More

A Review of the Changes in the Nature of American Retailing Market in the past 20 Years (731 words, 2 pages)

The Lowest Price. AlwaysOver the past 20 years, the nature of the American retailing market has changed dramatically, going from Mom and Pop's boutiques to mega retail stores like Wal-Mart. Especially in the last decade, Sam Walton's discount stores have proliferated in almost every city across the United States and ... Read More

A Review of Mansfield’s Story “Miss Brill” (856 words, 2 pages)

In the Bedford Introduction to Literature, Characterization is defined as "... the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader"(2126). In order to do this a writer has multiple tools at their disposal that add to the depth of a character and simplify roles in ... Read More

A Review of the William Shakespeare’s Romantic Comedy “Twelfth Night” (719 words, 1 pages)

Twelfth Night, or What You WillWith Twelfth Night, Shakespeare provides us with an extravagantly farfetched and thoroughly entertaining romantic comedy. He goes to all extremes to make this play unpredictable and unconventional, while staying within the boundaries of earlier romantic comedy enough to make this his most exaggerated, supreme romantic ... Read More

A Review of the Puritan Utopian Society In Colonial America in the 1600s (608 words, 2 pages)

Towards the late 1600s and early 1700s, the Puritan utopian society which had been established in the colonial America began to deteriorate. This was a result of many factors, but is generally considered to be the result of a failed experiment in sict applied theology. One of the early symptoms ... Read More

A Review of the Episode of the Star Wars (692 words, 3 pages)

MY STAR WARS EPISODE 1REVIEWCHARLES SANFORD ENG. 11As I sat in the huge theater awaiting the movie that I had been awaiting so long to see, seen so many trailers before just about every other movie released this year. The previews before this movie seemed ten times more boring than ... Read More

A Review of Selina and Gordon’s Relationship in A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata (686 words, 1 pages)

In her novel, A Patch of Blue, Elizabeth Kata tells a story of Selina, an eighteen year old blind girl who meets and develops a relationship with Gordon, an older black man. Gordon helps Selina realize many hopes and dreams, though not without some drawbacks.One of the disadvantages of Selina ... Read More

A Review of the Book “A Civil Action” and Its Dramatization of the 1986 Environmental Trial (636 words, 1 pages)

A Civil ActionA Civil Action is a story about a personal injury case involving the people of Woburn, Massachusetts. This book is based on a true story told from the plaintiff lawyers perspective. This book dramatizes a complex environmental trial in 1986 in Woburn, Massachusetts. This was a lawsuit against ... Read More

A Review of the Play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (689 words, 3 pages)

Twelve Angry MenThe play Twelve Angry Men, By Reginald Rose, is a play about 12 jurors that in anuncomfortable room have to discuss a life and death case about a boy that is accused or killinghis father. the jurors do not really know eachother to talk to and wish they ... Read More

A Review of the Seven Deadly Sins of Fantasy (747 words, 2 pages)

Seven Deadly Sins of FantasyImagination is the key to the universe. In order for one to use it, they may create a world of their own. Fantasy literature uses imagination as its key source, and everyday life as its secondary. Not one element can bring a piece of the art ... Read More

A Review the Effect of Ones Choices in Life as Portrayed in The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (715 words, 1 pages)

Who Needs Directions?In his poem "The Road Not Taken" Frost's theme is about how the choices one makes affect life. When we come to a fork in the road, a decision needs to be made. Both paths are different and choosing the right one if there is a right one ... Read More

A Review of the Factors the Lead to Racial Discrimination (662 words, 1 pages)

Prejudice is the negative attitude based on false generalizations about members of different racial and ethnic groups. From prejudice, discrimination is born. We all are guilty of discriminating other people, but one can only speculate the factors that bring about this hatred towards one another. Although a single cause cannot ... Read More

A Review of the Film Ghostbusters Produced in 1984 (668 words, 1 pages)

I Aint Afraid of no Ghost!The true test of a films greatness is time. The 1984 science-fictioncomedy classic, Ghostbusters, has stood the test of time, producing both a sequel (in 1989) and a hit cartoon series. Ghostbusters is the story of three offbeat scientists interested in paranormal matters Peter Venkman ... Read More

A Review of the English Language and Literature in the Middle Ages (650 words, 3 pages)

English Language and Literature in the Middle AgesEnglish Society of the Middle Ages saw many developments and new trends, butnone so plainly as the developments witnessed in the Language and Literature of that time.It began with the Norman Conquest eloquent french words substituted for the harshsaxon equivalents, primarily in the ... Read More

A Plot Review of Beowulf and Grendel a Tale for the Ages (722 words, 2 pages)

Beowulf and Grendel a Tale for the Ages Born just miles apart from one another, who would have known that these former boyhood neighbors would grow to become the fiercest rivals during the entire Middle Ages. Born to an aristocratic family in a large castle on the hillsides of England, ... Read More

A Review of Orsino’s Mistakes in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (684 words, 2 pages)

Orsinos MistakesWilliam Shakespeares Twelfth Night depicts the trials and faults of several characters loves. There are many downfalls and unrequited loves, and the story basically ends up in a confusing love triangle. He especially shows the many quirks of Orsino in his quest for winning the true love of Olivia. ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013