Category: Book Review

Portrayal of Diasporic Double Consciousness in ‘Derek Walcott’ by Edward Baugh Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright who is well known for his contribution to literature in the Caribbean as he explored Caribbean culture. He was trained to become a painter but turned to write when he was young. He published…

Idea of Perseverance in Between a Rock and a Hard Place In late April of 2003, author Aron Ralston goes on a solo-hiking trip outside of Moab, Utah. After spending a portion of his day with two young women he meets on the hike, Ralston parts ways with the women and continues into Blue John…

The Value in the Mindset of a Champion: Analytical Essay In the book, Mindset, author Carol Dweck discusses the power behind peoples beliefs and how our beliefs can influence what we want and whether we succeed in getting it (Dweck, 2016). In each chapter, Dweck introduces a different mindset along with lessons on how we…

Harry Potter: Becoming a Vampire Without Being Bitten – The Narrative Collective-Assimilation Hypothesis Summary: Gabriel and Young (2011) designed a study to test three hypotheses. The first hypothesis they were testing if reading a passage from either Harry Potter will make participants become wizards or if reading Twilight will make participants become vampires. More specifically…

Sons and Lovers: A Short Summary of the Book The plot of the novel revolves around a twentieth-century English family pertaining to the working class, made up of a drunkard miner-father, Walter Morel, his wife, Gertrude Morel, and their children, Paul, William, Annie, and Arthur. It was the first novel to inspect in such detail…

Impact Of A Totalitarian State In The Handmaids Tale By Margaret Atwood And Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro With references to wider reading, explore and compare the impact of a totalitarian state in The Handmaids Tale (Margaret Atwood) and Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). In The Handmaids Tale and Never Let Me…

Reflective Essay on Cristina Henríquez’s ‘The Book of Unknown Americans’ When people of different cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds are living together, they tend to see themselves as a representation of a larger society. The Book of Unknown Americans tells a story about people coming from different countries to the United States. Every character moved to…

Reflections on Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s Book ‘When Breath Becomes Air’: Critical Essay Meaning, while a slippery concept, seemed inextricable from human relationships and moral values. Intending to find the meaning of life, 36-year-old Paul Kalanithi pursues a career and devotes his life to a neurosurgeon. But everything takes a turn when the doctor turns a…

Critical Essay on Jerry Spinelli’s Book Star-girl Stargirl is a novel by the author Jerry Spinelli. Jerry is an American writer that grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and he now lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He decided to become a writer at the age of 16 after a poem he wrote about sports was published in…

Wuthering Heights: Depiction Of A Gloomy Landscape And A Passionate Love Between The Main Characters Emily Brontës Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell. The novel follows Gothic and Romantic traditions of the time, complete with images of natural grandeur, literal and metaphorical sublimity, and elements of the supernatural. Throughout…