Category: Book Review

Black Female Body as a Living Historical Record in Octavia Butlers Kindred Octavia Butlers Kindred traces central protagonist, Dana Franklins genealogy by physically returning her to her slave past in antebellum Maryland. By deconstructing the body of the female slave Butler uses Danas body as the site for historical markings, so that she is literally…

Biological And Ethical Ideas In Never Let Me Go And The Handmaids Tale The restriction of self-expression, colour and language in The Handmaids Tale could be linked to Kathys interest in art and self-expression in her youthful years, which contradicts with her later loss of identity in Never Let Me Go. Ishiguros Never Let Me…

Essay on Imaginary Homeland Self-identity is a fascinating term for a human being. The quest for identity is an inevitable process in mans life. Humans though, established his self in economic soundness in the migrant land but, tracing ancestral rootedness and correlating oneself with ancestral inheritances enthralled human beings for their self-identity. An ancestral inheritance…

Inequality for All: Summary Essay Inequality is Killing the American Dream What kind of dreams has made people dream from four centuries ago till today? What kinds of dreams have been the most craved by people for 400 years? It is the American Dream. The American Dream can be traced back to the discovery of…

Teaching Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Essay Imperialism in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Imperialism refers to the extension of one countrys authority or control over another territory. Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart covers extensively the impact of colonization on Igbo society. The arrival of the British Missionaries in the 19th century caused…

To Kill a Mockingbird: Argumentative Essay The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a vast example of how life can replicate or reflect on literature. The Mimetic Theory is a literary theory in which theorists analyze and evaluate work as an imitation, reflection, or reflection of the world and human life. Mimetic…

To Kill a Mockingbird: Summary Essay To Kill a Mockingbird movie tells the childhood experiences of six-year-old Scout Finch during the Great Depression in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. The movie recounts a period for Finch when her father an attorney, defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Scout and…

The Topics Of Good And Evil In The Book Wuthering Heights Good and evil, despite being two very different and separate deeds, relate with each almost all the time. In essence, society needs one to appreciate the other. Typically, people only take note and appreciate the good in others only after encountering some evil from…

The Motivations Of The Characters In The Novel Wuthering Heights The actions and choices of characters in Wuthering Heights are often an attempt to raise their social status. This is clear in Catherines reason for marrying Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff, and the sense of revenge that overtakes Heathcliff in his adult life when he…

Into The Wild: Book And Movie Comparison Most people expect to see the best parts of a what they read when they go to see a movie that is based upon a book, but most of the time The book is better than the movie and this is precisely what happened with Into the Wild.…