Category: Book Review

General Characteristics And Understanding Of Utopia More attempts to navigate a path through the ideal and real world in a hierarchy, depicting one’s desire for fulfilment and the pragmatic understanding that this Utopia is impossible. Thomas More’s conflicting interests between religion and politics in society becomes obvious throughout the novel as he raises concerns of…

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…

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…

Critical Essay on Sigfrieds Funny Story Sigfrieds Smelly Socks! by Len Foley is a funny story for children from 4 to 7 years old. A small boy Siegfried is trying to find out what’s stinking so bad about the book. Every page of it reveals a new answer to the question: where could the bad…

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…

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…

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…