Category: Book Review

Essay on The House on Mango Street: Critical Analysis Essay The initial colloquial tone and antiliterary voice that pervades Sandra Cisneros`s The House on Mango Street is a deceiving ruse that initially conceals a narrative that employs its voice to question longstanding societal structures and hierarchies. The narrative voice of Esperanza reflects her own personal…

The Topics Of Choice And Luck In The Book The Other Wes Moore In the book, The Other Wes Moore, the author elaborates how two men that are born into a similar position – broken and underrepresented backgrounds, share similar discriminations, exposure to violence, and have identical names. The difference among the men is how…

Life of Pi’ Book Review Essay The author Yann Martel once said that he wrote Life of Pi to find direction and purpose for life (). And this point  the ultimate exploration of the meaning of life  distinguishes Pi’s story from other stories like Robinson’s. The symbolic expression of the personal belief system…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: Critical Analysis Essay The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman is based on a true story that involves the collision of American and Hmong cultures. Hmong medicine consists of herbs and shamanism, a practice that interacts with the spiritual world. Meanwhile, Western medicine…

The Ideas Of Change And Loss In Never Let Me Go The dystopian scientific novel written by Kazuo Ishiguro serves as a testament to the power of memory. Throughout the novel, the protagonist Kathy confronts her life’s losses by preserving her memories of her life at Hailsham and friends Tommy and Ruth after their death.…

The Wizard of Oz: Critical Analysis Essay When I was four years old I decided to go as the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz for Halloween. I wobbled around my room spinning and leaping, pretending my legs were made of straw. I convinced my babysitter to teach me and my brothers how to do…

Reflective Essay on J.D. Vance’s Memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis and Its Main Themes J.D. Vance was born in Jackson, KY, the county seat of Breathitt County. His family had to make the choice of whether to stay in the hills and try to make a living or…

The Twilight Saga and Its Cultural Value In this article, I’m going to delve into the complexity of one of the most famous love triangles of all time. Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga has real cultural value, especially considering the film adaptation. The films explore many major themes in and out of production, including feminism,…

Persepolis’ Book Review Essay Part 1 of the book Persepolis starts just after the Iranian Revolution that took place in 1979, which caused the downfall of the Western country-backed dictator known as the Shah of Iran. This led to the rise of the Islamic Republic which oppressed and marginalized the major secular groups and groups…

What Is The Book The Perks Of Being A Wallflower About? The book is about a quirky fifteen year old called Charlie and his first year of high school. Something traumatic occurs to Charlie and he becomes anxious about starting high school. When Charlie starts high school, he begins to write letters to a person…