Books Essays

Throughout the essays of The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois writes with a fierce, didactic tone that embodies the spirit of the African American during the beginning of the twentieth century. There are also moments of an almost soft, narrative that doesn’t only show the soul of Du …

The novel 1984 has left a lasting impact in the literary world. Though the year in which the book takes place has come and gone, the book can still warn of a future that could come. In all reality, the book could be titled 2100 and have the same plot …

The excerpt in autobiography, One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty focuses on the experience the author had in going to the library. Welty uses many descriptive and metaphorical languages to convey the intensity of the experience in the library and the value of the incident. Welty first utilizes her figurative …

John A. Moretta, a history teacher at the University of Houston, wrote the book William Penn and the Quaker Legacy which was a biography that told the tale of William Penn but reminded its readers that Penn was a legend and hero according to http://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/john-moretta.php According to Moretta, Penn produced …

Denzel Washington may have over a million Oscars and over a hundred leading roles, but even his greatness could not save the sad production that is “The Book of Eli.” “The Book of Eli” is the action/adventure of a man named Eli who is in the possession of the last …

Boy! This crumby forest filled with little girls in goddam red hoods. Who wears a red hood in the forest? No one, that’s who. I’m the wolf in this forest. No one ever comes through here except for some wild dogs or squirrels. Those squirrels just kill me! They jump …

The Brice family was referred to family therapy by a noted child psychiatrist. The psychiatrist was working with the teenage daughter, Claudia, for about 6 months. He felt that she was getting worse alternatively he referred the entire family to therapy. The family was hesitant to participate in family therapy. …

While both Athens and Sparta’s population growth and economic development caused political and social problems, Athenians relieved tension by creating a democracy government and Sparta created a government based off of military means. Sparta’s population and economic growth caused overpopulated city-states and land hunger. They reduced this problem with helots, …

Dear John is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Published on August 7th, 2007, with over 3 million books sold, Sony Pictures turned Dear John into a movie starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Dear John takes place in the year 2000 to 2006, after John re-enlists after 9/11. Dear …

What would you do if one day you didn’t have your Miranda rights read to you when you were getting arrested? In 1787 a group of delegates for 12 of the 13 states go together to try to better the country. The constitution was mainly written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It …