Books Essays

The color yellow can be interpreted in both positive and negative ways. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby is described by the color yellow multiple times to portray how he is rich and corrupt. Gatsby is also described as “new rich” and near the end of the book we find out …

It was the day before Christmas when Della was walking through the shopping mall. She had recently been fired from her job at the KIA plant because she was blamed for something she did not do. She wanted to get her husband Jim something really nice for Christmas. Della looked …

Eugene is a complex and fascinating character, whose shadow falls strongly on his wife and children. Born during the colonial period in Nigeria, he was raised by priests and left his country to study in England. Publicly, he is praised for his courageous stand against the military regime in Nigeria …

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. This verse single-handedly sums up the reason Christians are to give. We are to give because…..God loves a cheerful giver. When Christians freely give, with a …

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, a selfish and careless woman, is the person with whom Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, is infatuated. When Gatsby first met her, she was a rich girl and he was just any other guy. To him, she was a goddess, and amazing woman …

Ernest Hemingway uses symbols found in dialogue and setting to reveal that making decisions requires a great deal of thought, and can sometimes not be mutual between couples. The theme for this story I feel is communication. Clearly they are arguing about something that is of somewhat great importance to …

Conflict is not something that can be avoided, especially in fiction. In fact, conflict is the main purpose of how a story came to be – without conflict, there will be no story. As quoted from Peder Hill (n.d.), “Its the primary ingredient that weaves together all the other elements …

Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal, using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony, dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout, the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering …

The film demonstrates the concept of time and changes from the beginning of his reign, from being dismissed from his position, from having a well spend life, from being a puppet under the Japanese, brought to be imprisoned and after being release back to public life, he ended working as …

The opening chapter is effective because it introduces the different characters, especially the main characters and the themes that are in the book such as power. It also gives subtle hints of what is to come as the story unfolds due to events that occur in the first chapter. Piggy, …