Books Essays

In “The Scarlet Letter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays the hypocrisy of the Puritan society of the seventeenth century with the story of the downfall and redemption of Hester Prynne. The hypocritical Puritan society punishes Hester for committing adultery. However, in her own mind, she does not see her actions as a …

Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities” is a story of intricately woven plot lines driven by intriguing characters. The female characters are often primary forces in driving the other players and advancing the plot. It’s been said that Dickens uses the women in his story to somewhat questionable …

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about the decisions that a person makes in life and how it affects their life. Frost uses nature to express this, which is a characteristic of romanticism. The poem first starts off with a mood of regret which then switches to satisfaction …

There are many ways a person can be a hero; sometime it is the main character of the book, sometime it could just be an average person passing by. In Mr.Golding’s book Lord of the Flies, Ralph is being portrayed as a leader and a hero. In my mind as …

No matter how bleak they seem, all plays end in hope. Discuss how true this statement is of a non-Shakespearean play you have studied. What is hope? To place one’s confidence in the belief that something better will be obtained. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller is a play in which …

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Today’s society is built upon the values of freedom, independence and the natural rights of man. Many of our fore fathers died building this base upon which these …

“A Kind of Revolution” is an article written by Howard Zinn. I found the article from “A People’s History of the United States”. Howard Zinn claims to show a series of controversial facts about the Constitution and how it ultimately contributed to the failure of the union because of the …

The use of guilt is an effective tool as a means of controlling people. By instilling a sense that one is responsible for certain deeds and actions, it makes that individual seemed tied down. In George Orwell’s “Such, Such Were the Joys …”, the schoolmasters utilize this emotion as a …

A symbiotic relationship is a relationship in which two people rely on each other for something beneficial. A symbiotic relationship exists between George and Lennie, and is demonstrated throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men. However, other characters in the novel do not have symbiotic relationships. Since these characters do …

Communism follows the ideology of Karl Marx. It is a way of leading a country completely opposing the capitalist view of private ownership and free market. In Communism, the State owns everything and controls markets strictly. Marx had the idea that after implementing the ideology, the State and social classes …