Books Essays

1. The Transformation of Prospero In Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” the figure of Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, forms the key element of all actions and developments throughout the play. He incorporates absolute power over the other characters and generates the plot of the play almost uninfluenced. For an in-depth …

Fitzgerald not only condemns the American Dream but sets the death and downfall of the American Dream as the primary theme of the novel. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald deliberately makes all characters with money appear to be unhappy, dysfunctional, snobbish, and immoral, thus contradicting the stereotyped idea of the American …

Emma and Clueless, are two movies that illustrate Jane Austen’s novel entitled “Emma”. The stories illustrate the importance of self-development and personal growth by using the theme of social status and moral worth. The protagonists, Emma and Cher, are bound to transform from callow young adults to mentally and emotionally …

Writers are faced with decisions of the use of their diction to stimulate a reaction from the reader in order to increase his or her enjoyment of reading. If authors would choose their words poorly books would be boring and uninteresting. This explains why word choice is important for an …

American society was changing rapidly. Slavery was becoming more common in the South, and different areas and colonies had developed and adapted their own system of government. Breaking apart from Britain was the final step in a series of democratic actions. Without pursuing freedom, individual rights, and an obviously capitalistic …

Gilman’s perception of her “reality” and Chopin’s Calixta in “The Storm,” are women who just might have been suffering the same feeling’s of depression and routine. The only difference might be how they dealt with this depression. Gilman suffered from depression after the birth of her child, using this depression …

The stories “Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthorne and “The Man in the Black Suit” by King are very similar and touch upon many of the same key points in literature, including good versus evil and allegory. However, they do have their differences, which make each story unique and interesting. Both …

Bridget Jones’s Diary, written by Helen Fielding, is about Bridget Jones, a thirty-something ‘spinster’ who struggles to find exactly what she wants in life. Fielding’s text, famous for being the beginning of the chick-lit genre, deals with the contrast between the contemporary career woman and the traditional house-wife. Ultimately Bridget …

Rusty James- Rusty-James is a fourteen-year-old kid who feels he can achieve any thing in life with his fists. He is the number-one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny’s, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of …

The book “A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove” is about Carl Matt, this 15 year old boy has to grow up quickly due to his mother’s unexplained disappearance. He must also confront his fears and learn to cope with the tasks of life and being social. He has to learn to …