Books Essays

Setting the Mood in Greasy Lake “Greasy Lake” is a short story that gradually unfolds as the narrator’s night on the town suddenly goes from bad to worse. It all begins when the three “bad characters” mistake a car at Greasy Lake for one of their friends. Although the three …

Paul, more than any other New Testament writer links the concept of the Spirit indwelt believer, with the day to day living and empowering of the Christian life. As Paige muses, “Christians who were formerly alienated from God have not simply been entered into the heavenly register of the redeemed; …

In all great novels besides telling the normal story, the author tries to express something else. This something else would be known as the theme. The theme in Dickens A Tale of Two Cities would be Resurrection, or “recalled to life”. When receiving the message from Jerry Cruncher, Mr. Lorry …

The spiritual ideas of Buddhism and Hinduism are very interesting but often hard to grasp. In the novel Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse, these ideas are the basis for many likes and dislikes. It is a story about a young Hindu boy who rejects the beliefs of everyone he knows and …

Psychoanalytical criticism focuses on the characters, symbols, and images in a literary work to decipher meanings and to gain an insight into the mind of the author. The terminology used is typically Freudian, even though Freud has fallen into disfavor in the world of behavioral sciences. This current disaffection does …

The universal appeal of Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet is based upon the realistic personalities of the two main characters. Although they have flaws, many people connect with the young lovers, their unrepressed emotions, and their tragedy. For this reason, both Romeo and Juliet’s characters lead to their misfortunes and their deaths. …

Perspectives of Marriage In Literary Work In A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen, and in Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice marriage is a major theme. It is a theme not always about love but about money, appearance, and self worth. This theme of marriage directly ties these two stories together …

When we discussed The Great Gatsby in class, most of us agreed that we enjoyed reading the book. However, when asked why we thought it is so popular and widely examined and debated in literary circles, nobody seemed to have an answer. There is a mysterious attraction to the story …

The story Candide written by Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire is an amazing novella that exploits many of the world’s problems through clever use of satire. If viewed one way it may seem to be mean yet humorous. Instructive and satiric is another this story can be viewed. Voltaire uses many …

Do not judge a book by its cover. One must read the book in its entirety to appreciate the story, and fully comprehend its meaning. The character of Lennie Small in the novel, Of Mice and Men, can be compared to a book; it is easy to judge Lennie by …