Books Essays

Getting used to punishment The book, The Stranger, was written by Albert Camus and was based on the Myth of Sisyphus, and thus these two books share many similarities and also contain many differences. In the Myth of Sisyphus, Sisyphus was eternally condemned by the gods to push a rock …

Reality The two stories “Araby” and “Young Goodman Brown” have many points in common as well as differences. These stories deal with the realization of growing up or realization of the truth. James Joyce shows the maturing of a young boy into a man. Nathan Hawthorne tells about a man …

Compapare “Everyday Use” and the “Prodical Son” The stories, Everyday Use and The Prodigal Son, comparatively illustrate themes of jealousy and ungratefulness between siblings. From Biblical to present day times siblings have been fighting over material possessions. It is easy for people to get material possessions confused with love. They …

Although I thought they were two very different movies. To my surprise, ‘Grease’ and ‘The Outsiders’ do have some very similar characteristics. Even though the genres are different, they have similar themes. Not surprisingly, sound and lighting had almost no similarities. However; camerawork is very similar at various points of …

Joyce’s ‘Eveline’ is a story about a young woman who was unhappy with her life so decides to run off with a man whom she fell in love with. The plot of the story is a quest-like search for the love she doesn’t feel with her father. The writer spreads …

In his story of the Rip Van Winkle, Irving used his unique style of diction, which also developed a contrast between before and after the climax of the story. The major change of scene in the story takes place after Rip takes his nap in the mountains and there is …

This story has two separate social classes that each one of these characters come from, Catherine Earnshaw Linton who grew up in a middle class English countryside cottage called Wuthering Heights, Isabella Linton Heathcliff who grew up in an upper class English society in a mansion called Thrushcross Grange. The …

-In what ways can “A Sentimental Journey” be seen as a sentimental novel or a dramatization of the importance of sensibility? Laurence Sterne’s travel-book, which is called “A Sentimental Journey”, was written in 1765 and in this book the author describes his travels through France and Italy from a different …

In “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath the main character, Esther Greenwood, sinks into depression during the summer after her third year of college. There are many factors and components that cause this to happen to Esther. The social restrictions placed upon women of her time, her own insecurities over …

In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Antigone chooses to abide by the laws of the Gods rather than the precepts of the mortals. Although Antigone’s actions were rash and often disputable, she does the right thing by deciding to follow her individual conscience rather than obeying the laws of the …