Books Essays

The Scarlet Letter is a book that centralizes on the importance of being true to one’s feelings. Because the main characters of the novel were not true to their feelings, a long series of conflicts arise from the situation. Internal conflicts of admitting guilt or sin trouble most of the …

Everyone wants to be in love, but very few people know what it means. When someone sees another person he or she is attracted to he or she may think “Oh, my God, I’m in love” but is it real love or just simple infatuation? There is a great difference …

Movie productions that are based on novels are usually different and that goes for the movie, Lord of the Flies, as well, which is based on the novel of the same title by William Golding. In the novel, the author captures the readers’ attention by the descriptive and provocative plot, …

In “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Reeve’s Tale” from The Canterbury Tales, two of the characters are easily comparable. Nicholas, from “The Miller’s Tale”, and John from “The Reeve’s Tale”, have both common ground as well as some differences in their role and action in each story. Their actions are …

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a classic piece wherein pilgrims tell tales during their journey to a holy shrine in Canterbury. A Knight and Miller are two of the pilgrims. Chaucer gives personality to each character wherein a drunken Miller can tell a tale that is full of …

In Chausers “Canterbury Tales” he shows his dislike for certain characters by the way he describes their physical appearance and the way they act towards other people and the way they act in more personal aspects. Chaucer was not reprimanded for talking about people he did because he did it …

Through information given by Chaucer that is implied and stated directly throughout the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” Chaucer gives the impression that The Wife of Bath is a deviant woman. Chaucer states directly and implies his thoughts in the prologue relating to The Wife of Bath’s physical appearance, her …

When two daughters are raised alike yet live differently, there is a fine line of distinction between the traits and aspirations of the two, as Alice Walker drew portraits of three women in a family in “Everyday Use”. Maggie Johnson was the youngest of the two daughters, and her older …

The human need to have our mother near is the theory that is expressed in chapter one. Chapter one goes through a time line of how we, as humans, came across this theory. The author tends to talk about and describe how as babies the basic need to have mother …

In The Princess Bride, the narrative hook comes within the first few pages of the novel when we find out that Westley, Buttercup’s lover, will be going on a voyage to find his fortune. Buttercup tells him that she fears she will never see him again, enticing the reader. Soon …