Books Essays

            The Apocrypha pertains to the collection of writings of indecisive validity or texts where the authorship is inquired (Desilva). The term apocrypha, in Judeo-Christian Theology, pertains to any compilation of scriptural writings that falls remote from the traditional and conventional standard.  Since various quantities or values holds a range …

The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, jumping back and forth between McCandless’s time spent in Alaskan wilderness and his two-year travels leading up to his journey to Alaska. The plot summary here is told in a more chronological order. In May 1992, Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) arrives in …

Jane Austen is at a considerable skill in constructing her plots. The plot of the novel ‘pride and prejudice’ turns on the development of love between Darcy and Elizabeth and its final culmination in marriage Jane Austen has shown remarkable dramatic scene in exhibiting the different stages of growth of …

In the film “The Secret Life of Bees” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood an important idea was motherhood. It was the strongest idea in the film and can be described as the linkage of the story. It showed you the effects of guilt and the importance of love and home. Lily …

Obama mentions the book Heart of Darkness several times in the book, suggesting possibly that the context within which events are occurring in the book is colonialism. Heart of Darkness was written by Joseph Conrad at a time when European colonialism was at its height, invading and occupying large parts …

The meaning of Moupassant’s “The Necklace” is that one should not fall into the trap of wishing for better things and not recognizing what one has to be thankful for. Moupassant uses the main character, Mme. Loisel, to illustrate this point as she struggles with her self-image and her desire …

I never saw a man’s face change from lively to severe so suddenly in all my life before….. I was very cold when I got back into the boat, and, in my hurry to get my shirt on, I accidentally jerked it into the water. It made me awfully wild, …

            Mark Twain and Athol Fugard wrote the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the play, Master Harold and the Boys, which are parallel stories.  Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, is set in the United State during the time before the Civil War while Fugard’s Master Harold is set during the …

In the book, “The Adventures of Blue Avenger,” the main conflict of the main character stems from his father’s death. He is trying to cope up with the death of his father and he seeks ways to overcome come his grief. This grief and bitterness over the loss of his …

Mystic Don Miguel Ruiz (1997) brings his reader into another dimension as he explores the profound and unfathomable terrain of freedom and happiness. In a world wherein pain and suffering are inevitable, Don Miguez Ruiz (1997) comes up with a “survival kit” geared to honing the warrior in every individual …