Books Essays

In Guy De Maupassant’s The Necklace, we learn about Parisian society from the perspective of the life and hardship of Madame Loisel.  The struggle this woman goes through is the result of a society based upon social class, and the lifestyle that results from economic oppression.  Our daily lives are …

Overview The meaning of American Democracy (Shapiro 2005) talks about the normative requirements of democracy in America such as procedural or institutional democracy; substantive democracy; and protections of the individual rights and liberties of the people. This is being done by investigating the recent events such as the elections and …

            This is one of the most important books concerning the study and the complete understanding of globalization, what it is, how it works, and in what way it affects the lives and the conditions of people all around the planet.             According to the author, the world is now …

Edward P. Jones’s novel illustrates the story across the span of many years, revealing the world of slavery through its many disagreements and its cost of humanity and lives. Jone’s perspective has the same effect in this book about slavery, property, freedom and family, all in a most unusual setting. …

“Salvation” was written by Langston Hughes. This story is about when Hughes going on thirteen, he was saved from sin. However, his not really saved. Church had had a special meeting for children. The meeting was about to bring the young sinner who had not yet been brought to Jesus. …

“I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such moving wonder, such a luminous dignity”. With these words, James Baldwin, who mentored and motivated Maya Angelou to write her autobiographical novel, I Know Why The Caged Bird …

Although “The Great Gatsby” is filled with multiple themes such as love, money, order, reality, illusion and immorality, no one would probably deny that the predominate one focuses on the American Dream and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its illusionary goals. The attempt to capture the American …

Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece “The Great Gatsby” This novel on the surface looks as if it is about a tragic romantic story of lost love between a man Jay Gatsby and a woman, Daisy Buchanan. But it involves a much larger less romantic aspect. The novel takes place over a few …

Jay Gatsby is a tragic figure.  His singular flaw is his abiding and overwhelming adoration of Daisy, a woman who in the end proves pathetically undeserving of his devotion.             Jay Gatsby is a contradictory character.  On the one hand, he describes his past to Nick Carroway in terms that …

A classic piece of literature becomes a classic when it is able to traverse artistic, historical and scientific realms in an integrative and entertaining manner. “The Lottery” is one such piece of literature that continuous to hold debates among its readers. “While most critics concede that it was Jackson’s intention …