Books Essays

Do labor-intensive jobs really empower and liberate women? Is it just a ploy of multinational firms to take advantage of the status of women in third world countries? These are the questions raised by Annette Fuentes and Ehrenreich in their book, “Women in the Global Factory.” The book discusses the …

The first discovery in chemistry, the discovery of oxygen by Joseph Priestley in the 1770s, started when scientists searched for “new air”” known as gas. Later, Antoine Lavoisier named it oxygen and described its role. The next discovery was the atomic theory by John Dalton, who at first called the …

In the book 1984, George Orwell creates an intriguing novel about his predictions of the future using many literary elements. The novel 1984 uses many literary elements to create an image of a dystopian society throughout the book. Orwell uses literary elements like symbolism and allegory throughout the book, helping …

            Nella Larsen’s book Passing examines the role of African American females and their identities in society.  The way in which these identities mutate, shift, become a camouflage in society is something that is intriguing on both a sociological as well as psychological level.  In Brody’s examination of these elements …

It is often an authors perception of a novel that he is creating that shapes the main character of a literary work. The title of a book is the way he focuses all readers in to what is truly important. Like most other authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a title, …

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens portrays many views on how power corrupts the minds of the rich and the poor. Dickens displays his disgust toward both sides. As it shows throughout the novel, power does corrupt the minds of all types of people, but there are a …

Abigail Williams from the play, The Crucible, is a vicious antagonist .She would stop at nothing to attain her demented goals. In another writer’s hands, Abby could have been portrayed in a sympathetic light. After all, she is under age and has been sleeping with a supposedly honorable man thirteen …

“Little souls who thirst for fight, these men were born to drill and die” (Crane 7-8). Stephen Crane’s poem acknowledges the fact that many soldiers in the war have fought for survival, dehumanized, and lost lives for their country. Many propose the idea that war is not necessary and that …

The American Revolution, French Revolution, and Russian Revolution are known as the three great revolutions in world civilization. There are many things that relate these three revolutions, as well as many things that make them very different than one another. \ The American Revolution had started because of a dispute …

“I fear for you young people because you do not understand how strong is the bond of kinship. You do not know what it is to speak with one voice. And what is the result? An abominable religion has settled among you. A man can now leave his father and …