Books Essays

«The Catbird Seat», written by James Grover Thurber, is a humorous short story. It was written in New York in 1942 till the Second World War. Japan attacked land and USA helped European countries. A lot of men went to the front. So, many women had to start working as …

The Death Of Woman Wang written by Jonathan D. Spence is a book that describes the condition of community of seventeenth century China. The book is written with the help of three sources and first one is the local history of that time, second is from the memories of a …

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were both two very inspiring black men of their time. Washington was born a slave on the Burroughs Tobacco farm. After that he moved multiple times with his family. The only thing that stayed the same each time he moved was the feeling …

It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity–but that would be asking too much of fate! Still I will proudly declare …

“Oedipus the king” by Sophocles and “Candide” by Voltaire are two different aspects of the same human question of Predictability and Fate. Sophocles tries to imply that there is no free will and all events are guided by fate towards a fixed destination. Voltaire through satire and humor tries to …

Who: Description of the Person             I have observed a lady who is approximately five feet tall and about one hundred fifteen pounds. By looking at her eyes, I have a good reason to believe that she is Asian. This fair skin individual was wearing a black skirt suit which …

In “Conte” by Marilyn Hacker, Cinderella shows the reader a glimpse of her life after the childhood tale ends, a less happier ending than the original story implies. She feels trapped in a constant state of misery and boredom in the royal palace. Without life experience guiding her, Cinderella is …

The book Cosi, written by Louis Nowra consisted of being about a play called ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ which involved madness, illusion, sanity and theatre. This play was set in a mental institution and involved fellow patients to become the extraordinary actors that were finally able to get an involvement to …

The recurring theme of literature and song during medieval times was courtly love. A term coined in later years, courtly love refers to what was then known as fin amour (refined love) or amour honestus (honest love). It was modeled on the feudal relationship between a knight and his liege …

A Farewell to arms ishistorical fiction, a story set in “the past,” that often involves historical events either directly in the plot or as a background to the main plot’s events. Historical novels may or may not involve actual people who lived during the time period the story is set. …