đź“— Book Essays
Macbeth’s character analysis
Introduction Macbeth is among the works of the genius William Shakespeare with a tragic ending. In this tragic story, Macbeth is represented as an honorable…
Assimilationism in A Raisin in the Sun
The play A Raisin in the Sun demonstrates the intense opposition that white families in Clybourne Park displayed in response to the Youngers moving in…
Prejudice in Frankenstein
When someone is said to have created a Frankenstein’s monster, it is shorthand for the creation of a force that has taken on a destructive…
Other Ways of Knowing reflection
In “Other Ways of Knowing” John Broomfield describes in depth the extensive impact of modern or Western ways on life today and on non-Westerners. Bloomfield…
Reflective essay on Rachel and Her Children
Jonathan Kozol is the author of Rachel and Her Children. He released this book at a time when homelessness in the US became a major…
Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and leadership
“The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli is a historic work dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the former ruler of Florence. It was written in 1513 Florence,…
Zombie consumerism in “White Noise”
When humankind turns directionless and destination less, when confusion confounds the society, when people act and react as if they are in world created out…
The Enuma Elish and genesis
The “Enuma Elish” is the Babylonian myth of creation and is one of the oldest myths that exists, found inscribed on seven tablets in Nineveh,…
Gulliver’s travels: a voyage to lilliput
Before going to discuss Gulliver’s travel to Lilliput, let us get an overview of the background of Gulliver’s travels. Gulliver’s Travels is the story of…
Gems of literature
Introduction In his “Preface to Shakespeare”, Samuel Johnson has praised the bard, as above “all writers”, and, as one who “holds up to his readers…
Shakespeare and the enlightenment
The enlightenment period occurred during a time when the Polish civilization was in confusion over whether to follow their traditions and customs or the modern…
IT and competitive advantage
The article “Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference” by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson investigates a relationship between investments of a company…
Joe Turner
The play “Joy Turner’s Come and Gone” was written by August Wilson. The detailed analyses of the play and Loomis’s character makes it possible to…
An attempt to find midway between Utopian Sunshine and Foucauldian…
In the chapter “The learning organisation: Faucauldian gloom or Utopian sunshine?” the author Michaela Driver (2002) is attempting to increase the discussion between the two…
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fernanda del Carpio and her daughter Renata Remedios are two characters in One Hundred Years of Solitude that have solitude in common. Fernanda came from…
A Soul Searcher’s Handbook: Hesse’s Siddhartha
Searching for the meaning of life and love seems to be a popular theme of philosophical novels. And, Hesse’s Siddhartha (1922) is no different from…
Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde
Croilus and Criseyde is a middle age love poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer in a period ranging from 1381 to 1386. In particular, the story…
For Colored Girls who have considered Suicide
Ntozake Shange’s masterly poem is the most illuminating and poignant story I have ever read about black women in America. The writer puts forth her…
The differences between Ceremony Novel by Marmon Silko, and Green…
Introduction There has been great effervescence for the Native literature since the second half of 20th century. The major novelists within this period include Leslie…
The unredeemed captive
In the first sentence John Demos says: “I wanted to write a story”. It’s rather strange to notice that this well-known historian really wanted to…
