Essays On Books

Just like how my name has evolved to become an extension of my identity, names in literature serve as a tool to showcase a character’s personality and hint at their future actions. In both Crime and Punishment by Fedor Dostoyevsky and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the technique of using names […]

In just one word ( Crime and Punishment), the stranger’s direct label is a stabbing remark in opposition of Raskolnikov’s assumed identity. It is the debasement of a man-god, to be more apt a superman, who is ever so close to falling off the perch and into the abyss. “It was impossible to be sure, […]

Any account of the development of criminology should begin by looking back to Europe in the late 18th century. This was a time of great social upheaval and change. Science was beginning to be a new force and, for the first time, it began to challenge the doctrines of established religion in seeking to explain […]

The notion of dissatisfaction is echoed in the lives of Raskolnikov and Siddhartha, the protagonists of ‘Crime and Punishment’ and ‘Siddhartha’. An impoverished student, Raskolnikov thought he was part of some elite Superman echelon. He thought he could revolutionize society but poverty constrained his goals. This led to discontent. Ultimately, he vented his frustrations by […]

Dostoyevsky is justifiably famous for his studies of the human mind. His powerful analytical style forms the backbone of his novels and his characters are undoubtedly deep individuals with a real scope for psychological exploration. In Crime and Punishment our central character, Raskolnikov, is given this treatment around the context of a murder. We comprehend […]

Although the Bohr model of the H atom is a simplistic approach to quantum mechanics, it still serves as an introduction for students. This basic approximation was derived from the more precise quantum mechanics theory that was not yet available during its inception. The period between Planck’s discovery of the quantum and mature quantum mechanics […]

In the Elizabethan era, doing a crime was the worst mistake of all, depending on how big your crime was, people had to know that their lives were at risk. Every crime was big before, even “crimes of treason and offenses against the state were treated with that murder and rape today. ”(Elizabethan Crime and […]

The philosophy of nihilism argues that life is without purpose or intrinsic value. Nihilists are often extreme pessimists and cynics, and believe that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded. In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky expresses his rejection and disapproval of nihilism, demonstrated by proponents of the philosophy, specifically Raskolnikov, who is indifferent to the conventional […]

Capital punishment is that practice which entails in putting a person in a state in which he /she has committed a capital crime and this issue might cause to its abolishment due to the act that one has committed in relation to the abolishment. This abolishment entails mostly on the issues of capital offence but […]

Death penalty is a punishment where by criminals are executed by the state for a variety of crimes. In some countries it could be because of cases like rape, terror or murder. There are reasons as to why death penalty should be allowed and also why it should be abolished. According to me death penalty […]

About 25 years ago, in Furman versus Georgia, the United States Supreme Court considered if the death penalty violated the 8th Amendment on prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. According to the court, lack of uniformity in the standards of application of the death penalty led to arbitrary and discriminatory sentencing, and through this the […]

How does the time period affect the character’s approach to the obstacle? How does this character interact with Others? Ender Beat down, tired. Tough as well Facing others, being bullied Yes, because his sense of security is gone Often lets it go, but tries to be sure it wont happen again. “Then Ender looked at […]

Ender, the main character in the book, Ender’s Game, follows the traditional journey of the hero because he departs from his past of life on Earth, is initiated into battle school, and turns down the offer to return back to his homeland at the end of the story. Throughout the book, Ender is constantly called […]

I have just finished reading the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. The book follows the life of a young boy who is believed to be the next great commander, the only one who can save the human species from an Alien race simply known as the “Buggers”. The book covers many issues ranging […]

War is a battle of not only the physical but also the psychological. In the text, All quiet on the western front, by Enrich Maria Armature, and the poem Homecoming, by Bruce Dade, our understanding is challenged through various representations of war such as innocence, survival and grief. Throughout the novel, “All quiet on the […]

During the years 1916 to 1918, people experienced new and unprecedented forms of warfare and disruptions in their everyday lives due to World War I. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front portrays the fierce brutality and total devastation of World War I through the journey of Paul Baumer, a young German soldier […]

The author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque and the director of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg use various literary and filmic techniques respectively to portray the devastating effects of war. Both authors through the use of different techniques show the accurate revulsion of war, the loss of innocence, youth and […]

Whether a war is worth fighting for is a hard question to answer. There are many factors that make a person either believe that it is beneficial or not. In one person’s opinion, such as the victor, it may be worthwhile but for another it may be a pointless loss of life’s beauty. All Quiet […]

By selecting to peruse All Quiet on the Western Front, penned by Erich Maria Remarque and later translated into English by A. W. Wheen, I was taken to France’s Western Front in 1918 during World War I – a conflict that arose after Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to Austria’s throne, was assassinated. Despite […]

Beamer leaves for the western front a young boy, but as All Quiet on the Western Front goes on, Paul becomes more of a soulless soldier. Multiple events “hole fighting for Germany caused Paul to become this way. He began pushing away his family, friends, everyone, everything. This was a technique he used to survive. […]

Very few words Invoke such strong and conflicting reactions. War demands honor and death. War offers hope and despair. War creates the ultimate challenge and the pinnacle of defeat. Throughout history, man struggles to understand war and its impact on the people engaged in its horrors. Paul Beamer, the protagonist in Erich Maria Armature’s historical […]

World War l, countless soldiers naively enlisted into the army, unaware of the harsh realities that lied before them. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Armature tells the story of Paul Beamer, a German soldier stationed In northeastern France. This was a time period when war was unjustly glorified and […]