Essays On Books

Wide Sargasso Sea. Jane Rhys portrays the life of a young creole woman, named Antoinette, who lives on the Caribbean island of Martinique. Throughout the novel, Antoinette experiences much difficulty with her identity. Antoinette looks like a white woman, and the majority of the people who live on the Island of Martinique are black, so […]

J.M. Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’ literates Lurie’s attempt and failure of the seduction of a schoolgirl, Melanie. This is a campus novel about the first flirtation between a university lecturer and a student. The aptly named novel suggests the possible overall outcome of having a relationship with a student. ‘Disgrace’ is written from a third person in […]

In Part 2 of ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ pages 96-98. Antoinette visits Christophine hoping that she will give her a love potion to make Mr Rochester fall in love with her. Antoinette attempts to control Mr Rochester’s feelings, which is deceitful. She is also deceiving herself by thinking that their love can be rekindled by a […]

Based on my understanding of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte and “Wide Sargasso Sea,” considering the social contexts in which they were written, it seems inevitable that the marriage between Bertha Mason and Edward Rochester would fail. The societal norms and expectations of the time period would not have permitted Rochester and Bertha to live […]

Report: Loss of Identity portrayed in a range of literature For my report I chose to look at the loss of Identity portrayed in a range of different literature. The texts that I chose to study were: ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ by Jean Rhys, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ by Robert Louis […]

Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre intertwined In Wide Sargasso Sea, author Jean Rhys uses intertextuality to tell the story of Antoinette Mason. Intertexuality is when an author bases their book/novel off of another text. In this case, Wide Sargasso Sea is shaped from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and it elaborates on the character of […]

This story Is followed through the eyes of Anna Firth, a single mother of two boys, who In the end, emerges as the unlikely hero of the novel. During the events that unfold during the plague year, Anna sees herself going through many changes. Once a shy, reserved young woman, Anna eventually makes the discovery […]

During the Year of Wonders novel, various characters undergo significant transformations amid challenging circumstances. The town, which was once Puritan, has become Anglican and maintains strong religious convictions. However, these convictions shift throughout the narrative, as exemplified by Aphra’s use of spells and witchcraft. Although some people turn to superstitions and away from religion to […]

Year of wonders the novel explores how people change by catastrophe such as the plague. The plague was brought to the town by cloths Anna is urged by Mr Mompellion to burn Viccars belongings and Anys Gowdie being a customer of his rejects his advice. ‘Burn it all! Burn it all! For the love of […]

The story begins in the Autumn of 1666 with Anna Frith serving as the protagonist. Anna, who is a servant to the village priest, tries to give him some apples. However, he is deeply saddened and broken. The entire community appears drained, causing Anna to reflect on happier times in her life. She remembers marrying […]

Year of Wonders reveals “how little we know…of the people we live amongst. ” Discuss. Year of Wonders, a novel written by Geraldine Brooks provides the reader with a true insight into the fabric of human nature and demonstrates how crisis can expose many new characteristics about the people we think we have formed close […]

There are few historical figures, religious or secular, as highly revered as Siddhartha Gautama and Jesus of Nazareth.  Both leaders established major religions that are exclusive of each other; one can not subscribe wholly to the tenets of either religion without consequently denying the validity of the other.   Nevertheless, it is evident that the […]

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 […]

In literature, authors use symbolism to relay messages to the reader throughout a story. Rivers can portray many themes in a unique manner. In The Divine Comedy and Siddhartha, the protagonists cross rivers towards their goal of Enlightenment. Dante crosses five rivers throughout his journey hell to paradise. Siddhartha crosses one river multiple times. Passage […]

The good life for Siddhartha is happiness. Siddhartha is able to live the good life by finding happiness as described by Richard Taylor in the chapter “Happiness”. In his chapter “Happiness” from An Introduction to Virtue Ethics, Richard Taylor discusses things that can confused with happiness and says that “happiness is a kind of fulfillment” […]

Harvey (25) perceives Buddhism as a religious doctrine, while many Buddhists regard it as more of a philosophy. According to Buddha and his disciples, Buddhism teaches that suffering in life stems from desire, hatred, and delusion. By eradicating these causes, individuals can attain enlightenment. The religion’s historical accounts encompass diverse narratives, but the most frequently […]

Miles Halter lives a very boring life. He is not depressed, but just lacks excitement in life. As a result, he will pretty much do anything for a hobby, but his favorite one is finding famous last words. Eventually he decides that he is missing a drive to live, what he calls his “Great Perhaps”. […]

John Green’s debut novel, ‘Looking for Alaska’, was published in 2005. The story follows a group of smart but lost adolescents who attend Culver Creek Boarding School for their first junior year. They are the opposite of conventional, with one particularly contrasting member – Alaska Young. The characters, including Miles Halter and Chip Martin, have […]

Looking For Alaska by John Green. This book is divided into two sections, Before and After. Summary Before. “Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were ‘’I go to seek a Great Perhaps. ’’ That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great […]

Every organization has an objective and mission set to accomplish. In the twenty first century, a century that is characterized by the utilization of automated technology, which has been adapted by various organization so as to manipulate the data to information better support in accomplishing their missions and objectives. Many times, the Risk management practice […]

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s novella tells the story of Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, prisoner of a Stalinist Labour Camp, forced to endure the seemingly intolerable living conditions intended to physically and mentally destroy the spirit of all the men contained within. This essay will discuss how Shukhov struggles to preserve his dignity throughout the course of his imprisonment […]

The topic of punishment can be simplified to two fundamental questions: “Why do we punish others despite our own imperfections?” and “What is the purpose of punishment?” Punishment involves punishing wrongdoing, while injustice involves violating someone else’s legal or moral rights – a lack of fairness.In both Albert Camus’ The Outsider and Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One […]