Essays On Books

The book ‘Silent spring’ by Rachael Carson can be seen as a representation of Carson’s conventional beliefs about the balance of nature and the interconnectedness of all living things. For about thirty years after its publication, ‘Silent Spring’ became known for highlighting the alarming dangers of DDT and other pesticides on the environment (McGillivray pp […]

Introduction The music industry is a significant global sector, with many countries producing renowned musicians on an international scale. Music serves as a means of income and sustenance for those involved, with renowned artists like Michael Jackson, Lucky Dube, and Bob Marley. Music USA (45) highlights the challenges faced by the music industry, including piracy […]

In his play Roots, Arnold Wesker wants to give the reader the message of the need for “change” in a changing society. Wesker aims to portray the contrast between keeping in-touch with the transformations in the society and maintaining allegiance to time-held traditions and beliefs, specifically on the part of Norfolk people whose character is […]

A team of international scientists from the US, UK, India, Pakistan, and Romania conducted a study titled ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’ between 2003 and 2008. The study confirms that the Saraswati river played a vital role in supporting the Indus Valley Civilisation. According to their research, the decline of this civilisation occurred nearly […]

More than half the world’s populations now live in urban areas. Urban geography, which we can simply define as a study of places where there is a higher concentration of buildings, infrastructure, and economic activity, coupled with a high population density, uses the science of geography how to develop or how not develop an area […]

The TV series ‘Roots’ recounts the story of Kunta Kinte, an African man who was enslaved and transported to America where he was forced to live as a slave until his death. Throughout the show, viewers witness the brutal journey Kunta endured in order to reach America, including the traumatic middle passage where he and […]

unified text: 1.Pakikisama – It is the act of conforming to the majority’s will in order to get along with everyone and avoid conflicts. 2.Bahala na Attitude – It is the belief that things should be left as they are because nature will take its course. 3.Bayanihan or Team Spirit – This Filipino value promotes […]

Introduction The purpose of this essay is to critically discuss the roles that social and grassroots movements as popular initiatives play in development. The essay will commence with a brief explanation of what popular initiatives are with particular focus on social and grassroots movements and in so doing, position them within the context of development. […]

To me, American roots music is the broad range of genres of music originated from people such as the Native Americans. Different styles of music come from different types of groups of people based on things like morals, traditions and customs, and religion. For example, some Native American tribes have songs to welcome back fighters […]

The history has oppressed and forced women to adapt themselves to a world controlled by men, making it difficult for the feminine gender to thrive. Although progress has been made towards equality, men still dominate. “The Chrysanthemums,” “A Rose for Emily,” and “A Doll’s House” are written pieces that feature dissatisfied female protagonists, frustrated with […]

The French journalist Octive Mirabaeu once said, “Murder is born of love, and loves attains he greatest intensity in murder. ” This quote echoed through the literary writings of William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Andre Dubus’s “Killings”. Faulkner crafted a story around Emily Grierson, a genteel woman in the southern United States during […]

William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily – A Gothic Horror Tale William Faulkner is widely considered to be one of the great American authors of the twentieth century. Although his greatest works are identified with a particular region and time (Mississippi in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries), the themes he explores are universal. […]

Plot summary “A Rose for Emily” is a short story divided into five sections: Section one opens with a description of the Grierson home and its setting in Jefferson. The narrator mentions that over the past 25 years Miss Emily’s home has fallen into despair and become “an eyesore among eyesores. The first sentence of […]

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is perhaps his most famous and most anthologized short story. From the moment it was first published in 1930, this story has been analyzed and criticized by both published critics and the causal reader. The well known Literary critic and author Harold Bloom suggest that the story is so […]

William Faulker’s “A Rose for Emily”, is a story told from the viewpoint of a resident of the town which Emily was, born, raised, and eventually died in. There is a very dark and ominous feel to this story, which mainly revolves around death. The story takes place in the south, where at the time, […]

Response to William Faulkner “A Rose for Email’ William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” suggests that Emily was a victim of the values of the old South. Emily bucks the traditions of the south over and over again. Growing up her father would shoot all the guys she showed any Interest In. She was never […]

Granger’s “One, Two, Three Little Indians”is of a middle aged mine worker known as Big Tom who now lives as an attraction with his Native- American wife at a campground/ trailer park to feed and nurture their sick baby. Strong connections are presented between Emily, in Faulkner “A Rose for Emil)/’ and Big Tom from […]

In William Faulkner’s short stories “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” the characters are both guilty of committing terrible crimes. However, Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” are both portrayed very differently from each other. A few things to consider while reading these short stories is how […]

Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. However, he was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi, and he is considered one of the […]

Necrophilia is commonly defined as a sexual attraction towards deceased individuals, but it can also refer to a desire for complete control over another person in the context of an intimate relationship. This level of control can often be so overwhelming that the individual involved turns to unresponsive entities that lack resistance and willpower—such as […]

There are various ways to interpret the title “A Rose for Emily.” One possible interpretation is that Homer served as Emily’s rose. During her lifetime, she never experienced true love and clung onto a rose with its thorn intact. The title may indicate the act of having a narrow-minded perspective referred to as “rose-colored glasses,” […]

In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, by William Faulkner, the entire town’s fascination with Miss Emily Grierson is motivated by her of unwavering old-fashioned values. While the town of Jefferson is slowly becoming modernized following the Civil War, Emily and her decadent house remain the last monuments of tradition. Faulkner decided to narrate […]