Genre Essays

The story “The Wife’s Story” is about the tale of the werewolf but vice versa, instead of seeing everything from the human’s point of view it shows it in the werewolf’s perspective. The author of this is Ursula K. Le Guin and she did a fantastic job writing this. Its odd how she reversed the […]

Michael Crichton, an author known for his captivating novels, has a unique emailprotected framework. Over the past three decades, he has gained popularity in the science fiction genre through ten remarkable books that compel readers to purchase them. Despite initially studying medicine, Crichton’s first novel, The Andromeda Strain, fascinated audiences and left them wanting more. […]

In Said’s memoir, Out Of Place (1999), the author talks about his sense of alienation, of the dual parts of his conflicting western and Eastern identity and name. He has never found out where he really belongs. He is stuck in between those two contradicting worlds, ever since he was a child. Said starts by […]

In Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir, Lauren Slater attempts to create a new kind of truth called metaphorical truth: emotional truth explained using metaphors instead of facts. She confuses fact and fiction even though it is a memoir and thus creates a convoluted tale of herself where she may or may not be epileptic. Initially, the […]

In John Bul Dau’s memoir, God Grew Tired of Us, he tells the inspiring and heart wrenching story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. This two hundred and eighty one page book was published in 2008 in the USA. John’s moving story begins by explaining the tense political situation in his beloved homeland, Sudan. Sudan […]

Philosophy is a worldview, as represented by the Sanskrit darshana, derived from the verbal root drish, “to see”. Generally speaking, the modern Philosophical approach seeks to find an objective vantage point from which to analyze and properly order the many subjective perspectives which constitute what is then termed “reality”. The Indian approach, by contrast, has […]

I took a few days of classes and received my hunting education certification. Looking back, the actual class time is Just a blur of what not to do, but I was reminded of them when I took drivers education last December, with the what not to do teachings. I also remember being very nervous about […]

Maathai was a woman from Kenya who struggled against oppression due to her gender, ethnicity, and political belief. This woman achieved many first for the women of Kenya. She established the international Green Belt Movement, earned her Ph. D, and was the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This story […]

Question one) look at the cover of the book. Does the cover of the book show that it is a biography/autobiography and not fictional book? How? The responder’s first look at this autobiography does not appear or resemble a life story until the words that are displayed across the cover advert your attention. “His record […]

Literature > Richard Rodriguez’s Aria Richard Rodriguez’s Aria is a personal memoir about bilingual education. Throughout his essay he represents the power of the individual to defeat the language barrier and he tells how he overcame this particular problem as a child. He is very happy to celebrate his new name because he feels that […]

Active reading techniques learned in Module 1 promoted my understanding of meaning and writing technique in Roger Angell’s memoir. Rather than reading to get the story, I was reading with a determination to understand and evaluate the memoir for its relevance. Therefore, I read the memoir by actively engaging with the content, highlighting specific areas […]

During War World I, which started in August 1914, Ernst Ju?nger served as a German soldier. While stationed in a trench, Ju?nger provided a detached historical account of his experiences on the front lines. In his memoir Storm of Steel, Ju?nger recounts his experiences serving in the German Army during World War I. The book […]

Ever since author and primatologist Robert Sapolsky was little, he has always been interested in animals, especially primates. Although he originally wanted to study gorilla’s, he quickly discovered that for the research and questions he was asking, studying baboons would be better. One of Sapolsky’s books called A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among […]

The Comet’s Tail is a memoir penned by Amy Nawrocki, which describes her summer after her freshman year of college. This summer would be a notable one, since it is one she does not remember. Nawrocki collected information from family, friends, and doctors notes and stitched them together to create a narrative about her struggle […]

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong is a story all about filial piety. In each memoir, we get to look at how Lady Hyegyong and her son Jeongjo try to preserve the family line and the name of Crown Prince Sado after his eventual downward spiral into madness. Each part is unique in its own way […]

Beads of sweat trickled down my forehead, forcing me to be constantly wiping my forehead. My heart was beating so vigorously that I could hear my heartbeat becoming faster and faster. My eyes were glassy and my expression was dazed. I tasted the bitterness of the rosin which was footing amongst the humid air. The […]

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” Everyone has a time of joy and everyone experiences a change in their point of view in the world. About 5-6 years […]

The Connection between the New Deal and the Great Depression on American’s Future The Great Depression started with the fall of stalk market (Temin 144-145).Value of shares in the stalk market dropped drastically leaving a huge financial gap and tension in the market .This was the first renowned collapse in the market which left a […]

Tobias Wolff was born on 19th June 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama to Rosemary and Arthur Samuels Wolff. His parents divorced, and Wolff followed his mother to the Pacific North-west. His mother remarried and relocated to Newhalem. He schooled in Concrete High School in Washington and proceeded to Hill School but was later expelled. He enrolled […]

Media ethics are put in place to guide journalists and media houses deliver reliable information to its users. Black and Roberts addressed media ethics in an attempt to shape the media houses and give the users a view of what they need to expect from the media houses of their choice. It’s also aimed to […]

This is a book that comprises several first-hand accounts of former slaves before the civil war and it’s entirely non-fictional. It is a must read. It is intriguing and at the same time emotion-packed. It is not so easy to read though since it is composed of short and many stories and one has to […]

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong and the Diary of Lady Murasaki are famous in the contemporary sense. These two authors have in the same way employed styles and themes in their prose that bring out a clear significance of the cultures they talk about. For instance, Lady Murasaki uses the matter-of-fact chronicles of proceedings which […]