Literature Analysis

“Nighttime Fires” is a narrative poem written by Regina Barreca. The poet uses powerful imagery which vividly illustrates the lasting impression made upon a girl whose father seeks satisfaction through witnessing the destruction caused by nighttime fires. The poem creates a picture in the reader’s mind of the father’s character as his grown child still […]

Sympathy is an important aspect of human nature. Without it, the entire human race would be overcome with tyrants;however, it is also a major downfall of society. Sometimes, people undeserving of the sympathy of others still attain it unjustly. This is the case of Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright’s Native Son. Although some may argue […]

My book report is on “Killing Mr. Griffin”. The author of this book is Lois Duncan. Lois Duncan is a female novelist who writes suspense stories for teenagers. This book was published by Little Brown on April 1978. The protagonist of this book is named Susan McConnell. Susan is a sixteen year old junior at […]

“With great power comes great responsibility” was the advice given to an all-time favourite superhero, Spiderman. However, a hero is not defined by the power one has but what one does with the power they are given. Power can come in a variety of forms such as wealth, physical capabilities or mental strength, and two […]

‘How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling Family? ’ Tensions in the Birling household are shown from the beginning of the play. The house is described as “not cosy and homelike” which represents the cold and unfriendly atmosphere; these characteristics very much reflect the family itself. There is a […]

In the novel, “Tuesdays with Morrie”, by Mitch Albom, Morrie has several childhood experiences that affect him as an adult. Some people are afraid of death and some aren’t as open to talk about it like Morrie is. Morrie goes through some events in his life that helped him be the man he is now. […]

The book I chose to review is “Six Thinking Hats” by Edward De Bono. What made me read this book repeatedly is its basic premise – that problems are best solved through orderly thinking and examining them from different perspectives. According to Edward de Bono, “Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never […]

“Song of Green Mountain” is one of the Koryo poems from The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry. Although it was my first time to read it, I previously heard about the poem when I was still attending schools in Korea and knew it was a famous poem from the Koryo period. When I first […]

“Fat” is a story within a story, told from the point of view of a waitress, one of those discontented ordinary people, who live in Raymond Carver’s fictions. The story-within-a-story structure told through a very sparse and very lean prose style that contrasts with its theme of bodily (obesity) and emotional (depression) excess frame the […]

The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is perhaps best understood as an allegory. On its surface, the story is about one man’s discomfort at being confronted with a person afflicted with a disability he does not understand, only to ultimately overcome this initial uneasiness by finally learning how to accept the blind man he […]

The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee presents a straightforward portrayal of life in the Deep South of America during the 1930s. Through the perspectives of Scout and Jem Finch, two young siblings, the narrative offers an innocent yet amusing outlook. Scout, being a teenage girl, grapples with the controversy surrounding her father’s […]

A Raisin in the Sun takes a few weeks out of the life of the Younger Family. They are an African American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950’s. Both the play and the movie have an appealing everyman quality about it and makes one feel, regardless of their race, sympathy […]

“Raisin in the Sun” is one of the most famous plays of Lorraine Hansberry the impressive scope and sophistication of which attract the reader’s attention from the first minutes of reading. In an engaging and accessible style the play shows the events which took place in the life of a black family and argues that […]

Gene is ultimately responsible for Finny’s death. Though he wasn’t the only person to have caused Finny to die, Gene did contribute to Finny dying the most. At first, Gene and Finny were best friends. Their friendship seemed perfect as if nothing could stop it. Finny led and Gene let him lead and did pretty […]

My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations “My Whole soul and body are for this ex-slave movement and are willing to sacrifice for it” Callie House, 1899 Even after the slavery was abolished in 1865, the African-American struggle for basic human rights, civil rights, ‘equality’ and ‘acceptance’ per-say, […]

The term human resource management (HRM) refers to the design and application of formal systems in an organization to ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals (Robert, L. M. & John, H. J. , 2002). This system includes activities undertaken to attract, develop, and maintain an effective workforce. Managers […]

If you read a lot of classic literature, you can usually see multiple similarities in them. Whether the plots or themes are alike, they convey similar messages. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, there are very similar life struggles that the characters go through. The main characters of each novel; Hester […]

In Sherman Alexie’s, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” an alcoholic, homeless Indian sets out on a quest to win back his grandmother’s stolen regalia. The main character and narrator, Jackson Jackson, stumbles upon his stolen family heirloom in a pawnshop window and proceeds to spend the next day trying to earn enough money to […]

Education is essential for achieving true freedom. In “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” Frederick Douglass recognizes that education is crucial for achieving freedom in both physical and mental aspects. He realizes that he must educate himself to attain true liberty. Upon being prohibited from receiving an education by Hugh Auld, […]

Our modern times today pronounce that there should be equality amongst men, that there ought to be democracy and justice that transcends the restrictions of race, color, and ethnicity. But before the rise of such contemporary ideas and thoughts, it was apparent that discrimination owing to race and specifically color was present. During those times, […]

A smile is a delineation of happiness. Many quotes about smile are said by social activists such as “Wear a smile, one size fits all”, “Everyone smiles in the same language”, “Smile increases your face value” and so on. These quotes innovate people to keep smiling in melancholy. Smiles and doves are intimation of peace. […]

The works of both Rachel Carson and Daniel Quinn make us take a second look at everyday events that we usually take for granted, at the harm that almost always goes unnoticed. Both authors question the validity of the implicit human claim that the earth belongs to us and that we must “advance” ourselves no […]