In Joan London’s book ‘The Golden Age’, set in middle of nowhere Perth, the story revolves around Frank Gold’s experiences with polio during his childhood years, and the effects both polio and war have on those around him and their families. Many of Frank’s peers are confronted with significant obstacles through the impacts of polio, war, and their personal relationships,...
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Childhood and Upbringing Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar India, present-day Gujarat, on October second, 1869. His father was the prime minister of the region and his mother was a devout Hindu. It was a loving family and, as a child, Gandhi was given the endearing nickname ¨Moniya¨. At the age of seven, he attended an all-boys primary school...
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The book The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln is a series of books called “ The Library of Political Assassinations.” This book was written by Deborah A. Marinelli. The book discusses many aspects of the lives of Lincoln and his wife. It also discusses the main concepts of his presidency. Finally, the book talks about details of the civil war. Throughout...
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What a coincidence that this weeks reading coincides with the anniversary of Malcom X’s death. Fifty-five years ago on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. The Autobiography of Malcom X is by far one of the most influential books that I’ve read in my life; I want to take some time to reflect on this great mans life. Malcom...
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The contention at the focal point of the book, the Barbary Wars, occurred somewhere in the range of 1801 and 1815. Under President Thomas Jefferson, America aligned itself with war-focused mindset against a group of North African states along the Barbary Coast. These included Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis, and the autonomous Sultanate of Morocco. These nations were basically privateer countries, making...
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Both books recognize that the American Revolution was a far more complicated affair than the more traditional narrative provides. In ‘The Hanging of Thomas Jeremiah: A Free Black Man’s Encounter with Liberty', J. William Harris is able to show the hypocrisy of a nation that fights for independence while simultaneously denying the same right to others because of racial differences....
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If you have ever watched the movie ‘Hocus Pocus’, you are familiar with the “Sanderson Sisters”, and a little Village called Salem. In the movie, directors make the impression that three sisters enjoy summoning young children to their little hut in the middle of nowhere just to take their lives for the benefit of theirs. If it wasn’t for this...
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“When the Mississippi Ran Backwards” refers to a fascinating historical work, meticulously researched and produced by Jay Feldman. The book explores the series of the most powerful earthquake in the history of America, which resulted in the reverse flow of River Mississippi. In the last desperate rebellion, the earthquake united the Indians. The book uncovers a seamy murder that changed...
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“With a Pistol in His Hand” gives an account of the story about the cultural conflicts between the North American and Texas Mexicans along the lower Rio Grande Border during the 1900s in South Texas. The book describes how Texas Mexicans resisted and defended themselves from the cultural domination of the Anglo Texan as a result of the westward expansion...
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In the Devil’s Snare, written by Mary Beth Norton, is a book reexamining the events taking place that possibly affected the outcome of the Salem Witch Trials. Mary Beth Norton is an award winning historian and a professor at Cornell University (Mary Beth Norton). Opposing all other historians, she looks at many events from all perspectives, giving the readers a...
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A Storm of Witchcraft written by Emerson W. Baker is a complete and detailed analysis of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 1692. Emerson Baker is a historical archeologist and history professor at Salem State University which in turn has led him to make the types of connections, associations, and parallels he did in his book. Baker splits...
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If you are looking for a book to help you understand the life of the colonies before, during, and after the American Revolution, The Minutemen and Their World by Robert Gross is a great place to start. Countless books and essays have been written on the American Revolution, however Dr.Gross’s book is written in a different perspective that focuses on...
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Refugees are regular people forced to flee from their home country because of the fear of persecution for many different reasons such as war and natural disasters. While fleeing home, their lives turn inside out because of many reasons. Some are war, the fear of persecution, and natural disasters. While finding a home, their lives turn back again because of...
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As the title of Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires reports, the story of Facebook’s origin features elements of sex, money, genius, and betrayal. These elements are woven together to describe a wild and entertaining journey while achieving success and fame. The factional accounts presented throughout the book are summarized within these four categories. However, there is another aspect to...
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Located in Boston Massachusetts, during the 17th century, the Scarlet Letter begins with a gathering of Puritan colonists around a local prison. The colonists in the story seem to be waiting for some sort of public punishment of a prisoner. The mood expressed during this very first chapter of the Scarlet Letter is filled with melancholy and somberness. The only...
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Frequently referred to as the ‘What if…?’ genre, speculative fiction is a cover term for a diverse range of literature that diverges from the empirical reality that mimetic fiction implements (Jones, 2016). This genre encompasses science fiction, fantasy, horror, and invites the readers to consider the complex ways their choices contribute to generating the future (Hieroglyph, 2016). The 2014 film...
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The society in which Jonas lives in is essentially known as a dystopian world that portrays a failed utopian world. His society is a world where everything has gone wrong. Jonas society has attempted utopia – where they try to hide the pain, suffering and violence within these memories that no one other than The Giver and Receiver of Memory...
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“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl is a short story about the murder of police detective Patrick Maloney by his wife Mary. Driven to homicide after her husband's unexpected announcement that he's leaving her and their unborn child, Mary quickly regains her senses after fatally killing him with the leg of lamb. This short story made me think about...
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“Our Papers” is Janie Crawford’s time with Logan Kilicks in several ways. This section has similarities to her relationship with her first husband Logan and what she felt in this time frame. In this section of the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to talk to her grandmother. She has only been married for three or four days...
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Wuthering Heights Author Emily Jane Bronte was born in 1818. She was a British novelist and poet. She is famous for her most renowned work Wuthering Heights. She also had a pen name ‘ Ellis Bell ‘. She died in 1848 due to tuberculosis. Wuthering Heights Themes There are many themes of the novel Wuthering Heights. But the main thing...
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1. The text I am adapting is a short story called “Lamb To The Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. In this text, there were a lot of things that interested me. In the story, Roald Dahl uses the themes of death and murder. Patrick Maloney is one of the main characters. He is a detective who becomes a victim of a...
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In Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author begins the novel by recalling an instance in which a talk show host asked what it meant to “lose his body”. Unbeknownst to the host, this particular question was a tired one. Coates expressed disappointment at this disconnect of not only the host, but also the audience because to...
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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance and Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates are similar, but there is a great deal of comparison between them. In the following paragraph I will discuss key points that will compare and contrast Coates and Vance’s history, and the difficulties they went through. Both authors experience some moments of intervention that changed the...
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In both Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me and J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy contain an underlying theme of feeling as if both J.D. Vance nor Ta-Nehisi Coates do not belong in the place they were raised. However, one is more mental the other is more physical. In both books, Mr. Vance and Mr. Coates do eventually come to terms...
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My Thoughts: In my opinion, I did not like the movie. The story of Anne Frank is a tragedy and you’d think that it would easily be made into a movie or tv show, but you would be wrong. The movie was originally made as a tv show for the BBC before the YouTuber, “LeGrim Reaper” changed it so that...
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In this analysis between two books, hillbilly elegy by JD Vance and Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. These two books are similar, but there is a lot of comparison between one and other. Hillbilly elegy is a book that talk a lot about different types of cultures and how they affected the writer trough his life. the...
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Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell. The novel follows Gothic and Romantic traditions of the time, complete with images of natural grandeur, literal and metaphorical sublimity, and elements of the supernatural. Throughout the novel, Brontë uses descriptions of the dark landscape and stormy weather to reflect the tumultuous emotions her characters embody....
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With references to wider reading, explore and compare the impact of a totalitarian state in The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) and Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). In The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go, both authors explore and compare the impact of the totalitarian states present within the novels. Both Atwood and Ishiguro make distinct links between totalitarianism...
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In late April of 2003, author Aron Ralston goes on a solo-hiking trip outside of Moab, Utah. After spending a portion of his day with two young women he meets on the hike, Ralston parts ways with the women and continues into Blue John Canyon. During his hike he removes a large chockstone, which pins his right arm against the...
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In the book, Mindset, author Carol Dweck discusses the power behind people’s beliefs and how our beliefs can influence what we want and whether we succeed in getting it (Dweck, 2016). In each chapter, Dweck introduces a different mindset along with lessons on how we can apply the different mindsets into our daily lives to achieve success and reach personal...
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