Category: Literature 5177

  • “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink

    Introduction The Reader, a novel written by Bernhard Schlink, is one of the heartbreaking books in the last 30 years. The author discusses many topics relevant to people born in the 20th century and analyzes one of the worst events during this period, the Holocaust. Topics include first love, male growing up, war crimes, and…

  • Technology and Humanity in “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

    Introduction Dystopian fiction is gaining popularity due to its deeply reflective nature and futuristic perspectives on the social order. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is a dystopian fiction novel written and published in the early 1930s. It presents a society living in the so-called World State, where a strict intelligence-based hierarchy is maintained through…

  • “Alone or With Others” by David Roochnik Review

    Sociology has long been concerned with the matter of human interaction and the essence of communities and their unity. While the general public does not pay much attention to such issues, many sociologists and psychologists have long been concerned with the question regarding the most comfortable conditions of human beings and their innate preferences. In…

  • The Hero of the “Jitterbug Perfume” Book by Robbins

    Jitterbug Perfume is a novel of epic proportions that spans nearly a thousand years. Alobar, the protagonist, is first encountered as a king in Bohemia. Even if he is the hero of the story, Priscilla is the secondary hero. A hero is a person who is forced to make hard decisions, and they must also…

  • Langston Hughes’ Poem “Dream Deferred”

    Poetry often has a way of reaching into the deepest elements of the human soul to expose the underlying natural desires and emotions that are frequently otherwise suppressed in ‘polite’ society. It does this by both appealing specifically to human emotion and by remaining sufficiently general to have broad common appeal. All this is accomplished…

  • Summary of “Paul’s Case” Story

    Paul’s Case by Willa Cather is a short story full of temperament lessons. It is a narration of a few months’ events in Paul’s life. Paul is a student at Pittsburg High School, who prefers theater and music to class. The story begins when Paul is suspended from school; he meets his principal and teachers,…

  • “To Live in the Borderlands Means You” by Gloria Anzaldua

    Poems can be a successful and interesting avenue to explore new ideas, as well as to comment on the daily necessities of life and its various events. In particular, ideas can be utilized very efficiently in communicating meaning across individuals and being used for their informational value. For the purposes of this review, a look…

  • ‘My Mother Enters the Work Force’: Rita Dove’s Perspective on Motherhood

    Rita Dove seems to have an intimate understanding of motherhood and the responsibilities ascribed to motherhood. In the poem, Dove provides strong diction and the female point of view to express the life of being a mother and a wife. In the first stanza, Rita Dove arrays motherhood as a burdensome responsibility. She writes, “But…

  • “The Red and the Black” by Stendhal

    Table of Contents Synopsis Commentary on the Psychological Components Review of the Book References Synopsis The Red and the Black is a novel by Stendhal, and it is also called The chronicle of the XIX century. The book reveals the tragic story of Julien Sorel, “in whose soul there is a struggle between natural nobility…

  • The Idea of Sublime: Critical Analysis

    “You will remember, my dear Postumius Terentianus, that when we examined together the treatise of Caecilius on the Sublime, we found that it fell below the dignity of the whole subject, while it failed signally to grasp the essential points, and conveyed to its readers but little of that practical help which it should be…