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Over the last few weeks, our class has focused primarily on two authors and their respective works. Our first paper focused on ethics and politics, but in a general sense. For this paper we have looked at Thomas Hobbes and his work Leviathan, as well as Nicoló Machiavelli and his work The Prince. These works … Read more
Laurence Sterne is an English writer, who was born in Clonmel, Ireland in 24th November 1713. He is one of the best writers in the English Literature with using some realism elements in his works. Laurence Sterne had many masterpieces, but in this article I am going to analyze Tristram Shandy and its features with … Read more
Slaves, people who are completely subservient to a dominating influence, in America, are usually African-American and are generally mistreated and tortured. The book, “Between the World and Me” by Coates, an American author and educator, discourses about certain issues African-Americans faced because of their race to his son Samori Coates. He wanted his son to … Read more
Lieutenant Nun is an autobiography written by Catalina de Erauso in 1626. Another name for the book is, Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World, which is a primary source since it is an autobiography, meaning the book is written and told by the author. The memoir takes place in Spain, … Read more
Sophocles’ Antigone exists today as one of the most compelling and oft-performed Greek tragedies, in part because of the timeless conflict between the laws of the state and the laws of a higher moral entity in which it presents. Naturally, one is inclined to take a debate-style approach in interpreting this conflict. Who is right? … Read more
American University Professor James Thurber contributed to the new book American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization. The multisource work provides a full diagnosis of the gridlock in Congress that has had a ripple effect of impacts throughout our democracy and our nation. Thurber’s book thoroughly discusses partisanship, the impact of media, … Read more
Trust me, this essay is going to be worth taking a break from the cake. After Tiresias publicly reveals the truth about Oedipus, rather than humiliating Oedipus, Creon orders the guards to “Get him into the halls…Kindred alone should see a kinsman’s shame” (165-5). Despite being continually verbally abused by Oedipus, Creon still treats him … Read more
1776, written by David McCullough, is a book revolving around the American Revolution and its major battles and figures. As an American writer and historian, McCullough attempts to narrate the events of the Revolution in an unbiased manner, citing facts, quotes, and illustrations from both the rebels and the British. While McCullough does glorify Washington … Read more
When the book, “Late Victorian Holocaust,” was introduced I was intrigued and engaged just by reading the title. It presents several El Nino Famines in Africa, China, India, and South America and how the environmental disasters, colonial policies, and capitalist markets not only transformed cultures and created a legacy of marginalization, but led to the … Read more
Evaluation (838) Both stories, “The Censors” and “Harrison Bergeron” have many aspects that make them similar and different. “The Censors” focuses more on a problem that initially starts from impulsive decision-making and not thinking the situation through. “Harrison Bergeron” is inclined towards the government’s control over everybody that has been going on. Despite all of … Read more
The Devil in the White City is a compelling and absorbing piece of popular American history. The book, authored by Erik Larson, is a non-fictional story based on real events in the American society in the 19th Century. It is one of Larson’s bestselling pieces, succinctly taking its readers through a richly sophisticated period in … Read more
White Dust: A Mirage for Death In her poem “George Robinson: Blues,” Muriel Rukeyser narrates the perspective of black men in the tunnels of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as they were building a new hydroelectric power plant. As construction began under the management of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, it became evident that the … Read more
The year is 1945, the worst war in the history of human mankind is over. In the post-war years, Europe is found destroyed economically, socially, and culturally. During those first years also come the first stories of crimes committed on unimaginable scales and a conceptually new cruelty. Obsessive, mass, and continental scale destruction of entire … Read more
Title: The boy in the striped pyjamas Writer: John Boyne Main Characters: Bruno and Shmuel Theme: war The writer The writer of the book is John Boyne. He’s an Irish writer and he’s a journalist too. John Boyne has studied at the university of Dublin and the university of Norwich. He was born on the … Read more
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski is one of many books that are considered Holocaust literature. Most of these books focus on the experiences of those who survived, thus giving us proof that such a monstrosity actually occurred. The stories that are told in these books is so vile that … Read more
