Malcom Gladwell – 'The Tipping point"

Introduction Malcom Gladwell in his book ‘The Tipping point” delves into the dynamics of social epidemics. Even though it was written in the year 2000, it reveals pertinent issues which are crucial in propagating the spread of ideas and messages among populations. Gladwell (2000) reveals the three rules of epidemics. These laws include: the law … Read more

Looking for Alaska

The story begins with a boy named Miles Halter. Also known as “Pudge”. He is a new student at the Culver Creek school in Alabama and loves memorizing the last words of famous people. Miles was very nervous about making new friends, as he wasn’t very popular at his old school. But soon, he meets … Read more

"Trifles" by Susan Glaspel

The play ” Trifles,” by Susan Glaspel, tells the story of two investigations into the murder of a man named John Wright. The official investigation is done by the men, while the women in the play do their own investigation. Women’s worries are often considered to be simple trifles, unimportant things that bear little or … Read more

'The Crystal Goblet' – Beatrice Warde

‘The Crystal Goblet’ is a well-known essay written by Beatrice Warde, regarding typography and its role in the world. According to her, good typography should be ‘transparent’ or ‘invisible’ (Warde 2009: 42). In the contemporary world, it might be difficult to define these terms, as they are rather ambiguous and misleading due to the fact … Read more

Alice in Wonderland

Chapter 1. Alice is at a riverbank with her elder sister that is reading a book, Alice, who is bored sees a white rabbit with a waistcoat and a pocket watch running by, she decides to follow it down a rabbit hole, after a while of falling and sputtering nonsense, she lands on some leaves … Read more

Disabled – Wilfred Owen

The poem Disabled by Wilfred Owen scrutinises the consequences of war on those who experience it by contrasting the current life of an impaired soldier after war to what he was capable of doing before the war. Owen creates a striking view of the soldier’s life by the depressing description of the soldier in the … Read more

Harry Potter

I have had a miserable vacation at the Dursleys. These are my only remaining family members after the dead of my parents when I still was a child. Luckily for Me. Fred, George and Ron came get me with a flying car. The next day we arrived at the train station to go to Hogwarts, … Read more

Tuesdays with Morrie

The summery of the book Tuesdays with Morrie It is a sad and true story. It is talking about an old professor who loves his life and having fun all the time. One day he was diagnosed with ALS disease. The Media started to broadcast it on TV. Once they did one of his favorite … Read more

A Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Racial discrimination)

People of color normally endure high levels of stresses that are caused by judgment and impairment from people of other races. This normally has a negative impact on them because in some circumstances they deter them from achieving their dreams. The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry revolves around racial discrimination that … Read more

A story about Grandad

My grandad put me on his shoulders and spun me around; I stroked his beard, and felt his prickly hairs. It made me chuckle. We waited ages and ages until we were allowed in, excitement ran through my body. The enormous rusty metal gates swung open and there in the entrance stood a tall man … Read more

Child – a poem by Sylvia Plat

In this poem, Sylvia Plath shows her tender love for her infant. She longs to satisfy her child’s need for beauty and fun in this life. Plath then shows her own depressive mood at the end of the poem. Silvia Plath wrote this poem in four three line stanzas. There is no regular rhyming pattern … Read more

My Dream

My Dream – a story by Lloyd Hamilton I did not sleep well on Sunday night but rather tossed and turned fitfully, my dreams hanging over me, black as storm clouds. It really was my own fault. I should not have invited him to come and go as he desired. My dream began just like one … Read more

'Pool' by Corey Campbell

The short story ‘Pool’ is about a couple – Darla and Jon. One night during their intercourse the condom split unexpectedly. The next day, the couple is desperately searching for the morning-after pill and with success finds it in a Rite Aid pharmacy shop. The relationship between Darla and Jon are portrayed as complicated and … Read more