… unmasks the horrors of slavery, and depicts its aftermath on African Americans. The story is perfect for all who did not experience nor could imagine how it was to be an African American in America circa the 1860's. Beloved lends a gateway to understa…

… a slow pace and not much happens in the first hundred pages. Clancy can be forgiven because the rest of the book makes up for its few shortcomings. The scene that sets the story for the novel is the horrid scene of the president's family friend tortured…

… extremely divisive text when one considers the amount of dissension and disagreement it has generated critically. The criticism has essentially focused around what could be called the dichotomy of acceptance vs. resistance. On the one hand we can read…

… many different aspects of literature are used to create a main character’s facade and also the characters around him. These aspects are also used to show how Holden, the main character, develops throughout the story with the ever changing environment…

… the novel To kill a Mockingbird there are a few main themes that run throughout it. The themes are; coming of age, racism and feminism. Each of theses has a special imporance in this book and I’m writing about all three in this essay. In the…

… very rude man. While one may expect a well educated man, such as Higgins, to be a gentleman, he is far from it. Higgins believes that how you treated someone is not important, as long as you treat everyone equally. The great secret, Eliza,…

… – A Woman's Journey. 1999- 2000 New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. In regard to Leila Ahmed's latest novel, the truth is definitely in the title. A border passage is an intimate account of life, and the journey one embarks on when one truly wishes to…

… a representation of their individuality. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the conch shell is a representation of the leadership in society. The conch shell is used to speak during the meeting on the island. He who holds the conch is…

… by Patrick Dillon and published by Simon and Shuster in 1998. Lost at Sea is an exacting tale of two fishing boats thought unsinkable that were lost at sea without warning. The Americus and Altair two of the most modern fishing vessels in the ocean,…

… George Orwell in 1949, we see a man who is all alone struggles against a totalitarian government. While he is aware that he cannot defeat the “monstrous machine” known as The Party, he still defies its efforts at controlling the thoughts and emotions…