… the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good". I agree with this statement. Many pieces of literature show the dark side of human nature, but none come close to the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In this…

… Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is a novel in which religion is of great importance. One of the main themes in this novel is faith in God and oneself, and even more, the conflict between belief and doubt. It is this need for religion,…

… his troubles and yet frees him of those same troubles. Gonzalo supplies Prospero with the magical books for his studies. Prospero becomes so engrossed in his studies that he eventually almost gives his entire dukedom to his brother Antonio without…

… grows up without his mother and his dad, but raised by his grandmother or Lorraine. The tells us about his childhood which was not very easy to live. He never has met his mother Sharon and asks her grandmother about her a lot. When Eddie asks about…

… turned obsession, Emily Bronte manipulates the desolate setting and dynamic characters to examine the self-destructive pain of compulsion. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is a novel about lives that cross paths and are intertwined with one another.…

… is not just based on skin color, but also on age and gender. A book that shows this is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a story about two friends, that have a dream to live on there own farm, Lennie Small and George Milton, who go to a farm where…

… by Maya Angelou, a question is posed about growth and outlooks on life based upon surroundings alone. If society is formed based on its ethics, then the people in them have no choice but to be caged birds. The main character Marguerite, also known…

… the sunset and thinking to myself “This is heaven!” when I was interrupted by the voice of a man exclaiming, “C’mon, it’s just a stupid sunset.” My first impression of this man was that he was ignorant and wouldn’t know true beauty if it hit him…

… can become a (literary) work of art when literary devices such as metaphor, irony, and symbolism are thrown in the mix. Instead of a story just about a blind man and a married couple, the literary devices show the relationships and help you…

… Fall Apart, at the age of 26. The story portrays his theme of life, when one thing stands another stands beside it. The main character, Okonkwo, lead a somewhat complicated life. As it began, it was ruled by courage and strength, but he chose to…