Category: Book Report

At Dovecote’s funeral, Coriolanus sings the Panem anthem, ‘Gem of Panem,’ having learned it from his grandmother. During the funeral, the bullet-ridden body of Brandy is paraded by Peacekeepers, along with the other tributes. The mentors and tributes are then taken for a ‘tour’ of the Capitol Arena, where Coriolanus again meets with Lucy Gray…

Literature from Marxist point of view is a reflection of the human existence in such a society which is divided into different classes on the basis of economic conditions. This paper aims to explore various aspects of exploitation, systems of domination, oppression and socioeconomic conflicts that arise in the novel Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid.…

Generally, in industrial activity, the factors of production are needed in producing goods and services. Eyiyere argues that the factors of production are nature, labor and capital. Labor is an active resource which is one of the factors in the smoothness of a production process. Workers in their activity should be supported by good, human…

Feminist critics focus on the struggles that women face in society and ways these are questioned in literature. The Beginning Theory by P. Barry, states: To put what I have just sketched in somewhat different terms: this type of feminist criticism leads to a thorough examination of gender roles. Gender has to do not with…

1. The central idea of the story; Who Moved My Cheese; tells a parable, which you can directly apply to your own life, in order to stop fearing what lies ahead and instead thrive in an environment of change and uncertainty. Funny, how you sometimes stumble into things that were right in front of your…

Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 1911 Horror Fiction, Fantasy Characters: Mattie Silver: Protagonist. Mattie is Zeenas cousin who moves in with her and Ethan who she shortly thereafter falls in love with. ‘Zeena’ Frome: Protagonist. Zeena is Ethans wife and they live a struggling and sad life. Despite every vile action acted against her she becomes…

The theme of motherhood is a key one in both the novel We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and the collection of poems The Worlds Wife by Carol Ann Duffy. Motherhood is seen as a key element of the female experience, and both texts explore the connection between motherhood, femininity, and the…

In the book Circe by author Madeline Miller, Circe learns, through her experience of motherhood, the instant love and maternal bond between mother and child, as well as a mothers impulse to sacrifice her own life to protect her offspring. Like many mothers, Circe feels overwhelmed by a babys constant physical and emotional needs. Although…

When I first read the story of the Banished Immortal written by Bai Xianyong, the figure of the protagonist Li Tong, who dressed in red cheongsam dancing in the bar, was ingrained in my mind. She was the queen of the beauties. She had always been living so proudly and so willfully. Li Tong seemed…

Many texts often explore androcentrism and are repressive in relation to women, perpetuating ultimately degrading representations of women and assigning cultural constructs of gender roles. As H. Bertens writes in Literary Theory: The Basics, women are traditionally seen with helplessness and renouncing all ambition and desire, where female independence&gets a strongly negative connotation. However, Lionel…