Category: Book Review

People are born with a natural sense of fairness and when they are denied their societal rights of equality and justice a rebel is born and steps forward to inspire and lead for a better future. This supports the idea that  Rebels dont break rules because they want to, but because they have to.…

Friedrich Nietzsches Twilight of the Idols is a book that touches on topics of decadence and nihilism in figures, societies, and cultures. This book contains a chapter on Socrates, labeled The Problem of Socrates. The chapter focuses on a critique of Socrates beliefs through Nietzsches views on Socrates philosophy on the value of life, dialectics,…

Voltaire once said, Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. Every decision made in life is followed by a consequence. Guilt is one of the most frequent consequences in the novel, The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini depicts the cataclysmic ability of guilt to consume ones life through the several relationships…

An unnamed mans journey through the Yukon forest is an example of the ultimate test of determination and having the will to live. While traveling by himself with only a dog for company, the man thinks back to when an old man advised him against ever going out on the trail in temperatures below -50…

Every human story could become a tragic story if that story is told as a tragedy. According to Aristotle the protagonist of a tragedy has a flaw in character, a downfall of their own doing followed by a harsh realization of the tragic error before dying and this evokes a reaction in those who witness…

Buck, who is a very big and pretty Saint Bernard, has changed through the book due to his new owners, and friends, and his new journeys. Buck throughout this story has to be able to adapt to his new changes and has to overcome all his new challenges. Weather its be taken from his home,…

In the novel ‘The Call of the Wild’ by Jack London, the protagonist Buck, a dog from South-land is kidnapped and sold to hostile people in the North. He has to adapt to becoming a dog of the North. Within this novel, Buck undergoes a very significant change of character and emotional state. He transitions…

Individualism describes the habit of being independent and self-reliant. In both The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Call of the Wild, the main characters display the habit of individualism. Christopher takes himself from his home in Swindon to London. Buck travels from Santa Clara Valley, California to Canada. Both characters…

In Jack London’s The Call of the Wild Buck goes through a self-evaluation because of his surroundings and what he has to adapt to. Buck changes for the better and worse because of his adaptability, intellect and might. Because of these traits, he can overcome great obstacles. He is constantly trying to adapt to nature…

The Call of the Wild is a novel of devolution which traces the process of releasing Bucks savage, atavistic nature beneath its civilized veneer(citation). Buck, a St. Bernard Shepherd mix, was a very loyal pet to his own family in California where life was easy and good. However, Buck is kidnapped during the time of…