Two Dark Times –A literary comparison between the characters in Tender is The Night and Rickshaw Boy The book Rickshaw Boy (also known as Camel Xiangzi) is considered to be a classic of the Chinese author Lao She and a great representation of the era after the establishment of the Republic of China in theContinueContinue reading “Two Dark Times- Tender is The Night/ Rickshaw Boy”
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Technology, Humanity and Social Stability- Brave New World
Book Introduction: In the book Brave New World, Huxley envisioned an all-encompassing community where “every one belong to every one else”. In this community, people are reproduced in test tubes and are predestined into different castes before their birth. All their life, they only fulfill their own destiny as someone from certain caste and obtainContinueContinue reading “Technology, Humanity and Social Stability- Brave New World”
Social Violence Disclosure- Eleanor and Park
“He’d stopped trying to bring her back.She only came back when she felt like it, in dreams and lies and broken-down déjà vu.” Book Introduction The story of Eleanor and Park follows dual narratives by Eleanor and Park, two misfits living in Nebraska from 1986 to 1987. They met on a school bus on Eleanor’s first dayContinueContinue reading “Social Violence Disclosure- Eleanor and Park”
Secrets behind success–The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“The only thing to be proud of yourself is your humility” –Benjamin Franklin Book Introduction The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin serves to be an introduction of the life and thoughts of Benjamin Franklin. In a narrative tone, the author covers his stories from his youth to his senectitude, and this work has become one of the mostContinueContinue reading “Secrets behind success–The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”
Family Education Mode- Everything I Never Told You
“Wonderfully moving…A beautifully crafted study of dysfunction and grief…[that] will resonate with anyone who has ever had a family drama.” —The Boston Globe Book Introduction Written by Celeste NG, the novel Everything I Never Told You is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a lake. During the uncovering processContinueContinue reading “Family Education Mode- Everything I Never Told You”
The philosophy of love — Pride and Prejudice
But vanity, not love, has been my folly…Till this moment I never knew myself. Book Introduction Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel by Jane Austen. The story is mainly concerned with the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial andContinueContinue reading “The philosophy of love — Pride and Prejudice”
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