“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.”– John Green Book Intro The book is about the love story between Augustus and Hazel, a boy and a girl with cancer. They are fond of each other and give each other comforts, and slowly they become inseparable. Through all the obstacles between them, the authorContinueContinue reading “The Necessities of Suffering- The Fault in our Stars”
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Social Norm and Social Constraint on Gender Roles- The Awakening
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.” Book Introduction The Awakening is written by Kate Chopin in 1899 and deals with the issue of solitude and gender inequality in theContinueContinue reading “Social Norm and Social Constraint on Gender Roles- The Awakening”
Creon’s Big Mistake- Antigone
” Never to grant traitors and subversives equal footing with loyal citizens, but to honour patriots in life and death.” Play intro The play is written by Sophocles and is a tragedy. The story happens after the death of Oedipus, and it is about Antigone’s decision to act against Creon’s orders and to bury her brotherContinueContinue reading “Creon’s Big Mistake- Antigone”
Why Racial Profiling is Wrong- When the Emperor was Divine
” The sign had appeared overnight. On billboards and trees and the backs of the bus-stop benches. It hung in the window of Woolworth’s.” Book Intro The book is a about a Japanese American family that has been reclassfied and sent to an internment camp in the Utah desert. Like thousands of Japanese American family,ContinueContinue reading “Why Racial Profiling is Wrong- When the Emperor was Divine”
Experiences are the Best Teachers- Siddhartha
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.” Book Intro Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse, and it deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. It is written in German andContinueContinue reading “Experiences are the Best Teachers- Siddhartha”
The Art of Forgiving– Wuthering Heights
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.” ContinueContinue reading “The Art of Forgiving– Wuthering Heights”
The character development of Julien–The Red and the Black
“This was a look that desired revenge upon the higher class; such moments inspire people like Robespieree and his Jacobins, who led the French Revolutions.” Book Introduction In the book, a young man from a peasant family tries to rise himself beyond his upbringing, and developes romantic relationships with two ladies from the upperContinueContinue reading “The character development of Julien–The Red and the Black”
Two Dark Times- Tender is The Night/ Rickshaw Boy
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”
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”
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