… Hardy’s Return of the Native is a figure dominated by powerful emotions, to a degree that they overwhelm her already tenuous grip on the reality of Egdon Heath. This inability to grasp her situation, and thus her impotence to change it, derives from…

… It started a little slow, but by the end of the book I couldn’t put it down. The reason I wasn’t in love with this book was there wasn’t enough action, it was mostly talking throughout the book. The main idea of the book is the right to think.…

… George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm, this is proved to an almost scary extent where the characters are mainly animals, not people. In this novel, the animals speak to each other as humans would talk to other humans, making the novel very interestin…

… set in World War I, centers around the changes brought by the war onto one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent roman…

… to get ahead just like Macbeth did. Kings, tyrants, dictators, and even normal everyday citizens have killed each other to try to gain monetarily and try to gain power over everyone else. Many people even kill each for love. The wife gets a lover…

… and outright bloody murder are such elements in an epic. Homer’s The Odyssey weaves these elements into a wonderful story about Odysseus “ the man of twists and turns” and his harrowing adventures. In Robert Fagles’ translation of The Odyssey each…

… and a narrative of the artist's development. As a child growing up in the Jim Crow South, Richard faced constant pressure to submit to white authority. However, even from an early age, Richard had a fierce spirit of rebellion. Had he lacked the resilienc…

… Orwell's novel Animal Farm does an excellent job of drawing parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders of the Russian Revolution. The animals…

… research, and development the world’s financial institutions are announcing the much-anticipated GLOBAL CASHLESS SOCIETY. The ability to conduct all manner of monetary exchange is now being replaced by microchip technology and electronic currency.…

… a poem which enters the dynamic consciousness of its title character, whose feelings, thoughts and emotions are displayed in a motley but organized sequence, as they ride the man's wavering mood. His is a mood wavering more often towards haplessness…