Metafiction in “The Things they Carried”

In “The Things They Carried,” physical items such as weighted jackets, grenade launchers, and M-60s sit atop Vietnam soldiers’ shoulders to equal a weight difficult for most to imagine. This tangible weight however hardly compares to the emotional baggage such as grief, terror, longing, confusion, and guilt that the soldiers bear. Tim O’Brien actively uses […]

Should Huck Finn be Taught in Schools?

Compassion versus conscience, freedom versus slavery, and morality versus immortality are some of the numerous subjects which spur debate regarding Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Despite the novel focusing on Huckleberry Finn and his friend, Jim, escaping from civilization and slavery, many have taken offense stating that it is immoral because of […]

Starry Night Analysis

The Starry Night was painted out of oil paints, onto a canvas. by the painter Vincent van Gogh in June 1889 in France. It’s one of the most well-known and reproduced pieces of art in the world today. Most people couldn’t understand the meaning behind it. As well, many art scholars believe that this painting […]

Consumerism in “Brave New World”

In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, individuality is denied and social conformity is law. Within this society, Bernard Marx experiences both internal and external conflict. It is clearly evident that Bernard is seen as the misfit since his introduction. Fanny Crowne frequently refers to Bernard having too much “alcohol in his blood surrogate”, giving an […]

The Importance of being on Time

The importance of accuracy ‘Time is relative,’ said Einstein, but of course people still claim to be more ethical than logical. When we look at it from a scientific point of view, everything is a shame, and if we remember correctly, we have spent time doing that number. Paying attention to time is like listening, […]

How did the Renaissance Change Man’s View of Man?

Amid the Renaissance Man’s view on man changed. This view transformed from an increasingly religious view, whereas the Renaissance’s view on man was progressively centered around the man himself. It demonstrated the potential and achievements of what man had done. This has appeared through craftsmanship, man’s internal nature, man’s place known to man, and the […]

Why is Friar Laurence to Blame?

There are several characters that could be blamed for the death of these two young lovers, however, one of the characters that’s to a large extent responsible for their deaths is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence has a vital role where he is seen as a man of God and is trusted by many in Verona. […]

Animal Farm Characters: Napoleon, Mr. Jones and Moses

Have you ever sought out to change something for the superior but concluded with making it worse? Written by one of the most celebrated English authors and journalists in 1994, “Animal Farm” is one of George Orwell’s greatest satirical novels, where animals take over their farm. Orwell’s literature is committed to informing the flagrant truth […]

Examples of Legal and Illegal Drugs

One example of the legal performance-enhancing drug is Chromium Picolinate. This accesses stored fat in your body and converts that fat to energy. This gives people who are active the ability to work harder and longer because there is much more energy. It also burns fat so it helps people who are training to lose […]

Irony in “The Scarlet Letter”

The novel takes place in June 1640. Hester Prynne is a young, “widowed” mother who resides in the Puritan settlement of Boston, Massachusetts. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. Hawthorne quickly brings attention to the harsh actions of the townspeople towards Prynne and her vivid Scarlet Letter embroidered into her […]