The Wild Swans at Coole is a poem that balances reticence with disclosure. The substances may be the same but a logic based on proportions fails. Reticence is the opposite of disclosure. The poem’s theme is mortality, loss, disillusionment, realism,…

The Trial is Franz Kafka’s most famous novel, published in Berlin 1926. Max Brod – Kafka’s close friend – collected the originals and prepared them for publishing two years following Kafka’s death. Brod states that Kafka never gave the manuscript…

Cabrals, along with many other Dominican Families, claim to have “been victim[s] of high-level Fuku” (p.154). The Cabrals are plagued with bad luck so often that it doesn’t seem like luck. They become helpless in their situation. Only one explanation…

Race has always been a topic that has brought out different feelings, opinions, and ideas. People of different races are treated differently based on color. Brent Staples was a famous African American journalist who wrote an article entitled “Black Men…

Wilfred’s “Strange Meeting”, a novel by Wilfred, explores the extraordinary encounter between two combatants who are on opposite sides of a battle. Owen is not interested in the typical poetics that surround war. Instead, Owen creates a graphic reality balanced…

The Namesake is a novel by Jhumpa Lari that weaves marriage, intimacy and love into the life of Gogol, his parents, and the Ganguli Family. The novel begins in the early chapters of Ashima’s and Ashoke’s arranged marriage. Ashima has…

Table of Contents Marxist Thoughts Marxism and the Caucasian Chalk Circle In conclusion Bertolt Brecht’s importance is widely acknowledged. His birth in 1898 in Bavaria was a turning point in literary and theatrical history. He introduced a new form of…

There is an invisible, silent killer in American society. It affects about a fourth of global population and kills 8 million people each year. However, it’s often underestimated because there are no physical marks. Even though mental illness does not…

Historians disagree as to the extent of New Deal’s effectiveness for African Americans. Franklin D. Roosevelt created a series programs to aid in the recovery of Americans after the Great Depression. The New Deal is a turning point in American…

People, by nature selfish, will try to exploit each other if they are not discouraged. Many nations today have laws or codes that citizens are expected follow. Hammurabi’s code is one of the oldest laws in history. Hammurabi’s code is…