Essays on Authors

Throughout our journey on this planet, it can be hard to to recognize the wonderful lessons the dark parts of our life offers us. As humans, we strive to succeed, and do not take failure very well. Since we do not accept failure we try to cover up the obstacles facing us to pretend like...

“A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.” (Pope); Alexander Pope’s works on poetry and writings were truly the basis for Neoclassical literature in the 18th century and aimed on bringing back the classical principles set by some of the earliest writers such as Virgil and Horace. Neoclassicism is a literary and creative movement that came...

Inside the pages of the first book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we find an 11-year old boy represent what we, across various cultures, call a “hero”. While this term was not coined for the plot to Harry Potter, it has, in fact, been used since the beginning of story-telling. The concept of a...

In “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here” written by Mark Edmunson, the purpose of education is discussed as the idea that education is something worth fighting for. Edmunson proposes that it is the student’s responsibility to work hard for the pursuit of an education that is meaningful to them. Higher education is...

Discussion My question for my extended project qualification is “Does J.K Rowling support of discourage gender stereotypes and typical gender roles?”. To begin with I thought that this question would be quite one sided and that I would struggle to find research that opposed my point of view. However this wasn’t the case. When I...

“Good People” by David Foster Wallace is a short story based on a Christian couple challenged to make a tough decision. Christianity and their morals will have a huge impact based on the decision the couple is trying to make. It is easy to say religion is a big theme in this story because the...

Throughout the 18th century Lady Mary Montagu played a significant part in the development of women’s agency. Lady Mary was the first woman to write significant literary letters of this time, Turkish Embassy Letters. In these collection of letters, she informs others of the customary, environmental and cultural aspects of various places she travels to...

In the works of O’Connor, Carver, and Plath, violence against women is a major and serious problem that menaces the wellbeing of women and has a negative effect on their lives. The word, violence can evoke many images of assault, abuse, and even murder. Violence is one of the main topics in O’Connor’s, Carver’s and...

This essay will discuss whether it was ethical or not for J.K. Rowling to keep Johnny Depp in her movie Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald after his domestic violence allegations surfaced. Using the Potter Box method we will be able to properly analyze the case. The Potter Box consists of four steps that help...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was released on November 19, 2010, by Warner Bros. Pictures as the seventh movie in the very popular eight movie series. The movie was directed by David Yates and produced by J.K. Rowling, the author of the beloved Harry Potter book series. The series as a whole...