Essays on Book

“Three Day Road” is basically an indigenous story which introduces two companions, Xavier Fowl and Elijah Weesegeechak. They are both Cree aboriginals from Northern Ontario and are two exceptionally gifted seekers. They were extremely skilled in hunting. Xavier was raised by his close relative Niska, who instructed him how to outlive out in the bushes....

A little girl with skinny arms and a high-pitched voice, Squeaky is a self-confident, cocky youngster who boasts that everyone knows she is the fastest thing on two feet. Squeaky takes her running seriously; she is not afraid to practice high stepping out on the street where anyone can see her. She is also a...

A tragedy about the American dream, abandonment and betrayal. Arthur Miller is making a tremendous impact on theatrical history with his play “Death of a Salesman”. It is a remarkable and fulfilling play directed marvellously by Elia Kazan and executed perfectly by the wonderful cast that discusses the hardship of family life and the expectations...

The Invisible man is forced to join a brutal brawl in exchange for his humanity. The narrator (invisible man) in the story is being challenged of his naïve nature in a society that wants him to act in a particular manner. The invisible man at the end receives some money to go to an all-black...

1. How does a play or novel contribute to democratic pedagogy? Use Durrennmat’s play and Nussbaum’s article to explore this idea. Include a discussion of how The Visit can be interpreted in various ways. Democratic pedagogy is an ideal to which democracy brings about methods of instruction and goals. This includes self-determination within a community...

All My Sons (1947) is a play ‘for people of common sense […] concealed in life’ (quote IntoToPlays). It starts in an apparently placid and undisturbed environment where the Kellers – an ordinary, white, wealthy American family – live. The patriarch, Joe, seems to be quite literally the “average Joe”, a ‘man among men’ (quote?)...

Roger Ebert was an American film critic. He cared about movies and wrote great reviews. Ebert was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Also he was the first who win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1975. Ebert published a lot of reviews and more than 20...

Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman is a cautionary tale of the dangers of blindly conforming to the American Dream and the materialism that goes hand and hand with it. Personally, I benefited greatly from the read. It made me question my pride, my example as a leader, my definition of success, and how...

At times, words are insufficient to describe what one is trying to convey because there are no ample words able to describe the fate of the Jews. Millions of Jews faced this issue after the severe events of the Holocaust. They struggled to decide if they should remain silent or share about the brutal events...

Violence is the primitive harsh desire that exists in all kinds of creatures. Violence is everywhere. It lives in human genes in various forms: crime, war, blind obedience. Even if humans define themselves as intelligent species, this is human nature and cannot change. In various perspectives, “The Lottery,” “We Real Cool,” and “Daddy” all expound...