In my personal (and anything but humble) opinion, reading and writing satire is one of the greatest pleasures known within the literary realm. This in no way implies that satire is easy to write because nothing could be further from the truth. Many people think that satire and comedy are synonymous. They are again off ...
I love history, and Chinese history is no exception. I’ve compiled the top 2012 Chinese history books, due for release throughout 2012. You won’t regret checking out these great history books! The Forbidden City” was the home of the Chinese emperor and royal court for several hundred years. It was forbidden (hence the name!) for ...
The siblings in the works Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, onny Blues by James Baldwin, and eath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller play significant roles in each other lives. The siblings in these works show a great amount of care and concern for one another, sometimes acting not only as ...
It is not big secret. Witches and witchcraft in Portland , Oregon are part of the fabric of society. The witch culture of Portland is a hybrid sort of pagan religion and a fascination with history of witches. Most witches are self described good witches. Some even hang shingle signs over their doors that they ...
Title: Obsessed Author: Ted Dekker Publisher: Westbow Press, Nashville Copyright: 2005 Pages: 382 ISBN: 0-8499-4373-6 Genre: Christian fiction/suspense If you find the greatest treasure in the world, is it really worth risking everything to possess? Ted Dekker’s novel Obsessed introduces a Los Angeles realtor who becomes caught up in an obsession that is far more ...
Allusion in The Sound and the Fury acts as a dense and interpretable device within the structure of the novel. The allusive references are almost completely referencing the bible, particularly the structural components of the New Testament. The four chapters of the novel correlate in several ways to the four gospels in the New Testament ...
Narrated by the 80-year-old Benedictine monk Adso, “The Name of the Rose” relates events that occurred over a one-week period in 1327 when Adso (then an 18-year-old novice) and his master, the English Franciscan monk William of Baskerville, visited an abbey in northern Italy. The action takes place during the controversy over Apostolic poverty that ...
Hi folks! Are you…. – A busy person who never have enough time to read? – A teenage girl who will read anything besides long, plain textbooks? – A curious teenage dude who wants to know what girls like to read? – A middle aged woman interested in the imaginary world of teenage romance with ...
Emilia is a somewhat puzzling character in Othello since she does not have soliloquies or asides. Unlike Lago, who reveals himself in detailed monologues, what goes on in her mind is left up to the reader’s imagination. Despite limited knowledge of Emilia’s intent, the play implies that her intentions were innocuous even though they lead ...
Armageddon, it is a well known, long anticipated event in many cultures around the world. The battle between good and evil, where the positive forces will battle the negative forces in this world and, in most legends surrounding the impending event, good will win out in the end. In Christian lore, this encounter will be ...
