Essays on Books

In “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe he uses many different forms of symbolism to describe life and death. He describes the seven apartments, clock and the masked figure. All of these things most certainly symbolize life and death in some way. The “Red Death” comes and an enormous amount of people start to die. The Prince decides to take a thousand of his “closest “friends and close them off to the world, to escape death. But…...

In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ the author uses the mockingbird to communicate her theme of the defense of the innocent. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit `em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” Atticus tells the children. To put it in more general terms, Atticus tells Jem and Scout that we must follow a moral law that commands us to spare the innocent. This moral law has obligations. Atticus must defend Tom Robinson…...

In ‘A Christmas carol’, how does Dickens make the reader aware of the conditions of the poor in the 19th century? In what ways does he make his message palatable? The story of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is set in Charles Dickens home town of London. In the Victorian period Londoners were split in two categories, the rich and poor and the streets were filled with diseases and many poor children died at young ages. There were many big families who…...

In “Call of the Wild”, one of many lessons taught is that anyone or thing can be taken from Its surroundings and thrown into a harsh world where anybody must learn how to survive. Buck, the mall character, has two choices of: Endure and adapt to the ruthless, and savage world he Is now governed by, or become a name that is forgotten, and unable to pull himself above the water when the rapids come down on him. His life…...

I’m doing my three page research paper over Beowulf, the story of a warrior from ancient times when monsters, goblins, and demons still plagued the Earth that we live on still today. Beowulf was a tall tale told for many, years to children before they fell asleep at night. It’s a story that has been around from 720-796 a. d. And hasn’t gotten old yet, because it inspires people and tells people what real hero’ s are capable of and…...

I will now talk about the opening of Harry Hooks second screen adaptation of William Golding’s cult novel about a group of British school children that revert to savagery when marooned on a deserted island. The new adaptation replaces British school children with a group of American military cadets. Harry Hook is also a very effective professional film director who employs a wide range of camera techniques. At the start of Harry Hook’s version of Lord Of The Flies we…...

I intend to study the Crucible by Arthur Miller. I will be looking at act 3, through the eyes of a director. The character I will mainly be focusing on is Abigail Williams, a late teen who had committed adultery with the well thought of, John Proctor. The play was written in 1952 and was an allegory of the political state of America under the supervision of Senator Joseph McCarthy. The play was set in 1692 in a god-fearing, puritan…...

I did live with mother and stepfather; however I prefer to think of the friends and freedom of Maycomb, Alabama as my home- where I feel more important and more importantly wanted. In terms of my parents “They do get on a lot better without me, I cannot help them any”As Francis says about me, “He hasn’t got a home; he just gets passed around from relative to relative.” During the year I travelled around various family members but I…...

I have been asked to investigate the link between colour and heat loss. Does the silver or the black cup lose its heat faster? HYPOTHESIS I think that the silver cup will retain the heat for a longer period of time than the black cup, I think this because the black cup will absorb the heat, where as the silver cup will reflect the heat back into the cup causing the black cup to cool down faster than the silver…...

I entered the van contemplating about my fate, wondering if my daughter is safe and well. Then there is Luke, oh how I wonder if he is alive, if I’ll see him in the afterlife, if he is dead. I cannot imagine what will become of me now that I have been stripped of my Handmaid status. Will I have freedom from this meaningless existence? Or is this the end of the line? All I can do is waiting and…...

I believe that Telemachus and Penelope were the true heroes of the odyssey. I think Penelope and Telemachus were honest and Odysseus was not because he slept with a lot of women such as Circe and calypso. I believe Penelope was loyal, even though there were suitors that were trying to convince her to marry them. On the other side, Telemachus had hope that his father would return. All of these qualities are hero like. Penelope was the hero of…...

I chose these two characters because they were two principal characters in the shaping of Jane’s character during her childhood. They represent two opposite influences, one positive in the shape of gentle and kind Helen, and one negative in the shape of horrible Mr.Brocklehurst. The character of Mr.Brocklehurst was drawn from Charlotte’s recollections of the original founder of the Clergy Daughters School, Cowan Bridge, which she attended at the age of 8 with her elder sisters. Jane first meets Mr.…...

I am still deciding whether I liked It or not. It was hard for me to follow because It kept Jumping back In forth In time. The first three chapters I hap kept re-reading to focus and grasp what was going on. I was extremely confused and it went from the opening scene in 1931 to Milkman being four years old in one paragraph. I do feel this is a book you need to read over and over again to…...

I chose this poem because ever since I was little I have found this so very moving. I first read and learnt this poem when I was about seven and now when I think of war poetry I immediately think of this poem. I think this poem lies very close to the truth and that the people who entice young schoolboys into thinking war is a great thing are cruel and above all liars. This poem explains things in a…...

Hurst has a happy ending Weldon describes. Jeanie in the end reconciliations and reassess herself spiritually. When Janis?s final husband of this book dies she really gets love. All of what she’s been through has really taught her what love really is. She says, “Love is lack De sea. It’s uh moving’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from De here it meets, and it’s different with every 191). Not that the ending is joyful and ecstatic…...

Hypocrisy plays a big part in the crucible. Right from the start you find out that Goody Putnam is using Tituba to talk to her dead babes but all through the rest of the play there is no more mention of Goody Putnam’s dealings although her husband goes around accusing other people in the village but not his wife who had actually been practicing witchcraft. The other people who had been playing at witchcraft were the girls who are believed…...

I am going to compare “Cold Knap Lake” by Gillian Clarke with “Death of a Naturalist” by Seamus Heaney. They are both about death in their own special way. In “Cold Knap Lake”, the person almost dies and “Death of a Naturalist” is about the person’s enthusiasm of nature dying. They are both autobiographical because it is the poet’s own experience they are writing about. I am then going to compare “The Laboratory” and “My Last Duchess”. These two are…...

Human nature is used in Everyday by David Levithan by helping to explore and helps to create and determine the outcomes of particular events. Human nature plays a major part in the story as without it you’d personally become unaware as to why they’ve reacted or had an opinion the way they have. The way it’s been used in the content of the story helps to determine and distinguish the difference and how you can individually separate each character to…...

Morality Society establishes their own rules of morality, but would they be accepted in these days? For example, throughout the novel “Huckleberry Finn “, Mark Twain depicts society as a structure that has become little more than a collection of degraded rules and precepts that defy logic. This faulty logic manifests itself early, when the new judge in town allows Pap to keep custody of Huck. “The law backs that Judge Thatcher up and helps him to keep me out…...

Huck experienced many situations on his adventure down the Mississippi River, and by the end •Morals are what someone falls back on when faced with a problem or a difficult decision. •Some people think that morals come from childhood and feel they are similar to born instincts. •Others believed that morals are developed through real life situations. The first big awakening for Huck is when Pap returns to his life. Huck finds out that his father has come around again…...

How Cleopatra acts when Antony is away reveals a lot about her character and how she feels about herself and Antony. The scene starts off with Cleopatra asking Charmian for a narcotic so that she can ‘sleep out this great gap of time’ that her Antony is away. She is thinking about Antony’s every move ‘Stands he, or sits he?’ and speaks jealously of the horse that he may be sitting on. Horse back riding is associated with sexual intercourse,…...

How do you define a hero? Some may define a hero as someone with courage and bravery, someone who knows how to fight monsters and win historic battles, remain loyal to himself and or his or her men, or someone who has intelligence to overthrow an evil kingdom and make everything “right”. My definition of an epic hero is someone who can overcome passed mistakes and struggle to become a better person internally, while leading, staying loyal and sacrificing what…...

How does Dickens set the scene for the appearance in Jacob Maryles Ghost in stave 1 of a Christmas carol? Dickens immediately sets the scene by writing a forceful, yet mysterious beginning to the first scene. “Marley was dead to begin with” The effect of this opening is startling and also shocking. This is a very unusual way to open a story. Also this is a question to his death, so he is dead but could come into the story…...

Hosseini uses a variety of techniques to foreshadow Hassan’s rape. Pathetic fallacy, a literary device that uses the weather, is a powerful tool in reflecting the feelings and events happening to the main characters. Reference to the “beautiful day” with “fresh snow” and “blameless blue” skies lulls the reader into a sense of false security- the day seems to have no fault for Hassan and Amir. It contrasts sharply with the “overcast” skies that seem to settle in permanently, following…...

Holden Caulfield is seventeen years old and is newly kicked out of his school. In his family, he has two brothers, D.B, and Allie, who had died in the story and a little sister, Phoebe. Along with both his mother and father. Since his mental health was brought up often with thoughts of being crazy, with statements like “I’m crazy, swear to God, I am…” and references of psychological hospitalization in his past, a psychological approach will be used to…...

hi.. i’m just looking around Tattercoats Tattacoats is an English fairy tale gathered by Joseph Jacobs in his “More English Fairy Tales”. A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature magical characters and numbers. They always ends happily, but they also contains a moral or message. So what’s the moral in Tattercoats? The tale is a about a girl named Tattercoats, who lived in a castle on an island in the middle of the sea. Her mother died…...

Hess’ Law of Heat Summation Hess’ Law states that: “The enthalpy change for any reaction depends  on the products and reactants and is independent  of the pathway or the number of steps between  the reactant and product”. BASICALLY:    Hess’ Law states “the heat evolved or absorbed in     a chemical process is the same whether the process     takes place in one or in several steps”     ­­;This is also known as the “law of constant heat summation”. All it means is that no matter how many steps the chemical     reaction proceeds through, the total heat evolved or absorbed    is the added heat values of each step and will always be    a constant figure for that process. For example:     When phosphoric acid (a tri­hydrogen acid) is neutralized     with a base, the hydrogens are neutralised in 3 steps:    STEP 1:   H3P04 + NaOH ­; NaH2PO4 + H2O ­gives X amount of heat     STEP 2:   NaH2PO4 + NaOH ­; Na2HPO4 + H2O ­gives Y amount of heat    STEP 3:   Na2PO4 + NaOH ­; Na3PO4 +H2O ­gives Z amount of heat    Therefore, the total heat of reaction (   Hrxn) is equal to: Law Of Constant Heat Summation There are two (2) ways to calculate the heat of reaction  using Hess’ Law: 1­  Equation Method (Algebraic Method) 2­  Heat of Formation Method (Summation Method) Equation (Algebraic) Method Strategy:    ­add equations for reactions with known enthalpies     so that their net result is the desired reaction Sample Problem 1: Use the equations below to determine the enthalpy of reaction for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide: H2O2(l)         H2O(l)    +    1/2 O2(g) The equations are: 1­    H2(g)   +   O2(g)       H2O2(l)    2­    H2(g)   +   1/2 O2(g)      H2O(l) Hf = ­188 kJ Hf = ­286 kJ Solution: Sample Problem 2: Use the following equations: 1­    1/2 N2(g)   +   3/2 H2(g)       NH3(g) 2­    1/2 N2(g)   +   O2(g)     NO2(g) 3­    H2(g)   +   1/2 O2(g)     H2O(g) Hf = ­46. 0 kJ Hf = +34. 0 kJ Hf = ­242. 0 kJ to calculate the enthalpy of reaction for: 4 NH3(g)   +   7 O2(g)        4 NO2(g)   +   6 H2O(g) Solution: Practice Problem: Calculate the heat of reaction for the oxidation of one mole of ethanol to ethanoic acid: C2H5OH(l)   +   O2(g)         CH3COOH(l)   +   H2O(l) Use the equations below: ­    C2H5OH(l)   +   3 O2(g)          2 CO2(g)   +   3 H2O(l) 2­    CH3COOH(l)   +   2 O2(g)         2 CO2(g)   +   2 H2O(l) Hc = ­1367 kJ Hc = ­874 kJ Enthalpy of Formation  (Summation) Method Standard Molar Enthalpy of Formation: (             ) ­the amount of ____ (absorbed or released) when _________ of   a compound is formed from its _________________ in their  standard states ­most enthalpies of formation are ­ve (__________________)? therefore, most compounds are ___________ stable than the  elements they are made from…...

Heathcliff is not inherently evil, but rather he is a victim of the judgement and social prejudices of Victorian Society. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights explores the deep romantic connection between Catherine Linton and the dark-skinned gypsy, Heathcliff and the effect their supernatural relationship has on their heirs. Initially, through Nelly’s interpretation, Heathcliff is seen as the villain of the novel unjustifiably upsetting the lives of the novels most innocent characters. However, on deeper analysis of Nelly’s unreliable story, it becomes…...

Hayao Miyazaki is a very influential part of my choice of my career, having seen so many of his movies as a child and now still watching them, it has done nothing but continue to fuel my love of animation. He began to work as an animator at studio Toei Douga in 1963, grabbing everyone’s attention with his amazing art works and ideas. In 1973 after transferring to Nippon Animation, there he was able to bring about some classics such…...

Have you ever looked at someone and made a judgment before getting to know them? Have you ever been judged yourself? Mark Twain shows the theme; don’t judge a book by its cover, throughout the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn is Tom’s best friend and Tom is Huck’s only friend. He is rejected by society because his family background. Muff Potter is judged as a drunk and violent man, but in reality he is a kind man…...

Have you ever wondered where the concept of creation of the epic hero cycle originated from? For over centuries, the old super hero vs. evil villain story has been told over and over again, and it all started with the Anglo-Saxons’ story of Beowulf. The archetype for all epic hero cycle stories. Various stories evolved from Beowulf, which contain the same concept, but changing the characters, setting, and etc. Beowulf displays heroic character traits, as well as many other heroes…...

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the days of the 1930’s but written in the 1960’s during the Civil Rights debate shows major concerns for this time. Lee explores the main concerns of courage, racism, law and justice with the use of minor characters. The Alabama township of Maycomb, where Lee sets her story is home to a combination of social classes and racial backgrounds. Harper Lee’s characterisation of the minor characters demonstrates the main concern of…...

Harry Potter and the philosophers stone and Spenserian 2 Film trailers are a synopsis of an up and coming movie, they represent and highlight key parts of a film to grasp the audience’s attention and entice them into viewing the movie. They are commonly seen on television during adverts and at any cinema. In order to analyses a film trailer successfully you have to focus on elements such as dramatic effects, suitability, target audience, music and lighting etc… I have…...

Good versus evil, moral versus immoral, though each corresponding word contains a different connotation, the comparisons as whole entities are essentially equal. Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter creates an allegory by using his character, Reverend Dimmesdale, to define the human condition, and the imperfections with which all humans inherently struggle. In Dimmesdale’s case, he struggles with his sense of responsibility to tell his sin to the town’s people, who he believes depend on his pure and righteousness being. He further…...

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I’m going to focus mainly on two poems, War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy and Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen respectively. Both of them are war poems but are written from different perspectives. War Photographer is from the point of view of a war photographer and Dulce et decorum est is written from the view of a soldier. We can observe the contrast between different roles performed by different people in war.…...

George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is subtitled “a Fairy Story”, a label that may make the book seem innocent and appropriate for children and classroom settings. However, the title is misleading. Animal Farm is a work of Communist propaganda. It outlines and even encourages the overthrow of the government, and explains how to set up and maintain a communist state. It portrays government as corrupt and the public as stupid and easily manipulated. Orwell himself wavered between being a socialist…...

Gender Equality throughout the World, Time, and Fiction Charlotte Bronte wrote in Jane Eyre, “l am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. ” No visible net ensnares womankind. However, long have women been viewed and treated as unequal to their male counterparts. This inequality is alive everywhere. As displayed in Of Mice and Men, gender inequality is alive even in fiction. Gender equality has been an ongoing struggle in…...

Gatsby is one of the wealthiest people In America and is completely Infatuated with Daisy Fay; someone he met, and deceived, five years ago. She Is only a figment of his imagination which he has constantly [Click] (decked) out with every bright feather that drifted his way (152). His idea of Daisy is a chimera, a green light on the wrong side of the bay. Slide 4] Gatsby deceives himself into thinking that by devoting his life to getting filthy…...

Furthermore, Dickens uses effective language to give us a vivid picture of what the character of Scrooge is like. Firstly, he uses present participles to show the reader how important money is to him. Scrooge is described as a ‘squeezing, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. The verbs all emphasise that money means everything to Scrooge by associating with hands and thereby showing his desperation he is a money grabber. The rhythmic use of these verbs which are repeated could…...

Friday March 11, 1692, during the day the community’s minister, the Rev. Samuel Parris asked the girls to reveal another witch. They did, and what they said shocked everyone who heard it for it was Martha Corey a new but upstanding member of the congregation. However, she had never shown support for the witch trials, since she did not believe witches existed. Immediately they sent out to the Corey farm to interview the accused in the hope of clearing up…...