Excelling as a Writer
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Thinking that writing is simple was a mistake. I filled many pages in illogical writing. Furthermore, I had not mastered the fundamentals of writing including grammar, vocabulary and the elements of style. Consequently, for a beginner writer there is the use of vague words that make the writing...
Ethical implications of writings about nature, J.A Barker
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The need to conserve the environment has gained momentum in the recent past. The essence of nature writing is to inform and guide the reader is on the crucial aspect of nurturing the environment. Nature is an aspect that is hard to alienate from human existence. This is why nature writers aspire...
Essence of life according to John Cheever in "The Swimmer"
Case study - 1 pages - Literature
Life is the greatest gift of all. Having a body entails being alive. It is important to know that the body and the spirit parts are the total souls of man. In my opinion, having a body entails dealing with the complexities of our everyday life. Therefore, there is the need to reconcile human...
The Dangers of Isolation as Depicted in Shakespeare's Othello
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Fear, anger, hatred and confrontation are the reasons that people give for alienation. After reading Othello by Shakespeare, it dawned on me that isolation greatly affects how people relate with others. Shakespeare is an iconic writer and as Ben Jonson asserts his work is timeless. I love the...
Analysis of the Farming of Bones in Haiti by Baker, Kathleen- Reign of Dictator Rafael
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Although simply written in an easily understood narrative tone, “The Farming of Bones” holds numerous connotations portraying the heightened spite experienced by Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic at the Reign of Dictator Rafael. The heightened tension between the two...
Kafka on the Shore
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Surviving in the modern civilization and being “chased by the storm” is the main challenge of today's young people. The boy named Crow is a central character of the “Kafka on the Shore”, and it is evident that the author has used recent ideology to build up the narratives and...
Does the law of the sea provide a suitable framework for the regulation of marine genetic resources?
Case study - 14 pages - Literature
There are many challenges of marine engineering at the moment, and the industry is lacking the general ruling, law and indicators to work out a universal regulation, applied to all seas, oceans, including the territories of different countries. There have been many conferences held, and the...
Romantic Period in America/Romanticism - published: 02/09/2014
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The Romanticism or Romantic Period began in Germany spread to England and France, where it arrived in the U.S at around 1820. The Romantics underrated the significance of individual's expressive art, as well as, that of the society. Romanticism fosters nature's rewards, values emotion more than...
The Theme of Heroes vs. Villains in Films, good against evil
Case study - 6 pages - Literature
Film is an art and form of mass communication with the power to motivate and emotionally move the viewer. Films focus on humankind as a reflection of the social reality in a given era (Meynendonckx 11). What makes the film more memorable such that hours, days or even many years later it still...
The dangers of blindly following traditions, Cooray Mark
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Each society has a conventional way of life. Traditions are a part of society and hence the need to pass them on to generations (Cooley). They give the community a unique identity because they have a symbolic meaning with significant importance. The essence of traditions is to ensure that the...
Alexander the Great
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The performance of Alexander as strategists brings a rear insight of the best practices and set high standards against the judgment to be followed. Alexander as a young Macedonian king successfully revealed adroitness with all the grand strategic tools, against a number of foes in different...
Book Review-Comparison between "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
On June 27, the residents of a small village come together so as to carry out a paramount tradition. This involves congregating at the square for the annual town lottery and in close comparison are other towns where this celebration takes a longer period of time. However, in this village there...
An analysis of media effect in White Noise by Don DeLillo
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
White Noise by Don DeLillo is a book that addresses the intense influence of the media on modern lifestyles. The influential characters in the book include Jack Gladney, Babette Gladney and Murray Jay Siskind. Other characters include Jack's four children, Wilder, Denise, Steffie and Heinrich,...
Dead Men's Path - Short Story Analysis
Case study - 1 pages - Literature
In the short story “Dead Man's Path”, the protagonist gets a chance on a silver platter to work towards the fulfillment of his dreams. However, not every character in the story sides with his plan to transform the “world” starting with position as headmaster in Ndume Central...
Holmes Rolston versus Robin Attfield ideas
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
One UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights (1948) state: "All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement." Holmes argues that it is sometimes good to let people die in order to serve the nature. He argues that food should...
To Her Book written by Anne Bradstreet
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
In the poems, the author To Her Book written by Anne Bradstreet and Theme for English B, by Langston Hughes, the authors present their views about writing. This is done also through writing which is an effective medium of communication to the public. Their ideas require a critical understanding...
Gideon Trumpet by Anthony Lewis
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The book Gideon Trumpet, written by the author Anthony Lewis purposes at clarifying the fact that criminal defendants have the right to a representation by an attorney even if they cannot afford the costs. Therefore, according to Lewis, the court becomes directly obliged to incur the attorney's...
Poetry Interpretation Paper
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The persona of the poem January is Baron Wormser. Being a poet, Baron writes from a perceptive entirely diverse from his own. In the poem, he takes the voice and actions of the machine controller or driver. From the first paragraph, he says, “he tried to tease the old Chev into...
Sir Gawain and Green Knight review: The Relationship between Mankind and the Divine
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
In the Bible, the holy Christian book, there are vivid descriptions of God and his values. These values are divine and holy, and men always try to replicate them. In the book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, there are demonstrations of similar values and their effects on humanity. This paper will...
Compare and Contrast the Epic Hero in Beowulf And Gilgamesh
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Epic heroes are heroes known in legends and stories for their warrior characters and their fight to uphold their societies in times of war. Many tribes have legends with epic heroes. These heroes arise when the community is in hard times, and they lead the community in war to grant them victory....
Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
A matrix organization is out of character because it joins managers and employees from distinct departments with an aim of working towards achieving a common goal. Therefore, a matrix structure refers to a blending of the divisional and functional structures. The functional separates each...
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Atwood and "The Pickup" by Nadine Gordimer
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Imagine living in a society setting where signs painted in red reads, “this is a warning against women who fail to wear makeup and head scarves. Any woman who violates this is liable for punishment. God is the witness, and this is a warning.” In addition, the same society includes the...
A Valediction forbidding Mourning: Analytical review
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Poems, since time immemorial have a significant impact on the evolution of English literature. A famous poet is John Donne. He wrote a metaphysical poem, “A valediction forbidding mourning”, in the early seventeenth century. Speculations are that he composed it for Anne More, his wife,...
Forgiving my Father: Poem analysis
Case study - 1 pages - Literature
The poem “forgiving my father” portrays a relationship between the persona and her parents. The persona is willing to forgive her father after his financial irresponsibility and emotional abuse. The persona is angry at both her parents. She is angry at her father because he abuses her...
The book, 'The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains.'
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The book, ‘The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains' by Nicholas Carr's taps into the anxiety of identifying what the internet is doing to us. The book instigates by Carr sharing his feeling just like other people claiming that he can no longer think as he did before evidenced...
'The Monk and the Riddle' by Randy Komisar
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The book, ‘The Monk and the Riddle' by Randy Komisar draws insights about entrepreneurs from the writer's experience. Komisar presents advice and certain must dos' for anyone wishing to develop a successful business venture. His story is developed with interesting characters who must find...
Use of Voice in "More Rivers to cross"
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Many Rivers to Cross is a speech that June Jordan makes at a conference known as ‘women and work.' In it is part of her autobiography which she gives to show how many rivers she has to cross in her life. She starts the essay with her mother's suicide at a time when she was struggling...
Harold Kushner, God and Evil
Case study - 6 pages - Literature
Many religious authors have asked the question Kushner (2002) does in his book: “Why do the Righteous Suffer?” The easy answer provided by the author in the first chapter is that “God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck. Some are caused by bad people, and...
The Truth About Keats' Grecian Urn
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
In Sidney's A Defense on Poesy, poetry is “an art of imitation.” Granted, Sidney's definition does imply poetry serving as a mirror to a reality, and to imitate is to replicate something in closest form, in mimesis. To simply strike the possibility of poetry stemming from any sort of...
Modernism Alone Can Sustain Man's Interest in Literature
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
Literature is an indispensable ingredient of man's education. In other words man cannot totally avoid literature so it cannot make its way into his education. Yet not many are ready to taste the nectar pouring from literary masterpieces. As a matter of fact most literary pieces appear as...
