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The Kindle and The Fate of Books
Some thoughts from a former bookseller and paper enthusiast.
Musical Analysis of Metamorphosis
Kafka’s novella Metamorphosis is renowned for the unorthodox introduction and hopeless progression of Gregor’s situation.
Psychology Case Study of Raskolnikov
A psychological diagnosis of Raskolnikov with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Candide- Analysis Questions
Voltaire presents many out of the ordinary and ridiculous characters. Each character has a dramatic untold story, which they reveal to the reader. Furthermore, the characters have unimaginable and sad stories; however, these backgrounds present the characters as unrealistic beings to the reader. For example, the old woman is a character that presents an unreasonably bad story. She fell from a high-class, rich position only to be enslaved and raped by many men, and to finally have half her buttocks eaten. So much bad and unfortunate events strike one person that the character seems outlandish and absurd. Even though the characters are unrealistic they do have depth. The ludicrous stories and backgrounds of each character give them depth along with their satirical relevance.
The Property of Rain by Angela Lambert : Book Review
Set in rural Suffolk, England and Kanpur, India this is the life story of two children born thousands of miles apart during the year 1921, and how they meet.
The Sex Club by L J Sellers : Book Review
Nurse Kera Kollmorgan and Detective Wade Jackson are thrown together by life and death. Crime and passion, mystery and intrigue flow from page to page of this novel.
Interpretation and Escape Fiction
Interpretation and escape fiction can give us many moments of good reading. In interpretation reading we get enjoyment and understanding of the people and the world around us. From escape literature we get a sense of fun and high adventure. It takes us out of our every day world and into the world of imagination.
Critical Essay on Crime and Punishment
“Crime and Punishment… is a novel not only about the extremes of evil the criminal inflicts on others, but also about people’s unlimited goodness, a goodness which can save the criminal.” Fyodor Dostoevsky’s protagonist in this novel, Raskolnikov, is greatly impacted by the encouraging sentiments of many of the other characters, which includes Pulcheria, Dounia, Razumihin, and Sonia. Additionally, Dostoevsky’s writing style includes the use of “doubles,” which ultimately portrays the two sides of Raskolnikov: good and evil. The aforementioned individuals are essentially Raskolnikov’s positive doubles whose love becomes Raskolnikov’s savior and eventually leads him to redemption as seen in the epilogue (Karyakin 111).
Whale Rider Author Exposed as Plagiarist
Top New Zealand and international author Witi Ihimaera, famous for writing the critically acclaimed Whale Rider, has admitted that he palgarised at least two pages for his new book titled The Torwenna Sea about a Maori man transported to Tasmania as a convict in the 1840’s.
