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The Divine Comedy
A summary of the famous Divine Comedy.
Works of Literature That Reflect Real-Life Today
I pondered as a universal literary sage the works of World Literature that reflects human issues that affect all of us today in 2009 and in the next 10 years.
Reflection in The Mirror
People say that daughters are just like their mothers. Amy Tan states in her novel “The Joy Luck Club” that daughters are reflections of their mothers. She portrays this through the symbolism of the jade necklace and the characterization of June and Suyuan Woo. This use of literary techniques is very powerful at conveying this theme throughout the book.
Read Steinbeck
I urge you to read Steinbeck. Not read it? Read it at school? Your life is incomplete.
The Strain: A Real Vampire Tale (Beware Twilight Lovers)
For lovers of the vampire genre Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s first book in The Strain Trilogy titled “The Strain” is a fantastic read and a step back in time to traditional vampire tales as opposed to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight or Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones. There’s no love interaction between humans and vampires here but rather no love at all, the way it should be.
A Unique Connection to Life
This is an essay that uses the themes from Romeo and Juliet to portray how Shakespeare suggests human nature should be. This essay contains annotations from the book that I read.
