Category: Book Review

Friedrich Nietzsches Twilight of the Idols is a book that touches on topics of decadence and nihilism in figures, societies, and cultures. This book contains a chapter on Socrates, labeled The Problem of Socrates. The chapter focuses on a critique of Socrates beliefs through Nietzsches views on Socrates philosophy on the value of life, dialectics,…

Every human story could become a tragic story if that story is told as a tragedy. According to Aristotle the protagonist of a tragedy has a flaw in character, a downfall of their own doing followed by a harsh realization of the tragic error before dying and this evokes a reaction in those who witness…

The restriction of self-expression, colour and language in The Handmaids Tale could be linked to Kathys interest in art and self-expression in her youthful years, which contradicts with her later loss of identity in Never Let Me Go. Ishiguros Never Let Me Go is narrated by Kathy. H, a previous student at Hailsham, whos now…

Good and evil, despite being two very different and separate deeds, relate with each almost all the time. In essence, society needs one to appreciate the other. Typically, people only take note and appreciate the good in others only after encountering some evil from other experiences. In this context, Emily Brontë, in her book Wuthering…

The actions and choices of characters in Wuthering Heights are often an attempt to raise their social status. This is clear in Catherines reason for marrying Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff, and the sense of revenge that overtakes Heathcliff in his adult life when he attempts to inherit Thrushcross Grange as well as the Heights.…

Peter Fritzsches Life and Death in the Third Reich gives personalized accounts of the Nazis different approaches, rationales, and justifications for their actions in their relationship with the German people between 1933 and 1945. Rather than blaming the German citizens for allowing Nazi ideology, he focuses on the complex relationship between the German population and…

Introduction to the American Dream and the Great Gatsby The American Dream is the nations overall aspiration for America, and at Americas conception, the birth of the aspiration rags to riches was cultivated. America was founded by Puritans fleeing from the Western world desiring religious and governmental freedom, and wealth. This pattern that the Puritans…

The criminal justice system is designed to keep the lower socioeconomic classes in their place and this disproportionately targets black and Hispanic people. Americans are still hypnotized by the fictional tv show Law and Order, and a large segment of the population really believes that this is how the system functions, with prosecutors and judges…

The contention at the focal point of the book, the Barbary Wars, occurred somewhere in the range of 1801 and 1815. Under President Thomas Jefferson, America aligned itself with war-focused mindset against a group of North African states along the Barbary Coast. These included Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis, and the autonomous Sultanate of Morocco. These nations…

Literature, a timeless piece of writing bonded together by unspoken words. Animated movies, a reel rolling a flipbook of pictures telling a story. Literature in its purest form is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. Words slowly bind themselves into sentences that create stories, speaking in a universal and infinite…