“Their Eyes Were Watching God” Analysis
American experience during the early 1900s. Set in the all-black town of Eatonville, the novel also humanizes the lives of African Americans and sheds a light on the distinct cultural beliefs, values...
Book Report: Arnold Schwartzenegger
As a famed bodybuilder, actor, and political figure, Arnold Schwartzenegger has seemingly had an interesting, and at times, turbulent life. In his best-selling autobiography Total Recall: My Unbelieva...
First Things First Book Review
Self-betterment has been a goal of humanity since the concept was accessible to our minds. There have almost always been methods of beautification, both internal and external, and various responses to...
When Mineko Iwasaki wrote her autobiography Geisha, A Life, she was responding and attempting to reclaim her history after Golden published Memoirs of a Geisha in 1997. In her book, Iwasaki attempts t...
Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment of Iran
In Shahla Talebi’s Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment of Iran, an associate professor at the Religious Studies Faculty at Arizona State University provides a first-hand account...
James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”
Human beings are resilient animals, finding ways to cope and deal with the difficulties thrown before them. Quite often, circumstances that are outside of human control can serve as triggers, making w...
Review of People and Empires by Anthony Pagden
There are some historians who still believe in writing about the expansion of human civilization over time in an honest fashion. While some might like to romanticize it, the fact of the matter is that...
In the narrative, which is a story of the two brothers is a typical description of family where people tend to get on your nerves, have the ability to hurt you the most, love you and push you away at ...
The Cultural Politics of Fur Article Analysis
The book resource selected for this review is called The Cultural Politics of Fur. Author Julia Emberley (1997) examines the topic of fur and its relationship with politics and how those two concepts ...