Essays about Books Page 48

Cirque du Soleil, also known as the “Circus of the Sun,” is a Canadian entertainment company that combines circus arts and street entertainment. It was founded in 1984 by Guy Laliberte and Gilles Ste-Croix in Baie-Saint-Paul, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The concept for Cirque du Soleil originated during the early 1980s in Baie-Saint-Paul, a picturesque village…

EbadiIran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi is a memoir in which she outlines her own life and the life of women in Iran. Throughout the novel, her focus remains on the role of women in Iran. She paints a portrait of her own self, whose drive and courage never allowed her to be silenced. She speaks…

The story starts out as Sudhir Vankatesh starts his first-year as grad student at the University of Chicago, in the fall of 1989. He had just moved there from the suburbs of Southern California, particularly U. C. San Diego. He gives detail about the environment he was now living in. Here he was on the…

Have you ever thought of eating dolphins? In Japan, it truly exists as many Japanese have tried dolphin meat. However, they did not know anything about the story behind. This documentary tries to disclose the dark side of Japan, international dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. Besides, it also reveals the hazardously high levels of mercury…

As with innumerable other references and throwaway lines in REH’s stories, there are hints in the Solomon Kane saga that cry for further examination. His relationship with the Taferal family of Devon is one of them. Old Hildred Taferal, his evil kinsman Sir John, and the innocent Marylin Taferal, trepanned to the depths of Africa,…

The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, tells the story of a man, Edmond Dantes, a sailor who goes through being betrayed by his enemies and thrown in to a dark prison cell to planning revenge on his enemies. His behavior and personality changes after…

The Defence of Duffers Drift was written by British Major General Ernest Swinton. Swinton’s main focus was to portray a series of events or battles he commanded during the South African War, occurring from 1899-1902. As a brand new officer, Swinton was giving the mission to protect Duffers drift at all costs. With no combat…

Winnie the Pooh He is funny, humble, and hyperactive. He does a lot of silly things, and his love for honey is endless (And so Winnie the Pooh climbed the honey tree. He climbed and he climbed and he climbed, and as he climbed he hummed a little hum). Christoper Robin He is everyone’s best…

In the story ‘The Landlady’ Dahl keeps the reader interested by using a range of techniques. This essay will focus on the use of his language, setting, characters and foreshadowing. Dahl wrights the story about a gullible, young boy named Billy Weaver who stays at an unusual Bed and Breakfast run a mysterious old lady…

T.H. Breen’s and Stephen Innes’s book “Myne Owne Ground” did an outstanding job of showing readers the differences in perspectives of African people living in Virginia, one of the thirteen original colonies. It went in depth and showed how an indentured African person was competent and was capable of acquiring a wealth comparable to what…