Essays about Books Page 49

Of Mice And Men This novel is set on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930s. The town is called Soledad and is four miles south of San Jose. The inspiration for the book probably came from a poem by Robert Burns. The poem was about the plans of mice and men going wrong. The…

A summary of Chapter Four of A People’s History of the United States Chapter four of A People’s History of the United States, authored by Howard Zinn, examines the interconnectedness between Britain and its colonies. The assertiveness displayed by the British government eventually results in heightened dominion over the colonies owing to their reliance on…

Robert E. Howard knew and wrote a good deal about the blood feuds of his native Texas, and the old-time range wars that had been fought even before the Civil War. They became still more bitter and intense afterwards. Howard wrote to H.P. Lovecraft in January 1931: “I hope to some day write a history…

Summary This book is about the adventure of a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson as he travels to visit his mechanical engineer father in the Canadian oil fields. He takes a single engine Cessna 406 bush plane to Canada. Before his departure, his mother gives him a hatchet, which he initially doesn’t want to carry….

            The book entitled “The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy,” written by Bryce Wood is a very important piece of document for those who are dealing with the foreign relations of America and other countries, especially that of the Latin American countries. Wood emphasizes that this is not a book the deals with the…

Translation copyright 1997. First published in France Zoï Valdïs is a Cuban author currently living in Paris, France. She was born on May 2, 1959. She went to University in Cuba but never enjoyed or felt satisfied her education there. She worked for the Delegation of Cuba before UNESSCO. She also was assistant director of…

Divergent is a novel by Veronica Roth that takes place in future Chicago. The city is divided into five factions based on personality traits: Abnegation for selflessness, Erudite for intelligence, Candor for honesty, Dauntless for bravery, and Amity for peacefulness. Once a year, all sixteen-year-olds take a personality test to determine which faction they belong…

In the book “The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles” Martin Gayford analyzes Van Gogh and Gauguin as people and as artists tracing historical context of their artworks. The author focuses on how Van Gogh and Gauguin influenced each other, how their strong and self-confident personalities ensured that they lived…

Arthur Miller, the son of a wealthy father who lost all of his money in the crash of 1929, abandoned his schooling as a young child to support his family through various odd jobs. These jobs provided Miller with insight into the life of an average American, which he later incorporated as a central theme…

A wealthy individual has successfully devised a method to replicate dinosaurs, utilizing the DNA that his team of brilliant scientists can extract from remains. By cultivating the dinosaurs within laboratories, he safeguards them on an island enclosed by electric fences. This island, named Isle Nublar, located off the west coast of Costa Rica, serves as…