Essays about Books Page 52

Adam McRaePeriod 2Its nothing new, that everybody feels depressed at some time or another in their lives. However, it becomes a problem when that depression is so much a part a persons life that she can no longer see the happiness right in front her. (As tragically happens to the young boy, Holden Caulfield in…

Sharon M. Draper captures the life of an average teen through the realest form of unreality exceptionally well. November Blues tells the story of November Nelson and Jericho Prescott after a horrible accident at their school. November Nelson is an average 16-year-old social butterfly in high school; she had a “perfect” life, a devoted boyfriend,…

Despite having seen the movie of The Bourne Identity, I could recall very little of it. Therefore reading the book made me feel a little like Jason Bourne: fragments, names, and faces coming back to me at irregular intervals, but with no context in which to place them. I’ve never been all over Europe trying…

Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican focuses on island life in the 1950s. In the immediate period leading up to the 1950s, Puerto Rico experienced a rapid change in the economic situation of the island. The island began to change from a primarily agricultural economy to one dominated by industry and commerce. Sugar plantations…

Catalina De Erauso, who was depicted in the persona of Lieutenant Nun, was a woman, which at an early age was sent into a convent and was expected by her parents to be a nun. She was basically raised in the loving arms of a religious people and once surrounded by a pious environment. Apparently,…

The book, “Free to Choose: A Personal Statement,” tells the functionality of the free market and shows the ways in which these problems can be solved, unlike other approaches.  This book also discusses issues such as Federal Reserve’s powers were being misused during the Great Depression and the deterioration of personal freedoms, government spending and…

Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, is narrated by Tom Wingfield from his memory. Set in St. Louis in 1937, the play centers around three main characters: Amanda Wingfield, the mother; Laura Wingfield, the sister; and Tom Wingfield, the narrator. Although Tom serves as the narrator, he has infrequent on-screen appearances. Meanwhile, Amanda takes up…

The story is about a boy named Greg Heffley. Greg is having an ultimate summer fantasy of his life, but Greg is only spending his whole summer just playing video games inside his house with lights turned off. Soon he recognizes that summer would be fun. The main character for this story is Greg Heffley….

Islam had a lot of impacts on the policies and morality on diverse communities and social groups that were present in the Middle East (Haddawy, 1990). The book reveals the fact that there a lot of changes in the creative activities in the Abbasid Dynasty.  It contributed significantly to changes in perception and changes in…

Despite the fact that different nationalities and cultures have different cuisines, overall, people all around the world love food and enjoy talking about it. Jamie Oliver is one of Britain’s celebrity chefs and what makes him stand out is his outspoken, passionate and no-nonsense philosophy about cooking that people find appealing. He is seen on…