Alias Grace

and covers themes pertaining to women. The Handmaid’s Tale deals with the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that replaces the United States and returns to the suppression of women. Another one of Atwood’s novels, Alias Grace focuses on Grace Marks, a women convicted for double murder, and a young doctor who studies her. In her essays and short stories, Atwood shifts her focus onto other topics such as personal experiences, writing, and fashion. “Nine Beginnings” is…

Kaka Dixit (1864-5.7.1926): Hari Sitaram Dixit, a high caste Nagari Brahim of Khandwa, did B.A., LLB, and became a leading solicitor of Bombay. He was the Secretary of the Indian National Congress of 1904 at Bombay. In 1906, on his visit to England he had an accident in London whch caused him an injury in the leg with constantly pained. Nana Chandorkar advised him in 1909 to go to Shirdi and seek Sai Baba’s blessings. The same year he went to Ahmednagar with some work and was a guest in the…

directing very famous films such as Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). The film To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is a suspense-thriller about an ex-jewel thief accused of committing crimes parallel to his work in the past. In the film, the main characters John Robie (Cary Grant) and Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) were illustrated to be very different from each other. Despite John’s innocence, he was depicted to suspicious and introverted, yet all…

To be completely honest: I just find the idea of writing an honors thesis – a paper built off of and fashioned around months of exciting, extensive research – incredibly electrifying. It might be naïve of me, as I’ve yet to even write an academic paper that surpasses a length of fifteen pages, but I can’t help imagining how holding that finished thesis in your hands must be the most satisfying feeling, and the most thrilling feeling, well worth all of the effort – and all of the hours! – it took…

gold. An overlooked character, as she is young, is actually as important on the inside. The other Wexler's are Angela Wexler, who is Turtle’s older sister and known for her gorgeous looks; Grace Wexler, who is the mother of Angela and Turtle; and Jake Wexler, who is the father of Angela and Turtle and husband of Grace. Next, the Theodorakis brothers are other key characters. Theo Theodorakis is the older brother of Chris Theodorakis. Theo is a very kind person, as he was willing to give up his…

The Scarlet Letter is written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. The Story has four major characters Hester Prynne, Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Hester is sent to America from Amsterdam ahead of her husband who is tying up loose ends with his business. After he has not arrived after 2 years and is assumed lost at sea, Hester has an affair with the much loved and dedicated Reverend Dimmesdale. A child, Pearl, is born as a result of this affair. Hester is forced…

Identifying the Markings of a Killer Richard Tithecott, an expert on Jeffrey Dahmer and the modern serial killer who wrote Of Men And Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer And The Construction Of The Serial Killer, inspires the reader to imagine a young boy born in a small New Hampshire town with a population less than that of the average college campus. His mother, a devout Methodist, preached Scripture to him whenever she got the chance. His father, a “devout” alcoholic, yelled at and beat him every time…

Margaret Atwood's short story “Lusus Naturae” demonstrates how people reject others, or things that are not easily understood. Having the tendency to shun what is not understood and what is thought is not morally acceptable. Not only does it demonstrate how humans reject others but it has a view on women's roles and the idea of feminism. Margaret Atwood intertwines the idea of feminism and discrimination. Woman for ages have felt they have been put inferior to men even to this day and age. They…

Liu’s Civil War The life of Liu Dapeng is a fascinating individual parallel to Chinese history and is captured strikingly in The Man Awakens from Dreams. The book, based on Liu’s diary which he kept faithfully through some of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history in the last hundred and fifty years, captures the struggle of awakening into a world of illusion. The irony in Liu’s writing is that the illusion is as much a result of his own worldview as it is of rapid change in Chinese…

Conflicts have various implications on children and their future, as they affect a lot of different sectors of their lives. As Grace Machel, a United Nations member, in 1996 said, “War violates every right of a child – the right to life, the right to be with family and nurtured and respected”. First of all, during conflicts and in conflict areas children do witness or even experience violent acts, which can easily impinge on their psychology and can have long-term repercussions. Moreover,…