Charles Armitage Brown

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is considered one of the greatest literary works of all time. In fact, it is considered by modern library the fifth best book of the 20th century. It is a story of how technological marvels make humanity lose sight of what really matters. Aldous Huxley loved to criticize rapid progress, not wanting people to lose ethical values like the society in the book. Huxley uses allusions to great works of literature and famous people to give full impact to his criticisms.…

What is the true meaning of Christmas? Our surroundings are filled with Christmas trees, elves, Santa Clauses, and gifts. All of these things are what we directly come up with when one asks about the true meaning of Christmas. However, Christmas is so much more than that. It is the time of giving, discovering ourselves and spending time with the people that are the most important to us. Every family has their own traditions and rituals as they come together and unite during the holidays. The…

Standing in the face of what you fear most, you’re overcome with so many thoughts and whirling emotions that stir you around until you’re sick on the floor. The little envelope of your instincts tells you to run, but imaginary chains tie you to your spot. In The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter, Little Red Riding Hood is transformed from this scared, tied-to-the-spot girl into an empowered, unafraid young woman. Her encounter with a handsome young man who promises a kiss seduces her into an…

The moment somebody walks outside, people suddenly start to judge. People make assumptions based on how people dress and look. “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “Goodbye, My Brother” take place in a world where if men don’t wear a tie they look like a “thug,” a briefcase symbolizes respect, and they long for a return to their past glories. Each main character has a distinguishing feature or item of clothing- the garish hat, wedding dress, protruding teeth, or the holiday home. While…

Tuesdays With Morrie is a memoir written by Mitch Albom in honor of his favorite professor, Morrie Schwartz. Morrie Schwartz was something out of the ordinary. He never cared for climbing social ranks or becoming the richest man on Earth. Even so, he had been living for the same goal as everyone else around him: happiness. While everyone else sought after happiness through a bigger house or a new Ferrari, Morrie sought after warmth. He was a person deeply connected with the people around him and…

Reflection In the book, "Great Expectations," social and financial status play a big role throughout the story. The author of the book, Charles Dickens, displays through his work how the wealthy tend to be held in higher respects for the money they have while the lower class are often seen as uneducated people with no redeeming benefactors. He also raises the question on social status, and often demonstrates how social status in a large town relates to how well people treat a person and how…

aristocratic adventures, mainly concerning the Flyte family, in the more peaceful years between the first and second world wars. As that man, Charles Ryder, is looking back on those times from the 1940’s, a period brimming with strife and suffering, it is only natural that nostalgia plays an important role in defining his character and narration. However, it is not only Charles who seems to romanticize the past, but also two of the most prominent characters in the novel, Sebastian and Julia…

It has been argued that “the late nineteenth century was a scientific age. Literature could not simply remain the same after Darwin: the rules had changed” (Link 75) and that is what naturalist did. They started to reveal the origin to people’s actions and beliefs, as well as the cause. In The Awakening, Kate Chopin discusses some of the most relevant actions and new beliefs, such as divorce, adultery or woman and feminity. Although the work was quite controversial when she first wrote it, in…

House Rules Choosing to represent individuals with disabilities in her novel, Jodi Picoult wrote House Rules (2010), whose main character has Asperger's Syndrome. The novel takes place in Townsend, Vermont, and is narrated by five different characters: Jacob, Theo, Emma, Oliver, and Rich. Jacob Hunt is the main character of the novel, who has Asperger’s Syndrome and lives with many of its symptoms, one of which makes him very detail oriented about his passion of solving crimes. Theo Hunt is…

Investigating the Effects of Environmental Differences in Nest Ectoparasite Abundance on Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) Reproductive Success Materials and Methods Mountain bluebirds, (Sialia currucoides) are sexually dimorphic insectivorous songbirds, which defend a breeding territory approximately five ha in size, while giving biparental care to their altricial offspring (Power and Lombardo 1996). Bluebirds are often parasitized by hematophagous nest ectoparasitic blowfly larvae, which…