First novel in English

The only thing wrong with The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, is that it had to come to an end. After deeply analyzing this wonderful novel and writing numerous papers on it, I still wanted to learn more about certain characters and of life in Gilead. Throughout the novel there are many addresses to Offred's husband, Luke, with only a vivid explanation of what had happened to him. My fan fiction wanted to elaborate on Luke’s story, by immersing the reader into the Lukes own shoes through his…

introduction of adulthood theme, heroic irony, and erotic experience in this short story, Updike’s work moves forwardly in essential subjectivity for a modern day writing in today’s society. John Updike is the author of many artistic and creative novels such as “Rabbit, Run” (1960), which is the prequel to his most famous “Rabbit” series. Another few works of Updike was “The Centaur” (1963), which received the National Book Award a year later, and notably “Seek My Face” (2002).…

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreas was born and grew up in Bogota, Colombia, and has since moved to San Francisco, California. She finds that Spanish is the language that is inside her mind, while English is the language that is alive and available at her fingertips. Her short stories and essays have appeared in quite a few publications, like Electric Literature, Huffington Post, and Guernica, as well as others. For her non-fiction work, she has gotten the Mary Tanenbaum, and the Missouri Review's…

Another book, another debate... The Boy in the Striped Pajamas In the past few years, plenty of schools have read the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in grade seven English language arts class. Recently there has been some controversy in the media if the novel and film are appropriate for children of this age. Firstly, in the long list of graphic books and movies, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not one of them. Secondly, the Holocaust was a terrible event in history, and learning it at…

short story “Thank you Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, and the Novel Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman. Characters and people in lyrics are affected from an urban setting. An example of this would in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra. In “New York, New York” the line “I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps”…

The novel Inside Out and Back Again is about a girl and her family from Vietnam In 1975 when North Vietnam is about to invade South Vietnam to take control over South Vietnam. The family in this story include three brothers a mother and Ha. Ha’s family is later evacuated because if the family stayed then they would have died. Ha, and her family is then sponsored by a cowboy who lives in Alabama. The cowboy teaches the family what to do in the United States like jobs and schools, Ha doesn’t like…

Advanced Placement Language requires many desirable characteristics to flourish in the class and in life. I belong in AP English because I possess a strong work ethic, find English interesting and want to challenge myself. I also comprehend the significance and essentiality of writing and long to improve my knowledge for college and my future career. Before choosing to take AP English, I heard many interesting and contradicting comments about the class, ranging from, “hardest class I have ever…

change of culture early in the novel to convey the idea that change, whether for better or for worst, can unveil profound feelings of dedication, attainment, and satisfaction while simultaneously causing feelings of anger, loss, and detachment. Rodriquez opens his autobiography with details describing his home life, where he had spoken solely Spanish with his family, but, as he began his elementary education, insistence from teachers had urged him family to speak English in the household.…

States (2014) and Spain (2012). The Broadway version is something which caused a ripple of fame for director, Anna D. Shapiro. Spanish director Miguel del Arco presented his version of the novel as a play in Madrid in 2012, where it was also surrounded by amazing reviews. One might wonder how such a short novel could have inspired a chain of successful interpretations all over the world, but the answer lies in the simplicity and directedness of the words and dialogue. For instance, the process…

archetypal hero because her journey to Wonderland challenged her knowledge, changed her perception of the society through the events she experienced and the creatures she met, and indirectly sacrificed something for others’ well-being. Alice is a young English noble whose curiosity brought her to a queer place called Wonderland. Alice, coming from a middle-class family, is an educated and well-mannered young lady, and she is proud of this. She is very adventurous and liked to explore but she can…