Haruki Murakami

Ratan is one of the simplest and yet one of the most enigmatic feminine characters in Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories. She is a twelve year old, poor orphan girl. Her parents died when she was very young and hence, she has lived in this solitude all her life. She is a simple, honest and caring girl. She is illiterate but slowly learns to read and write under the guidance of the postmaster. Infact, she has a high grasping power which is well proved by the speed with which she learns to read…

As a 21-year-old college student, I am constantly teetering on the edge between adolescence and adulthood. I live alone in a big city. I know how to cook and clean. I’ve made many difficult phone calls that made me want to hide under a blanket for days on end. However, I am financially dependent on my parents in a huge way and I am ignorant regarding large parts of the world. Though this ignorance is shrinking with each day, it is still there. When I was first considering potential paper topics…

The Declaration of Independence, the most influential document in our nation’s history, contains the phrase, “All men are created equal.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote this sentence in 1776, it carried with it the idea of hope, equality, and freedom. However, the once awe-inspiring phrase is now empty and meaningless. It's once patriotic and equitable message has been lost to the persistent and grotesque societal illness that is racial stereotyping. Racial stereotypes are unjust beliefs and ideas…

Becoming a successful author can be quite difficult, but forty-one-year-old Sara Shepard has done just that, and more. I am writing this report to introduce you to Sara Shepard, telling you about her life, and talk about some of her most successful literary works. I chose Sara Shepard because I have read all sixteen novels of her Pretty Little Liars series, along with her three companion novels. The Pretty Little Liars series was developed into a television program on what used to be ABC…

It is printed on a 1:41,000,000 scale and set at the Equator. The map is designed to fold like a tour guide, folding small enough to fit in one’s pocket. All the data on the map is sourced from Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman; Underground by Haruki Murakami; Terrorism in the 20th Century by Jay Robert Nash; Patterns of Global Terrorism by US Department of…