John Lee Hooker

Men in spandex survive the critic of time. If you don’t know the story of how Peter Parker came to acquire the superhuman abilities of an arachnid or how Clark Kent is more than your below average journalist, then you have yet to experience what so many have been experiencing for decades, but what makes these men in tights so appealing after so many years? A major reason as to why so many film producers have decided on rebooting these iconic films is the advance in technology which has…

I decided to read To Kill A Mockingbird, I have never read this book before but I have heard some great reviews on it. The book follows a girl by the name of Jean Finch, she narrates it. She primarily goes by the her nickname, Scout. She starts the book out by explain how her brother, Jem, broke his arm years earlier. She is trying to tell the circumstances that led up to it, so she starts recounting her family history. The first of her ancestors to come to America was Simon Finch, a fur trader…

As Nick matures, he struggled with responsibilities adulthood has in store for him; as well as war, death, marriage, and personal family. He learned so much about himself and life itself over time; as well as relationship from culture to culture and from person to person. He dealt variety of things and people and activities; which include his first kiss, first job, first breakup, high school graduation, war experience, earning a driver’s license. On the contrary, Nick realized what was most…

Ishmael and his friends are captured by a group of soldiers and taken to Yele which is a village employed by the military. During their stay, they are put to work cutting vegetables, carrying water, and washing dishes. The village seems like a safe place during this war, but it is home to many orphans. Ishmael believes that there is nothing to fear during the days in this village some children play soccer, marbles and parents take care of their children, But Ishmael suffers migraines and…

“Don’t Call Me a ‘Bitch’!” “You’re such a bitch!” “Quit bitching!” “I’m a bad bitch!” Ah, the word “bitch”. What does it really mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines bitch as “a female dog”, “a malicious, unpleasant, selfish person, especially a woman”, “a complaint”, and “a person who is submissive or subservient to someone, usually in a humiliating way” to name a few. Perhaps you have heard it on a reality television program, in a catchy rap song, at the vet (if you have a female dog…

I think that this chapter sets the tone and foundation and has a strong impact on what will happen in the rest of the novel, which provides an important starting point at the beginning of the novel. From reading this story, it seems like Maycomb does not like visitors. Dill is unique because he is both an insider and an outsider to Maycomb. Even though he came from somewhere else, he his still accepted because his family was from Maycomb originally, and his character is similar to that of a…

When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that life if boring, dull, and that everyone is alike, but in actuality there are exciting things and people if you look for them. Like many teenagers, Jacob believes that he is a normal teenager, leading a normal, dull life, but after his grandfather’s death he discovers the truth. After having horrendous nightmares, he sets out to learn more about his grandfather, hoping it would solve his problem, but then learns of his uniqueness.…

Imagine a father of two kids who is always there for them, with not caring in what people think about him, and works hard at his job with no excuses. All of these good qualities belong to Atticus Finch in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus is always there for his children when they have questions and problems no matter what they are. For example, when Scout was having a problem at school, Atticus was there to show her what the right thing was to do. Atticus is not just a good…

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” This was said by the very woman who wrote this amazing book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The book shows us so many lessons to be learned and so many characteristics that we need to have in our lives. Not only do we learn how to treat others and act towards others but it tells us the most amazing stories while still causing laughter in every sentence that we read. Theres nothing more tedious…

In the novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings black men suffer more than black women. For instance, in the novel Maya Angelou states, “The Black woman in the South who raises sons, grandsons and nephews had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose. Any break from routine may herald for them unbearable news” (114). Specifically the black men were in constant fear of being lynched or punished for a crime they did not commit. For example, a used-to-be sheriff warns Momma to tell Uncle Willie to lay…