Michael Lewis

Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky”, to put it simply, is complete and utter nonsense. It features in Carroll’s novel, Through the Looking Glass, and is approximately seventy-five percent completely made up words. Even Alice, the main character of the book, is bewildered by it saying, “"It seems very pretty," she said when she had finished it, "but it's rather hard to understand!" (You see she didn't like to confess, even to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.)” (Carroll 64). So why would…

Industrialization was and is a technological movement which has been ongoing since the late seventeen hundreds, allowing for todays contented desires. While some might argue that Industrialization had primarily positive consequences for society because of economic prosperity, but it was actually a negative thing for society. Industrialization’s negative effects were long laborious work days, deficiency of family interaction, and perilous working environments. Initially, Industrialization allowed…

you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Although, for many, it is difficult to find this strength making growing up seem frightening. This process and struggle reaching adulthood is shown in both Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Alice in Wonderland is a story of a little girl named Alice whose fantasies take her a made up, crazy land called Wonderland, in which she meets many different curious creatures. The Catcher…

Book Report of The Outliers By: Malcolm Gladwell The Outliers starts in a small town of pensylvania known as rossetto. The town was named after a small Italian village. 1The people of Roseto have an extremely low rate of heart disease although there has been a huge heart disease epidemic in the 1950’s. “no one under 55 had died of a heart attack, or showed any signs of heart disease” Curious about this small town’s health, Stewart Wolfe, with the help of colleagues, collected…

Abebe Bikila was born in a small village called Jato in Ethiopia sometime on August 7, 1932. Abebe was born in a poor family. To support his family, young Bikila joined the Imperial Bodyguard Squad of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. At the work, Bikila tries to earn as much as money he could to help his family. One day Abebe was running for fun and Swedish Coach, Onni Niskanen recognized Bikila’s athletic talent when he was sent to a government camp. Abebe Bikila began to prepare for the…

In “Alice in Wonderland” of 1951, Alice is transported to a place called Wonderland. In that time, she eats food, and meets animals. She also tries to wake herself up at the end of the movie. In my opinion, Wonderland is just a dream. Again, she tries to wake herself up. Second, all the animals in the movie could’ve not existed in real life or fantasy. Third, she somehow gets into Wonderland so quickly, without knowing how she got there in the first place. At the end of the film, she was trying…

“Mirror Image”: External and Internal Identity In the short story “Mirror Image”, Lena Coakley explores the relationship between internal and external identity through the life of the first successful recipient of a brain transplant. Alice, 14, has been given a new chance at life after a near fatal accident rendered her body useless; Alice’s brain has been transplanted into the body of another young girl. In the time following, Alice struggles to come to terms with who she is, now that her…

"Face" is one of the best story by alice munro. What makes it different from others is In “Face” Alice Munro makes one of her best detours into the past to contemplate on the present. She focuses on the intricate effects that a childhood event can have on adult life. This story is very touchy though. 1) The story begins with a father’s dramatic rejection of his newly born son because of a birthmark covering the right side of the baby’s face. The boy grows up facing the extreme polarity of his…

In the readings by Schorske and Berman, the motifs behind the concept of the modern city and the rise of industrialization are focalized/elaborated upon. In particularly, Schorske presents his explication by revolving around three central themes: the city as a means of virtue in the Enlightenment, the city as a means of vice as industrialization rose, and the city as a means of the good and the bad, developed through the likes of an expanding intellectual attitude. Berman, on the other hand,…

Classic novels are ones that are passed down from generation to generation. They continue to be understood by readers during the current time period, even though the author had written the novel with a different time period in mind. Roald Dahl’s children’s novels are books that have been read for many generations and will continue to be passed down as time goes on. James and the Giant Peach is the first of Roald Dahl’s children novels that he completed. Even though it was first published in 1961…