Nonfiction

This” by Kristen Radtke is among nonfiction graphic novel which is a memoir. It is a tale which is filled with beautiful and the troubling graphic memoir which has extensive prose and one of the breathtaking illustrations. The book talks about the desertions and life which is termed as being ephemeral and fleeting, lacking ambitions. It is among one of the modern graphic novel which has been involved in incorporating actual photographs in the presentation of the nonfiction graphic memoirs. It is…

Introduction Isaac Asimov, the prolific writer With over five hundred published books, Isaac Asimov was one of the world’s most prolific writers. In addition to his books, he also wrote many individual short stories, essays, and criticism. An interesting fact about Asimov is that his works span nine out of the ten major categories in the Dewey Decimal System — the only category that does not include any of his works is Philosophy and psychology. This makes Asimov unique in the sense that he…

Postpartum depression has paranoia, hallucination and sleep troubles, as a few of the symptoms. However, back when the “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, in the late nineteenth century, the mental disorder had a different name. Tying this into the story,“The Yellow Wallpaper”, the narrator has all of these symptoms. At points in the story, she sees a woman in the wallpaper and starts to think someone is on the other side. The hallucinations could be referencing when…

playwright, singer, actress, and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou has become famous because of her talents. She has contributed many great things to our world. Her book “I know why the caged bird sings”, made literary history. It was the first nonfiction best seller by an African-American woman. I’m sure you’re wondering how her life started out, everything has to start somewhere. Marguerite Ann Johnson (Maya Angelou) was born on…

they will be able to empathize with others around them. Through a study completed by the University of Toronto Dr. Oatley concluded ’The more fiction people read, the better they empathized” (“How Fiction Affects Behavior”, 2016). Unfortunately, nonfiction doesn’t not affect empathy in the same way as fiction books. Empathy is important because it allows us to draw connections and create bonds with others so that we are able to have a better understanding of ourselves and others around us. By…

Both fire extinguishers and smoke detectors were created before the Triangle Fire in 1911. In the nonfiction story Flesh and Blood So Cheap, author Albert Marrin uses both explicit and implicit to help him justify his theme that unsafe practices led to the Triangle Fire, which showed that workers lives’ were not a priority. Nobody knows how the fire started, but some say that it started with a cutter flicking hot ash or someone tossed a live cigarette into a scrap bin. There were 146 people who…

Hidden Figures is a refreshing blend of revolutionary ideas and classical concepts. It serves as a wake up call for reminding us to sometimes the old ideas are best ones, (a reference to old Math 1:32:15) while other times change is necessary (a reference to Segregation Must Go! 0:49:10). However, this movie is not without faults. Throughout the movie, there were several historical inaccuracies and liberties that the director chose to incorporate. Since a movie can only run for so long, many…

“Compare and Contrast Gentleman of Rio en Medio and Saving the Wetlands” Gentleman of Rio en Medio and Saving the wetlands are two stories that lot of similarities and differences. We read these two stories in Literature class and practiced comparing and contrasting. Gentlemen of Rio and Medio is a story about a man who sells his land to the Americans for half the amount he was offered. The children would still play on the trees of the land so the Americans complained to the real estate about it…

is how teachers can use their reading and writing workshop times to help students grow their skills so that inquiry learning can be a successful method of instruction within the classroom. Students must be able to inquire about both fiction and nonfiction and use text based information as their context for their interpretation of a text. The ability of students to do this must be explicitly taught before students can successfully incorporate these skills into their learning independently. For…

“…most everyone feels that in him or her is a memoir longing to get out;” such are the words of Stella Suberman in her essay appropriately entitled “The Art of Memoir” (11). Suberman, a three-time memoirist herself, draws on an important societal narrative present in an era wrought with social media documentation, docudramas, and an intense national focus on personal identity. While such a psychology of self is by no means a new phenomenon, tendencies toward obsession are arguably nearing a…