Nonfiction

then be valuable to historians because it helps them see the emotions of people during the time they are studying. To prove this, this essay will test the historical accuracy of The Headstrong Historian , by Chimamanda Adichie, by comparing it to nonfiction accounts, the vital truth of colonial Nigeria will be established,…

Based on the statistic data in 2013, “ In 2013, approximately 41.3 million immigrants lived in the United States, an all-time high for a nation historically built on immigration.” (From the Migration Policy Institute From this data). From this statistic data, it demonstrates that it’s popular for people choosing immigrant to United States because they have more work chances in U.S and enjoy preferable welfare than in their own countries. However, others will treat them differently because they…

Sheri Fink’s 2003 nonfiction work War Hospital reports, in great detail, the atrocities of the Bosnian War at Srebrenica through the lens of the war medicine that was practiced there. Fink takes both a macro and micro approach to explaining what happened at Srebrenica in the early 1990s. She chronicles the actions, thoughts, and experiences of individual doctors, both Bosnian and international, who risked their lives to treat injured civilians in the most challenging of conditions. Alongside…

This combination of the merging of two cultures is further pushed by many sources like children’s nonfiction novels. Subarno Chattarji’s “The New Americans”: The Creation of a Typology of Vietnamese-American Identity in Children’s Literature, “... examines a body of nonfiction children’s literature written between 1980 and 2005 that deals with Vietnamese refugees and immigrants who entered the United States from 1975 onwards…. Chronologically…

In my study during this course, I have noticed a pretty clear divide between the Medieval Era and the Victorian Era. The Medieval texts were often complex and exaggerated narratives. On the other hand, the Victorian texts were rather simplistic in nature. Personally, works that depict realistic situations have more credibility. Therefore, Victorian era works of literature serve as a more accurate representation of childhood as opposed to Medieval literature. To support this argument, I will…

about the author’s use of rhetorical strategies. You might recognize Zeitoun being an award-winning novel, which is based on a true story of a Muslim-American and his family, and their experiences during Hurricane Katrina. The author portrays the nonfiction character Abdulrahman Zeitoun as a hard working, diligent, and loving family man who goes great lengths to satisfy his clients and family, despite the recurring social injustices against them succeeding 9/11. However, after discovering…

Rise by Trip Lee (William Barefield) is a first person, nonfiction book about how we as young adults and teens need to rise from slumber and go out in the world to do what we are called to do in our christian walk. In part one “Getting up” Lee talked about how people have the 7 A.M logic-Waking up early and shutting of your alarm to sleep in an extra 5 minutes. As humans we like to sleep in a few extra minutes and there is nothing wrong with that...but, especially in today’s world,…

Throughout the nonfiction book by Jeffrey Toobin, he talks about the justice system and the Supreme Court in the United States and how it functions and also how it has changed over the years in history. The book shows a great look at how individuals such as George W. Bush in how they hold their power and how the justice system affects that. Also giving a great understanding with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's alienation. It also touches on the topic of a “fight” of conservatives that were taking…

Blog #1 In the nonfiction book, Waking up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race the author Debby Irving talks about the twenty-five years she sensed racial tensions in her personal and professional life. The story talks about Irving "aha" moment that shifted her world view. In the introduction of the book she lists 5 common beliefs in society today. The most common is that racism is about bigots because bigots are people who show hatred to other groups outside their own and this is a…

At their core, fiction is false and non-fiction is true. Nowadays, the gap between the two is getting uncomfortably shorter. If you interpret both the same way, you aren’t getting out of it what the author intended you to. Authors use fiction as training wheels for viewing our world, whereas non-fiction is a recounting of actual events not under the guise of a story. This difference in purposes should force the reader to think about and interpret each genre differently, though most don’t use…