Paula Jones

A room without books is like a body without a soul.”- Marcus Tullius Cicero Although, Austen may be considered to be cheesy or too invested in the belief of romance, she is still an amazing author, especially for her time. Austen was writing in a way known as modern to people in the twenty and twenty-first centuries. She toyed with the idea of the marriage born of love. To some, Austen's writing seems like playing a round of Russian Roulette, especially to High School boys. However, with the…

Introduction: Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austin, first published in 1813., The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money in the British Regency. Since its publication, many scholars have done numerous researches on this…

Humans have a trend in which we only sacrifice at the most critical or important point, which helps reveal the what we value. This is showcased in the novel, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, when the author uses the protagonist, Jane Eyre, to showcase a theme of sacrifice and sometimes lack thereof regarding one’s moral principles in a Victorian society. Throughout the novel, Jane deliberately sacrifices her safety, stability, and emotional gratification, which highlights her character’s values…

Music in general has evolved so much over the years. Interesting enough many different genres of music have been added to the world of music. There have also been quite a few new sub-genres created. Even business in the music industry has changed, in the following document as a reader you will explore how country music has gone from traditional country, to what some now refer to as “Modern Country” or “Bro-Country”. The following document will not only focus on the music itself but also how is…

Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” looks into the complex lives of the Bennet family. The novel takes place around the 1800’s in Hertfordshire, Great Britain. The Bennets consists of five unmarried sisters, an overbearing mother, and a lackadaisical Mr. Bennet. The excitement begins when an upscale estate known as Netherfield park is occupied by the rich, handsome Mr. Bingley, accompanied by his sister Caroline and his close, mysterious friend Mr. Darcy. The newcomers attend a dance,…

My character, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, is from a short story called Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling which is about a mongoose, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who is trying to protect his family from the evil snakes, Nag, and Nagania. Throughout the story he proves himself to be a brave, smart, fast mongoose. `Throughout the story, Rikki shows great bravery. The part that shows his bravery the best is when Rikki goes into the cobra hole with nag. Rikki “Plunged into the rat hole where she and nag used to…

Jonestown Massacre is considered as one of the most horifying tragerdies in American History. Jim Jones moved his temple to Guyana after his church in San Francisco was accused of financial fraud, physical abuse of its members and mistreatment of children. When Ryan, the inestigating officer arriven in Jonestown, several Jonestown residents approached him and asked him for passage out of Guyana. A distressed Jones commanded everyone to gather in the main pavillion. The members of the temple…

different cults have existed for many years. Some cults are peaceful while other cults can be violent and intense. One cult that ended in severity was the Peoples Temple based in Jonestown, Guyana. This particular cult was led by a man named Jim Jones. Jones had strong views on equality and wanted to create a place where people of all ages, races, and sexual orientations could live together in peace, therefore he started the Peoples Temple. The Temple was established in Indianapolis in the…

There are opposite ends of every spectrum, and a happy medium in the middle. The combinations are endless; too hungry and too full, too hot and too cold, too bright and too dark, etc. The same goes for human traits; while some are more important than others, the balance is more often than not off. A lucky few are gifted with the perfect amount of each trait, sitting right between the poles. Tom Stoppard shapes Thomasina, the one character with the perfect balance of thinking with her brain and…

Elizabeth proves herself being a fallible heroine from the very beginning of the story. Her quickly made opinion of Mr Darcy shows an example of hurt pride leading to deep prejudice. The moment she decides to despise Mr Darcy is important for the plot as all the following mistakes are based on this particular one. Mr Bingley tries to convince Mr Darcy to dance with Elizabeth but Darcy does not feel attracted to her and his comment about Elizabeth being “tolerable, but not handsome enough to…