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“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” – Mark Twain. One incredible book which is worth reading is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. The book is a bildungsroman, following the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, as he evolves from an immature child to a levelheaded, although somewhat defiant, grown person. At the beginning of the novel, Huck follows the adults around him, adopting their value systems. Throughout the middle of…

During a hero’s journey, a hero must travel to the underworld to receive the knowledge needed to complete their journey. In Daniel Woodrell’s Novel Winter’s Bone, Ree Dolly must travel to her own Underworld to learn the truth about her father’s where about and save her home from being taken. Ree’s begins to enter her Underworld when she re-visits Hawkfall for a second time looking for Thump Milton, after being told to never return. Although Ree went through many Underworld like events, her…

Golding’s dark and provocative Lord of the Flies delves deep into the soul of man in a ruthless tale meant to explain the essence of why evil exists within us all, and how that evil is coaxed into action. In this insightful story, a group of schoolboys crash lands on an island during an evacuation in the midst of a future war. At first, all is well and order is established with assemblies guided by the elected Chief, Ralph, and the power of a conch shell, which grants the boys a turn to speak.…

The tales of the wild men, Iron Hans by Friedmund Von Arnim and The Wild Man by the Grimm brothers, have distinct differences which gives a definite choice of which is the more thought out of the two. Where Iron Hans is longer and more thought out with a cohesive plot, The Wild Man is shorter, thrown together, and overall very choppy. The tales both had the same basic plot, with the wild man being caught and then released by the young son of whoever is keeping him, both of them leaving the…

To begin with, the book ‘Lord of the Flies’ is composed by William Golding right after World War II events have ended. The book tells a story about a faction of English boys who deserted on an island during the era of the war. While being stranded, the group of English boys had identified that the island has already have been developed, so then they decided to try to make their own civilization in order to sort things out as they wait to be rescued. Nevertheless, as days pass by, their society…

`Expecto Patronum` Harry incantates and conjures up his Patronus – a silver shining stag that fends off hundreds of Dementors at a time. Harry Potter fans would already be on a trip to Hogwarts in their minds – fighting Lord Voldemort alongside Dumbledore`s Army. For the uninitiated, the ‘Patronus charm’ is the only effective magical spell available to wizards at Hogwarts as defense against the Dementors – vile, villainous, dark creatures who suck up every positive emotion from the human soul.…

In the beginning of the book, Tolkien uses vivid descriptions to give us a view inside of Bilbo's life, and to briefly show readers his hobbit hole located in Middle Earth. Tolkien writes in page 1, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... It was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” His hole is symbolized as a place of comfort, similar to our comfort in our own homes. Most people in life search for power, sometimes all people want is money, with that comes greed. With a good…

The Monk in the Garden by Robin Marantz Henig is a novel which follows the life and the experiments of Gregor Mendel. It provides great insight as to what the world was like at the time of Mendel’s experimentation, who Mendel interacted with, and different scientific discoveries made over the course of his life. In Chapter 2, entitled “Southern Exposure”, Henig goes into detail about the importance of the location of Mendel’s garden. Mendel’s garden has been a place of controversy for nearly…

What drives us to undertake a mission? What would you be willing to risk just to reach your goal? Maybe, it's just the satisfaction of feeling good about your self,or maybe you do it just to reach a certain goal. Look at Bilbo Baggins from the story "The Hobbit" he did not like danger what so ever, yet he still went on a dangerous adventure with dwarfs that he didn't even know. On the other hand, you could look at Farah Ahmedi from the passage "The Other Side of the Sky" she was in a war-torn…

Archetypes Related to The Hobbit In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor, many different archetypes and literary codes are discussed. Examples of these archetypes that apply to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit include a hero’s quest, the act of communion, and a descent into the underworld. Understanding how these different archetypes apply to literature, whether it’s the casual reader or an English professor, can greatly enhance the reading experience. One archetype mentioned…