The Invention of Solitude

(“Author” NP). Kidd’s second novel, The Mermaid Chair, sold over a million copies and had much success in the literary world, winning multiple awards and even being adapted into a movie (“Author” NP). Sue Monk Kidd’s third and most recent novel, The Invention of Wings (2014), was awarded literary awards including the SIBA Book Award, even being chosen for Oprah’s book Club 2.0 (“Author” NP). Kidd’s hard work was acknowledged not only by the people of America, but by the literary world as…

What makes us human? Some would say it is our appearance and how we look, but others say it is what is on the inside that makes us human, for example our morals, beliefs, and they way we interact with others. In the book, Frankenstein, Victor and his creation are contrasted of who is more human. The creature is more of a human than Victor because he shows more compassion, his longing for a companionship, and he is selfless. The creature shows more compassion than Victor, first off he worry…

In theatre, repetition often insinuates value. The reiteration of certain ideas, actions or objects in drama is never coincidental, but rather symbolizes a motif that links with the theme of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams presents Blanche Dubois, the embodiment of a typical Southern Belle: dainty, vain, and very feminine. After moving in with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley, Blanche finds herself caught in a spiral of alcoholism and stupor. The fallen and…

They say that one day, a girl named Eulalia came to form part of the nursing staff at the hospital. It was a girl of good presence, with blond hair, light eyes and fine features, with a friendly and attitude educated though covered by a slight air of seriousness From its earliest days in the medical institution, Eulalia showed great professionalism and diligence, always showing request with medical staff and with the sick poor, towards which professed a dedication that sometimes went beyond mere…

Technology in the Sociology field has helped in many ways to show us how technology has a negative effect on society. Today we have advanced to automobiles, airplanes, radio, television, cellular phones, and computers. Out of everything listed above, the invention of cellular phones, computers, and television have not benefited society at all. These technologies have cost many people their lives, their interactions with other people on a daily basis, and numerous have become obese which has led…

“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part.” (Thomas Paine Common Sense) On January 9th, 1776 Common Sense was published, it was written in simple words so it was an easy read and presented good reasons on why America should independent of British law. “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the…

In the novel Brave New World, Huxley believes its society is perfect because of the genetic engineering of its citizens in the World State. Through genetic engineering of its citizens, the World State achieves an all happy society with predestined skills before they are even born. Although Brave New World contains drug use, sexual scenes, and is a loveless society it should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches the reader the cost of maintaining a utopian society through the…

relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope” (“Self Reliance”). What Emerson means by this, is a man could be happy in his work but if society gets in the way of that and takes it away, his happiness and hope for the good work he’s done drifts away. Basically, don’t let anyone…

Review Over: The Organic Machine Richard White, the author of The Organic Machine, is an American author and historian with over 119 works published. He earned his Bachelor 's degree at the University of California, and his Ph.D at the Santa Cruz University of Washington. He has been a professor at four different universities since 1976. Over the course of his works, he has been honored with many awards. Just a few of his accomplishments are: Distinguished Scholar Award, American Society for…

The American Romanticism grew and thrived in the late 1700’s into the mid 1800’s. The movement promoted emotions, imagination, intellectual thinking and reflection, and individuality. Romanticism opposed strict traditional religion or anything that confined and limited the individual. It was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution and also the Age of Enlightenment of the early 1700’s. The Age of Enlighten, also called the Age of Reason, promoted separation of church and state, and the use of…