Willie Stark

of a famous American writer Willie Morris. Morris, Barry Hannah an American novelist, and an Ole Miss writer admitted that the eighteen year old Tartt was a rare genius and a literary star and recommended her to transfer to another university. Tartt…

The barrier language that I have between Hmong and English is what makes my writing difficult to understand from the start of the school year, not only that, but also just me trying to throughly write an explanation of what I have thought of in mind. Sometimes it doesn’t come out on the paper as I have, have in my thoughts. Which in return create flaws in my level one, two, or three writing paper that affect my writing skills. The flaws that I have slightly improve on my writing: create a clear…

the majority of the novel, as can be seen by his overwhelming arrogance; however, he eventually realizes that his entire life has been unfulfilling due to his constant pursuit of his own selfish definition of “good,” leading to a passage that, in stark contrast to Boy’s outwardly positive appearance, channels despair and a feeling of uselessness that eventually leads to his fall from grace and eventual demise (227). Although Boy viewed himself as a force for good, his actions indicated a much…

The Missouri State Penitentiary was the second largest prison in the nation. It was very harsh and the other inmates were criminals. They were there for murder, theft, and lots of other horrible things. The inmates were cruel to each other and hated the guards. There were lots of different people there for many different reasons. There were even famous criminals there. In 1954 there was a riot that broke out and was chaos. There were people that escaped from here. There is a lot of history that…

The book is so seamlessly written that it is not merely lifelike but also, in the best sense, novel like. It narrates a story in a skillful manner, with much attention to character. DeLillo makes us familiar with some peculiar habits of the characters. Like Everett cannot make himself go to bed at night without checking that the oven is off, and then sometimes double-checking, and reminding himself as he climbs the stairs that he has in fact completed his check. No doubt DeLillo has chosen such…