Category: Critical Reflection

In Persepolis, a story of a childhood in Iran, Western ideology and culture are prevalent in a country where it is prohibited. Throughout the graphic novel, the author incorporates many examples of Western culture and ideology which represent particular ideas, themes, and attitudes that are resented by the Islamic regime. Satrapi integrates most of the…

McCandless reason for journeying into the Wild was selfish because it was mostly motivated by his uncomfortability around his family. The main reason for Cristopher McCandless journey into the wild is led by his selfish intentions. His selfish intention would be describing that McCandless desired to abandon his oppressive family. Cristopher sees them as not…

THUG LIFE, Tupac Shakurs famous acronym serves as inspiration for The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody, is a statement that creates the foundation for the Black Lives Matter movement and the story of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old girl who decided to accept a ride home from a childhood friend,…

While the theme of the quest for identity is woven into the heart of both George Eliots Silas Marner (1861) and Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), it is also clear that loss and destruction have significant roles to play in the texts. The characters are hit with the loss of their homes, their identities,…

This fall, I am taking English 200. An assignment for a portion of the class grade is to go see a theatre performance in Bowling Green. I chose to see Medea by Euripides. Medea was written in 431 BC. The version of Medea that I saw was translated by Carol Jordan. I saw the performance…

What causes isolation? While there are many reasons as to why someone would choose to isolate themselves, Into the Wild analyzes the meaning of life over the form of isolation. Into the Wild, a novel written by Jon Krakauer, tells the story of a boy named Chris McCandless, who runs away from home and decides…

The true meaning of being heroic is having the qualities of a hero, such as bravery and courage, and using those qualities to save or help others. As seen through both epic poems we encounter ways that both of the main characters acted heroic and analyze in what way each character had portrayed their acts…

In the science fiction book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, the protagonist, Jonas, lives in a community that is excruciatingly controlled. The members of the community could not even make most of their own choices. Almost everyone who lived within the confines of the community never had to experience anything gruesome like pain or hunger,…

Jane Austen was an English novelist at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. She wrote famous novels like Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813 ). This extract is the beginning of chapter one ( volume 1) from the novel Emma written by Jane Austen and published…

In was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor (OBrien 20) . War causes people to enter a new world that to most people seems nothing like the old. The life they had is now gone,…