Category: Literary Criticism

In the Science fiction novel the parable of the sower, author Octavia Butler narrates a disturbing dystopian future, failing government of the United States, set in the 2020s, see from the eyes of Lauren a young African American and the Protagonist of the story. This future from the novel was Butlers very own prediction of…

The novel, Parable of Sower by Octavia E. Butler was ahead of its time when it was published in 1993. The book is set in a prospect the 2020s where the government has buckled and centers the Lauren Olamina, who can feel and perceive pain along with many additional sensations. These feelings, consequentially, are what…

A civilization is basically the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced. Civilization has been around for almost forever. Civilization can be represented in many ways; from having a first agreement to having a government, laws, and leaders. A good civilization should have, first off, a good leader,…

The Great Gatsby is a story set in the 1920s and written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to convey a warning about the state of society. The title characters goal is to overcome the social class barriers that prevent him and his lover, Daisy, from being together. He is trying to live out what many would…

At first, I thought it would be about some definition or information about the subject history but after reading E.H Carrs book, I realized theres more to us than meets the eye. I now found that history isnt just a mere subject of the past; its more than that. I got the image of history,…

If you dont know history, then you dont know anything. You are a leaf that doesnt know it is part of a tree. Said Michael Crichton. I found out that history is something that has been happening for centuries and that we have to live with every day. From E.H Carrs book called What is…

Defining history is in fact intricate one, absolutely intricate! The concrete and professional meaning of history still isnt found in the premises of historical authority. The number of professors and historians gave definitions of history depending upon their intellectual competence in line with their ideology, the kind of society they exposed and, and historians training…

First and foremost, what is the definition of History? History originates from the Greek word Historia which means information or an inquiry designed to extract the truth. There are many definitions of history; a simple definition of history is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. History is also a continuous, typically chronological,…

1. Historians and facts are too much related because if there is no historian then there are no means of storing facts. This is because no one can interpret thoughts and they will be useless. E.H. Carr also said that facts are just like the ordinary past. But a historian according to his point of…

How does Medea defy Ancient Athenian expectations of tragedy and its presentation of women? In Medea, the protagonist of the same name is cast aside by her husband, the hero Jason, for another woman. In the play, Medea has no say in any of her husbands actions, as she is a woman in a male-dominated…