Essays on Book Review

‘The Signalman,’ is a nineteenth century supernatural short story. ‘Lamb to the Slaughter,’ is a twentieth century crime short story. Both have a twist in the tale. In this essay I will look at how the authors create and maintain a sense of suspense throughout …

Upon hearing the title of the book, one might assume that it will focus on the decolonization of Africa. Africa is known as the “dark continent” because it remained a mystery to European explorers for an extensive amount of time. Instead, Mark Mazower’s Dark Continent: …

I thought that The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a very well written and interesting book. I thoroughly enjoyed the overwhelming amount of imagery the book provides to the reader. By telling the story of Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald makes important points about the …

Pen and the Scalpel Rhetorical Analysis Richard Selzer wrote “Pen and the Scalpel”, an essay arguing for the acceptance of multiple careers by using one another for inspiration. Selzer begins the story by telling about his career as a surgeon and gives a bit of …

“The Landlady” and “Lamb to the Slaughter”, both by Roald Dahl had twisty tales of murder. In “The Landlady”, the main female character kills the only three guests she has ever had in her Bed and Breakfast. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” the main female …

Roald Dahl wrote Lamb to the slaughter in 1954, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote Speckled Band in 1892, that is around 62 yrs apart which would make the stories slightly different to each other because they were wrote in two different centuries. Roald Dahl was …

Unlike Edgar Allen Poe, it would seem uncharacteristic of Roald Dahl to create a totally inhumane cast in his murder fiction “Lamb to the Slaughter.” In fact the reader is caught off guard with Mary Maloney’s vulnerabilities as she is seen “watching him all the …

No matter who you are or how accepting you claim to be, everyone makes the mistake of “judging a book by its cover.” In today’s society, judging people based on the way they look or talk happens every day, even more than it should. I …

A Treasury of Royal Scandals is a national bestseller book written by Michael Farquhar that describes “The Shocking True Stories of History’s Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors. ” This book is a random collection of different royal families and individuals …

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about, a gang going through a lot of drama and trauma only to lose the one person who could hold their gang together, Johnny. In The Outsiders, two members of the Greasers gang, Johnny and Ponyboy, get into a …

The Host Book Review Melanie Stryder is one of few “wild” human rebels who have evaded the alien souls currently taking over the Earth. With her younger brother, Jamie, and the man she loves, Jared Howe, Mel is on the run from souls who hunt …

“Do you ever have the feeling that you are missing out on something important? ” Ryan starts. “It’s Probably because you are. ” (Loc. 247) Many of us are missing out on all God has for our life. What is keeping us from living the …

Too Big to Fail is the book that has most clear explanation event by event about the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Even though Too Big to Fail is Andrew Sorkin’s first book, he made it possible to most of readers understand what …

In the article “Mother Tongue,” the author Amy Tan expresses her opinion on both the english language for asian-american stereotypes and their culture based on their degree and language “classes” during school years. As a writer of the story, Amy feels as if the teachers …

Author Information GRK Murty, a postgraduate in Agricultural sciences with CAIIB, DM and PG Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, is currently working for The ICFAI University, as Associate Dean. Earlier, he worked at AP Agricultural University, Hyderabad for six years and later with …

Memoir is an Inspirational memoir, by Mitch Album. It is a well- written novel which is mainly concerned with the rejection of the popular culture. If you enjoy nonfiction. And life-lesson giving themes, then you should read this book. Album included himself into the story …

Final Book Review In his book “Seeing voices: A journey into the world of the deaf” Oliver Sacks has explored extensively the realms of deaf culture as an excited traveler giving a candid description of his maiden journey into an intriguing and foreign land (Sacks, …

Known as the “Dark Overlord of ABA”, Dr. Bobby Newman is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, and has his license to practice as a Psychologist. He was a contributing author for numerous other book projects and wrote more than two dozen articles concerning the field of …

As I started reading this book I couldn’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. Why were the thoughts and ideas being shared so familiar? Then I realized something, much like the author’s recollection of what his grandmother said. Many of these ideas were …

A New Earth talks about being present in the moment of one’s life. It also talks about being in contact with one’s consciousness while looking deeper into life’s meaning. (more…)

In The Last Song God is talked bout a lot and believe since Sparks was Catholic, that influenced him to add his religion into his Story. I personally do not see the author in the Story. I think he did not want to add himself …

Cmon dude, you hafta try it. I dont want to. Its cool, and its funtheres nothing bad about it, unless you get caught. I really dont think. Dont be wimp, man! If you wanna be cool like us, you gotta be bad like us! Now …

The first item that I chose on the scavenger hunt list was a comic book with a character of color that is non-Alien. The character depicted on this comic book is the Black Panther. The Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. …

The basic story line to the book is all about a man who experiences a ballooning accident where he and a group of other guys try to pull down a balloon that has a boy in, which is the captain of the air balloons grandson… …

Since the founding of the United States, the government has played a central role in ensuring social well-being of individuals. It has been the duty of the government to uphold life and ensure a happy life for all. Sometimes successive governments have failed to provide …

Linguistic terrorism is becoming common practice, and its main victims are the individual who is not natives of a given region. For them to comfortably enjoy the resources offered in the new home that they are now living in, practices that they have lived with …

I believe that the author wrote this book because he wanted people to view the Battle of Gettysburg from not Just the view point that we receive in our textbooks but from different points of views so that we may interpret the battle as a …

AMY TAN….Review Amy Tan’s article, ‘Mother Tongue’ informs us of her love for the language. It tells us how fascinated she has been by the language in her daily life. Amy spends lots of time deliberating on how powerful the language can be, with its …

Cross-Cultural Trade in Maritime History by Philip Curtin was a fascinating book to read due to its relatively unexplored topic of trade diasporas in Africa, Asia, and America to successfully conduct trade. Not only was the theme interesting, the book was easily and intelligently organized …

I found Amy Tan’s essay, “Mother Tongue,” very interesting because I have never thought about “broken English” in the way that she does. English is the first language for everyone in my family, and I must confess that I have been too ignorant to imagine …