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In literature, tragedy involves a bunch of misfortunes that carry very bad consequences. “Puddn’head Wilson” exemplifies that description. In fact, the book was originally published in 1894 as “The Tragedy of Puddn’head Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins.” A novel’s tragedy usually occurs in stages: happines, start of a problem, the problem grows, helplessness, and anContinue reading “Puddn’head Wilson Long Blog: Why the story is a tradgedy”

We witness censorship all around us—whether it’s bleeping out inappropriate words in a movie, stations playing the “clean versions” of songs on the radio, or covering the eyes of children during the kissing scene. However there is a much more alarming form of suppression currently developing in the world, and it’s spreading faster than COVID-19—theContinue reading “Censorship Poses a Dangerous Threat to Society”

The Call of the Wild is quite different compared to the other books that we have read so far this year in Great American Novels. The most noticeable discrepancy that separates The Call of the Wild from other books is that the story is not told from the perspective of a human. It’s told fromContinue reading “The Call of the Wild Compared to Other Novels”

I would have to say my favorite character was Jim Casy. From the begining of the novel, discovering his religious struggle and decisions, he became easy to relate with. He is the Christ-like figure and is very supportive. Through out the novel Casy demonstrates admirable traits when he expresses his opinions and stands up forContinue reading “Favorite Character in Grapes of Wrath”

A Farewell to Arms is the first Hemingway book that I have read. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, and admittedly, I was a bit lost trying to comprehend what exactly I was reading during the first few chapters due to Hemingway’s unique, journalistic, emotionless style of writing. But after a while IContinue reading “Hemingway’s writing style”