Edmund Burke explains in Reflections on the Revolutionary France the consequences of a social system that is utterly perverted. The French Revolution tore down a monarchy. It killed tens and thousands in front of the public. Burke explained how the …

It is all about the self, regardless of its form. Ethical Egoism argues that self-interested behavior is moral. This is because, as the philosopher and author Ayn Rand argued, life should always take priority. Psychological egoism states, however, that acting …

The Book Thief takes place in Nazi Germany, during World War II. Liesel is the protagonist in Narrated by the Death. A girl, Liesel grows up in an orphanage where Jews aren’t considered evil. Max, the Jew who lives in …

Symbolism is used by authors to convey to their readers what a character is feeling or learning. The reader will see many symbols throughout the novel. Holden repeatedly explains the significance of each symbol. Holden repeatedly asked people what happened …

John Milton’s Samson Agonistes is full of eye-catching themes and the blindness is used to denote a character’s current journey. Milton uses physical and spiritual vision to determine the direction of characters. Samson is the epitome of blindness in its …

I used think that a combination of hope and hardwork could be enough to overcome almost any problem. Over time this may be partially true, but at the moment I was forced into a reality check and a realistic assessment …

As stated earlier, the novel 1984 is set in a dystopian future society named “Oceania”. The main goal of this book is to show its readers that there is no such thing as freedom of speech, choice or action. Totalitarianism …

Many characters make decisions about their futures in both Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling) and Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). Rowling’s Harry Potter series is a constant theme that explores the relationship between fate and …

In a world dominated by rationalism, logic and rationality, Romantic authors and poets defended what they saw as a more organic system of value. The power of imagination was one of many themes that dominated the Romantic Era. It is …

Euripides’s Bacchae’s dynamic personalities serve an allegorical purpose: to represent social orders in ancient Greek culture. These characters’ interactions send a clear message about healthy societies and the severe consequences of straying from them. Pentheus is the figurehead for both …