Anne Lamott's book Operating Instructions gives an outlook of a mildly disadvantaged woman. This journal is a chronicle of her son Sam's first year. She is fiercely self-deprived, funny and unafraid to talk about the dark side of parenting an infant: the fear, exhaustion, anger, emotional swin...

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet."(II.i.74-78) This is one of the most famous lines in Literature ever written. It was said by Juliet in the balcony scene. She sai...

Love is a very powerful word. Love is also a powerful feeling, which comes from an individual's emotion. The word is not something to be thrown around; one needs to have meaning behind the word. A person can not judge another couple's love, because he or she can not sense the same feeli...

Confusing friendships and twisted love triangles is one of the themes in the book Sula by Toni Morrison. Sula and Nel had a very complex relationship, but in the end they both realized how precious friendship was to them and they overcame their differences. Ever since the beginning of their fri...

The perfect best friend is someone who would always be there for you and never feel jealous or intimidated by you. Characteristics include honesty, being nonjudgmental, and loyalty. Friendships are relationships that are based on caring about someone more than you care about yourself. It can kind...

Many of Raymond Carver's stories contain depictions of certain aspects of his life. One obvious pattern shown throughout his stories is alcohol. Drinking gin seems to be in many of his stories. Two stories similar to each other are "Cathedral" and "What we talk about when we talk...

Capulet Manor Maiden Way Verona 15th June, 1599 Dearest Portia, So much has changed since I last wrote to you! My life has completely changed in just a matter of days. It all started at one of my father's regular house banquets (you remember one whe...

One image that can best sum up the sentiment of the heroine in ¡°Theft¡± occurs in the last paragraph, that is, ¡°the cup of chilled coffee¡±. Chilled coffee tastes bitter and cold, and has a strong aftertaste for you to to think about what you have drunk, just like the psycholog...

Luc Besson's movie "The Big Blue" plays like a love letter to the Sea. In beautiful images, this movie follows the life of two friends who grew up together in Greece - although one of them is Italian (Enzo) and the other French (Jacques). Both have a fascination with the ocean and free-diving. En...

THE MAN IN THE BOX Once upon a time there was a man who lived in a box. It was a nice box, with a nice size, and it was nice inside the box. Everything worked in the box, all the systems supported each other, and everyone supported (or was supposed to support) the system of the box. The box was n...

Personalities are very diverse throughout this novel, but there's always some characters in the novel that catch us more, and that's why I decided to highlight Jake's personality more than any other characters in this novel. Jake's personality has inspired me since I started read...

Thematic Premise-Greed, usually in the form of an obsession for money and power, often leads to a loss of personal values, sense of self, and even life. (Working) Theme Statement for Lit#1-If there is an obsession or a great amount of greed for money, power or love, then as a result there is a ri...

It is amazing how two people can have such different personalities, goals, morals, or lifestyles but can be so much alike. Two people who were brought up different ways, under different religions, and in completely different places can fall in love and live "happily ever after" or can bec...

Although they are physically united in an erotic partnership, Tomas and Tereza possess very different attitudes about love and relationships. Their differing perspectives are summed up in the subtitle of Section 2 of Kundera's novel, "Body and Soul." Tereza wants to possess Tomas, bo...

Relationships in the Novel Throughout the book O Pioneer, the men and women seem to differ drastically regarding their approach towards romance, their relationships with the land, and their interaction with each other. In the following paragraphs, I will attempt to point out some of the differences...