… you place on a word such as respect? Is it something that can just be given away for free, or is it valuable enough to have to be earned? For different people, respect can mean different things. For some people, respect is given to those certain individu…

… "Araby," the author describes a young boy's quest from romance to dejection and disappointment brought about by a young girl's unintentional taunts. When the boy falls in love, his religious beliefs and sexual awakenment collide leaving him in a…

… makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state, inventing new deities, and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates' speech, however, is by no means an "apology" in our modern understanding of the…

… he hath lost honorable Macbeth hath won." Act 1 Scene 2, Line 69, through different mental states chooses not to wear his armor because he is delusional by the witches prophecy that he is invincible, "none of woman born" can harm him Act 4, Scene…

… past and has triumphantly come out victorious. Being the most powerful nation one tends to believe that all areas are covered, from the leader to the military to the loyalty of its citizens. The thought of war is always, and maybe even the thought…

… throughout the world. The Spanish Inquisition used arbitrary arrest, torture, and execution to punish what it viewed as religious heresy. After the American Civil War (1861-65) defiant Southerners formed a terrorist organization called the Ku Klux…

… cover, which like the majority of other books I have chosen for this assessment, is the main reason why I chose to read this book. The cover has a simple white background with an embedded white and grey maze in the centre. It really captures the…

… was written by Michael Frayn, because the book is considered a classic in many literary circles, and it is relatively short, which for my time-limited purposes increases it's attractiveness quite considerably. I, however, soon found out that the…

… was written by Aldous Huxley, because I have read Brave New World before and hoped that this book would be of a similar nature to it. That is futuristic science fiction. However, from first impression in the first few chapters, this book turns…

… on Stanley Fish Article "How to Recognize a Poem When You See One" <Tab/>Stanley Fish, in his inductive essay "How to Recognize a Poem When You See One", argues that the process of "distinguishing" certain "features" of an object…