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Books reviews on workplace, corporate, and business driven books.
The Great Gatsby and Me
When I was a teenager taking English classes, I often saw copies of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald hanging around. The blue cover, the crying flapper, the city skyline, and the eyes that never stop watching. It never came up in the English classes I took, but when I was a teenage warthog, I asked my mother what it was about.
By Stephanie Van Orman4 years ago in Journal
Comus: The Charming Bad Boy
The character of Comus acts as a tempter, descended from Pagan gods and figures attributed to his mischievous and luring characteristics. He is the antagonist to Stoicism and Virtue within the Masque, attempting to lead The Lady astray from her journey with her brothers to her father's castle. He also leads her astray from her moral understandings. Comus is a Masque performed at Ludlow Castle and follows a set of characters as they prevail in their Virtue despite the lure of Comus. Milton uses Greco-Roman figures and philosophies to reconcile the practical perspectives of Stoicism with his religious beliefs of Protestant Christianity, pulling them together to perform a cautionary tale of self-sufficiency and Virtue.
By Miss Ghoul4 years ago in Journal
A Multi-Book Review of The Legend Series by Marie Lu
Multi-Book Review: The Legend Series by Marie Lu March 1st, 2022- I started the journey of reading the Legend series by Marie Lu. So far, I’ve only read the first book, and I am loving it. I enjoy reading Dystopian novels and coming back to the genre that got me into reading. I haven’t read a novel like this in a while. Tropes are like themes that are repeated through many books, primarily young adult fiction, that hold certain meanings for something happening in a book. Dystopian novels are filled with classic tropes that we love to encounter as readers like enemies to lovers, love triangles, or the chosen one. It just so happens that the Legend series is a perfect example of some of these tropes.
By Victoria Ward4 years ago in Journal
Ten of the Best Books for Writers. Top Story - July 2022.
1. Stephen King: On Writing Now I happen to think that Stephen King is one of the best storytellers alive. No matter how absurd his initial premise – A car is alive! A clown in the drains! Phones turn you into zombies! – he does it with such conviction and imagination that you suspend all disbelief.
By Sheryl Garratt4 years ago in Journal
Classic American fiction
Five, "gone with the wind" Author: Margaret Mitchell, introduction: gone with the wind is the work of Margaret Mitchell (1900 -- 1949), an American female writer. The novel, based on Atlanta and a nearby plantation, depicts life in southern America before and after the civil war. The works depict the images of many southerners of the era, and scarlett, rhett, ASHLEY, Melanie and others, who occupy the central position, are typical representatives of them. Their customs and manners, deeds, spiritual ideas and political attitudes successfully reproduced the civil war led by Lincoln, the social life of the southern United States, through the love entanglement between scarlett and rhett. For whom the bell tolls Author: Hemingway, brief introduction: the story is about young American Robert Jordan teaching Spanish at university and has a deep affection for Spain. He volunteered to join the Spanish government forces in blasting behind the enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counter-offensive, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of bombing the bridge. He won the support of guerrilla captain pablo's wife, belal, and other players, isolated the demoralized pablo and arranged his specific tasks on a step-by-step footing. In the midst of the fighting, he fell in love with the enemy girl maria, who had been spoiled by the enemy, and thus wiped out the wounds of maria's mind. In these three days, Robert went through the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and human nature continued to rise. In the end of the bridge retreat, he was wounded by the enemy, left alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave the Spanish people a young life. Seven, the adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Mark Twain, brief introduction: the story takes place in an ordinary town on the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. The hero Tom Sawyer is naive and lively, adventurous, free, can not tolerate the shackles of personality, boring life, fantasy to do a heroic career. The age of the novel was written before the civil war, although st. Petersburg town, but it was to some extent the epitome of American society at that time. Through the adventures of the hero, the novel satirizes and criticizes the hypocritical and vulgar social customs, hypocritical religious rituals and rigid school education in the United States, and describes the free and lively mind of children and children in a cheerful writing. The adventures of Tom Sawyer has become the greatest children's literature with its deep local humor and keen observation of characters, and is also an idylloch song of the golden age in the United States.8. Uncle Tom's Cabin
By jiangsongshan4 years ago in Journal
Twenty-five years ago, he wrote this novel, a short story with far-reaching implications
Who is the most controversial writer in China? I am afraid there is no one else but Yan Lianke. Born in Henan in 1958, this writer is known as the "master of absurd realism".
By Gracie J Owen4 years ago in Journal
The Best Business Books of the Past Years
Many business books have come and gone throughout the past year, but some are far more influential than they should be. They’re exciting and full of knowledge, but what else makes these books great? What makes them stand out from all the rest?vHere are some of the best business books of the past year:
By Amir Shemony4 years ago in Journal
