A Doll’s House – Henrik Ibsen

Title: A Doll’s House Author: Henrik Ibsen Genre: drama Publisher: Dover Thrift Published: 1879 number of pages: 72 my rating: 4/5 A Doll’s House is realistic play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The plot centers on the marriage life of Nora, a seemingly ridiculous housewife who is merely not taken seriously and controlled by her [...]

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Out of Place – Edward Said

In his 2000 memoir, Out of Place, Palestinian critic and Columbia University Professor, Edward Said, recounts his life (mostly his childhood and early adulthood) in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and ultimately the U.S. The theme of this book is feeling “out of place”: being a Christian Palestinian Arab American, Said was affected by the political upheaval [...]

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Other Colors: Essays and a Story – Orhan Pamuk

  Title: Other Colors: Essays and a Story Author: Orhan Pamuk Note: I’ve read most of the essays on this book, but not every single one of them. Other Colors is a collection of non-fiction pieces and a story by the Turkish Nobel laureate, Orhan Pamuk. The book is mainly composed of literature, politics, and [...]

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The Great Gatsby and the 1974 movie

The Great Gatsby tells the love story of the rich Jay Gatsby and the childish, wealthy Daisy Buchannan. Set in the Jazz Age following World War One, it chronicles the attitudes of the new arising society. After five years, Gatsby finds the chance of accomplishing his dream: winning back his old lover Daisy, with the [...]

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Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore is about a young teenager named Kafka Tamura who runs away from his father in search of his unknown mother and sister. Parallel to Kafka’s story is that of Nakata, an elder who lost most of his intelligence during a mysterious incident he went through as a child. As a result, [...]

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The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank

http://www.trouparchives.org/spg06news.html Anne Frank’s diary is more than a witness to the oppression Jews faced during the Holocaust, but it is an intimate account on the details of adolescence. I think that Anne Frank represents teenagers around the world, no matter what their situations are.  Not only is The Diary of a Young Girl an important [...]

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Thoughts on To Kill a Mockingbird

I have just finished reading Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, and in this post I’d like to focus on Atticus’ character, which I admire because of its decency and ethical behavior. I think that although this book is about racial prejudice and injustice, it is also centered around the character and views of Mr. [...]

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