Literature

In the “CEO personality, strategic flexibility, and firm performance” article, Nadkarni and Herrmann (2010) are trying to answer the question of how CEO personality affects firm performance through influencing the…

I am a student of philology profile, on the lessons of home reading we get acquainted with the work of various British writers, among them: Lewis Carol, Oscar Wild, Evelyn…

John Steinbeck shows loneliness in ‘of Mice and Men’ because in 1929, there was an event called the Great Depression which was set in America, when the dollars lost its…

I think that my slightly overweight friend would not top her beauty if she was slimmer; then why am I feeling the need to lose weight myself? I keep my…

#1 This paper questions the Namibian curriculum in light of Eisner’s statement. From Eisner’s perspective the null curriculum is simply that which is not taught in schools. Somehow, somewhere, some…

Growing up, a very familiar pastime is to go through the “Where’s Waldo?” books and try to find a typical man hidden in a chaotic scenario. The reason that it…

The story is about a girl called Pangma-la, who is named after a Shining Mountain. She lives with her mom and dad in Scotland. The other kids often tease Pangma-la,…

The John Mansfield short story “Jefferson wears a tie” from 2006, starts in the morning in a train, where a sleepy Mr. Jefferson is looking out of the window. He…

In every story being created, it is important to take note of the point of view being utilized in the story. The main reason for this is the impact it…

Oedipus the king refers to an Athenian play by Sophocles. The play was first shown in the year 429 BC. The play is basically developed through the use of a…

At first I would like to speak about the author. Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school he worked for a few months as…

Intelligence can be described in many ways with many tests focusing on an individual’s cognitive abilities and failing to account for the social and practical aspects of intelligence. Tests to…

This short story by Graham Greene is a critical yet humorous one in which a group of young teenagers have formed a gang in post-blitz London and plot to tear…

Journeys are everywhere. No one denies that. Journeys can be physical, inner or imaginative and give people the opportunities to extend and challenge themselves, physically, emotionally and intellectually. These ideas…

In the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus is one of those `ideal fathers. ‘ Atticus is a single father raising his two children, Scout and Jem,…

A dystopian novel holds the power to not only engage a reader in a fantasy world, where life is vastly different from our own, but to speculate as to the…

Throughout time people have developed an awareness of their surroundings and how to act around their acquaintances in order to feel accepted and not ostracized. In “Trim & Notions”, an…

The implication of soma has made it impossible for people to be faced with adversity. Soma, being as heavily sedative as it is, makes it near to impossible for people…

Salman Shocken dropped out of high school at the age of 16. He built a chain of retail stores in Germany in the 1920’s. With the money he made he…

Chapter 20 : Holden Caulfield becomes very pessimistic throughout chapter 20 of The Catcher in the Rye. He begins to drink in order to banish his emotions. When he is…