Year: 2022
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December 31, 2022
The Winter Hibiscus Summary
Burma-born Chinese-American author and novelist Mingfong Ho’s fiction mostly focuses on realist depictions of the lives of rural populations in South-East…
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December 28, 2022
A Jury of Her Peers Summary
Partially based on the infamous John Hossack murder of 1900, A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell is considered…
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December 28, 2022
A Far Cry From Africa Analysis
St. Lucian Nobel laureate Derek Walcott’s poem “A Far Cry from Africa” is a postcolonial vision of Africa and its…
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December 28, 2022
The Sky is Gray Summary
American novelist and short story writer Earnest J. Gaines’ renowned short story, “The Sky is Gray” was first published in…
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December 28, 2022
Migrant Hostel Poem Analysis
Migrant Hostel by Peter Skrzynecki explores the acute sense of alienation, displacement, and identity crisis that immigrants feel. The poem…
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December 28, 2022
The Library of Babel The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges is an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, and dramatist who wrote in Spanish; often considered to be one…
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December 28, 2022
The Child’s Story Summary
Published in 1852, “The Child’s Story” is a short story in the form of a parable that describes a traveller on…
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December 28, 2022
Long Walk to Forever | Summary and Analysis
American author and satirist Kurt Vonnegut is known for his novels and short stories that usually offer scathing, darkly-humorous portrayals…
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December 28, 2022
Rules of the Game | Summary and Analysis
Chinese-American novelist Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club was published in 1989. Structured like a game of mah-jong imbibing…
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December 26, 2022
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Summary
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is an exceptionally well-written children’s historical novel by the Canadian-American author, Eleanor Coerr. It…
