Books

The Kite Runner is a strange, compelling, and wonderfully crafted novel that has become a treasured, one-of-a-kind classic. It is a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship set against the sad backdrop of Afghanistan’s history during the last thirty years. Hosseini, in this novel, has beautifully portrayed the search for redemption, the intersection between … Read more

Society has thrived to please a greater force since man first roamed the planet. People have tried to appease the unknown through rituals, responsibilities, and worship, whether they were polytheists or monotheists, Catholics or Lutherans. Following that, agnosticism and atheism emerged, and these movements grew in popularity as people began to challenge religions and their … Read more

The story revolves around two human survivors who survived the senseless destruction of Earth. They venture through time and space in search of the meaning of life. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy plays with the notion of absurdity, but in the end, it gives us a cosmos that makes sense. The cosmos in Hitchhiker’s … Read more

Throughout centuries humankind sought the meaning of true justice but failed most often. Nothing seemed to satisfy the human urge to seek the true meaning of justice. Over the centuries, many sapient individuals expressed their portion of philosophy about justice. Some agreed on the dogma “an eye for an eye” and some believed, “An eye … Read more

Tennesse Williams’ episodic play The Glass Menagerie reflects the economic situation and desperation of the American people in the 1930s. He portrays three different individuals who are confronted with the realities of life and choose different paths to escape them. The glass menagerie, the play’s title, and most prominent emblem reflects Laura’s fragility, otherworldliness, and … Read more

Based on the historic events of the Holocaust and World War II, this historic novel enunciates the sufferings and deaths experienced by the mass people. Throughout the generation, the book remained intact to its glory because of its balanced portrayal of the war-hammered society and its impact on the people in general. The book won … Read more

This debut novel by the Noble Prize-winning author Toni Morrison portrayed the story about the oppression of women through the character Pecola Breedlove. Several stages of a woman’s development towards womanhood are depicted in the novel. The story not only indicates the horrors of racial oppression of women but also the violent acts that are … Read more

In the novel, Celie’s growth and self-realization are depicted movingly in The Color Purple, as she overcomes persecution and abuse to discover fulfillment and independence. Gender equality is also addressed in the work. Nettie has married Samuel, and Celie is reunited with her. Celie also reunites with her long-lost children for the first time. The … Read more

  A long time ago, I was a discouraged fellow. At that point, with God’s offer of assistance, I have chosen to halt feeling too bad for myself and create my potential. So, I speculated there must be gigantic starvation for a self-help book, supported up with religion, mythology,  and expressing the self-evident – one … Read more

Human life is hilariously absurd, meaningless and there is no point in existence, this is the core philosophy behind the play ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Beckett. Samuel Beckett was one of the core contributors to the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ movement that took place in the 1950s and 1960s. The play ‘Waiting for Godot’ … Read more