J.D.’s book “Hillbilly Elegy” is available. Vance begins his story by explaining that he’s not a politician. As the grandson and son of drug addicts, Vance would likely fail high school, fall into drug addiction, or even be subject to domestic violence. Hillbilly Elegy was not written because he could avoid such a fate. This …

The clothes we wear are taken for granted by most people. They don’t care to learn the conditions in which they were made. Robert Pinsky explains the process of making a shirt in his poem “Shirt”. The shirt represents the working conditions in sweat factories. Robert uses historical events to illustrate the current situation. He …

Things Fall Apart, a historical fiction novel written by Chinua Achebe, is the title that foreshadows tragic events. A tragic character is one who is great and of high standing but suffers from hamartia. This is a tragic flaw which leads to their downfall. The tragic hero experiences peripeteia. This is a sudden change in …

Religion plays an important role in two important texts: The Narratives Of Captivity, Restoration and the Interesting Narratives About Olaudah Equiiano. Mary Rowlandson as well as Olaudah Equiiano play a role in religious stories. Both stories have many similarities, but also some differences. I’ve read both. Mary Rowlandson was a Christian, and Olaudah Éguinoa had …