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The Grapes of Wrath—How America’s Former Depression Reflects America’s Imminent Recession
“The changing economy was ignored, plans for the change ignored; and only means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Summary: Chapters 1—6 “The Grapes of Wrath” was a prominent realist novel written by John Steinbeck, centered around the economic suffering of the Great […]
On Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain. ~ Dostoyevsky Biography of Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821–9 February 1881), was a Russian novelist, polemicist, philosopher, […]
Beowulf and America 2015
Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good. ~ Beowulf The Call to Battle My inaugural essay for the New Year of 2015 is on the heroic Danish epic known as Beowulf (c. 700–1000 A.D.). The saga begins with the honoring of the death of Scyld Scefing, the great founder of the […]
Canterbury and the Tales of America
“We are shaped by what we love.” “For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a common man should rust.” ~Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue This essay is on the timeless collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales in London England during the 14th-15th centuries. I have found that many of […]
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