Just as any novel that offers its own interpretation of how life will look in the future, Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time places a strong emphasis on the role of technologies. In this novel, technologies and science are represented as the instruments that can be either good...

Judith Ortiz Cofer has written a book entitled Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood where she recounts stories about growing up in a bicultural environment. The book is comprised of a story followed by a poem that underscores and enhances the story’s theme. The book progresses...

For Boccaccio, the concept of compassion is clearly a key theme of his masterwork the Decameron, made evident by the fact that he introduces his work with a meditation on compassion. Hence, Boccaccio writes in the preface of the text the following: “to have compassion for those who suffer is...

German writer and playwriter Gustav Freytag for a long time was trying to understand the impact of the stories on the reader. He wondered what distinguished a good story which could affect the hearts of listeners and even change their behavior (Ray, 2015). After studying the works of William Shakespeare,...

Audre Lorde’s There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions is a personal take from the author on what it is like to grow up as a member of a number of different groups that are often oppressed and “hated” in America. Lorde is a black woman who is also a lesbian....