A screen adaptation of a book is not an easy task to complete because the writer and the director might have different understandings of the plot and characters. Basing a movie on a book becomes even more challenging when a writer and film director are the same person. Balzac and…

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway is full of extraordinary and multidimensional characters through whom the author expresses his ideas and vision of the world. The abstract on p. 159 focuses on the personalities of Robert Jordan and Maria who add their share to the overall picture of…

The Metamorphosis is one of the most famous works of Franz Kafka, where he created a symbolic portrait of a lonely man suffering from his fears. Kafka tried to portray a person’s loss of identity in the state of isolation and alienation, including the close relatives. Gregor Samsa is an…

The story “The Man to Send the Rain Clouds” by Leslie Marmon Silko illustrates a miserable fate of an old shepherd, Teofilo, who faces death while doing his job. The author examines the theme of life and death through the portrayal of the Indian reservation within Christian world and spiritual…

The essay “Cannibalism: It Still Exists” by Linh Kien Ngo describes the problem of cannibalism in the today’s reality. It seems that the author tries to challenge the American people’s belief: that cannibalism is something completely extrinsic for them. Thus, he attempts to persuade his audience that this practice is…