Apocalypse novels are a fascinating way to do some creepy reading. From the lone survivor story to the classic battle between good and evil, these books can be thought-provoking as well as highly entertaining. The authors’ visions of how the world would continue after the human race is nearly wiped out are varied, often frightening, […]
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For decades women have used literature as a way of expressing their feelings on the inequality and unfair expectations imposed on them by society. Through novels, essays, poems and other literary works, female writers were able to convey the sentiments of countless other women at a time when they were unable to voice their opinions. […]
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1936: Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Arequipa (Arequipa, Peru), the son of Ernesto Vargas Maldonado and the former Dora Llosa Ureta. They were divorced before Mario was born. Subsequently, despite Dora Llosa’s opposition, Mario became a writer. 1946: He and his family moved to Cochabamba (Bolivia), where he […]
In the short story “Happy Endings”, by Margaret Atwood, the narrator offers six different endings for a similar situation. It is a similar situation when two people, John and Mary, meet each other. “What next?” (page 22). Version A is a “happy ending” story. The couple falls in love and gets married. They buy a […]