Wherever you go, whatever you do, you are negotiating or making deals to benefit you as much as you can. Whether buying clothes or interviewing for a new job, you constantly negotiate your interest. For the sole purpose of surviving, you need to have held control over the competitive edge of any negotiation. The world…
The Absolute True Diary… which is a semi-autobiographical book that follows the current adolescence of one Native American child as he strives to break free from the life he was destined to live, with expressive drawings by Ellen Forney that represent the character’s art. Sherman did a splendid job with this beautifully written novel, portraying…
In the gaming world, character design is of vital importance. Its purpose is to make encounters more familiar and to help you relate to what’s being presented to you, resulting in emotions and absorption. The philosophy behind the narrative is also expressed through the characters. In a fantasy RPG, players will search for twists and…
The book ‘Behold a pale horse’ is widely known for its phenomenal conspiracy theories against the US government. Many conspiracy theorists of this generation and also of the former think that some shady figures like – aliens, secret cults, etc. control our government and its people. Cooper was one of them, considered the best conspiracy…
The idea of incentives is the fundamental concept of the book. Everything in the world is run by incentives. From decision-making to parenting, every outcome is defined by the number of incentives you put against them. How does your decision affect the life of your surroundings is also stated vividly in this book by using…
Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to The Slaughter” was first published in Harper’s Magazine in 1953 after being rejected by The New Yorker. It depicts the story of a woman who conducts cold-blooded murder and then gets away with it by erasing the evidence in ingenious ways. The story portrays Roald Dahl’s love for horror…
Imagine you are in a situation where you have to kill one to save five and both the parties are innocent in a normal sense, what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? What does your moral tell you? Would it be ethical? Humans cannot answer these questions even after searching…
The Kite Runner is a strange, compelling, and wonderfully crafted novel that has become a treasured, one-of-a-kind classic. It is a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship set against the sad backdrop of Afghanistan’s history during the last thirty years. Hosseini, in this novel, has beautifully portrayed the search for redemption, the intersection between…
Society has thrived to please a greater force since man first roamed the planet. People have tried to appease the unknown through rituals, responsibilities, and worship, whether they were polytheists or monotheists, Catholics or Lutherans. Following that, agnosticism and atheism emerged, and these movements grew in popularity as people began to challenge religions and their…
The story revolves around two human survivors who survived the senseless destruction of Earth. They venture through time and space in search of the meaning of life. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy plays with the notion of absurdity, but in the end, it gives us a cosmos that makes sense. The cosmos in Hitchhiker’s…