Sometimes a fire grows big, so big that it seems like it will burn through anything that comes before it. That fire, figuratively, can be set off by someone throwing a match. That fire is like Dantes’ anger and thirst for revenge after being...

Throughout most of human history, it has been difficult or even impossible to change social classes. Those born into poverty tended to remain there as slaves or peasants, and wealth tended to remain concentrated in the hands of the hereditary...

As the eighteenth century came to a close, there was a rise of children literature because the way society viewed children changed from children being seen as small adults to them being creative individuals that are easily influenced by everything...