A dead boy, a refugee from Syria, found lying face down on the beach in Turkey. 52 people found dying in the Sahara, after being abandoned by smugglers and a lot more being murdered or killed by dehydration, hunger, or falling off overloaded trucks. These are just two of the thousands of terrible things that […]

In the novel, “Mister Pip,” written by Lloyd Jones, the main character we get to know is Matilda. She is retelling the story of her adolescence, growing up on the island during a period of war, and blockade. She lives with her mother, Dolores, who is a strict Christian, her father, however, lives in Australia, […]

The film, “Schindler’s List,” directed by Steven Spielberg is a powerful film. The story is based on the German industrialist, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life rescuing 1200 Jews from the gas chamber during the Holocaust period. Initially he saw the Jews as being used for cheap labour. When he first came to Krakow, he […]