This is a short story written for an assignment in psychology class. The social exchange theory, in psychology, is a theory of mate attraction in which it is presumed that people are attracted to opposites, since they provide resources that the people lack themselves. This story was written to illustrate how the theory would play…
The title is enough to attract attention from readers; the fact that it won the Pulitzer Prize, is a Heather’s Pick, and was a Globe and Mail bestseller seems unsurprising. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a sensitive, illuminating novel set in the difficult time of World War II, following the…
A fabulous classic featuring revenge, love, and identity switches, The Count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is a lusciously written story. While it is not without grim and slow-paced scenes, this book contains some fantastic observations about the darkness of the human mind. Introducing a handsome, hardworking young sailor, Edmond Dantès, with a loving…