.... of creativity however learning is not something she is fond of. She loves books that have a mystery to them. Along with fantasy novels, Catherine (at age eight) feels she would be fond of music lessons. She tries them for one year and of course does not like them. Her mother is not one to hold her child to something they do not like, so she allows Catherine to quit. The day that Catherine left her music teacher was "the happiest day of her life" (22). It is not that Catherine despises music, she just does not prefer the lessons. She does, however, enjoy drawing, although it do .....

.... In order for this to be convincing, we trust the narrator. We take on his perspective, if not totally, then substantially. He becomes our eyes and ears in this world and we have to see him as reliable if we are to proceed with the story's development. In The Great Gatsby, Nick goes to some length to establish his credibility, indeed his moral integrity, in telling this story about this "great" man called Gatsby. He begins with a reflection on his own upbringing, quoting his father's words about Nick's "advantages", which we could assume were material but, he soon makes cl .....

.... of each other. Even Gatsby, lacks the insight to understand what is happening. He never truly sees either Daisy or himself, he is so blinded by his dream. The only characters, who see, in the sense of “understand,” are Nick and Owl Eyes. The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg seem to reinforce the theme that there is no all seeing presence in the modern world. The past is a central importance in the novel, whether it is Gatsby’s personal past, his affair with Daisy in 1917, or the larger past to which Nick refers in the closing sentence of the novel: “So we beat on, boats against the c .....

.... would consider him a hero. When Henry first arrived at training, he felt that he was invincible. However, when Henry heard that his regiment was going to battle he started to wonder if he would run. He was afraid to tell anyone of this because he thought they would think he was a coward. When he was returning to the regiment, shortly after he ran, he wondered and cared about what they would say to him. "He wondered what they would remark when later he appeared in camp. His mind heard howls of derision... Where's Henry Fleming? He run, didn't 'e?" (97) After no one b .....

.... as though he will never grow up because he is so immature, with his silly denial of the war's existence, and his habit of always coming up with strange things to do just for fun. Inside he is suffering with the anger and hurt of being excluded from the one thing that he wants to do most, fight in the war. This is an excellent example of how the war suddenly made the boys grow up into men. They had to face adulthood, and in order to do that, they had to become adults. Another boy in the story who was made to grow up by the war was Leper. When he sees the movies about the ski tro .....

.... were pushed out. Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other individual. This wa .....

.... if you work hard, stand by your beliefs, and do what is right than everything will work out. This theme, is associated with many stories, such as fairy tales, everything will work out for the boy or girl who has a rough life as long as they do what is right. This is fits Oliver perfectly, he almost wasn't even given a name, and in the beginning it was almost inevitable that he would end up a street rat, than as he went through life learning what was right or wrong things feel into place for him, and it was a happy ending. As the boy Oliver Twist was born his mother died, .....

.... character. In it, a child without parents is raised by someone that is a lot different than she is. After Ellen’s mother died, she is unwillingly left with her alcoholic father who mistreats her. Ellen spent a lot of time at her friend, Starletta’s house and at the house of her grandmother. Life with her grandmother was no better than life with her father. She did not want to be in either situation. After living with her grandmother, Ellen’s struggle to find a suitable, comforting home comes to an end. For the second time in her life, a family member has died right next .....