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The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 744

.... other woman. A good house too and a good husband that I loved and fine children out of him. Better than I hoped for even.” (p.611) Working hard to maintain the household further strengthens Granny’s character. Her ability to fence in a hundred acres, dig post holes and care for sick children and horses reflects her strengthened character. On her death bed Granny wishes things to be orderly the way she handled them in the house. Many of the positive characteristics and work ethic of Granny reflect on to her children. Some of Granny’s many attributes include her enduranc .....


The Awakening 4
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1136

.... her life upside down as she begins to feel a passion for him that she has never felt before in her entire life, not even for her husband that she thought she loved. When Robert goes away, she misses him dearly and begins to change her life’s priorities, such as not staying home on Tuesdays as most women did and were expected to do so. She also changes her mindset away from trying to get the world’s approval and just does what makes her happy at that time. She does things such as moving into a smaller house while her husband is away to show this. She even states .....


Lord Of The Flies: Jack Merridew - Not Guilty
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 414

.... (p.177) In a situation like this, Ralph's spear could have easily slipped down and cut me instead. An individual is not controlled by another individual. As for influencing the boys to kill Simon and Piggy, the boys were uncontrollable. On the night that Simon died, we were having a feast while "a thing came crawling out the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly." (p.152) The boys, especially the littluns, were so terrified, they thought Simon was the beast, so they attacked with the thought of killing the beast not Simon. Ralph was at that incident as well. He was one of .....


The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: The True Sign Of Maturity
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 835

.... them aboard, showing great compassion. Later, the two men lie to Huck and Jim. Huck does not say a thing, though he realizes they are lying. "But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble...I hadn't no objections, 'long as it would keep peace in the family." (19). It is now clear to Huck that these men are not going to be a blessing to him and Jim. Still, he never says a thing, and just wants to have a friendly atmosphere between all of them. He goes as far as to refer to them as .....


Suffering In Crime And Punishment
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 720

.... the pain that might arise from recurrent visions of the crime. Raskolnikov never again recalls the massive amounts of blood everywhere, the look on Lizaveta’s face when he brings down the axe on her head. These things clearly show that the crime isn’t what might cause him suffering, or pain, it is something else. After Raskolnikov is sent off to Siberia, he doesn’t feel remorseful. His feelings haven’t changed about his crime, he feels bad at not being able to living up to his own ideas of greatness. He grows depressed only when he learns of his mother’s death. Raskolnikov sti .....


Fahrenheit 451: Bradbury's Fears
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 298

.... are many fears that he has that are related to this. One of his fears is people all people being unhappy because there are no books. In the book he not happy and he says “ I kept sitting there saying to myself, I'm not happy, I'm not happy.” I'm sure if there were no books some people would be unhappy but not everyone as in the book and only the people who liked books who be unhappy. Mildred was unhappy but see didn't like books. Another one of his fears his people forgetting important things because of having no books. Such as when Mildred forgets to tell Montag Clar .....


The Great Gatsby: Death Of The American Dream
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1425

.... in 1908, when his son was twelve, the family returned to St. Paul and lived comfortably on Mollie Fitzgerald's inheritance. Fitzgerald attended the St. Paul Academy; his first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen. From St. Paul Academy Fitzgerald went on to a higher education at Princeton University. At Princeton, Fitzgerald neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship. He wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals and was a contributor to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and the Nas .....


John Gardner's "Grendel": Good Vs. Evil
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 870

.... absolutely no hostile intentions towards these "ridiculous" (ch.2, pp.24) creatures that "moved by clicks." (ch.2, pp.24) The thanes do not understand what Grendel is and are very uneasy about the whole situation. Like animals they are frightened of anything that is different from what they are used to. When Grendel attempts to communicate they show their ignorance and simple-mindedness. Instead of taking the time to understand the anomaly in their world they panic and decide to destroy it. Without being able to view the story from Grendel's point of view the reader mi .....



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