The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley By: Patricia Highsmith Copyright © 1955 Setting: The Talented Mr. Ripley takes place somewhere in the mid 1950s to the early 1960s. The year is never said in the book. When letters are written the people only use “19—”. The book is mainly set in and around Italy, but some parts of it are set in the United States. A lot of traveling a

To Kill A Mockingbird "To Kill a Mockingbird" The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. This book represents the prejudice and injust and as civil rights violence exploded on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. With the mind of a child, Haarper Lee tells a tale of prejudice and a society's coming of age. Mississi

To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional novel by Harper Lee. It has 281 pages and is set in Maycomb, Alabama. The main character is "Scout" Finch. Scout lives in Maycomb Alabama with her father Atticus and her brother Jem. A friend of Jem and Scouts, Dill, interested in the scary house down the street called the Radley Place. Nathan Radley and his brother Arthur al

The Terminal Man The Terminal Man Michael Crichton Part 1: Chapters 1-7, pp. 3-55 I really liked the way the author opened the first scene of the novel. I found his use of the word "they" in the first sentence an effective way of enticing the reader into the story. It, in a way, forced me to read on to find out who "they" were. The next two sentences describing the two doctors th

To KIll A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird: Theme Throughout the book, To Kill A Mockingbird there have been many different themes surrounding the character Scout Finch, but right now I'm going to focus on the thymes of maturing and growing up. I felt that this would be most appropriate because the book revolves around Scout as she grows up as child. It is also based about how the cou

To Kill A Mockingbird In 1931, when Lee was five, nine young black men were accused of raping two white women near Scottsboro, Alabama. (A6) After a series of lengthy, highly publicized, and often bitter trials, four of the nine men were sentenced to long prison terms. (A8) Many prominent lawyers and other American citizens saw the sentences as spurious and motivated only by racial preju

To Build A Fire In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London the cold outdoor setting is what determines the outcome of the story. As well as in the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins the setting with the yellow wallpaper determines the outgrowth of the story. Physical setting determines what the story is going to be about in the majority of stories not just these two

To Build A Fire In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, there are three principal themes. They are respecting nature, and considering results of actions. The main theme, or universal truth, is heeding warnings. The themes are shown through the character and his actions. The main character in the story had an attitude that prevented him from heeding internal and external warnings.

To Kill A Mockingbird This story takes place in a small southern town in Alabama called Maycomb. The county was called Maycomb as well. The specific locations that were used in the book the most were the house of the main characters, Finch's landing, the Maycomb court room, and the Radly house. The time period of this book was around 1935. The central character, and the narrator of this

The Testament What would you do with close to ten billion dollars' Would what you do with the money change if it came from your father who abandoned you at birth' Could your religious beliefs have any say in this situation' These are all questions I had never thought about before I read The Testament by John Grisham Reading this book it made me think about what is truly import

Of Mice And Men The Themes of Loneliness and Pursuit of Dreams in Of Mice and Men The theme of loneliness is manifested many times in the work, Of Mice and Men and is often the dominant theme. This theme occurs during many circumstances but is not present from start to finish. In my mind for a theme to be pervasive is must be present during every element of the story. There are many

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried In Tim O'Briens story, "The Things They Carried," the name "Jimmy Cross" also symbolizes the cross that he bears with his distracting thoughts of Martha, Ted Lavenders death and the responsibility for the safety of his men. Throughout this story we read about what is carried by necessity as a soldier and specific to each ra

The Things They Carried THE THINGS THEY CARRIED I don’t believe that O'Brien is a coward for going to war, but the opposite, that he would be a coward for not going to war. I think the reason why he was going to go to Canada was because he doesn't believe in the cause and he thinks he is too talented a student to be forced into battle. Ultimately, he makes the decision to join the army

The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien does not actually come out and write about guilt, death, or love; he describes in vivid detail how he feels. This is how he lets the reader know his feelings, either it be love, guilt, or death. Through his details the reader differentiates Tim O’Brien’s thoughts. As the reader understands O’Brien’s writing in the finial chapter, “The Lives of the D

The Time Machine The Time Machine H.G. Wells’ writings focus on science and social science. His knowledge of the two subjects allowed him to write about situations that are most likely impossible and make them appear to be possible. Wells takes the reader through a series of explanations that seem to make sense to a casual observer and make his fiction evident and plausible. Wells used

The Time Machine The Time Machine is fictional novel by H.G. Wells where we hear an exciting story of a Time Travelers experiences. The story starts off as the Time Traveler argues with his intellectual friends about how there is a fourth dimension in space other than length breadth and thickness. That dimension is Duration or continuance in time. The Time Traveler explains to the Medica

Tom Sawyer Adventures The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is concerned with the escapades of a young boy living in a Mississippi River town during a summer in the 1840s. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, his dead mother’s sister, along with his half-brother, Sid, and his cousin, Mary. By the second chapter, Tom’s mischievous character is revealed with the we

Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy stood out from most writers of yesterday and today. His works were based on the happenings around him whether it involved government, religion, or even romance. Leo Tolstoy faced many problems in life. Starting at an early age to the day he died, he took on all obstacles. Tolstoy was a man respected by almost everyone. He stood strong for what he believed in and did w

The Trophy Husband Editha meets her fiancé under rather boring and lackluster circumstances. Her fiancé, George Gearson was simply a male friend and in a moment that she could not take back, she had accepted his proposal of marriage, “George Gearson had simply asked her for her love…, and she gave her love to him, without, as it were thinking (258).” Editha is seeking her knight in sh

The Truth About Nature Two authors wrote about life in Virginia, however, John Smith created a picture of beauty and perfect surroundings to propagandize and recruit, while William Byrd narrated a second hand event, which explicitly gave the brutal and not so pretty facts of nature. Whereas both writers wrote about the nature they encountered and were similar in very few ways, the degre

Heart of Darkness The Truth Hurts! Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, is understood to be a story bleeding with absolute truth and immense focus on reality- - the truth and reality of the cruelty of man no matter where in the world. This piece of literary genius explores vividly the meaning of our cruel lives toward our fellow man. When faced with shocking truths, are we then o

The Turn Of The Screw By Henry James The Turn of the Screw by Henry James can be interpreted in many different ways. James, in writing his story, seemed to be purposely leaving the actual interpretation of the story up to the reader. Rather than having one true explanation for the strange happenings in his novella, he provokes thought and wonder through a lack of exact information. After

The Two Towers The Two Towers The book I read was The Two Towers, Part II of The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkein. The Lord of the Rings mean Sauron, the evil lord who created the one ring and is determined to regain his ring at any cost. One of the main characters in the book is Frodo. Frodo and me are different because he is a hobbit and I am a human. Also he lives in Middle

The War Of The Worlds 1. Three of the main characters are the narrator, the narrator’s brother, and the curate. The Narrator was connected to his brother through blood and family. The Narrator met the Curate in a field outside of his hometown while the Martians began a second attack. 2. My favorite character in the novel “The War of The Worlds” was the narrator’s brother. When

The Weekend Today’s American society is working more, only to have less leisure time. There seems to be an increasing trend to work an increasing amount of hours. People are not valuing there leisure time like they should. American families are evolving around what Juliet Schor calls, the work and spend cycle. This is an idea of working, not to save money, but only to spend it on mat

The Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath’s Reflexive Contradiction for Sexual Equality in the Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath has been described and depicted as an independent proto-feminist who long ago led the charge for sexual equality. Chaucer’s visionary protagonist was a refreshing and modern look at women’s rights in the fifteenth century. She spends much of her prologue breaki

The Wildest Ride You don't have to be a NASCAR fan to have taken notice of the overwhelming media coverage this past February of a driver named Dale Earnhardt. Most Americans had heard of this man many call a legend, and if you happened to be a fan of stock car racing, you probably had a strong opinion about him, good or bad. But what may have surprised many, including the NASCAR org

The Women Of Silas Marner Silas Marner In George Elliot’s novel, Silas Marner, the author illustrates three different types of women through her characters. There is Nancy Lameter-Cass, who concentrates on her role as a dutiful wife and on her husband’s happiness, her sister Priscilla, unmarried and managing her father’s farm she has the unconventional role and is an outc

Their Eyes Were Watching God In her book, Their eyes were watching god, Zora Hurston discusses the life of Janie. In chapters 1-6, Janie is married to Logan Killicks and then Joe Starks. Her marriage with Logan Killicks was setup by her grandmother and she was not very happy with it. Later on, Janie runs off with Joe Starks. Even though the two marriages were under very different circums

Their Eyes Were Watching God The Creation of Tones In literature, as in life, a reader can either be comfortable or out of place. The way one of these feelings is decided is through atmosphere. In Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston gives her readers a great deal of atmosphere. This ambiance is provided through both her narration and her dialogue, and it’s not always cons