The Outsiders THE OUTSIDERS THIS BOOK IS A DRAMA. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A GROUP OF KIDS NAMED THE GREASERS. THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE A REALLY BAD GANG. THEY HAD ENEMIES THAT WERE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. THE STORY BEGINS ONE NIGHT THE GREASERS DECIDE TO GO AND SNEAK INTO THE MOVIE THEATER. WHILE AT THE MOVIE THEATER THE SOCIAL GANG SHOWED UP. THEY WERE DRUNK AND S

Analysis Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck, Robert Demott (Introduction). Penguin USA; New York. Reissued Edition (Oct. 1992). 619 Pages. The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farming families of America during the 1930's lived, through a personal approach and heavy symbolism. The novel te

The Outsider THE CHARACTERS · MEURSAULT Meursault, the main character and the narrator of the story, is a 30-year-old shipping clerk who lives an ordinary day-to-day existence. We see him as a son (at his mother's funeral); as a friend; as a solitary creature pursuing simple experiences from moment to moment; and as a prisoner, first on trial, then awaiting execution. Physical sensati

The Outsiders The Outsiders "The Outsiders" by S. E Hinton is an early novel based on two waring juvenile gangs, divided by economical and social background,the lower East side Greasers and the upper West side Socs. The novel is set in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a novel written in first person by a 14 year old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis who allows us an insight into the lifesty

The Packinghouse Daughter This novel tells the story of a small-town, working-class life in the mid 1900’s. The daughter of a meatpacking company millwright, Cheri Register tells about the event, which divides her small town of Albert Lea during time of depression. Albert Lea, Minnesota was an industrial town of only 13,545 people. Surrounding the area was cornfields, lakes, cattail m

The Passion Of A Storm The Passion of a Storm “The Storm,” written by Kate Chopin, opposes the ideas of the late nineteenth century by introducing the fulfillment of a woman’s desires by a man in her position. It shows how the needs and requirements of nature, as well as people, must be satisfied in order to sustain life. Chopin’s use of symbolism displays a connection between an emer

The Patriot “The Patriot” starts in South Carolina in 1776. The movie is a family’s story about what they went through during the American Revolution. Mel Gibson stars as Benjamin who was a hero at Fort Wilderness during the French and Indian War, and a widower with seven children. Benjamin is part of the assembly in South Carolina. Benjamin is a respected man in the south because of the

The Pearl The Pearl John Steinbeck 118 Pages A. Setting 1. Late 1800s to early 1900s 2. Located in a small rural village 3. It takes over a period of a couple weeks B. Point of view 1. It is in the first person point of view through the eyes of Kino C. The expostion 1. In the first chapter of The Pearl Kino tells about the mus

Sons and Lovers Throughout one’s lifetime many relationships are established between people that result in either a negative or positive influence on a person, shaping how they form new relationships with others. Throughout D.H. Lawrence’s classic novel Son’s and Lovers, the character of Paul Morel is developed through his relationships with three women, Gertrude, his mother, and his tw

The Pearl When going through times of grief, people may react differently than they would if they were in well-being. Many tend to deteriorate while others may grow stronger when such events occur. Such examples include when a family member dies or when one experiences an accident. In John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, Juana demonstrates a constant being through times of pleasure and conflic

The Pearl THE PEARL. Kino was a poor mexican-indian, he had a wife and her name was Juana. Together they had a baby and his name was Coytito. They lived in a wery poor village, he and his neighbours lived in wooden houses. He made his moony by fishing and search for pearls in the sea who he sold to some byers in the town. In the town there was only stone houses with big walls an

The Pearl Ever since Midas' lust for gold, it appears to be that man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction t

The Pearl (on Dehumanization) Ever since Midas' lust for gold, it appears to be that man has acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their hunger for wealth and intern is the base for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self

The Pearl By John Steinbeck Pearl Essay Sammi Moyer In John Steinbeck's The Pearl, Kino finds-you guessed it- a pearl. When he held it in his hand, he thought of what he could get with the money. Some things he gets, but others, he will never get. First, he thinks of Juana. When Kino had been diving for pearls, Juana silently prayed for him to find a pearl so they could pay t

The Synthetic Sublime Ozick’s essay “The Synthetic Sublime” talks about New York’s disappearances and reappearances every 75-100 years as a new city with new immigrants, new pursuits, and new shapes, faithfully inconstant by the ambition that builds the city. “A farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi

The Rabbits Of Watership Down The main rabbit in the story Watership Down is Hazel. Hazel is the leader of the rabbits who leave the Sandleford warren. The word hazel means “reconciliation”. Hazel shows this quality when he tries to make amends with General Woundwort after Bigwig leads the does from the Efrafa warren. He comes up with a solution that is good for both warrens and

The Rape Of The Lock As the name indicates, the Mock-Epic is a literary form that ridicules the ‘classical epics.’ It does so by using characteristics of the classical epic; the invocation of a deity, a regular statement of theme, the division of the work into books and cantos, ostentatious speeches, battles and supernatural machinery; to reveal the absurdity of a certain subject. The ma

The Red Badge Four main characters (and one-sentence description of each) Henry Fleming (the youth) - Henry, the main character of the novel, was at first very excited to go to war joining the army against his mother’s wishes, but he finds war frightening and he becomes a coward to later become a hero. Jim Conklin (the tall soldier) - Jim was a close friend that Henry had met in the

The Pigman RESPOPNSE The main characters in Paul Zindel's The Pigman, two high school Students named John and Lorraine, find out what this is like. By making a prank call they meet a lonely, old man named Angelo Pignati whom they come to call the Pigman. You can find out the interesting reason why by reading this fun and suspense filled book. There is suspense in the parts of the boo

The Pigman This old man collects statues of pigs, so when John andLorraine (hero and heroine) get to know him they nickname him "thepigman." John and Lorraine decide to hang out with the pigmanwhenever they can, because they think he's lonely. As they spend time with him,they learn he has a deep, dark secret and find out what it is. Later pigman has a heart attack and Johnand Lorrai

The Pine Barrens The Pine Barrens John Mcphee’s “The Pine Barrens” is a unique descriptive novel, the novel deals with nature and all it’s beauty. The story is easy to follow and easy to understand because it is being told through the eyes of a non-partial naturist. The novel was intriguing because it was so relatable to Philadelphia, the fact that the actually Pine Barrens are onl

The Plague By Albert Camus The Plague The Epidemic in a Few Pages The Plague is a novel describing the plague epidemic in the large Algerian city of Oran in the 1940s. In April, numerous rats staggered into the open to die. Once a mild hysteria gripped the population, the newspapers began searching for any action they could take. Finally, the authorities arranged for the daily colle

The Protagonist Of The Scarlet Letter Dimmesdale: The Bearer of the Scarlet letter Who should bear the stigma of sin' Hawthorne’s novel is a story of adultery, social judgment, and moral redemption. Hester cannot hide the consequences of her mistake, so she is exposed to public judgment and forced to wear the scarlet letter. However, it is Di

The Republic The Republic written by Plato examines many things. It mainly is about the Good life. Plato seems to believe that the perfect life is led only under perfect conditions which is the perfect society. Within the perfect society there would have to be justice. In the Republic it seems that justice is defined many different ways. In this paper I am going to discuss a few.

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, deals with the Mariner's alienation from the subsequent reconciliation with the natural world. The Mariner's shooting of the albatros suggests his alienation from natural life because the albatros is a symbol of goo

The River And The Shore In Huck Finn The river and the shore The Mississippi river is much more than a moving mass of water. To many, it symbolizes hope and freedom. This is certainly true for the two runaways Huck and Jim. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The river and the shore are viewed as a contrast between the freedom of the waters and the ha

The River Sutra Two Faced The River Sutra, written by Gita Metha. Is the story of a man who gives up society in an effort to find out what life is really about. For this he declares himself a vanaprasthi, being a man of the forest, or one who gives up the majority of their worldly possessions to learn about the mysteries of life. To do this he retires to the Narmada River, the most ho

The Road Reflection On “The Road” By Anthony Ponce Not so long ago I was with three of my friends testing out the driver’s new truck. We were offroading deep in the canyons off of Mulhulland Highway up steep rugged terrain. I had a feeling that what we were doing wasn’t right. It wasn’t safe. Like some teenagers, I pushed those feelings away fooling myself that it was too late. “The

The Use Of Force In, The Use of Force, written by William Carlos Williams, the theme is most commonly conveyed by how extreme conflict affect the people involved in them. The story is about a doctor versus a young girl. The doctor is the protagonist and the patient or the young girl is the antagonist. The young girl fights the doctor’s persistence to examine her with stubbornness and str

The Use Of Love In Troilus And Criseyde Page 1 Scholars of Chaucer agree that Latin poet Dante influenced the former’s writing of Troilus and Criseyde. As Barry Windeatt says, “Close verbal parallels are relatively few, but there a range of significant parallels in both poets’…understanding of love…which suggest how Chaucer may have had the example of the Divine Comedy in mind as he wor