Reaction When someone puts you in danger, you have two choices of how to react. You could look at all the good qualities that person may have, or focus on the few things they did wrong. In “the Diary of Anne Frank”, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Anne is one character that tends to look at the good side of people, rather than focusing on the bad. She almost always reacte

Reader Opinion Of “Pattern Language“ By Christopher Alexander While reading the book “A Pattern Language”, I first thought the author was setting out to do was almost an impossible task. The introduction stated that there the keys to rural living to metropolitan existence could be summarized into 253 combinable patterns. I had a hard time grasping the understanding of what he was going t

Reality Found In Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is a comedic, unordinary tale that raises some interesting points about reality. Despite the tale’s “fairy tale” like plot, the reader can relate and identify with the story’s sequence of events. In the very beginning, where Diedrich Knickerbocker is introduced, Irving is instilling a sense of reality to this short st

Rebecca “Rebecca” by Daphen Du Maurier This book takes place in the 19th century. There are a lot of different characters in this book. Some of them have very small parts, but they show you things about the major people in the book. Rebecca was a very admired person in her town. Everyone loved her and adored her. She is the wife of Maxim De Winter. She ends up being the ghost of

Rebecca Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. The heroine who remains nameless, lives in Europe with her husband, Maxim de Winter traveling from hotel to hotel, harboring memories of a beautiful home called Manderley, which, we learn, has been destroyed by fire. The story begins with her memories of how she and Maxim first met, in Monte Carlo, years befor

Rebeeca "I dreamt I went to Manderley again." (Dumarier 2) is the famous opening line to the classic novel Rebecca. Right from the beginning Dumaurier builds up the mystery of Manderley by showing a conflict between the way the main characters live now verses how they remember the tragic events of the past. The narrator is an inexperienced young girl who is overwhelmed when she moves i

Red Badge Of Courage Courage is a characteristic that is something everyone wants to have. The ability to stand up to something, and be strong is something that can be very rewarding. It is the very thing that defines the manhood, or womanhood, of someone. In war, courage is something that is almost necessary. One has to stand his ground and fight, even in the face of poor odds. The

Red Badge Of Courage Red Badge of Courage Physical and emotional pain is what the tattered solider illustrates in the book. The tattered solider pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. Him going crazy brings emotional pain and the physical pain is brought on by the endurances of war. "There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powd

Red Badge Of Courage Stephen Crane was fascinated by both mental and physical violence. Crane envied wounded soldiers, thus he wrote the novel The Red Badge of Courage. Crane enjoyed writing for newspapers. Crane never participated nor witnessed a war. Stephen Crane was born after the finale of the United States Civil War. Crane was born into a writing family. His parents were authors,

Red Badge Of Courage 1. Discuss the novel as a psychological journey. Discuss how Henry Changes throughout the novel. What causes him to change' Henry Fleming is a young solider fighting for the union army during the civil war. Throughout the war Henry ventures on a long psychological journey to discover himself. Often referred to as “the youth” Henry comes into battle with the naïve f

Red Badge Of Courage Henry Fleming is the main character of The Red Badge of Courage. The story centers on him and his adventures. He is first interested in war as a romantic thing with the possibility of doing great things and becoming known as a hero. His mother is opposes the idea of him signing up for the Union Army, but he eventually signs up, without consent from his mother. He was

Regeneration (Pat Barker) Sassoon/Rivers Character Analysis Look again at Rivers and Sassoon’s first meeting. What do we learn about Rivers and his methods, and Sassoon’s state of mind' Right from when these two characters meet, we see their personalities and their way of thinking shine through. Sassoon is very cautious of what he says, although after getting to know Rivers a bit, ex

Roman Fever Roman Fever by Edith Wharton Types of Story: Subtle story of envy and revenge Setting: Two wealthy American widows lunching in a restaurant in Rome with a view of the Palatine and the Forum. It was during Spring time. Plot: Tow women who have been envious of each other lives met again in Rome and were reminiscing about their girlhood days spent the

Robin Of Sherwood The first story I read about Robin Hood was “Tuck, Much, and little John”. This story was about Robin and his outcasts including Tuck and Much as most of his other stories were about. But this story was about Robin, Tuck and Much in search of a man that could teach them how to wrestle. One day the three of them went fishing and they caught a fish that could feed them

Romance Of The 3 Kingdoms The Romance of Three Kingdoms is a story of hero’s and foes whose role’s affected each other’s fate. Their relationships caused either success or failure by death for each other. The positions each held varied from advisors to rulers, their conflicts would the fate of the country. The relationship between the Kongming and Zhou Yu began when both kingdoms of Sh

Relationship Between Phineas And Gene Relationship between Phineas and Gene. A surrealistic environment, which the boys of Devon lived in, reflected Gene and Finny’s abstract and hopeless “friendship”. By approaching the piece of writing with an almost surgical technique, disserting its parts, eliminating the unneeded, and adding the ideas, that were needed to create an effective and

Wild Geese By Martha Ostenso Relevance Of Wild Geese By Martha Ostenso In Today's Society Although the novel Wild Geese was an award winning piece of literature when it was written, much of the novel's original "power" has been lost over time. The hold that Caleb has over his family is strong, and the fear the family members have of him is realistic. But, the things he

Religious Criticism In The Miller’s Tale A story of a licentious woman, a love triangle gone awry, a misplaced kiss, and revenge….. The above phrase could be used to describe almost any work in the fabliau genre. On the surface, the “Miller’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and Heile of Beersele, the story which Chaucer based his Miller’s Tale, are just another pair of fabliaux. Each seems

Religous Symbolism In “Eveline“ & “Araby“ James Joyce (1882-1941) rejected his Irish-Catholic heritage and left his native homeland at the age of twenty. Though he was ostracized most of his life, Joyce wrote almost exclusively about his native Dublin. Although Joyce rejected his religion, he relied on the use of religious symbols to make a point. In “Araby” and “

Roselily ROSELILY The story, Roselily, tells about a woman’s personal feelings whose name is Roselily. Roselily has three children and she is marrying a man, but she has a huge amount of problems with herself. She can not be sure about anything and she does not know if she loves her husband or not. She does not hate him, but nothing is clear in her emotions. She lo

Report On Barbara Moss Barbara Moss wrote "Change Me into Zeus's Daughter" which tells about her life growing up with an abusive and alcoholic father. If something were not well in her father's life he would take it out on Barbara or her mother. Her father would come home drunk on various nights at three o'clock P.M. and would wake up everyone in the house. He would make everyone clean h

The House on the Strand “The House on the Strand” is an extraordinary book dealing with a fascinating subject in an intriguing way. Its author Daphne du Maurier takes a fresh approach to time travel, through the use of a drug that sends the user back through time. This drug has apparent addictive qualities, pulling the main character, Dick Young deeper and deeper into a previous world, b

Republican Nominee George W. Bush’s Education Plan Republican Nominee George W. Bush’s Education Plan Teachers, Student Testing, and Higher Education Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush has proposed an education reform plan, which focuses on the youth of America, as a major part of his 2000 campaign. The proposed education plan, if enacted, would cost approximately $

Research Paper History Boxing Joe Louis and his beloved trainer Jack Blackburn were preparing to walk down the aisle for a big championship fight. Blackburn who had recently endured some serious health set backs, was breathing hard and suddenly blurted out: :"Chappie, I don't think I can make it up them steps tonight". What was Louis to do' His opponent Buddy Baer was a tough fighter

The Awakening Life Is A Dream Response To The Awakening “The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting, the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.” The Awakening, Kate Chopin That summer at Grand Isle changed her life forever. The sea, the people, the atmosphere in ge

Restoration Of Eve Restoration of Eve Amelia Lanyer’s, “Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women,” functions as a type of revolutionary vindication of the rights of “Our Mother Eve.” What is interesting about Lanyer’s defense for Eve is her anticipation of Mary Wollstoncraft’s, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Unfortunately in the end she did not succeed. Lanyer tries to justify E

Revenge Of The Witches Revenge of the Witches Revenge is a part of all of our lives. Someone hurts us some way, and we want them to be hurt back. Sometimes, however, our hurt is slight or non-existent, but our hurt back is permanent and harsh. The most obvious and prominent character in The Crucible with revenge as their primary motivation was Abigail Williams. Thomas and Ruth Pu

Review Of “Powder“ By Tobias Wolff In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. In these two characters of father and son we see a reflection of many modern day “broken home” situations. The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. Reversed in a way that real life and many modern day family situations h

Review Of The Woman Warrior Review of: The Woman Warrior When I first picked up the book and read the title, The Woman Warrior, I feared for my life that this was going to be another boring book that had been assigned because it was the only book the professor could find that was dealing with the material we cover in class. I was utterly wrong! The book in general was put together

Review On The Jungle Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle published in 1906 is considered the novel that led to his “fame.” After writing more than one hundred plays and books and an extreme amount of articles Sinclair’s life is considered to be complete. Many of his books, articles, and plays dealt with a wide variety of social issues and Sinclair also assisted in creating the Leagues for Indus