2001: A Space Odyssey The man-apes of the world, who lived by gathering berries and nuts, were facing a lack of food. A giant monolith appeared on Earth one day and began to experiment with many of them, probing and developing their minds. At night, a few select man-apes were taught and during the day, they innovated. Moon-Watcher discovered that he could fashion tools with which to kill

A Child Called It This book chronicles Dave’s childhood from 4 to 12 years of age. His life started off happy; he had a mother, father, and two brothers. They lived a good life; family dinners, vacations, love and affection. But around the time David Pelzer was 4 years old, his mother began a steady decline into the world of alcoholism and mental illness. Her behavior began to radically

A Child Called It A Child Called “It” is a story based on a real life boy’s tribulations with his mothers shocking abuse. When he was younger Dave and his families were considered the “perfect” family. Then, all of a sudden his mother and father started drinking and had problems in their relationship. Dave started getting the worst treatment imaginable. His mother all of a sudden treated

A Different Point Of View A Different Point of View In literature there are many different points of views. In each story the author shows you what they think is important by giving you a certain point of view. Whether it is a first person or a third person point of view, there is always a reason the author chose that view. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is

Fahrenheit 451 Whats the big idea' Ray Bradbury had a grim outlook for the future. In his book everything that could go wrong in the future, did. People rarely left their houses. They where ruled by technology. There was a loss of communication between human beings, since everyone was molded to think and act the same way. No one had their own opinion. Everyone acted like a robot. The big

7 Habits Of Highly Effective People The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is a well organized and thought out book. The beginning of the book teaches everything one needs to know about the rest of the book. The seven habits are vital to be successful. Habits one, two, and three are have to deal with the physical, spiritual, and mental dimensions of a person whic

A Jury Of Peers Critical Analysis of “A Jury of Her Peers” In “A Jury of Her Peers,” the setting is very important; it sets the mood for the entire story, and whether Minnie Wright will be innocent or guilty. The setting is gloomy and sad; from the looks of the outside of the house to the way the inside of the house looks and feels. When the group of people are riding to the Wright

A Streetcar Named Desire Sometimes in life, there are times when you are faced with a struggle and often times, no matter how hard you try to get yourself out of this struggle, you just can’t and you end up feeling as though you have lost the battle. In “A Streetcar Named Desire,” by Tennessee Williams, there are four characters that really display this situation. Blanche, Stanley, Stell

A & P “A & P” Life’s hardest lessons are sometimes learned too little, too late. In the short story “A & P”, by John Updike, the main character, Sammy, is a nineteen year-old checker at a local grocery store in a small town just north of Boston. In a matter of a day, he goes from an immature boy with unrealistic ideas and fantasies, to a man who is about to realize how life altering

A Masterpiece From a Masterpiece “When he wielded a sword, no matter how blooded and hard-edged the blade his hand was too strong, the stroke he dealt (I have learned) would ruin it. He could reap no advantage” (Heaney 181). The epic poem Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney tells the story of a hero named Beowulf, who rids the Danes of many monsters. This Anglo-Saxon story has become one

The Grapes of Wrath A Change In Attitude In the novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, by John Steinbeck, the life of a migrant family, who is forced off their land in Oklahoma and who is in search of employment in California, is portrayed. During the course of the novel, the Joads move from a concern for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people of the world. T

A Character Analysis Of Elizabeth Bennett A Character Analysis of Elizabeth Bennet By: Megan Songer Throughout Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice , there are many references to the unusual character of Elizabeth Bennet ; she is seen to be an atypical female during those times. Wit , bravery , independence , and feminist views all describe a most extraordinary model for women.

A Classic American Hero In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain establishes characteristics in Huck Finn that make him a classic American hero. Huck Finn is a good example of a classic American hero because he embodies the characteristics of escape, individuality, and freedom. One characteristic that shows that Huck Finn is a classic American hero is his sense

A Clean Well Lighted Place “A Clean-Well Lighted Café” In the story, “A Clean Well-Lighted Place,” Hemingway focuses on the older waiter who has a realistic understanding of the significance of “nada,” in this world and it actually keeps him up at night. With his understanding, he can empathize with the lonely old man that sits alone night after night in a “well-lighted café”. The

A Clean Well-lighted Place A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway is a story of two waiters at a cafe having a discussion late at night about an old man that frequently sits at the cafe late at night and drinks. However there are certain undertones that lead me to believe that this is not so much a story of three men, but of the aging process of one man. One of the waiters is a

A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange I have read a number of books that have caused me to rethink the nature of social responsibility and the role an individual can play in bringing about positive improvements within society. These books fall within the general category of “anti-utopian novels” and include Fahrenheit 451(Ray Bradbury), 1984 and Animal Farm (George Orwell), Lord o

A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange By: Many of us like to think that humanity as a whole is progressing to a better future where we will live united and in peace with one another. Nevertheless, there are those among us that do not share these beliefs. In A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, a futuristic world is turned upside down and in shambles. This 1962 class

A Comparison Of Arthur Dimmesdale And Pearl In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Pearl are two essential characters. Because they are father and daughter, they have some similar qualities, but also some different ones. The apple does not fall far from the tree: the apple is the child of the tree (the parent); therefore, it inherits similarities

A Comparison Of The Writings Of William Bradford And Chrisyopher Columbus Summary: 4 pages. No sources. This paper examines the motivations of the explorer Christopher Columbus and the colonist William Bradford in coming to the New World. This paper demonstrates how these initial perceptions helped affect the manner in which these two men examined their roles in the colonization of t

A Night In Question "The Night in Question" There are a variety of themes to Tobias Wolff’s "The Night in Question" that need to be considered in order to understand what the story is truly about. One of the main themes that we need to look at is unselfishness. Throughout the story, Wolff shows a great deal of family bonding and connections. We look at whether it is a good connect

A Narrative Of The Captivity Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is an extreme example of strict Puritan faith. This narrative is written by a woman who witnessed her community become destroyed by Indians. As to Marys’ knowledge “thirty seven persons who were in this one house, none escaped either present death, or a bitter captivity, save only

A Dagger To The Heart A Dagger to The Heart It was a cold winter night in New York City, one day before Thanksgiving. As I sat on the front steps which lead to my apartment, struggling to keep myself warm from the frigid temperature that encompassed my body. A single teardrop trickled down my face and collided with the frozen steps below. As I sat there watching the sadness from

A Discussion Of “The Three-Stranded Allegory Of Moby-Dick” In 1971, an article appeared entitled “The Three-Stranded Allegory of Moby-Dick was published by Allen Austin. The essay has as its purpose to familiarize the reader with the difference of character between Ahab and Ishmael in Moby-Dick. Herman Melville uses the main characters of Moby-Dick to begin the use of symbolism. Ahab

A Farewell To Arms Throughout the entire novel A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, there is a constant reference to the title. Frederic Henry, the main character, loses things that are significant in his life. First, in the chaos of retreat Frederic is face-to-face with a very important decision. During the flee, many platoons of Italian soldiers became scattered. Frede

A Focus On Mothers A Focus on Mothers Sweet Mystery, by Judith Paterson, Distant Son, by Norman McMillan, and My Mother’s Witness, a biography by Carolyn Haines, are all books that focus a great deal on a mother figure. That is to say that in each book the mother played a central role in the author’s life or, in the case of My Mother’s Witness, the mother played a central role in Pe

A Glimpse Of“Dulce Et Decorum Est“ A Glimpse of “Dulce et Decorum Est” Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors “Dulce et Decorum Est” gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem is an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen and makes great use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its excellent manipulation of the mechanical and emotional parts of

A Good Man Is Hard To Find In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” we get a portrait of a 1950s postwar family who, in the midst of their own naivety, find themselves not only on the road from Atlanta, Georgia to Florida but on the road to the their own demise. The most outstanding character in this story is the grandmother, and since the story is told from the third person

A Good Man Is Hard To Find From the very beginning, the grandmother in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is foreshadowing, in her words and actions, what will become of the family. Hints of the family’s tragic finale exist throughout the plot until the time of the first murder. In the very beginning before the story begins, O’Connor provides the reader with an epigraph. I

A Good Man Is Hard To Find “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” In Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, we follow “a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida, gets wiped out by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit” (O’Connor, Reasonable 325). The incidents and characters throughout the story are aspects of a plot intending to symbolize the spiritual grac

A Good Man Is Hard To Find In the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the author, Flannery O’Connor, uses excessive amounts of foreshadowing to clue in the reader of what is to come. Some of the foreshadowing she uses helps predict the family is going to run into the Misfit and also that death is clearly evident. Throughout the story the O’ Connor uses strong amount of foresh