… story-telling, humour, pathos and irony with severe social criticism and acute observation of people and places, both real and imagined. His "Hard Times" and "Great Expectations" are good proof for the above statement. Both are written in the…

… as a prerequisite to survival. Survival in changed worlds such as in The Two Towers by J.R.Tolken, The Matrix by the Wachalsci brothers and Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden all require extreme changes psychologically, both as an individual…

… Golding's first novel "Lord of the Flies". I chose to write about the symbolism because it is such an important aspect, which runs through the whole book and is crucial to the reader's understanding of the plot and the development of the characters. …

… the time of the Second World War in a small village just outside London called Little Wierwold and tells the story of eight-year-old evacuee, William Beech. A Londoner brought up by his over-religious mother who frequently beat him for not doing as…

… <Tab/>The speaker in Judith Clark's poem "After My Arrest" is torn away from her daughter and her freedom when she is thrown in jail. She no longer has the unadorned "everyday/pieces" (lines 1-2) or things that we take for granted.…

… there is almost always some kind of struggle for power. It could be for rightful integration into society; power over an island; power over a country; or in some cases, even power over the minds of others. These not at all uncommon struggles for power…

… and through. This is the story of the short guy and a guide to making a million or eight. Peers was a short chap about 3ft 5 with his shoes on, he was nothing special as a youngster and lived happily with his big sister- who was allot younger than him.…

… was very intriguing. I was given the vision of the streets of Baghdad, dirty and crowded. As the servant returned, the vivid image of the man filled with fear was heightened in my mind. I imagined the servant being very dark in complexion due…

… Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Pearl is the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, the result of their secret sin. As a result of the sin Pearl's mother is forced to wear the letter "A", embroidered in scarlet upon her chest, so all…

… it. I missed a fly ball in the final baseball game my 3rd grade year . It was a beautiful day, a few clouds covering the extremely blue summer sky. It was very hot. I remember this because of the tremendous amount of sweat that would run down my…