… the founding fathers were trying to determine the future of America. A capitalist is someone who owns a production system and who gains money through misusing the effort of workers. Through capitalist economic relations, socialistic ideas are broken…

… Joads as characters of nobility. Each family member shows an essence of character, courage, generosity, or honor. People who carry the trait of nobility are looked up to. They are the people who change for the best, who attempt many tasks, and who…

… 10 1830. She lived in a lower middle class family and has an older brother (Austin) and sister (Vinnie). Emily always followed her heart even if her father told her it was wrong. Emily would always go for walks in the forest by her house and would…

… who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. However, he gained his wealth by participating in organized crime. From his early youth, Gatsby despised poverty and longed for wealth but his main motivation…

… your courage? In Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", Francis Macomber tests his courage the hard way. (Set) in Africa, Francis Macomber is on a hunting trip with his wife, Margot, and a guide named Wilson. "The Short Happy…

… how selfishness and greed can be used for the betterment of others. As shown in this short story, Doodle's brother's perseverance comes only from selfishness, greed and pride. In the end guilt takes over, bringing out the brother's love…

… narrates the story of the indigenous people of Guatemala whose lives during the twentieth century reaction era were marked by hardship and injustice. "I, Rigoberta Menchú" illustrates the clashing of civilizations in the New World as…

… is the absence of perfection. Everyone commits sin either accidentally or intentionally, but it always has a consequence. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the sins committed by the main characters in a Puritan society are analyzed. The…

… the Mississippi river and are able to experience free will. Their voyage through the expansive body of water has multiple meanings, as the river embodies the growth of the young and impressionable product of society- Huck. Prior to his adventures in…

… story of Ellen Tote's retrospective search for understanding and meaning of a dream that has been with her throughout her entire life. Poverty, abuse, neglect, and possibly an attempted infanticide are serious complications Ellen faces. Ultimately,…