… was sent to live with the Baron at his beautiful castle in Westphalia. The Baroness weighed about three hundred and fifty pounds, as therefore greatly respected, and did the honors of the house it had digniy which rendered her still more respect.…

… Dickens writes about ways money can corrupt people in the novel Great Expectations. Pip, Compeyson, and Miss Havisham’s relatives are obsessed with money to the point where it controls their lives. Sometimes, when people are exposed to money,…

… Chinua Achebe, the author, presents to us a different perspective of life. Achebe accomplishes this by introducing to us an African tribe named Ibo. There are tremendous differences between these people and the Europeans at the time. That is precisely…

… Baggins. One morning thirteen Dwarfs and Gandalf The Wandering Wizard appeared at Bilbo's door. The Dwarfs wanted Bilbo to help them conquer a dragon named Smaug, who had taken over their land. When Bilbo woke up the next morning, they started…

… was only 2 years old. She is disciplined and firm towards the children. Scout describes her as a “tyrannical presence” with a “hand as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard” – we see her use this hand to deliver scout a “stinging smack” when she…

… a society populated entirely by women. This culture is superior in virtually all ways to the world of the men. The narrator of the book is one of the visiting men , and he is constantly in awe of the perfection of the country. In writing Herland ,…

… dad, Mr. Mallory, is to blame. For the spreading and the rumors of Philip showing his display of patriotism. There are several things that happened in the book that has led me to believe and feel this way. I feel that the whole incident was taken…

… of thematics by examining the title. The phrase, "a separate peace," is mentioned once in the novel when, speaking of the Winter Carnival, Gene writes: "it was this liberation we had torn from the gray encroachments of 1943, the escape we had concocted,…

… William Golding and as well as the articles from the New York Times about the Ku Klux Klan. Anonymity could be describes as being unknown or unacknowledged. Basically just not being noticed by everybody else. Anonymity could be used in a positive way…

… are three principal themes. They are respecting nature, and considering results of actions. The main theme, or universal truth, is heeding warnings. The themes are shown through the character and his actions. The main character in the story had an…