… Houston, the author writes an autobiography about living in an internment camp during World War II, known as Manzanar. It was written in 1995 with the help of her husband and reflects on her past of growing up in a racial discriminated environment,…

… Thesis: Through his novels, Kurt Vonnegut expresses his distrust of technology, opposition to religion and fear of a rapidly evolving society. I. Introduction II. Kurt Vonnegut distrusts the rapid movement towards an automated human race. A. The…

… John Knowles shows one friend, Gene, destroying his other friend, Phineas, based on competitiveness. There are many themes presented in the novel. Some of these are maturing from adolescence, destruction from competitiveness, and separating…

… novel A Passage to India, characters often seem to be put into one of two opposing groups. An Anglo-Indian or native Indian. Most of the characters in this novel fit into one of these categories. The characters are in a way stereotype of the groups.…

… McRobbie consists of 2 main characters that eventually draw out six themes in the book, all themes relate to either Adam or Catriona; these themes include perseverance, confidence which includes courage, intuition, friendship and so minor themes like…

… With these famous words, both Charles Dicken’s novel and the movie begin. Sydney Carton, an alcoholic lawyer, is called upon to take the case of a French emigre named Charles Darnay, who has been falsely charged of treason. Charles is the nephew of…

… was about a young boy who traveled Spain as a shepherd before traveling Africa searching for a treasure, or his Personal Legend. The boy encounters many difficulties on his path, but overcomes them all with help from several different people.…

… to be ugly and is traumatized by it. Throughout her life she searches for blue eyes because she thinks that she is able to obtain blue eyes she will be able to obtain beauty and therefore social acceptance. Pecola has no friends other then…

… endured numerous challenges and problems. The main character’s challenges and conflicts encountered resulted in a variety of outcomes. In the novel “A Lesson before Dying” Grant the main character of the novel, Grant is the son of cane-cutters on…

… style brought out the true understanding of the novel. His sentence structure, word choice, and the use of dialogue, gave a certain kind of perspective to the novel. His sentence structure sound exactly like a fisherman talked. Hemingway uses…