… is picked to be the new Receiver of Memory. The world he lives in has lots of rules, for example, when you turn twelve you are given a job that you will have for life. The people that live in this world can't see colours, and can't feel emotions. The…

… me. At the time it was written, it must have been looked down upon as a piece of literature since there was so much hatred towards Negroes in the 1950's that no one could probably realize the unjustified prejudice against them. It especially deals…

… events took place during an era when people acted barbarically. Not realizing their wrong doing, normal small- town communities took pride in what seemed pagenistic rituals all for the sake of beliefs and tradition. In the short story "The Lottery,"…

… expresses his cynical views. His opinions are almost always negative, and he often makes harsh judgments and generalizations. Although Holden is normally reluctant to reach out to people and maintain relationships, he dreams of protecting those…

… a seemingly average village with average citizens. The citizens of this village participate in an annual lottery in which the winner will be stoned to death. It is believed that the death of the winner will bring heartier crops to the village. Jackson…

… right next to this crazy cannon that was in the Revolutionary War and all. You could see the whole field from there, and you could see the two teams bashing each other all over the place. You couldn’t see the grandstand too hot, but you could hear…

… Pulitzer Prize winning novel, It decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south, during 1900-1940.The most of the story takes place in a village house. Celie is forced to marry a brutal man she calls “Mr.,”…

… the world was caught in war with itself. Certain events during WWII such as the holocaust led people to begin to question civilization and human nature. Golding uses the Lord of the Flies as a social criticism which analyzes how a civilized culture…

… loyalty to the friendship is equal, and the basis of the camaraderie is unselfish. The friendship between the king Gilgamesh and the man of the grasslands, Enkidu, was not a true and equal friendship. Loyalties and sacrifices to that friendship were…

… in the novel “A Separate Peace”, is something very apparent in many of the characters. All of the characters, Gene, Finny, Leper, find their true selves by the end of the story. Gene’s battle to find himself is the main topic of the story. In…