… narrator of the novel. He is a 16-year-old junior who has been expelled from Pencey Prep for academic failure. Holden is very intelligent, and sensitive, but he narrated the novel in a cynical and jaded tone. He thinks everyone is phony, and believes…

… of Octavia In Ernest J. Gaines, “The Sky is Gray,” is a story of a woman during World War II, who is faced with the challenges of raising and providing for her family financially in the absent of her husband because of the war. Her realistic…

… In the first paragraph of Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, the grandmother is introduced trying to change a planned family trip to Florida with her son, Bailey and his family. It is the night before the trip,…

… Carraway is the narrator of The Great Gatsby; he is also a character in the novel. When you think about him, you have to think about what Fitzgerald is using him for. You also have to look at him as a person. Nick, is first of all, Fitzgerald's means…

… many of these judgments have been made in the last paragraph of the authors note. These judgments vary some people admire his courage. However many people believe that he was incredibly reckless for his actions. There has been an overwhelming…

… is nice for us older ones as it calls for big type. Most of the story takes place in the Zuckerman barn through the passing of the four seasons. "Life in the barn was very good--night and day, winter and summer, spring and fall, dull days and bright…

… White’s, Charlottes Web, children are given the opportunity to learn about several life lessons. The book teaches a moral lesson, teaches of an animal's habits, and allows young readers to identify with humanized animals, all of which have deeper meanin…

… cultural standard known as curteisye through satire. In the fourteenth century curteisye embodied sophistication and an education in French international culture. The legends of chilvalric knights, conversing in the language of courtly love, matured…

… to do exactly as we please,” is an excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that directly correlates with the books easily recognizable thematic idea. Mankind will bring about his own fate by his behaviors. Within the three tales of The…

… a very opinionated view of manners and the behaviors of medieval women. Chaucer portrays two extremes of female conduct during this period through the characters of the Prioress and the Wife of Bath. Through the images and descriptions in the poem,…