“Night” tells a horrific story of the terrifying concentration camp that many people were imprisoned in. Throughout the story the author and many other people had lost their faith in God. There are many examples showing people trying to strengthen …
Teacher’s Summary: The author explores Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment,’ focusing on the character of Rodion Raskolnikov. The essay delves into Raskolnikov’s journey of suffering and redemption, examining how his internal conflicts and moral dilemmas reflect broader existential and philosophical …
Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking is a novel that tries to bring light on perhaps the most ambiguous and controversial topic to come out of World War II. Chang, having grown up the daughter of two witnesses to the …
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From the satirical, biting wit of a “been there, done that,” college co-ed to the death-defeating witticisms of a middle-aged mother, the monologic voice in Lorrie Moore’s fiction hasn’t changed as much as it has matured in the years separating …
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I read a book called “White fang” by a man named Jack London. London was trying to explain to the reader the realities of life in the wild for an animal. He focused on getting our attention towards how they …
I read a book called “The Things They Carried” by a man named Tim O’Brien. In this book O’Brien wanted to show his readers about his past war times and what him and his platoon had to endure day after …
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a remarkable novel depicting the complications between a man and a woman before and as they fall in love. Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist, is a twenty-year old lady who is an active member …
Amongst one common group there are many smaller groups. These groups may carry many similar traits, but at the same time also possess differences that keep them arms length apart and maintaining beliefs that each hold of one another. Two …
William Shakespeare, the writer of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, writes many different tragedies including The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and The Tragedy of Macbeth. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, many characters face serious struggles to make Rome …
With school children there is always some “hip” group or club to be apart of. However, these groups are usually just fads and true friendship lasts much longer. Such is the case with Jason Taylor and Dean Moran. Their friendship …
“We’re all dead and just hoping that we come back to life when we get into the World again.” In the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers you follow a young man named Richard Perry through his time in …
On April 30th, 2004, Americans were shocked, horrified, and embarrassed when it came to light that American soldiers were horribly abusing Iraqi prisoners of war. These soldiers were supposedly decent, humane people, yet they were torturing fellow human beings. Atrocities …
This emotive memoir opens with the grown Little Rock Nine visiting with Senator Bill Clinton and his wife. Clinton tells the nine how Little Rock has changed since the days of their persecution and how now they are thought of …
Rhetorical devices can be effective in descriptive writing if used properly. They can give a dominant impression to the reader as well as a main focus. John Griffin uses such techniques in describing the racial conflict in the South. In …
In the book A Separate Piece the first person narration helps to understand the story and everything that happens in it. The point of view of the story shows how Gene thinks and how much of a static character he …