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THE MARTIAN
The Martian by Andy Weir follows the story of Mark Watney, a botanist and member of a NASA team that was supposed to have stayed on Mars’ Acidalia Planitia, a large plain, for a month. However,…
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REFERENCE
As a matter of necessity, all teachers should be knowledgeable about high-quality children’s literature. Literacy is a foundational skill that aids in the development of critical thinking and…
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THE ALCHEMIST
Earlier in the story, the Englishman tells Santiago that one is closest to the Soul of the World when one yearns exclusively for a specific purpose. The Englishman also contends that the Soul of…
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
The opening line of this novel is quite famous: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Such a line begins to…
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BLACK ROBE
Black Robe is a novel written by Brian Moore. It was first published in 1985. It is set in the 17th century, in the part of North America then known as New France, which we now know as Canada. It…
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
Before you can start answering this question, you need to ensure you understand what each of these terms means. Once that has been established, it’s easier to think about these concepts within the…
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
Sarah Orne Jowett’s short story “Miss Tempy’s Watchers” tells of two women, Mrs. Crowe and Sarah Ann Binson, passing a long night “watching over” the house and body of a third woman, Miss…
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BENITO CERENO
Since this is a personal opinion question, I will offer a few suggestions that you can consider. One way to approach this writing is by trying to understand why Delano is unable to notice what is…
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
In this short story, two older women, Mrs. Crowe and Sarah Ann Binson, who have belonged to different “parties” all their lives (meaning that they came from different parts of society) meet in the…
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HISTORY
Post–Civil War expansion of the United States had a largely negative effect on Native Americans, a trend which had continued since the earliest arrival of Europeans in the Americas. Thriving…
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SCIENCE
In the most generalized notion of a mechanical valve system, the open and shut operations are controlled by oblong lobes, called cams, that rotate on the axis of a connected shaft, called the…
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THE OUTSIDERS
Imagery is defined as the use of sensory details (descriptions that appeal to the five senses) in order to create a picture in the reader’s mind. In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, imagery is not…
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LAW AND POLITICS
I would argue that there are certainly both positive and negative consequences to governing by public opinion. Governing by public opinion would demonstrate the influence of the public in…
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LITERATURE
The flashbacks in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” show how Harry, dying of an infected leg wound in Africa, mentally processes the fact that he is going to die, and the effect of that realization on his…
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
There are only three characters in Sarah Orne Jowett’s short story “Miss Tempy’s Watchers,” and they are Temperance Dent (Miss Tempy) and her two longtime friends, Mrs. Crowe and Sarah Ann Binson….
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
“Miss Tempy’s Watchers” is a subtle, quiet story in which much of the action happens within the characters, rather than around them. The watchers, Mrs. Crowe and Sarah Ann Binson, are the deceased…
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MISS TEMPY’S WATCHERS
When we consider the point of view of a text, we usually want to establish not only whether it is written from a first person, third person, or second person point of view, but also what kind of…
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FRANKENSTEIN
Victor initially wants to experience the glory of creating life. He works obsessively for years on the project of animating dead body parts. This experience has a negative impact on his health and…
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HISTORY
The Korean war spanned from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. In 1945, by the end of World War Two, Korea was freed from Japanese control. Syngman Rhee rules the Capitalist South Korea while Kim…
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THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Hazel has been diagnosed with Stage 4 thyroid cancer. As well as the damaging impact this has on her physical health, it also affects her psychological well-being. Hazel becomes understandably…
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LITERATURE
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THE SCARLET LETTER
The Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale’s internal conflict in The Scarlet Letter stems from his external hypocrisy. He has engaged in a passionate romantic and sexual affair with Hester, conceived a…
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THE LOVELY BONES
Franny is a flat, minor character in Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones. When Susie is murdered suddenly at the hands of her neighbor Mr. Harvey, she discovers that the afterlife is much…
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HISTORY
I would argue that the American Revolution was most certainly revolutionary. A group of colonial subjects in a far-flung corner of the British Empire came together to fight—and defeat—what was…
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ROMEO AND JULIET
At the very end of Romeo and Juliet, Prince Escalus casts a lot of blame around. He certainly blames the patriarchs of the Capulets and the Montagues for the death of the two young lovers. Where…
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LANGSTON HUGHES
In both of these Langston Hughes’ poems, Hughes embodies various personas to illustrate the problems African Americans faced in housing discrimination. In “Ballad of the Landlord,” the…
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LITERATURE
A conceit is a comparison–a simile or metaphor, for instance–of a complicated nature in which the the poet deliberately chooses two unlike things and then proceeds, often in a very elaborate way,…
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SONG FOR A DARK GIRL
There are only three references to color in this poem, but they serve to emphasize the division between blacks and whites in the Southern society the poem describes. The titular “dark girl” seems…
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DREAM VARIATIONS
The speaker in this poem does not identify him- or herself. However, there are elements in the poem which give us some clues as to his identity. In the first place, the title, “Dream Variations,”…
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TIME’S ARROW
When Odilo is known as Dr. Friendly, working with children in the hospital, the narrator talks about one family in particular. Mrs. Goldman has two children, an infant and a little girl of three…
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TIME’S ARROW
Time’s Arrow is a novel about human cruelty, in which the story is told backwards in time. Odilo Unverdorben (his surname ironically means “unspoiled,” or “uncorrupted” in German) is a Nazi doctor…
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TIME’S ARROW
The character first introduced as Tod T. Friendly is later known as John Young (in New York), and then Hamilton de Souza (in Portugal), and, finally, his original identity, Odilo Unverdorben. We…
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TIME’S ARROW
The most obvious theme of Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow is stated as the title of the first chapter: “What goes around comes around.” The Nazi doctor Odilo Unverdorben is shown in a state of almost…
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TIME’S ARROW
Time’s Arrow follows the life of a German man named Odilo Unverdorben; however, it does so in reverse, beginning with his death and old age and ending with his early childhood and infancy. The book…
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FAHRENHEIT 451
Bradbury uses different characters in the novel to make readers aware of the need for a purpose in life. Mildred is the most stark example of a person who suffers from not having any sense of…
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RELIGION
Thomas Merton was a philosophical Catholic writer and Trappist monk who espoused his theological musings in prolific writings during his lifetime. A famous quote of Merton’s that discusses…
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
Arnold Friend’s physical description is deliberately presented by Oates as being similar to that of Bob Dylan. This is not surprising given that the book is actually dedicated to Bob Dylan and that…
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DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS
Money is an important symbol in the play, not least because its relation to each character tells us quite a lot about them. Eben buys out his half brothers, so he can have a better claim on his…
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REFERENCE
Whether a substance is an acid or a base is dependent on their pH level. If the pH level of a substance has a pH of more than 7, then it is a base. If the pH level is lower than 7, then that…
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LITERATURE
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RELIGION
Freud’s use of the term “illusion” in regard to religion occurs in his book The Future of an Illusion (1927). In this book, Freud classed religious thought as one of the chief assets in…
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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
From July 1–3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg raged between the Union and the Confederacy in the state of Pennsylvania. After two difficult days of battle, the conclusive third day arrived. On…
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WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
No. The book ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ is an autobiographical book that narrates the life of the author, Paul Kalanthi. In the book, the author gives a narration about his life. He talks…
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OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, Slim is highly-respected by the men on the ranch. To find evidence which supports this idea, take a look at Chapter Two. When the triangle sounds for dinner, for instance,…
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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
To best answer your question, I will refer to Benjamin Franklin’s journal entry “Plan of Conduct,” which he wrote as a young man, as a guide for pondering what qualities he might have admired…
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THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
When Robin Hood comes across the foresters in the prologue, they are feasting in the forest rather than protecting the king’s lands. They are feasting like pigs as well, for they all share a huge…
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THE ODYSSEY
In Classical Greek mythology, the Underworld refers to a physical realm in which the dead’s souls existed for all eternity. Separated from the realm of the living, the underworld has several…
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THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a short story by Ursula Le Guin that employs the common literary trope of dystopia—an overly idealistic society that has reneged or collapsed on its…
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THE VELDT
There are numerous examples of foreshadowing in “The Veldt.” Early on in the story, when George and Lydia are in the nursery, they notice that the lions are chewing on a carcass. They’re curious to…
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE
When Helen first woke from the illness which took her senses from her, it was not apparent to either the doctor or her family that she would never see or hear again—they were just happy to know…