Gaines, as well as all the African-Americans that lived in similar social settings, was raised feeling lesser of a man than whites. ... In his latest novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines continues to assess these ideas. ... Ernest Gaines's novel, A Lesson Before Dying, begins as a teacher named Grant Wiggins is recalling a recent trial of a slow-witted man named Jefferson, who is being convicted of murder. ... Yet, his godmother, Miss Emma, only wants her godson to die like a man. Miss Emma, knowing that Grant was her godson's teacher, pleads for him to talk with Jefferson and make h...

• Word Count: 2093
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In Franz Kafka's "Before the Law", a man from the country seeks admission to the Law. ... Finally, as the man lay dying, he sees a radiance streaming from the gateway to the Law. ... In "The Hanging of the Mouse", Elizabeth Bishop paints a colorful and dramatic setting and very detailed character descriptions. ... She talks of a moral lesson, which I think is that our actions carry consequences; wrongful actions will undoubtedly be punished....

• Word Count: 372
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• Grade Level: High School

It's when you know you are licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. ... No longer are the children impressed only by a physical demonstration of courage, but they now see the value in personal goal setting and overcoming obstacles as an act of gallantry. ... " (Lee 39) Scout learns from Atticus to think about people's situations before judging them, like Walter Cunningham. ... This lesson is important because it teaches the children to take the time to be aware of other people and t...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In short, the design of settings which show the rebirth of the monster is much more desirable than that in the novel. ... Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe " (152). ... In the end, the monster accidentally chooses to die with his creator or father by fire as well. ... Concerning moral lessons about family issues, the moral lessons regarding family in the film are more worth pondering for the readers than that in the novel. ... He dies in the North Pole during the process of chasing the monster. ...

• Word Count: 1922
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

In short, the design of settings which show the rebirth of the monster is much more desirable than that in the novel. ... Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe" (152). ... Concerning moral lessons about family issues, the moral lessons regarding family in the film are more worth pondering for the readers than that in the novel. ... In sum, these moral lessons about family issues are conveyed through the novel. ... He dies in the North Pole during the process of chasing the monster. ...

• Word Count: 1921
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

By setting this as his most significant goal in life, he begins to ignore more important things such as the lives of his crewmen, and eventually his own life. Although the novel isn't trying to say that if you over obsess with a matter or issue in your life that you will die, it's simply trying to say that if you put minor self-centered goals before what's most important, you will more than likely regret it. This lesson is very true, and can be related to real life instances. On a much more common scale, some relationships can symbolize this lesson. ... This is the lesson that...

• Word Count: 642
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography

After that, he and Pony hid in a church and when it was burned, Johnny died to save the kids inside. ... The setting in the story was the mod of a fourteen year olds boy who has just lost both parents. ... Everything was as normal as possible before that. I also believe the climax of The Outsiders occurs when Johnny dies. ... I think it is the most important lesson the author wanted us to learn by heart. ...

• Word Count: 621
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The translation by John Gardner portrays these themes by using specific characters, medieval symbolism, and various settings within the story. ... Cotton supposedly acquired the manuscript from Yorkshire bibliophile Henry Savile (1568-1617), but its whereabouts before then are unknown (Grolier). ... Unfortunately in 1982, the great and exciting John Gardner died in a motorcycle accident. ... Bercilak teaches Gawain an important lesson that sticks with him for the remainder of his life (Gibbons 1). ...

• Word Count: 2582
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The setting of these two stories becomes an important piece of information to further the story. ... For this he thinks he will die. ... The house reflects the personalities of the people that lived there before the nuclear blast. ... Without the ability to learn it cannot learn a lesson. ... A difference from John the house possesses is it does not have a yearning to learn about the man that came before. ...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The setting of the poem is in a kingdom by the sea a long time ago. ... Virginia died of tuberculosis in 1847(http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/eapbio.htm), so the kinsman is actually a disease. ... The wind that chills Annabel is a warning of death (which can also be looked as the illness tuberculosis gave her before her actual death). ... They lived happily together, and when Virginia's death occurred, it was one of the hardest ways to teach Edgar a lesson about life; it's not fair. ...

• Word Count: 662
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Setting: The Pigman's house, Franklin High School, and the zoo. ... That was too much for the Pigman and he let out a final yelp before he fell to the ground and died. ... The book showed very well that people could become friends no matter what and that is a lesson everyone should learn. ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

She died a month later from internal bleeding, along with her unborn child that was killed during the assault. ... However, the play did have a few weaknesses, one being that the story was a bit unclear about the time setting. Having never read or watched the play before their performance, I was confused when the play was taking place. From their performance, I was lead to believe that the time setting was back in the 40's or 50's because of their attire. ... I think Burgess is a genius because he takes a bad situation, and turns it into a good lesson learned. ...

• Word Count: 691
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This symbolizes that the two sisters are the last members of a dying world, the Old South. The first evidence that the old southern lifestyle is dying is when Blanche reveals to Stella, her sister, that Belle Reve has been lost. ... Before Blanche comes to New Orleans, her whole family dies off one by one, she loses Belle Reve, she learns of her husband's homosexuality, and then loses him to his own suicide. ... "Stanley's casually violent gesture recalls the rape and, less malevolently, repeats the realist's inalterable lesson: those who live entirely in dreams will perish" ...

• Word Count: 861
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• Grade Level: High School

In a way, books ruin him as a human being before they smother him and cause his heart attack. ... His father, an architect, died before he was born, therefore he was raised by his mother and great aunt. ... They are the setting for many of his novels. ... Authors have settings and themes that occur in novel after novel. ... He took a very subtle approach at teaching life lessons. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

From the time we are born, until the time we die, most of us are involved in some way with sports. ... The people we become are influenced by the experiences we have and the lessons we learn. ... Athletic students often have practice before school, after school and during play-offs they may even have a practice at lunch. ... Goal setting and motivation go hand in hand. ... Goal setting is important to any athlete or person who wants to achieve their ultimate aspiration. ...

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Setting: It is in Jefferson, the Southern town in Yoknapathapwa county that Faulkner often used as the setting of his novels. ... Plot: A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STORY OF "A ROSE FOR EMILY" 1860 Emily Grierson is born 1890 Emily is 30 years old p.54, before her father's death 1892 Emily's father dies p.54 1893 Homer comes to work in Jefferson p.55 1893 The courtship between Homer and Emily p.55 1894 Emily buys arsenic p.56 "That was over a year after" [the courtship started] 1894 The death of Homer Barron p.58 1894 Emily is alone with her servant. The ...

• Word Count: 862
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• Grade Level: High School

Setting The setting of this book was taken place in a normal, casual community, joined together by good families, well-kept schools, and hard-working people. ... The setting in this book ended up influencing the characters and their actions a lot. ... The year before he was caught cheating by Mr. ... Although it was completely unexplainable and not their fault he died, they still felt responsible for kidnaping him and if they would had never done that he would of never died. ... She was also the one who learned a big lesson in life, probably one that some of the others would never learn. ...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

From 1825 to 1829, Verdi took piano lessons and studied under Provesi at the music school. ... He gave singing and piano lessons to Barezzi's daughter Marghertia. ... Before he wrote his first opera he returned to Busseto in 1836 and married Marghertia. ... Maria dies and Fiesco demands that he be given his grandchild, but she has disappeared. ... Gabriele is enraged with jealousy until Amelia arrives, but before she can give him an explanation, Boccanegra emerges. ...

• Word Count: 2220
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

She received conventional lessons in painting, but chose to firmly go against it and pursue her own life's work. ... In 1894, at age 54, Morisot died of Typhoid fever. ... She had met Manet a year before and though her father objected, she became his model and later his student. ... Her father was a sea captain who died soon after her birth. ... Her work emphasized natural light in quiet domestic settings. ...

• Word Count: 1732
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Success in College Setting goals have been proven to improve performance on any task. ... Setting goals that focus on sound or vision would be helpful, but with my kinesthetic learning style, the best option for me is one that focuses on manipulating objects or situations. These are represented in Phoenix Online tutorials that put you in a scenario and lets you act it out, while still maintaining the structure and main points to the lesson. ... Stories, histories and ideas would die with the people who spoke them. ... Before today's technological advances people had to write letters to...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The setting of this novel takes place in Santa Clara, California, the Yukon Territory and Alaska. The time setting is around the late 1800's when the Gold Rush was taking place. ... The dogs soon begin to die one after another. ... The rest of the team continues with the threesome and through fate die after falling through the ice. ... Any man in his right mind would be prepared before entering a world he was not used to. ...

• Word Count: 1575
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Before taking Wellness, I just thought of health as being without a disease or injury. ... Before this semester, it never occurred to me how different wellness, illness, and health are from each other. ... When I was younger, we had a saying that we would go by, "you don't go to the doctor unless you're dying.... I big lesson in this that really stuck out to me was, when we are nurses we should always treat the patient the way we would want to be treated, the golden rule. ... In order to achieve this goal, I set the plans of setting an alarm to remind me to go nap, setting Thur...

• Word Count: 2226
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Faulkner uses the element of time to enhance details of the setting and vice versa. ... On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily's father- (532). ... When he died, Miss Emily refused to acknowledge his death. ... Miss Emily dies in this decaying, old, creepy, house which is located in a bright and rising town: "And so she died. ... The details of the setting throughout the story foreshadow this dramatic conclusion. ...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The setting was in Maryland in the suburbs and it relates to the author's life because she thought that it would be a nice setting for a werewolf story. ... One night Vivian wakes up sick and covered in human blood and learns that the night before there was a brutal murder behind the local bar. ... Before she could though she is stopped by Gabriel and friends who tell her that she isn't responsible for the murders and have been set up. ... Vivian's aunt Persia saves Vivan from dying but she is caught in mid change between wolf and girl. ... If you learn any lesso...

• Word Count: 903
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

What if I die? What if I go out here into the middle of nowhere, land, and die. ... Williams, "adventure therapy in a wilderness setting is a more effective option when compared to treatment provided in institutional settings (51).... The lessons are simple but they have far reaching implications according to those in the Wilderness Therapy field. ... In many programs, children and parents take part in all day therapy sessions the day before and after the expeditions begin in order to allow therapists to witness the family dynamics. ...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate