... palantir (a seeing stone). Gandalf knows that though Saruman is a lost cause, this is a great treasure. Gandalf asks Treebeard to pour back the water into Orthanc so that Saruman can never escape. Treebeard agrees. The Palantir Pippin is extremely inquisitive about the glass ball that Wormtongue threw at Gandalf. Finally, curiosity ... marsh. There are candles for every dead creature in it. Somehow they get across the dead marshes, guided solely by Smeagol's senses. As their journey progresses they sense Smeagol's uneasiness. Later, a winged creature flies over the marshes and Gollum refu...

• Word Count: 4146
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

... come to life, but also tell intriguing stories of the lives of real people. Steinbeck's characters are not the rich men and women of California's boom days, but are the homeless, the migrant workers, the poor fishermen, and the farmers. However, each of these people has a deceptively simple, but important story ... want you to come right here and hide in the brush". From the beginning it is obvious to the reader it will not be long before Lennie gets into trouble again. Lennie is doomed to kill Curley's wife from the beginning. The never-quite-realized, too often-shattered-dreams of men...

• Word Count: 4593
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... Ron Howard's ode to his Irish heritage and roots. Far and Away showcases Tom Cruise's and Nicole Kidman's second onscreen collaboration ( first being Days of Thunder), and their onscreen chemistry help support the films storyline. Far and Away opens up to Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise), an Irish tenant ... the rich landowners burn there house in the background for unpaid rent. For revenge Joseph sought to kill the rich landowner, but ran into his daughter Shannon played by Nicole Kidman. Upon entering the rich Landowners estate, Ron Howard really conveyed the differences between the Irish ...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School