... and won a set of honors from two European countries for his heroic feat and participation in World War I. While it seemed highly improbable to Nick that Gatsby's story was real, Gatsby was quick to produce a medal he had received from Montenegro and a picture of himself playing cricket at Oxford before he ... pool and staring into the skies. Tom shot Gatsby and in turn pulled the trigger on himself. Nick believes Gatsby's story to be the story of the West. He pointed out how all the major characters of the novel originate west of the Appalachian mountain. Gatsby gave all he had, even sev...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... an anti-war novel about the bombings of Dresden in World War II, Slaughterhouse-Five is a fictional story written by Kurt Vonnegut to create the sense of what it may have been like to actually witness this horrible feat.. With an almost autobiographical character, Vonnegut tells the tale that he so desperately wanted to tell to the American ... is writing this book and tells of the actual bombing of Dresden from his real point-of-view. The second chapter starts the fictional story Vonnegut stirs up to tell of the bombing without using a non-fiction, first person point-of-view. A critical...

• Word Count: 1657
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... Love, Prejudice, Despair, Hope, Poverty, Sacrifice, Selfishness, Church Summary The film is a true story portraying the McCourt family battling unemployment, their father's alcoholism, poverty, prejudice and infant mortality over a 15 year period, from 1935 to 1950, initially in New York and then for most of that time in Limerick. The McCourts ... whacking the pupils with leather belts. Religion is ever present in daily school life. Frank's father decides, or is cajoled, to move to England to work in a munitions factory. The war is on, and work is plentiful. He goes, but never sends back ...

• Word Count: 3537
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you"ll start missing everybody" (Salinger 214). That quote from the main character in The Catcher in the Rye is ... Burnett recognized Salinger's talent and ran a story by him, "The Young Folks" in Story Magazine. In 1942 Salinger was drafted into the army in which he served through World War II. In the war he served as an interrogator in the Counter-Intelligence Corps and a participant in the D-Day offensive and the campaign to liberate France. Salinger has also been married ... much because that confuses and overwhelms him. I think that J.D. S...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... is primarily in Boston, Massachusetts area during the American Civil War. The novel tells the story of how the March family lives; the four girls and their mother are left to survive after their father has left to fight for his country. They struggle on their own even during the toughest of times throughout the story. The story starts with the four March girls. Meg, Jo, Beth ... home, because she became discouraged about her writing. Beth and Jo have a little talk and Beth is able to tell Jo that her time will come soon and she is ready to leave this world. The March's are able to pull ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... Sunday afternoon. Later, Winston Churchill called to tell him that the Japanese had also attacked British colonies in Southeast Asia and that Britain would declare war the next day. Roosevelt responded that he would go before Congress the following day to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. In his speech before ... S. Cairo Conference, held in 1943, was a meeting of Allied leaders in Cairo, Eygpt. K. T. Tehran Conference. Conference held by the Allies in Iran to decide how to attack Germany. L. U. D-Day (1944) June 6, 1944: the Allies launched the largest combined aerial and amph...

• Word Count: 8316
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School

... cannot yet tell him. During this time, Nick and Jordan begin a half-hearted romance, spending time together occasionally while often losing sight of one another. Some time later, Gatsby visits Nick's home and invites him to lunch. At this point Gatsby's origins are unclear, but Gatsby clarifies the story: he tells ... Nick that he is from a wealthy San Francisco and was educated at Oxford after serving in the Great War (for which he received a number of decorations). ... possessions. Yet Gatsby behaves awkwardly toward Daisy. Gatsby had built up such grandiose dreams for reuniting with...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School