... feel to it, maybe for those older readers. Judy Blume is a great writer and the reading level is fairly straightforward. It was a quick read not only because the writing was easy to understand but also the suspense and the story kept me wanting to continue to read. I think that this book might be more appropriate for girls as it is written from a female perspective, although it ... work in North Carolina with family. At camp Katherine discovers that first loves don"t necessarily last forever. She meets a boy named Theo and the forever that she and Micheal share is questioned. Personal N...

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... . Miss Daisy who is a retired teacher is 72+ years old and her ability to drive it's kind of gone. So when she accidentally drives into the neighbors courtyard her son is constrained to hire a chauffeur for her. When a friendship it's starting it is not needed from all to agree to become ... Wiggly market, well then Hoke will fallow her in the car. After a while Miss Daisy agrees to be driven and eventually, she and Hoke begin to learn about one another. Neither one is quick to reveal emotion, and for a successful friendship is needed that both has to give up a little from them. ... c...

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... , stealing, doing drugs, dropping out of school and youth violence between the teenage gang, and it's never been solved. The book of "The Outsiders" is taught in school for students to learn the diversity between different groups, it teaches true friendship & family love, and the book tells the negatives of dropping out of school. First of all, the book teaches people to accept each other no matter how different they ... all, they love each other. Like Johnny and Ponyboy; Johnny killed Bob to save Pony's life, but he never thought about what kind of trouble he is getting into. In the boo...

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... is young and free and accepts Edna's independence and respects her free will. They have fun together and share many close moments. On one of their outings, Robert takes her to rest at Madame Antoine's house in a small village. Edna notes that it felt good to wake up in a bed that had a "sweet country odor of laurel."" But more importantly, it felt ... family. Adele is also constantly trying to keep her in line. And Arobin is there to constantly remind her of her lost love, Robert. In a way, he is a quick way to fill the void in her heart, but it will ultimately hurt her. So in some ways...

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The Last of the Mohicans has been a popular story ever since James Cooper wrote the novel in the early 1800s. This is at least the third time that it has been adapted into a movie. The story was turned into a full blown adventurous romance for the nineties crowd. The few who have read the novel might not agree with director Michael Mann's adaptation, as he took just the best moments from the story to ... , Nathaniel "Hawkeye" Bumppo, an orphan who was raised and brought up under Mohican Indians. As he grew older, he found himself in the midst of the battles between the French and the British. ...

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... lonely and sad after a loss of a significant friend in her life. Vincent could be taken from her life because Jane did not realize that the lifestyle they wanted was unattainable and they couldn't be anything more than friends. She thinks about Vincent's dead body being uncovered which would not ... be young and innocent love. Jane and Vincent were both inexperienced young teenagers when they met in high school. They have a gullible view of the world they live in and believe they could have a life of no responsibility and no obligations. Jane believe she fell in love with her good ... u...

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The Way The Plot Develops The Meaning Of The Title In The Stone Angel In The Stone Angel, Margaret Lawrence portrays a woman attempting to understanding herself and her life. Hagar is the narrator of the book. She is ninety, and is trying to avoid an old aged home where her son Marvin, and Marvins wife Doris want to put her. During this her attempt to move ... to Shadow Point and live alone, Hagar remembers the many parts of her life and her life story is ... point John is in love with Arlene, something Hagar does not understand nor approve of. John tragically dies while performing a stunt w...

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... Gatsby but he was away and didn't have any money so she wouldn't marry him just out of love. Gatsby returned from the war and acquired a new occupation that would make him big money and quick. He entered the mob business which took care of his finances but got him rapped up in a lifetime warranty with ... the mob. After he built up a large sum of money he began throwing huge parties all of the time. He new that by doing this he could ... arranged for he and Daisy to be invited to Nick's house one afternoon. After meeting her there they talked for a short while and it ended up with the ...

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... her life. Hagar is the narrator of the book. She is ninety, and is trying to avoid an old aged home where her son Marvin, and Marvin's wife Doris want to put her. During this her attempt to move to Shadow Point and live alone, Hagar remembers the many parts of her life ... and her life story is revealed to the reader in that fashion. Hagar grew up in Manawaka, in the ... , something Hagar does not understand nor approve of. John tragically dies while performing a stunt while drunk. Hagar moves to the coast, buys a house, and ends up living her last days with Marvin and his wife Doris. S...

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... The novel that I read is Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts. The main character of this book is a seventeen-year-old, seven-month pregnant girl named Novalee. The story begins with her and her boyfriend Willy Jack driving out to California for his big music career break. Willy Jack portrays a typical "abusive boyfriend" role in the ... is a huge tornado. Sister Husband does not get to shelter soon enough, and is killed during the storm. After this tragedy, Novalee becomes close to a woman named Lexie along with her family. Later in the book, Lexie is a great encouragment for Novalee. She...

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... duty belongs with her love: to Romeo. Romeo sneaks into Juliet's room that night, and at last they consummate their marriage and their love. Morning comes, and the lovers bid farewell, unsure when they will see each other again. Juliet learns that her father, affected by the recent events, now intends for her to marry Paris in just three days. Unsure of how ... bantering with Mercutio, Romeo shows glimpses of his social persona. He is intelligent, quick-witted, fond of verbal jousting (particularly about sex), loyal, and unafraid of danger. Juliet Having not quite reached her fourteenth...

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... world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms take your last embrace! And, lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct; come, unsavory guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on the dashing rocks that seasick weary bark! Here's to my love! (Drinks) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. This with a kiss I die." (Act V, Scene ... 3, L.100-115) Romeo's love for Juliet is as strong as her love for him is. Juliet's love for Romeo leads her to deceive her parents and Nurse. Since the Montague family is an en...

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... clearly demonstrates how one can develop a deep satisfying feeling for someone through mere competition. Secondly, Paterson goes through the relationship of two eleven year olds, which becomes deeply bonded through their own little magical world. Finally, the book displays the clear image that extreme differences in social classes can never come between true affection for someone. Thus, true friendship is faithfully inseparable and ... lasts forever. From the peak beginning of the novel, Jess Aarons is found trying to make friends by competition of racing. He's trying ... in front of p...

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... the book relate to the title "Much Ado About Nothing" The play has comedy, romance, suspense, action and a lot of drama twisted into several hundred lines of verse. In the end, however, everyone is happy and not a lot changes. Thus, Shakespeare shows the reader that although the play is enjoyable and witty, it really is not a very important piece of literature because of its subject matter. The ... ado about nothing. The pronunciation of the word "nothing" would, in the late 16th Century, have been "noting," and so the title also apparently suggests a pun on the word, "noting", and on the...

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... died without achieving his goal in life, to have his true love, Daisy all to himself. Should somebody really die like this? The endings in the novel, "The Great Gatsby", can be changed dramatically. In the novel, "The Great Gatsby", I think Gatsby should have killed Tom, thinking that he would have Daisy all to himself. After Tom was killed ... shot, and dies. After Gatsby sees what he has done, he shots himself because he has nothing else to live for. An ending in this book that would make Gatsby happy would be that, Tom and Jordan are flirting and dancing and having fun all night at one...

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... to look past society and be their true selves, and he wants to do that also, but he does not want to be in complete isolation. He feels that the cause of phoniness is being in group situations and feeling like you need to be good enough for everyone else. What he really needs is affection, but he there ... he died. Holden is worried that if he gets to close to anyone else that they will die and he will have to be sad all over again. Towards the end of the book, Holden begins to get better because Phoebe helps him. By refusing to let him run away without her, she is essentially saying, "I ...

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... as though they were working closely- (171). Romero is also courageous outside of the ring. Even though he is nave about his and Brett's relationship, he still had the courage to ask her to marry him. Jake, another character in the book, had loved Brett from the beginning but never had the courage to tell her, or ask her to marry him. Brett also had problems ... started to sit down Mike ordered a bottle of Fundador and glasses for everybody. There was a lot of drunken talking-(179). Romero is also honest; there is never an instance in the book where he is caught lying. All the other char...

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... thoughts or opinions of her own. All of what she talked to others was from her husband's words. She found her meaning of living through the daily trivial housework, helping her husband with his business and repeating his words as her own. Whenever she was with her husband, she felt ... arranged her a smooth life. In order to emphasize her typical characteristics, he wants Kukin died and gives Olenka a quick new marriage. She is still softhearted, simple, and lovely. She couldn't lose the center in her life " someone to be loved. Her great maternal love is so selfless and infinite that ....

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... betrayal. It was not a harlequin romance, nor any shade of Grey. Our love affair was quick, beautiful, finite and everlasting. It had started when I was fifteen and Tsotne nineteen. I was walking on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg in the winter. Snow covered the streets like blankets of clouds. It topped the cars and buildings in little top hats of white and it squished under your boot when ... shop. We sat down and ordered. The writer, Charles, excused himself from the table and I was there alone for a brief moment. The huddled masses of cold New Yorkers sat around me, talking, laughing...

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In the book, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson. There are two characters that are different from one another, but in many ways are actually similar. The characters Kabuo Miyamoto, and Ishmael Chambers are different from each other but at the same time are parallel characters. Both experienced being in World War 2, loved a woman, Hatsue Imada, and can't forget past memories. Kabuo Miyamoto meets Hatsue ... he felt. He had killed so many soldiers, so many men in the war and felt that he was a murderer and was finally paying for it. Ishmael, trying to look for a story about the trial, fi...

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... for love, but the actual feeling itself is much more meaningful and sincere. The Scarlet Letter is not a love story, far from a Romeo and Juliet. It's an account of the strict morals of the Puritan belief and the hypocrisy of which these morals are nurtured. It is never Hawthorne's intention to lose the theme of the book by straying the reader's attention towards the love of Hester Prynne ... and the reverend Dimmesdale. Hester's love is ... simply fabricated in order to cope with the suffering she is obligated to endure, and Dimmesdale ... ...

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... while she must finish quiet." Through these lines, Dickinson expresses the guilt felt by those still living while their friend dies. "A jealousy for her arose." This line speaks of the living people's jealousy that with her death, the friend no longer must deal with the emotions of life. In the second to last stanza of the poem, Dickinson presents her attitude that death can not be stopped ... and thus, is easier if accepted. She portrays this through the simile comparing her friend to a reed. Death was not ... hard for her friend who "struggled scarce -consented, and was dead." Initia...

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... right from wrong. It is discretely fascinating that even people such as the Puritans, who led an intensely strict life, encountered upon decision such as these. Like for example, in the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, to which the highly manipulative, conniving and mischievous Abigail Williams distinctively chose evil over good, ... and wrong discarding right . And then there was the respectful, affectionate and befitting Elizabeth Proctor, who particularly embarked upon ... is very persistent that John Proctor loves her still so she launches out for her revenge. She is convinced ...

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... has ups and downs to their life. The high times and low times that make people who they are. In the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, there are many situations that shape Maya's personality and contribute to the person she is today. There are many positive ... , as well as negative things which both encourage and impede her development. Some plot situations which encourage Maya's development start with her days in the ... she completely stopped talking and communicating with everyone around her as a result of her rape. She also no longer thought of her home as the s...

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... enough to show an interest in her is ridiculed. Benedict has a similar defence mechanism. As a soldier and a confirmed bachelor, he enjoys the company of his comrades and swears he will never marry. He is sure anyone who does must be weak. I think he feels anxious about ... the flight". Their volatile relationship is put into more perspective when Leonato tells the messenger not to worry, as there is a merry war between the two, and whenever they meet, there is a skirmish of wit. When they meet for the first time in the play, immediately they try to outdo one another, with put-downs, each...

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