McEwan began "Enduring Love" by telling us "The beginning is simple to mark". ... Logan has haunted the entire novel in various guises, as the selfless martyr, the absent father and the possibly but eventually not faithless husband. ... Bonnie and Reid have introduced a new kind of love into the novel. ... Enduring love is a dark novel, and a light ending wouldn't be right for it. ... The idea of "Enduring Love" is to explore, what is love and what is madness and where is the line between the two. ...

• Word Count: 1500
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

While some members of the watching crowd boo and cheer, Hans is unable to suppress his selfless instincts and steps forward to offer bread 'like magic' to a starving man 'with eyes the colour of agony.' ... Learning to read brings Liesel greater understanding of how Hitler's propaganda is the root of her suffering, and yet reading, particularly reading Max's inspirational words to her, brings her great joy, 'I have hated the words and I have loved them.' ... Liesel loses everyone she loves when Himmel St is bombed, the good and bad taken indiscriminat...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Matrimony provided a woman with a higher social rank than a spinster and the most important factor in marriage was the social standing of both partners; love was secondary. ... Clueless however, was composed in 1995 within a society that accepted marriage for love and the fact that a woman did not have to wed in order to have financial security and respect. ... This type of persona is used to communicate the idea that one should not be excessively influenced by others, and that a person should follow their heart and not repress their natural feelings because of others' opinions- especiall...

• Word Count: 1742
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The monster saw the struggles that people went through working to provide for their families, and he selflessly helps them out. ... Because he is abandoned by Frankenstein when he is first created he feels alone and has no one to love. ... Just like a lot of humans, love and having a person to love is important to someone's life. The monster has never had someone to love, or has had anyone love him. ... After so much time and many warnings he gives Frankenstein to give him someone to love or for him to love him, the monster chooses to take revenge upon himself and kill all the important ...

• Word Count: 2040
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Later on, the change in Amir's character from a selfish kid to a selfless adult comes when he moves to the United States. ... Clarisse is a girl who has a different perspective on the world; she likes human interactions and connections and loves the lost literature. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel the protagonists are constantly performing selfless deeds. ... He is, through no fault of his own, deprived of all hope of love and companionship; the reader thus slowly begins to sympathize with his desire to revenge himself on both his creator and on brutal humanity as a whole. ...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School