... inadvertently attempts to experience life vicariously, and her naiveté only leads to her own pain. When the reader is first introduced to Miss Brill, it becomes apparent that Miss Brill is starving for warmth and companionship. She affectionately caresses her fur as if it were a treasured pet when she rubs "the ... an expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives for a minute while they talked around her."" Miss Brill shows that she is longing for male companionship when she seems critical towards the women that she sees in the park, wh...

• Word Count: 742
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... of the book. It seems Huck is used to caring for himself most of the time, but is now living with Widow Douglas. Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, try to "civilize" Huck, and educate him. Yet almost from the beginning of the book, Huck clearly doesn't seem to have any interest in education, ... that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck-" are examples of his rejection to "civilization" and his beliefs in superstitions. 2. Jim is Miss Watson's slave. My first impressions of Jim are that he is completely uneducated, very easily fooled, and extremely superstitious....

• Word Count: 2534
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... to her. When she was 14 she joined a theater group in Birmingham where friends in the group called her "Baby Girl" because she was the youngest. She competed in the Miss Alabama pageant where she acted out some comedy sketches she had written and modeled a dress she had designed made entirely out of old menus. While not winning the pageant, she ... process of becoming strong. Coming Attractions begins with the journal entries of an eleven-year-old and ends when she becomes the self-confident and free-spirited winner of the Miss Mississippi Contest. The young Daisy Fay writes, "I can do ...

• Word Count: 2687
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the entire jury. They have already made their decision before the trail even started. Atticus shows this when Scout asks, "Atticus, are we going to win it?" Atticus replies, "No, honey" (76). This shows that Atticus already knows he has no chance in winning the trail because no matter what he says it can't sway the juries" decision. Many other instances ... people don't care of his guiltiness and just want to see him dead. He symbolizes the mockingbird, an innocent bird that never harms anyone, because he has the same characteristics. Miss Maudie says: Mockingbirds don't do one thing bu...

• Word Count: 433
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School