This infatuation eventually takes his life, when a lethal cholera invades Venice. ... Cosimo is angered not only over the fact that he has to eat his snails, but also over the discipline and strictness of the entire society of the time. ... Most intrepid is Viola, the glamorous blonde whose love affair with Cosimo proves to be quite intense. ...

• Word Count: 1221
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And this commitment to charity reminds the cancer person of the essential goodness of humanity and makes him/ her feel loved and encouraged because s/ he will leave a cancer-curing legacy. But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she starts a charity called The Anna Foundation for People with Cancer Who Want to Cure Cholera." Also, in An Imperial Affliction, the novel ends mid-sentence, making it unclear whether Anna has died or become too weak to write, Green shows how normal and un-heroic ill people are, by showing ho...

• Word Count: 1017
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate