(Beatty, p. 211) These situations are examined and brought to our attention in Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22. ... Rules such as catch 22 were simply unfair, and there was no way around it. ... He figures out a way to beat the system and escape the catch-22 by acting like a simpleton for the entire story. ... (Heller p. 110) This paradoxical evaluation is what Catch 22 is all about. It is eventually a book about principles, about the paranoid and depressive positions and about how difficult it is for people to behave properly, especially in group under pressure. ...

• Word Count: 1784
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Regarded by many as one of the greatest American writers of all time, Vonnegut has created a truly delightful yet deeply sinister book. ... In Closing Time, Heller returns armed with the surviving cast of Catch-22 to highlight again the problems with the USA today. ... Heller tells the story of the dissolution of a generation; those who not only risked their lives in World War Two, but managed to survive to the final page of Catch-22 and for whom it is now "closing time". ... Closing Time's dialogue is undoubtedly the snappiest of the three, and by using characters the reader is alrea...

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These, plus Hemingway's many Christian images and terse, almost Biblical writing style, invite comparisons. ... Like Christ, Santiago is a poor man who never had children, but has endured many ordeals. ... He thinks, "Let us hope so" (page 54). ... As He gave them wine, He said, "This is my Blood" (Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, and Luke 22:19-20). ... (page 120), so "...he shouldered the mast and started to climb" (page 121). ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

A 75-page, leather-bound instruction book told homeowners how to assemble those 30,000 pieces. The book offered this somber (and probably wise) warning: "Do not take anyone's advice as to how this building should be assembled." The kit included 750 pounds of nails, 22 gallons of paint and varnish and 20,000 shingles for the roof and siding. ... The catalog had 53 pages and offered 38 houses, many of which looked remarkably similar. ... And we'd fall in love with them all over again How do you find Sears houses? ...

• Word Count: 2900
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Many years later, author Linda Colley explored Elizabeth Marsh's life while researching for her book, Captives. ... Much of the pages in The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh are open to interpretation and reading between the lines. ... Colley describes biography as a net that catches and brings to the surface an individual life.17 This description describes the biography that Linda Colley has put together very well. ... Elizabeth Marsh's family was occupied with many men and women. ... Gender history is about the representation of men and women, as well as thinking about space and how i...

• Word Count: 1708
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immen...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ruin, the chaos, but at the same time engage its immen...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The team had picked out many of the same unethical scenes. ... Chat room discussions confirmed that we all were on the "same page". ... Referenced unethical situations/scenes with count of how many teammates noted each particular scene in their individual listing. ... Scene 22 Unethical Unethical Unethical Unethical 4 6. ... Scene 01 X 22. ...

• Word Count: 3378
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School