... symbols. The motifs are used in geography as well as in the weather. Throughout the novel, places and settings symbolize the different aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. The weather in The Great Gatsby dependably matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Some symbols are the green light, the valley of ashes, and the eyes of Doctor T.J. Ekleburg. Nick Carraway: The novel's ... characters Nick is the only one to truly recognize Gatsby's greatness. Jay Gatsby: He is the title character and the protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is an extremely wealthy...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. The book I chose is entitled Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. Charles P. Graves is the author and Garrard Publishing Company was in charge of publishing the book. It was published in Champaign, Illinois in the year of 1966. The book deals with the life and impact of Eleanor Roosevelt. Her childhood, teenage years and adulthood as well as the positive impact she had on America on a troubled and ... one has to do can be done." In 1920, FDR was nominated to run for Vice-President of the United States. FDR gathered with "famous people who ca...

• Word Count: 1726
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... lines, are able to disorientate the viewer and, "adhere to the choreography of the city " according to Schrader (39). Scorsese uses his realistic set ¬tings to create expressionist ends. Vertical and diagonal lines are seen thoughout the landscape in Taxi Driver. They dwarf characters, isolate them, frame their perspective, and trap them. When Travis first meets Betsy in Palantine's campaign office, they chat in the foreground while Betsy's co ... -worker, Tom, twice comes between them in the background, at ... ...

• Word Count: 1980
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... at their mocking and jeering, they, in turn, throw all of his caps to the ground as well. In my assessment, the leveling characteristics of this book are clearly those of a book on Level K. There are two types of characters in the book, the peddler and the monkeys. There are 458 words in the book and most of the pages have 8 or fewer lines. The supports of the book are the repetitious dialogue and the long stretches of easy text with ... pictures on every page. The illustrations support and extend the text, and ... ...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... stretches his arms out toward it, as if to grasp the green light. Tom Buchanan takes Nick into New York, and on the way they stop at George Wilson's garage. Tom has been having an affair with his wife, Myrtle, and Tom tells her to join them later in the city. The garage is in the 'valley of ashes,' as Fitzgerald describes it, a vast, desolate area. Other than ... Wilson's garage, the only other feature of note is a large advertisement for ... an optometrist, two large eyes that look over the barren area. When Tom and Nick arrive in the city, they visit with Myrtle and her sister, Cathe...

• Word Count: 1372
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• Grade Level: High School

... Ellen, who cleverly "fluffs" off the unspoken rules in New York, slipping through the standards by not trying to impress anyone. She is the only one who is straight-forward and honest, and she ends up causing or at least initiating many of the changes that take place. So many of the characters go through transformations, such as Newland. Throughout the book, I had a changing opinion of his ... status, whether he was a "god," or a simple mortal like Ellen. In the end, I concluded that in a way he was both. On the inside, I believe he had the heart of a man not affected by the pressures o...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... of his uncouth gallantries-. This little rivalry for Katrina seemed to cause quite a bit of tension between the two. One of the most significant characters in this story is Katrina Van Tassel, the lady who had both the protagonist and antagonist after her heart. The book described her as "A blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father ... a Katrina Van Tassel and Brom Bones who wants to have this lady for himself. It all takes place in a small, remote, peaceful town whose only excitement seems to be in ghost stories. The i...

• Word Count: 1805
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Joey, this leads to the downward fall. The play received grief from its critics, this made the play a failure in that sense, there were only 374 performances in 1940, but the truth is that legends love a failure, the play was eventually remade in the 1950s and at that time it became a bigger success. (Beautiful Mornin" Mordenn 55) This play marked the end of stock characters. (62) Lady in the Dark, is one of ... women. The two main men in the play are respectable to women but the rest of the men are male sluts. The play is filled with romances that should for one reason or another be fo...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... by different characters in The Great Gatsby, and to what degree do these change in the course of the novel? There are various assumptions held by different characters in the novel The Great Gatsby. The definition of change is to alter, to adapt to transform or to become different. The catalyst in the novel is Gatsby's outward change of personality, peoples views of Gatsby. Various types of changes explored in the text ... with Tom continues as if no conflict existed between the two. This confirms that as a result of these assumptions, Tom and Daisy's relationship only changed to a certa...

• Word Count: 1498
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... for only $10 in eight days."(Buehr, 39) "The construction of the Erie Canal was thus, the first -and quite possibly the best-school of general engineering in the country"(Cowan, 103) Business increased in every canal town, western land values skyrocketed, and the canal was swamped with traffic, including thousands of immigrants on their way to take up free land in the west. Before the railroads, the Erie Canal was the main route to ... the West. It was an ... ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... of either inter-racial or same-sex relations. Walker was an active feminist and her voice and opinions show through in many of her novels. The Color Purple includes many dynamic characters throughout. Mr._____ is a good example of one such character. In the beginning of the novel he is a mean, strange old man who only marries Celie because he needs somebody to look after his kids ... in stride, this is the only life that she has known. She thinks that since she is only a woman this is the way that she is supposed to be treated. Then, all of the sudden a certain event causes her to drama...

• Word Count: 1803
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... for only $10 in eight days."(Buehr, 39) "The construction of the Erie Canal was thus, the first -and quite possibly the best-school of general engineering in the country"(Cowan, 103) Business increased in every canal town, western land values skyrocketed, and the canal was swamped with traffic, including thousands of immigrants on their way to take up free land in the west. Before the railroads, the Erie Canal was the main route to ... the West. It was an ... ...

• Word Count: 1292
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... be a hitter. He said to a friend, "It was one of those things you could just feel."(59) Brother Mathias taught him to be a better ball player. He schooled Ruth in the fundamentals of the game. George finally had something to be happy about. He had Brother Mathias his new father-figure and he had baseball. Babe Ruth became a great baseball player while at ... Ruths statistics during his career in New York. G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BA YEAR 1920 142 458 172 36 9 54 158 137 0.376 1921 152 540 204 44 16 59 177 171 0.378 1922 110 406 128 24 8 35 94 99 0.315 1923 152 522 205 45 13 41 151 131 0.39...

• Word Count: 2070
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• Grade Level: High School

... of confidence and individuality are directly affected and related to the actions and words of the other three characters: Amanda (her mother), Tom (her brother), and Jim (the gentleman caller). Laura seemed to be in a constant state of paranoia, always trying to please her mother and brother, without having to leave the seclusion of her home and the comfort and familiarity of her glass collection. "Such matters ... on these memories, and, therefore, so will Laura's. "The poignancy of The Glass Menagerie derives principally from the characters of Amanda and Laura, whom Williams pictures a...

• Word Count: 2052
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to live. In the end, it is the desire for self-conservation that supersedes the desire to act as a true hero and save the ex-boxer. In conclusion, the characters of Hemingway share many characteristics that can be identified to form the Hemingway Hero. Hemingway identifies the characteristics that lie within most humans and highlights these traits within his main characters. In A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and The Killers the main characters share three attributes ... that are essential to their fates. Both of the characters are driven by death. Their actions ... ...

• Word Count: 1785
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... with an unknown narrator explaining what we're about to read. I reread the first chapter after finishing the book, and it's somewhat clearer now that it's a jumbled autobiographic account of Vonnegut's time spent in Germany during WWII and the process he went through write this book. Normally, this would be recorded in a book's foreward, but Vonnegut doesn't appear to do anything normal. Chapter 1 states ... you can see there's a touch of humor behind most of them. A reviewer on the website Common Sense Media warns of a picture of breasts in the book (Thalfred). The picture is the most r...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... with an unknown narrator explaining what we're about to read. I reread the first chapter after finishing the book, and it's somewhat clearer now that it's a jumbled autobiographic account of Vonnegut's time spent in Germany during WWII and the process he went through write this book. Normally, this would be recorded in a book's foreward, but Vonnegut doesn't appear to do anything normal. Chapter 1 states ... you can see there's a touch of humor behind most of them. A reviewer on the website Common Sense Media warns of a picture of breasts in the book (Thalfred). The picture is the most r...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... groups, in which each member played various characters. The biggest radio star of the 30s was Orson Welles. In 1937 he founded the Mercury Theatre, which produced innovative stage and radio drama. His 1938 radio version of War of the Worlds by English author H. G. Wells was so realistic that thousands believed an alien attack was actually occurring5. With the invention of the movie theater in the 20s, ... depicted people doing average, everyday functions. Though there were many painters during the 30s, not many grew to any major success. Picasso's Guernica was painted in 1937, but not r...

• Word Count: 1986
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... just one opinion and that being of Mr. Rush himself. It covers many different events and Rush's thoughts of the events. He says in the opening pages that his book will cover the "Various disguises of liberal movements and how their agendas are affecting our society." And that is what he does talking about Congress, Head of State, Abortion, Homeless, Schools, and other ... show had really blown up and people everywhere were tuning in to listen to him. The next step for him was going National in New York on WABC. This was his place of utopia he can say whatever the wanted, be national an...

• Word Count: 1363
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• Grade Level: High School

... . No matter what was going on inside of her she always loved everyone around her and all who knew Naomi loved her and the way she appreciated life. Another theme in this book is to appreciate life day by day. This book makes everyone take a second look at life and realize that everything you have today could possibly all end tomorrow without any warning ... slowing down and Naomi held herself together for as long as she could until she just washed away in to the ocean to be with her lord in peace. 11. I would recommend this book to a friend whether the friend is a guy or a girl. The book...

• Word Count: 1459
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• Grade Level: High School

... and grace? Those are some of the questions that Lorraine Hansberry poses for consideration in her play, A Raisin in the Sun. It is no accident that she chose Langston Hughes' poem as a gateway into the incredible experience of true life, living, dreaming and working for a better tomorrow as enacted and emoted by her play's characters, the Youngers. More specifically, she uses Mama ... Younger to echo the poem's style of thought-provocation ... to a dream deferred? It takes on a life of its own. Works Cited Hansberry, Lorainne. A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. "Lorainn...

• Word Count: 2443
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... , A Slave, by Melton A. McLaurin, illustrates a trial that takes place in the Old South and the effects of race on the outcome of the trial. Another book The Murder of Helen Jewett, by Patricia Cohen, describes a trial that takes place in New York during the eighteen hundreds. The cases will then be compared to a case of more recent trial. The trial centered in the book Celia, A Slave is a trial that focuses on many issues. Celia ... sentenced Celia to death by hanging and it was to be the sixteenth day of November. Due to post trial litigation such as, the demand for appeals and such th...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... whenever he asked her any questions about where she came from or why she was different from himself and the rest of his siblings. It was not until he wrote this book that all of his questions about his race and identity were answered because he finally uncovered his mothers past. Ruth had a ... like her. Neither did I look like the role models in my life who were all black...and they looked nothing like the other heroes I saw, the guys in the movies, white men who beat up the bad guys and got the girl."(McBride, 91)Ruth was successful in instilling the values of faith and education in h...

• Word Count: 2057
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• Grade Level: High School

... already gone through a trial so they had their chance to prove their innocence. The jury obviously found them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and decided they should get the death penalty. Justice has already prevailed. Even though the Old Testament book of Exodus commands "Thou shall not kill," just three chapters later in the same book it is advocating "life for life," "eye for eye," and "tooth for ... tooth". The death penalty can be justified because it can be done painlessly, it is ... actually putting the prisoners out of their misery, and the prisoner has to deal with the conse...

• Word Count: 1295
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• Grade Level: High School

... uses these details for mood and texture, and makes a practice of using details which are relatively unrelated to the action to generate emotions regarding that action. For instance, at the beginning of the book, when Nick Carraway is shown in to the Tom Buchanan's house, Fitzgerald describes the room into which Carraway has just walked as a prelude to introducing Daisy: "We walked through a high hallway ... constant stream of details is a much more specific form of description: color. Fitzgerald's use of color is one of the more striking aspects of the book. It is constant, but at the s...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School