... matched the popular and critical success he enjoyed with "Lord of the Flies," he remained a respected and distinguished author for the rest of his life and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. Golding died in 1993, one of the most acclaimed writers of the second half ... out of control, and one of the youngest boys in the group disappears, presumably having burned to death. At first, the boys enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games. Ralph, however, complains that they should be maintaining the ... novel, ...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

... attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. The next word was death and the dictionary said that it was a noun describing the act of dying, termination of life. The last word I looked up was pornography. I was interested to see what this meant, or at least to the dictionary authors. It stated that pornography was ... , what else could I possibly think about. Her very own father passed away and him as a father figure and as a loved person just disappeared from her life. The word death to her isn't real. If she hears someone is dead, she has no response. There are no real emoti...

• Word Count: 2686
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... slave woman who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than allowing her to be exposed to the physically, emotionally, and spiritually oppressive horrors of a life spent in slavery. Sethe's action is indisputable: She has killed her child. Sethe's motivation is not so clearly defined. By killing her "Beloved" ... personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe's motivation is dichotomous in that she displays her love by mercifully sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character con...

• Word Count: 3106
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School