... after almost entering into an unloving marriage with St. John. St. John wants Jane to accompany him as a missionary, not out of love, but because he endeavors to have her help. " that he asks me to be his wife, and has no more of a husband's heart for me that that frowning giant of a rock, down which the stram is foaming in yonder gorge. He prizes ... important, are only minor characters in comparison to Heathcliff and Catherine. Both Cathy and Hareton's sole purpose are means by which Heathcliff can enact his revenge; they are simply pawns in his sadistic plot. If it were not for Heath...

• Word Count: 2660
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... oldest of four children. Her mother's parents, Ardelia and John Solomon Willis, left Greenville Alabama around 1910 after they lost a farm due to debts that they could not repay. Morrison's father's family left Georgia to move north as an attempt to escape sharecropping and the violence against African Americans in the South. The town of Lorain on Lake Erie is where both families settled ... and creativity. Morrison was given a National Arts and Humanities Award by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. In the speech the President gave during that award ceremony, Clinton said that M...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a novel about war, but happens to focus more on the war within the human heart. This novel tells a story of two boys' codependency during World War Two. The plot does not concentrate on the common conflicts associated with war, but rather the inner conflicts of adolescence. A Separate Peace was written by John Knowles and was published in 1959. The genre of this selection can be described as both a coming ... , and a period of hard work in their senior year had commenced. There was no more time for fun and games, for secret societies and initiations. They were to harden into men in time ...

• Word Count: 3096
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... her will upon her friends, but her crudeness and vanity reinforce our sense of Emma's refinement and fundamentally good heart. Emma's sister, Isabella, is stereotypically feminine "soft-hearted, completely devoted to her family, dependent, and not terribly bright. The novel implicitly prefers Emma's independence and cleverness to her sister's more traditional deportment, although we are still faced with ... actions. Yet Knightley's loss of control humanizes him rather than makes him seem like a failure. Like Emma, Knightley stands out in comparison to his peers. His brother, Mr. John Kn...

• Word Count: 4896
• Approx Pages: 20