... the Asian counterpart of Nobel Prize) in 1996, and the Tanglaw ng Lahi Award in 1997. The House on Zapote Street Dr. Leonardo Quitangon, a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, cool-tempered Caviteno, was still fancy-free at 35 when he returned to Manila, after six years abroad. Then, at the University of Santo ... Pablo Cabading, Lydia's father was a member of the Manila Police Department. After Lydia finished her internship, Leopardo Quitangon became a regular visitor at the house on Zapote Street: he was helping her prepare for the board exams. Her family seemed to like him. The mother Anunciac...

• Word Count: 5098
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: High School

... "Lord of the Flies," now merely a gleaming white skull-as white as the conch shell, he notes. Angry and disgusted, Ralph knocks the skull to the ground and takes the stake it was impaled on to use as a weapon against Jack. That night, Ralph sneaks down to the camp at the Castle ... its exploration of the idea of human evil is at least partly based on Golding's experience with the real-life violence and brutality of World War II. Free from the rules and structures of civilization and society, the boys on the island in "Lord of the Flies" descend into savagery. As the ... by human societ...

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

... erase. I am also lucky enough to have a very good father with a very good mind for solving my problems. I am not sitting though and saying I am issue free, which would be much farther from the truth. I think I would have some limitations as a counselor though. They wouldn't have to due with prejudice, sexism or anything that ... they came to you for help. I in my own words I think counseling is giving helping people to become better people, giving a person a second chance on life. It is something so powerful to know that you have the chance to help this person. I also think that when de...

• Word Count: 3025
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... erase. I am also lucky enough to have a very good father with a very good mind for solving my problems. I am not sitting though and saying I am issue free, which would be much farther from the truth. I think I would have some limitations as a counselor though. They wouldn't have to due with prejudice, sexism or anything that ... they came to you for help. I in my own words I think counseling is giving helping people to become better people, giving a person a second chance on life. It is something so powerful to know that you have the chance to help this person. I also think that when de...

• Word Count: 3025
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... colors. " (4) Without the community, Baby Suggs stopped looking towards a future and relinquished her fight to ponder color, an occupation that took no energy on her part and that she could accomplish without anyone's help. Similarly, Sethe was left to deal with her problems alone, rather than giving up however, ... , as they once did in the clearing when Baby Suggs was a preacher, they are able to accomplish what Sethe could not on her own. By unifying their strength, they broke 124 free from past's firm hold so that future's sun could shine. Having this accomplished, Sethe and Paul D a...

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

... Skin of a Lion,"" by Michael Ondaatje, the main character, Patrick Lewis, searches for identity and light. Without these elements, he lacks love and cannot survive the world. A passage in chapter three describes him as a lonely man that is isolated from the world around him. "Clara and Ambrose and Alice and Temelcoff and Cato- this cluster made up a drama without him ... love,"" (Ondaatje, pg.157) suggests his feelings of separation from his close companions. It also reveals Patrick's thoughts and characteristic qualities. Patrick Lewis is a lost soul and a searcher on a constant journey....

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... more subtle and universal than we think; it exists, indeed, among different classes of organized life, and vibrates from one to another. Loosely based on the events of Hawthorne's own life, The House of the Seven Gables attempts to show the suffering of descendants forced to repent for the sins ... Pyncheon against Matthew Maule was avenged at the former's death, with the curse being fulfilled. However, the essence of the crime lived on through the generations. By chapter two, the focus of the novel has shifted to the modern generations of the Pyncheon family. The family has severely dec...

• Word Count: 2711
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... they want and what food to serve. But lastly picking the big date to start their new chapter in their wonderful life journey. I have chosen to do research on the wedding consultant using narrative skills and using an informative tone to show you what the job consists ... country club which means that I work for the banquets department, working weddings and other events, and I'm the "head server." Trying to get opinions on wedding consultants is hard. When trying to conduct a survey, not many of high school kids even know what wedding planners are or what they do, or ... or higher colleg...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... males dominated and influenced a woman"s lifestyle and decisions. In each one of these pieces, the woman is trying to free herself of the rules and restrictions placed on her by a sexist society. The placement of these rules and restrictions had a different effect on each one of these authors. For some authors it could be childhood emotional isolation; transformation in feelings and understanding of ... . Rich uses the character of Aunt Jennifer who does not break from the accepted roles of society. Due to society's expectations on females, she does not have the freedom to life for herse...

• Word Count: 2580
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... option but to kill Doyle, which saved Frankie and allowed him to be admitted once again to the institution, where he felt safe and free of these pressures. Marginalization and alienation were evident aspects of Sling Blade, and are also present in the novel, Jude the Obscure. Jude ... I believe that forms of oppression will always and forever exist in society, mainly those of marginalization and alienation, as individuals can be judged on a broad range of levels. The constant belittlement of others will always exists, in order to keep this vicious cycle in motion. Forms of ... feel this...

• Word Count: 3713
• Approx Pages: 15

... my closest girl friends, I realized the things that could be said to these and knew that I definitely did not want to hear what my mom or dad's views on pornography. I then decided to use five girls from my sorority because we are all so close and I knew I would be comfortable and able to talk with them ... a few years ago and I knew this wasn't an easy topic to be discussed. When I said the word death she responded with another oyyy and a sad look on her face. Before I went any further I told her that she didn't have to answer and I could have easily found someone to do this. She said s...

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

... the protagonist is a woman demonstrate two entirely different angles of representing women in jail. In both of the films, the audience are positioned on the women's side; we are always manipulated into believing their idea of right is acceptable. But, the difference lies in the way the ... are doing a press conference explaining Roxie's case. Again, the audience jolts into the world of Roxie's imagination, her real life situation played out on the stage. In this particular show, Billy's the ventriloquist and Roxie's his marionette, which shows a deft illustration of manipulation. Not onl...

• Word Count: 5174
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

... and pushed him onto his couch. "Listen up, " said the gross ghost in this screeching, cracking voice, "since you're the smartest person, the only genius, on this god forsaken planet, I need your help. " Nickolai couldn't believe his ears. "Who are you?! " he demanded to know. The apparition slowly shook his head ... think that I'm going to do anything for you? " George laughed a terrible laugh that made invisible blood fall from his gutted stomach and disappear before it landed on the floor. "I thought that you might ask that. I guess I'm going to have to give you a reason to help me. " ...

• Word Count: 2774
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... what others think about your outward beauty. Don't worry because you will be seen as beautiful inside. The article by Trent takes a sort of different view on what is beautiful. He goes to say that we should look at things for the beauty of them. Seeing beauty in the littlest things of nature and ... can be throughout all things no matter what. If something is ugly to one person it could be beautiful to another. Worrying about looks and not focusing on our insides isn't always smart, this also has to do with this quote. If I don't think that I am beautiful obviously I probably wont see ot...

• Word Count: 2804
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... care what I was getting into. This was better than going every evening to the house for officers with the girls climbed all over you and put your cap on backwards as a sign of affection between their trips upstairs with the brother officers. I knew that I did not love Catherine Barkley nor did I have any idea ... were fulfilled in the novel. I also like to read war stories, for some reason they seem to be more exciting, and always put you on the edge to keep on reading and never bore you. I also wanted to read the book, because I had asked my mom to view the book list and she recommended ...

• Word Count: 2571
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... into plastic bags and buried them in the mountains in Santa Cruz. He would also take the victims heads and throw them out along roadsides on his way to bury them. However, Kemper's methods changed. He shot one and suffocated another, and with every murder he committed, his ... the crimes are committed. According to Joel Norris, there are 6 phases of the serial killer's cycle: 1.) The Aura Phase, where the killer begins losing grip on reality; 2.) The Trolling Phase, when the killer searches for a victim; 3.) The Wooing Phase, where the killer lures his victim in; 4.) The Capture Phase ....

• Word Count: 2622
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... Pynchon argues that an attempt to understand the unknown is impossible. The author uses several themes in his novel in order to conclude his point. On Oedipa's quest for understanding, Pynchon incorporates the themes of a promise of hidden truth, the inability to understand, and the void in order to ... truth to make it a more daunting challenge. Pynchon then alludes to the Wells, Fargo incident with the reference of " why the assassins came on, why the black costumes". The phrase adds to the overall confusion in the novel and the infinite connections that are made. Pynchon includes this...

• Word Count: 3055
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... the Marines with me because he could not foresee himself as a scholar attending a fancy university. We went through everything together from hustling kids in basketball on the playground back in grade school, to learning how to base jump from a one hundred eighty foot wall in boot camp. He has helped push me ... be dropped in behind enemy lines by a stealth helicopter around 2300, work our way from the back up to their base, take out any guards on look out, infiltrate the building as stealthily as possible, find Abdul-Hakam and kill him. The chopper to return us to our base would positio...

• Word Count: 2540
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... like it. I hated it. How could this be? Why? It wasn't fair! I argued with myself. But all I really heard was a haunting silence waiting on me. That morning was a beautiful April morning. Spring was in the air, the birds were chirping. It was going to be a good day because my best friend ... felt detached from reality. Was this a movie? A nightmare I would soon wake up from? No, it wasn't. I realized I had to call 911. I called, very on edge, and screamed to the helpless operator that my mom was dead. "She's dead! She was breathing weird last night and, and, and, now she's dead!" ... ...

• Word Count: 2579
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... purposes, as when she sets up an alibi by feigning a normal conversation with the grocer. Then, there are the police detectives, who pride themselves on their ability to solve a crime, but whom Mary sweetly tricks into consuming the main exhibit. Their identity, or at least their competency, is thrown ... would be written as if you, the reader, were experiencing everything. This also differs from 3rd person omniscient, because 3rd person omniscient can comment on the thoughts and feelings of every character in the story. PLOT Exposition The main character is introduced. The pregnant Mary...

• Word Count: 2792
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... of his home. He is at first quizzical about all of this, eventually, he realizes it is someone calling him back to the Territories. One day Jack receives a package on his doorstep. In it there are a few remains of the second victim, a little girl. He feels panicky and begins to run to the fields behind his house. " ... him off. For a few days he works with Dale Gilbertson, chief of police, trying to find any break they can. Then, a call comes in from a hotel on the other side of the city. A man named George Potter has been found with pictures of the dead children in his closet. The Fisher...

• Word Count: 2663
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... dropped once more to the ground and again attacked with made fury". This quote describes strongly that Frisky was ready to get revenge for Antoine on Nicolas Ravolati, it shows great loyalty to Antoine and to Widow Saverini. "The starving animal leapt at him and seized his throat" This shows ... One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture". This shows that he was mad to think that about the eye. The mad man keeps on congratulating himself on things, is easily triumphant and thinks that he is the best. "I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph" This emphasises the point about being...

• Word Count: 3319
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... English Dictionary as being: a malignant woman, female devil with the violence, desperation, cleverness or other qualities attributed to the Devil ' To gain revenge on the people who hurt her, she reinvents herself under the surgeon's knife by going under extensive plastic surgery, uses feminine tricks such as doing what ... institution, the family home, and (especially) in the bedroom. This book has been called a black comedy, but it is also a very sad meditation on facing one's lot in life, and coming to grips with a capricious fate that lavishly rewards some while cruelly withholding...

• Word Count: 3413
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

... I was like, "Ok, did I work out too hard."" I again skipped dinner and fell asleep for the night. Again in the morning I felt fine. This went on about two weeks where I would feel nauseated only in the evening. I kept thinking maybe I was over exerting myself and decided to go see a doctor. I took my ... best friend Stefanie to the appointment with me so that no matter what news I received, I would have someone to support me and know what was going on. The doctor asked all of his questions about the symptoms I was experiencing. Two of the questions kind of scared me. The doctor asked me,...

• Word Count: 2517
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... part....THE CAMERA ANGLES. Oh man, they must have put a lot of time into getting these PERFECT angles. The ceiling cams, hallway cams, and straight on shots were simple breathtaking to me. They definately helped give the movie a "real" effect. When the scary parts were happening the lighting was appropriately dim ... technical aspect was way above average. The only problem I had was the fact that it did have an extremely slow paced feel to it. On the other hand, the scenery shots were absolutely beautiful. The colors and sunsets and rolling hills definately set a dreary mood and had som...

• Word Count: 7297
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School