... "Never-Never Land" for the rest of our lives. We have to face the challenges and confusion that life throws our way. Luckily, we have authors that write novels about the very issues we will be confronted with during our adolescent years. John Gough notes in School Librarian that ... , "Judy Blume is concerned to describe characters surviving, finding themselves, growing in understanding, coming to terms with life." (School Librarian) She is best known for her novels about middle-class children, which discuss problems ... of young people from their point of view and in their own language....

• Word Count: 2389
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Renaissance. The Irish Renaissance was a movement of Irish nationalist artists that included William Butler Yeats and Sean O"Casey (McMahan, Day, Funk 1152). O"Connor wrote plays, novels, autobiographies and 150 short stories (Tomory 17). Born as Michael O"Donovan, he picked up the pseudonym Frank O"Connor to keep anonymous (Wohlgelernter 3). At least 70 ... Oedipus went to the oracle to inquire about his parents to ease doubts in his mind. The oracle warned him not to return to his homeland for he would kill his father and lay with his mother. When leaving the oracle, he unknowingly enc...

• Word Count: 675
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... , it is impossible not to change. It is inevitable even when it isn't welcomed. Just as the caterpillar morphs into something magnificent, people can change for the better, but sometimes, change and transition into different states can harm a person. The following two pieces of literature, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams ... color of their skin. As a result of her new prospective, her relationship with her family dramatically changes. In the beginning of the book, she notes that because of his old age, father isn't like the other dads in her town. While she never thought of him...

• Word Count: 988
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... experience. This idyllic perception of marriage or the desire to engage in marriage prevails not only in the real world, but also in literature. Many novels, poems, and plays portray this glorious perception of marriage, including the play Antigone written by Sophocles. In one passage of Antigone (lines 1344-1371 ... kill herself. While in the beginning of the play Haemon glorifies his father, he later rejects his principles on the importance of paternal relationships for the strong bond between husband and wife. Haemon's change in values occurs very suddenly; the reader does not witness ...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Sky Over Dimas I. Introduction The Sky Over Dimas, by Vicente Garcia Groyon, is one of the interesting, intriguing novels I've had the pleasure to read. It stirred my curiosity starting from the opening sentence; "The fact is: George ... this small island in Visayas, whose existence and identity depends largely on sugar, people knew everyone else and all of the land was already spoken for. Within the boundaries of this land, a tightly knit community of hacienderos and obreros lives. This arrangement between the rich landowners and the laborers ... a dilettante, investing and experiment...

• Word Count: 2101
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School