... really is. He is not really sure what Frost means by "nothing gold can stay" but as the novel comes to an end, and Ponyboy opens his eyes to the real world and not just the greasers verses the Soc's he realizes what he means by it. Ponyboy becomes a different kind of smart other ... just did not know what to do with his life. He did not know what step to take, and he did not know what road he wanted to go down. Ponyboy to me is a confused character who is trying to find out where he really does belong. By doing acts like this I feel he ... society, or within his group. When he and John...

• Word Count: 1365
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... believe that God's providence will work toward any good in his life. Early on, Crusoe almost starts to think that God has blessed him and is watching over him when he discovers that some barley is growing under a rock (Defoe 58). He reminds the reader that up until then he had not given ... reflects, "if the good Providence of God had not wonderfully order'd the Ship to be cast up nearer to the Shore- he would not have been able go on board and retrieve several very useful items including " Tools to work, Weapons for Defence, or Gun-Powder and Shot for getting [his] food- (Defoe ... f...

• Word Count: 1924
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

... wholly remarkable thing, but fifteen different characters narrate this story. This plethora of people allows the reader to look at the same situation through different eyes and realize a huge truth. Not everyone sees the world the same. Hardly a revolutionary idea, but very difficult to swallow. Having three different ... -to-understand text, but it accurately represents the confused jumble of a mind. By watching the thought processes of the different characters, the reader can further realize how different people really are, through their different styles and tones of writing. Symbolism...

• Word Count: 2124
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... in the tale. For the first half of the book, we see him through Doctor Frankenstein's perspective. He is an object, a "thing". When things go wrong for the monster, we pity Frankenstein. He is the creator and the father, and therefore the most affected. But my previous ideas on the monster- ... the pity I held for Frankenstein who would be haunted forever more by this ghastly being, were turned on their head as we came to the second half of the book and the monster spoke for himself Frankenstein's monster is first "born" at the beginning ... actions creep back upon him, sickening his h...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... perfect beautiful, delicate lady. In this society, a woman such as Adele Ratignolle is therefore the epitome of the ideal "mother-woman," those who "idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels." Unlike men, women are not supposed to do ... her life, for challenges these descriptions that her society stipulates. She refuses to live her life "unthinkingly, as we walk, move, sit, stand, go through the daily treadmill of the life which has been portioned out to us." Chopin makes ...

• Word Count: 1885
• Approx Pages: 8