Orwell read many books as a child, but one that left a significant impression on him throughout his life was "Gulliver's Travels." ... Orwell did not follow the literary trends of the time. ... Orwell sort of challenged the political figures of the time by his writing. ... And he was able to frighten, even horrify his readers with his prophecy of the future of England and the rest of the world in a totalitarian life. ... Orwell didn't start getting the recognition and appreciation he deserved as an author until the last years of his life and after his death....

• Word Count: 999
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Critical Analysis of Ernest Hemingway "He [Ernest Hemingway] wrote only about things he had experienced, mostly outdoors, as a doctor's son in northern Michigan and as a self-possessed young tramp in Europe" (Time Magazine). ... Ernest Hemingway wrote from personal experiences, the main characters of The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell To Arms, and For Whom The Bell Tolls can all be closely compared to the life Ernest Hemingway lead. Although I haven't read any about a doctor's son in Michigan, all three books I have read are about young American men in Europe. ... Ernest Hemi...

• Word Count: 503
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This poem is well known and has made it into many high school and college text books. ... How often in life do we refer to some mistake we have made as capable of bringing about the end of the world. ... At the same time there was a new age fighting for its life. ... They went to underground clubs, drank their liquor, smoked cigarettes and dressed in beaded outfits adorned with feathers all in a celebration of life, fire, passion and desire. ... Life is change and when change ceases, we are only left with the coldness of death. ...

• Word Count: 729
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As a boy he wasn't interested in schoolwork and spent most of his free time riding his horse and hunting birds with a shotgun. ... This left him semi- crippled for the rest of his life. ... Billy had a tough life at school, he was required to wear a suit and tie to school, he had a slight lisp, and he preferred swimming and riding over hockey, and lacrosse. ... He was forced to take time off to recuperate. ... His son William Aurthor Bishop enlisted in the RAF as a fighter pilot and later wrote books about his father. ...

• Word Count: 826
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• Grade Level: High School

IN spite of his good grades Woodrow had to leave collage after one year because of illness, a problem Woodrow had most of his life. ... He became ill again and had to leave school for the second time. ... At the time of the move Woodrow's wife had had two daughters and was expecting a third. After teaching for a while Woodrow moved back to New Jersey and had published nine books by that time. ...

• Word Count: 706
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The outrageous number of civilian casualties and mass destruction of cities and towns will forever be a landmark in the history books. Despite mass unemployment due to the Great Depression, severe persecution and genocide in Adolph Hitler's concentration camps, and the oblivious atomic bomb that wreaked havoc all over Hiroshima, World War II can still be considered an evolutionary time for women. ... The women of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) risked life and limb by penetrating enemy territory. ... In a time of extreme male dominance, it appeared that the women's contributi...

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They go to training for a few weeks and live life on the front they soon realize it is not all it was supposed to be. ... Life on the western front was not all they thought it would be. ... Unlike most war books this one tells the real story of war and how brutal it actually is. ... The boots show the insignificance of a lost life. ... The time that the report was issued is the same time that Paul was killed. ...

• Word Count: 1206
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

AS compassion cam over him, he could no longer face the violence that had taken over his life. ... In fact, most young people had never experienced a war, but could still somehow relate with the help of extensive history books and novels. Until a recent tragedy in America, children may have never experienced what a time of war felt like. ...

• Word Count: 883
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• Grade Level: High School

He looks athletic, but unlike the other students, he has no time to play sports, "being too busy with politics, arrangements, and offices" (79). ... Phineas lives a life of freedom and spontaneity at Devon that helps to reveal his true innocence. ... He is a slave to his books and works hard to get good grades. Finny takes it upon himself to make Gene more laid-back and free to enjoy life. ... It is symbolic that after Finny breaks his leg the first time, Gene "becomes" Finny by putting on his pink shirt - Phineas" trademark of his rebellious character. ...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Know as the Progressive era, Bristow attempts to deal with the complexities of this time, a time in which morale and decency prevailed. ... The CTCA was formed in April 1917 to supervise the cultural life of the military service men. ... As a result, men from all walk of life where thrown together as they moved from state to state, country to country, while being trained. The image that many civilians had about camp life, according to Bristow, was that of military camps being a place corrupted and diluted by drinking, prostitution, profanity, and fighting. ... The Commission provided the m...

• Word Count: 1179
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lee did a good job of evenly dividing the time in the book to the varying difference in York's life. ... Political, economic, social, and cultural were all involved in Alvin's life. Also, all of these played a major influential part in the path his life took. ... In class you mentioned him and how his life went. ... Books and movies are notorious for sensationalizing of the actually truth to get more interest involved in their works. ...

• Word Count: 1210
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He brings the battle for France to life not only on the fields where most of the blood was shed, but also in the streets, homes and hearts of the people who lived through a time when a chaotic life was nothing out of the ordinary. ... The irony is all to present, the line was a great way of preventing a German invasion yes, but at the same time it was barrier for the French who could have made significance advances into enemy territory. ... I found myself many times having to think about a sentence where a French phrase was used for long periods of time. ... What I had a hard...

• Word Count: 1245
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The world was going through several important changes by the time "If" was written. ... Technology changed along with the economy and helped influence daily life. ... Politics changed drastically during the early 20th century and contributed to the atmosphere of the time. ... Scientists may have agreed with Kipling's poem titled "The Appeal" which says: "If I have given you delight by aught that I have done, Let me lie quiet in that night which shall be yours anon: and for the little, little, span the dead are borne in mind, seek not to question other than the books I leave behind." ...

• Word Count: 954
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School