... the Flies." Although Golding's story is confined to the microcosm of a group of boys, it resounds with implications far beyond the bounds of the small island and explores problems and questions universal to the human experience. Plot Overview In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys ... group. Ralph, Jack, and another boy, Simon, set off on an expedition to explore the island. When they return, Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships. The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing sunlight through ...

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• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

... Crusoe's character is then made, as he seems to be an economical man in practice, yet a spiritual one in mindset. The creation of a journal in which Crusoe can voice his innermost thoughts provides the reader with an opportunity to connect with Crusoe on a new level, understanding the reasoning behind ... of exercising his want to abide by economic practices. After reiterating his gratitude for God's mercy and proving to remain faithful in his deliverance off the island, Crusoe does confess that, "however, I went on with my husbandry, digging, planting, fencing, as usual; I gather'd and ...

• Word Count: 2834
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , my head is so bad. Them two come in after ye. Ah, poor me, the business is slack, is slack! Few Chinamen about the Docks, and fewer Lascars, and no ships coming in, these say! Here's another ready for ye, deary." The choirmaster of the cathedral, John Jaspers, lives a double life, as an opium addict and a respected member of society. His ... ." Middlemarch is a novel of English provincial life in the early nineteenth century, just before the Reform Bill of 1832. The book was called by the famous American writer Henry James a 'treasure-house of detail.' It fuses several stories and chara...

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... bound by outside influences. When Stephen leaves, it is to forge the conscience of the Irish race - a project that, ironically, he feels he can accomplish only by leaving his native island behind. Apart from these questions about Stephen's life, the novel presents us a serie of themes that would be interesting to know about. So, we are now to centrate our interest ... of narrative styles. There are lush and intricate passages, sections narrated in a direct style, and highly experimental sections. The close is very simply done, all in the form of Stephen's journal entries before leaving ...

• Word Count: 4998
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to murder his own girlfriend because she got pregnant. Although Patrick lives a life similar to an adolescent life, he is exceptionally clever. He is able to manipulate Dr. Lyte by, who is Alice's doctor, to write him a letter on how to kill somebody with an overdose of insulin. He manipulates the doctor by saying ... possesses good characteristics as well, but in an ironic way. In the past, Patrick had worked with Dr. Lyte (before he was with Alice) with his ex-wife, Gloria. Patrick's demonic powers were able to make Dr. Lyte mess up on an operation done for Gloria, which in the end ki...

• Word Count: 2565
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... exposing it. Pynchon uses symbolism and imagery to illustrate the ramifications of hiding the truth. The emotional effects are shown when Oedipa becomes the hostage of Dr. Hilarious: And part of me wanted to believe - like a child hearing, in perfect safety, a tale of horror - that the unconscious would ... the small child. The difficulty to believe the promise of hidden truth is shown as Pynchon chooses to incorporate that only "part" of Dr. Hilarious wanted to "believe". Dr. Hilarious does not fully believe which proves that the hidden truth is as fictional and incapable of existing a...

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• Grade Level: High School

... pasting material on the same event with his own perspective to rewrite history. Paul says "An anonymous source was posting biographical information, complete with dates, street names, and report cards, a treasure trove for someone like me who was under pressure to dig up the past "(Crabwalk 2). Surfing on internet, flitting from chat room to chat room, Paul finally lands on sites ... ...

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... work and sat in Robert's darkened room and talked to him and told him stories. None of the stories had to do with running. These were tales of voyages and ships and how to ride a horse. This was the binding of the father to the son (Findley, 48). This bonding helped Tom remember his days of youth and how he had ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a pistol and it seemed odd that God had seen fit to modernise." Further comical religious incidents involve Father Arsenios; being drunk before sermon and beating burglars and escorting them to Dr. Iannis abode while wearing nothing but boots. However, in Catch-22, the situations that the characters are put through are more outrageously bizarre, which in turn lead to the illogical ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... believed to have inspired the "disastrous end to Marianne and Willoughby's relationship- (Mural 1). Another motivation for her writing comes from her favorite writer, whom she often quotes in her novels, Dr. Samuel Johnson, a great classicism and reason eighteenth century model (Lauber 6). In the 1790's Jane had already composed 3 early versions of her later novels. She completed Emma in 14 months, which ... ...

• Word Count: 4144
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School