The story begins in Goriza, Italy, the headquarters of Frederic Henry's troop, during World War I. Frederic is an American volunteer in the in the Ambulance Corps, and a second lieutenant in the Italian army. Henry has just returned ... that way arms can represent a strong bond between the two of them. Constantly, Catherine, and Frederic are being separated and pulled apart whether it is for war, or that their relationship is prohibited in the army. Many times throughout the book when Catherine and Frederic have to separate, they embrace each other, which ... beautiful place. These two reaso...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... changed his focus to English literature. After graduating from Oxford, he worked briefly as a theater actor and director, wrote poetry, and then became a schoolteacher. In 1940, a year after England entered World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy, where he served in command of a rocket-launcher and participated in the invasion of Normandy. Golding's experience in ... the novel is fictional, 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 civiliz...

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

... thing could have happened, but try and come up with logical explanations. Humans always believe that whenever there is a problem someone around the country or the world will come up with an explanation. Mrs. Trigg was one of the people that justified this further. "You ought to write up and ask the ... find a way through the chimney. This story was written in the 1950's, which is not long after the Second World War and Nat turns the kitchen into an air raid shelter. The war was another major disaster and the seriousness can be felt because that is what it is being compared to. There ... ...

• Word Count: 4405
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• Grade Level: High School

... years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the ... by breaking into the Waterworks. When Patrick is without light to reflect, he is without identity. When Clara leaves Patrick, he is thrust into a world of darkness. Only when Alice re-enters his life can he begin to have an identity again. Just like Alice's story of several actres...

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• Grade Level: High School

About the Author Quijano de Manila is the pen name of Nick Joaquin. He started writing before the war and his first story, "Three Generations," has been hailed as a masterpiece. He has been recipient of almost all the prestigious awards in literature and the arts, including the ... go and she herself was too afraid to leave. During the succeeding weeks, efforts to contact her proved futile. The house on Zapote became even more closed to the outside world. If Lydia emerged from it at all, she was always accompanied by her father, mother or foster-brother, or by all three. When her husband hea...

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