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A Short Summary of the Story of Alicia Jurman’s Life (1558 words, 3 pages)

ALICIA MY STORYALICIA JURMAN1. Give a short summary of your book. (characters , conflict, complications, climaxes, resolutions)The story was mainly about Alicia Jurmans life during and after the Holocaust. In her life she had witnessed more trauma that we cant even imagine, such as her mother getting killed right in ... Read More

A Look at the Effects of War as Depicted in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (3342 words, 4 pages)

All Quiet on the Western Front By Shayna Pearson All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, ... Read More

The Changes Brought by War in Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front (3126 words, 11 pages)

Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in WorldWar I, centers around thechangeswrought by the war on one young German soldier.During his time in the war, Remarques protagonist, PaulBaumer, changes from a ratherinnocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More importantly,during the course ... Read More

The True Horrors of First World War as Portrayed in Erich Maria Remarque in All Quiet on the Western Front (655 words, 1 pages)

All Quit on the Western FrontAll Quit on the Western, by Erich Maria Remarque, is a book that explores the true horrors of World War I thought the eyes of a German solider. This story is shows how World War I was not the glorifying war that some people envision ... Read More

Gatsby as a Social Commentary on American Life (1087 words, 2 pages)

American Dream LostGatsby as a Social Commentary on American LifeThe Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has been celebrated as one of the greatest, if not the greatest American novel. Yet this is ironic for the society which has so hailed the book is precisely that which is criticized throughout ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Characters in After the First Death by Robert Cormier (2040 words, 4 pages)

Book NotesTitle After The First Death Author Robert Cormier Date Started 020600Date Ended 030600The Charactersa) Main CharactersMiro Miro is a teen-age terrorist that came from another country know, in the story, as their Homeland. Even Miro himself is uncertain of his age because during the training (Or as they call ... Read More

A Look at the Life of Adolf Hitler (1895 words, 3 pages)

When the topic of dictators is brought up who comes to mind? Most anyone will say Adolf Hitler. Why was he so cruel? What drove his hatred for the Jews? Why did he want a so-called perfect race? Well the answer to all these questions might be answered from Hitlers ... Read More

An Analysis of the Raw Nature of War in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1070 words, 2 pages)

All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It is a story, not of Germans, but of men, who even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. The entire purpose ... Read More

Adolescent Life, Fate and the Journey From Boyhood to Manhood in A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (521 words, 1 pages)

A Day No Pigs Would Die is a story that Robert Peck wrote to show the reader his adolescent life, fate, and the journey from boyhood to manhood. Peck leads the reader through the intricate web of his youth, almost as though he were a stitching needle. The author makes ... Read More

The Darker Side of Human Nature in Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1297 words, 2 pages)

Beyond The Chocolate War, a novel written by Robert Cormier is the compelling sequel to The Chocolate War. Robert Cormier is a successful writer who pictures the typical lives of everyday people with extraordinary talent. He is also the author of After The First Death the set novel for year ... Read More

A Review of Thomas Jefferson’s Life and Achievements (1050 words, 2 pages)

Book Review on Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson by Norman Risjord is a biography of the third president of the United States that takes Thomas Jefferson from his youth through his later years in the early 19th century. The purpose of this book is to give a political and social overview of ... Read More

Main Character’s Realization of the Meaning of War in the Book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1235 words, 4 pages)

In this section of the book, Paul finally understands what the war is aboutand why he is there. But he learned this grim reality after a traumatizing event. He beginsto see the devastation and agony the war brings accompanied with its empty heart. After being reassigned to a flank that ... Read More

The Importance of Sun Tsu’s Work, Art of War (1237 words, 2 pages)

As we are to think of China as the greatest peace-loving nation on earth, we are in some danger of forgetting that her experience of internal wars that no modern state can parallel. Her long military records stretch back to a point at which they are lost in the mists ... Read More

A Study in Post War Attitudes in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1240 words, 3 pages)

Catch-22 A Study in Post-War Attitudesby Chris NicholsonIn 1961, Joseph Heller published Catch-22, his first novel. Based on his own war experiences, the novel wickedly satirized bureaucracy, patriotism, and all manner of traditional American ideals. This was reflective of the increasing disdain for traditional viewpoints that was growing in America ... Read More

The Viking’s Way of Life in Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton (1246 words, 2 pages)

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton is a fiction but with historical background. Through this piece Crichton hopes to express the way of life for the Vikings in the year 922 AD while at the same time creating an entertaining story. Using a manuscript written by Ibn-Fadlan Crichton pieced ... Read More

A Life of Discontent in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (604 words, 3 pages)

In the novel, Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, Ethanes life, althoughdifficult, was full of discontent because of his choices. Ethans poor choices havemade him a miserable man with little to look forward to and only agony to look backon. Three topics that display this discontent for life and the poor ... Read More

Heroic Attributes of the Main Character in The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1458 words, 3 pages)

Jerry Renault in The Chocolate War appears to be going with the flowtrying out for football, checking out girlsbut his inner character drives him to differ. He fights to grasp his feelings and lacks self-confidence when he needs it most. As Jerry begins to unearth his inner-self, other obstacles and ... Read More

The Life of Eva Peron and Her Accomplishments (1162 words, 2 pages)

Mi MensajeBy Eva PernWhat is happening to our people is a drama, an authentic and extraordinary drama for the ownership of life of happiness of the pure and simple well-being that my people have been dreaming about since the beginning of history.Eva PeronThe Evita that people worldwide cherish as the ... Read More

The Depiction of Life in a Benedictine Monastery in The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris (1055 words, 2 pages)

Norris, Catholic Tradition, and Notre DameIn The Cloister Walk, American poet Kathleen Norris takes the reader through her experiences with life in a Benedictine monastery. She writes 75 short tales, each one dealing with a different observation.. One thing that appealed to me about this book is that Kathleen Norris ... Read More

The Life and Works of Bram Stoker (672 words, 2 pages)

Bram StokerAbraham (Bram) Stoker was born November 8, 1847 at 15 The Crescent, Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. For the first 7 years of his life Stoker was bedridden with a myriad of childhood diseases which afforded him much time to reading. By the time he ... Read More

Thoughts of Life and Suicide in Ordinary People by Judith Guest (1302 words, 5 pages)

Extraordinary Conflicts"Ordinary People"Ordinary People by Judith Guest is a very emotional book that deals with manythoughts and actions about life and suicide. A lot of people would have different opinionsor perspectives about this story. My thesis question for this book is Does the authorJudith Guest try to prove that even ... Read More

The Themes of Chinese-American Life and a Mother-Daughter Relationship in A Pair of Tickety by Amy Tan (694 words, 1 pages)

A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan Amy Tan is an author who uses the theme of Chinese-American life, focusing mainly on mother-daughter relationships, where the mother is an immigrant from China and the daughter is a thoroughly Americanized --yellow on the surface and white underneath. In her book, the ... Read More

Themes of Love, War, Isolation and Conflict in Fair Stood the Wind for France by H.E. Bates (764 words, 1 pages)

Fair Stood the Wind for France Book ReviewThe novel Fair Stood the Wind for France by H.E. Bates is a Romance Fiction set at the height of World War Two. The story follows the main character, John Franklin, through his journey when he brings his aircraft down into occupied France. ... Read More

The Life and Versatile Talents of John Steinbeck (1939 words, 3 pages)

More a Mouse Than a Man"If an author does not have at least one great popular success, he or she may well be ignored by the media, but if he or she is constantly popular, then the critics become suspicious of the writer's serious intentions" (Benson Introduction). What do critics ... Read More

An Overview of the Chapters of the Book Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch (499 words, 1 pages)

FREE PLAYThe title of the second section in the book Free Play appropriately called The Work. The word work has several meanings, for most it is some act of labor or some skill they perform for money. To others work could be an artistic term, a final product of creativity. ... Read More

The Life of Mahatma Gandhi Portrayed in the Book Gandhi, Fighter Without A Sword by Jeanette Eaton (633 words, 1 pages)

GandhiFighter Without a SwordGandhi, one of the worlds greatest figures, has already become a legend. In this book Jeanette Eaton shows him as a human being. While still a young man, Gandhi adopted the austere way of living that was until the day he died. He did not want comforts ... Read More

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: An Allegorical Tale of Life in the Theater (2007 words, 3 pages)

From Storms to The TempestWilliam Shakespeare is undoubtedly the most celebrated playwright in history, but he is also the most severely criticized. Perhaps the play that has received the most criticism is his final, The Tempest. The Tempest has been disparaged for its lack of plot and tension, unparalleled amount ... Read More

Jay Gatsby’s Struggle to Find a New Life (825 words, 2 pages)

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!" Thomas Parke D'InvilliersJay Gatsby went through most of his life striving for a new beginning, a chance to start over and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Mr. Grant Wiggin’s Life Crisis in A Lesson Before Dying (966 words, 2 pages)

In A Lesson Before Dying, Mr. Grant Wiggins' life crises were the center of the story. Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, he himself became more of one as a result. Not to say that Jefferson was not in any way transformed from the "hog" he ... Read More

Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis: Gregor Samsa’s Life as the Plague of Traveling (1159 words, 2 pages)

"Metamorphosis" By Franz Kafka What is reality? Every person has his or her own "reality" or truth of their existence. For some it may be nothing they expected while others can just be successful in anything. The true reality is that regardless of what direction is taken in life a ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013