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Guns, Germs, and Steel

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, why did people who lived on an east-west axis become the world's conquerors?

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Guide to Literary Terms

Define 'Novel'. Mention some of its common features.

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Into the Wild

From Into the Wild, how is transcendentalism important to Chris McCandless?

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, how does Diamond address the issues he discusses in the last few pages of the last...

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A Streetcar Named Desire

In A Streetcar Named Desire, who is the real Blanche: the innocent and charming lady or the degenerate and...

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Peace Like a River

What are some important themes in Peace Like a River by Leif Enger?

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

What question is Jared Diamond trying to answer in Guns, Germs, and Steel?

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

What are the main points of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond?

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Fahrenheit 451

What are 10 symbols in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury?I'm doing a project which calls for 10 symbols. I...

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

According to Guns, Germs, and Steel, what is it about the Americas that made the spread of food production more...

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Rocket Boys

How is the setting of Coalwood prominent in Rocket Boys?

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The Count of Monte Cristo

In The Count of Monte Cristo, after the Count tells Mercedes that "the sins of the fathers shall fall upon...

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

In what part of Guns, Germs, and Steel does Diamond tell you what his sources of information are?

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

What is the role of the supernatural in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream ?

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Night

In Night, how does the "face of the camp" change on the morning of the evacuation?

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Night

What is the nature of the relationship between Eliezer and Moshe the Beadle?

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Night

How does Eliezer change throughout the book?What are some examples in the book that you could give me?

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Night

What are the names of the 5 concentration camps in the book?

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Night

Who was Madame Schächter in the novel Night?

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Night

Elie Wiesel's Night stands as the most popular Holocaust memoir ever written. What makes Wiesel's book stand...

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Night

In Night by Elie Wiesel, how do the small joys and kindnesses that Eliezer describes illustrate the theme of...

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Night

In the story Night, why did Elie react differently to the hanging of the “youth from Warsaw” than to the...

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Night

In Eli Wiesel's novel Night, what is a theme from the beginning of the book, the one from the middle of the...

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Night

In Night by Elie Wiesel, what were the only things in which Eliezer took an interest?

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Mockingjay

In Mockingjay, why did President Snow leave Katniss the white rose?

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Mockingjay

What are some objects that are symbolic in the book Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

How has Katniss changed throughout Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

How would you describe one of the main settings in Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

How did Gale change throughout Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

What causes Peeta to change throughout Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

How does President Snow change throughout Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

Describe a literary element or device in the book Mockingjay.please provide a quote and how does the use of the...

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Mockingjay

How would I decribe the personality of Katniss in Mockingjay?

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Mockingjay

Are there lessons in Mockingjay?

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

In what ways can Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray be seen as an "Irish national tale"?

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

In his preface to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Oscar Wilde says that "art is quite useless". What does he mean...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Who is at fault for the tragedy of Dorian Gray?Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

What does Lord Henry say is the "one thing worth having"? (p.24)The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Is the murder of Basil Oscar Wilde's attempt to convince us of Dorian's utter desparity in the novel, The...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

How does Dorian Gray lose his concept of morality throughout the novel?The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Does Oscar Wilde, in The Picture of Dorian Gray,  use "sins" as a euphemism for homosexuality?

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

What message does Oscar Wilde send to readers in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, why does Oscar Wilde depict homosexuality/overall sexuality in an ambigious...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

How does the portrait influence Dorian's sense of his own beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Why did Watson go to the Baskerville estate near Grimpen Mire, and what did he find out there?

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, what job did Sherlock Holmes assign to the boy Cartwright and why?It is from...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

How does the setting of the novel contribute to or detract from the overall effectiveness of the story?Please...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

To what extent is The Hound of the Baskervilles a "whodunit"and to what extent is it a gothic horror?I have...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Who is the narrator in the book The Hound of the Baskervilles?

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, why does Watson’s heart leap when he reads a note in the stone hut?Note...

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