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Answered a Question in The River
In Gary Paulsen's The River, the protagonist Brian is an intelligent and resourceful young man who uses his wits and intelligence to survive in the wilderness. Brian recalls looking at the map with... -
Answered a Question in The Metamorphosis
Depending on the edition of "The Metamorphosis" that you have, the page in which Gregor Samsa's father throws an apple at him will vary. Since "The Metamorphosis" is a canonical and widely-studied... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby features a marvelous cast of characters, with each character having a unique and memorable personality. In chapter one of the novel, Fitzgerald skilfully... -
Answered a Question in Sherman Alexie
In Sherman Alexie's touching essay "Superman And Me," the writer discusses the idea of the "smart Indian." The essay revolves around Alexie's perception that people expected him and other members... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
In Catcher of the Rye, Phoebe Caulfield is a representation of what Holden considers to be innocence. Throughout the novel, Holden struggles to connect with the adults and teenagers that he... -
Answered a Question in The Outsiders
In The Outsiders, Ponyboy expresses great interest in living in the country. To Ponyboy, living in the country is an escapist fantasy to get away from the depressing and violent life that he lives... -
Answered a Question in The Tin Drum
Guenter Grass's 1959 masterpiece The Tin Drum follows Oskar Matzerath, a boy who lives in Poland through World War II. Grass places Oskar in the midst of several historical political events, such... -
Answered a Question in The Tempest
Throughout his career as a poet and playwright, William Shakespeare was no stranger to utilizing various forms of real-life (Richard III, Julius Caesar) and artistic inspiration for his work. Of... -
Answered a Question in Rumble Fish
At the beginning of Rumble Fish, Rusty-James is spending time on the beach, having recently gotten out of the reformatory. On the beach, Rusty-James runs into his old friend Steve. The novel... -
Answered a Question in The Judgment
In Franz Kafka's short story "The Judgment," Georg Bendemann, "a young merchant," has a disagreement with his authoritative father. Georg aims to speak to his father about a friend who has recently... -
Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea
In Hemingway's novella The Old Man and the Sea, the old fisherman Santiago battles for his life after being taken out to sea by a massive marlin that he had intended to catch. The entire work... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the two conspirators Cassius and Brutus have drastically different reasons for planning to kill Caesar. Cassius's main reason for planning Caesar's murder is his... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
For a good chunk of The Stranger, the protagonist Meursault has absolutely no dread or anxiety in any regards of his life. After killing an Arab man, Meursault shows neither satisfaction nor... -
Answered a Question in The Stranger
Throughout Camus's The Stranger the themes of choices and freedom remain pervasive. The protagonist Meursault maintains an absurdist point of view on life, feeling very minimally affected by the... -
Answered a Question in The Signal-Man
In Charles Dickens's "The Signal-Man" an unnamed narrator meets a railway signalman who tells of a story in which he, the signalman, frequently encounters a strange specter who serves as an omen of... -
Answered a Question in The Call of the Wild
In Jack London's Call of the Wild, Buck is a sled dog who, because of his physical prowess, is taken from the comfort of his home by ruthless dog sellers who beat him into submission with a club.... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
In The Odyssey, Zeus does not frequently appear; yet, when he does, he certainly utilizes his significant influence. In a sense, Zeus even sets forth the entire plot of The Odyssey, for, after... -
Answered a Question in The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 is one of the most recognizable and essential novels in postmodern literature. Apart from the many thematic elements—paranoia, uncertainty, etc.—that make The... -
Answered a Question in Tangerine
In Tangerine by Edward Bloor, Mike Costello and Joey Costello are brothers. Early on in the novel, Mike is electrocuted to death by a bolt of lightning. Joey, out of love and care for his brother,... -
Answered a Question in Holes
In Louis Sachar's Holes, Stanley Yelnats eventually escapes Camp Green Lake shortly after his closest friend Zero goes missing. Eventually, the two boys reunite near a mountain and begin their... -
Answered a Question in Old Yeller
Depending on the edition you have, the exact amount of plot in 34 pages may differ slightly. The following summary of the first 34 pages was taken from my edition, so be aware that there might be a... -
Answered a Question in Black Holes and Baby Universes
In his book Black Holes and Baby Universes, the late, great Stephen Hawking offers a wide selection of lectures, essays, and personal musings. In addition to talking strictly about his scientific... -
Answered a Question in Every Man in His Humour
In the 1598 English play Every Man and His Humour, Kitely is a merchant. An often comic character, Kitely is slightly paranoid and often neurotic. After having disagreements with the disrespectful... -
Answered a Question in The Castle
As you've already stated, Kafka's The Castle contains many different themes, and, as a result, it can be interpreted in several different ways. While themes of bureaucratic absurdity, alienation,... -
Answered a Question in Rules
In Rules, by Cynthia Lord, the surname of David and Catherine is never actually given. Yet, by doing a little research, it can be presumed that David's last name could actually be Lord, due to the... -
Answered a Question in Breakfast of Champions
There are many characteristics of postmodernism that appear in Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions; metafiction, self-reflection, formal deconstruction, and existentialist philosophy are a handful of... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
Even though Julius Caesar is the titular character of the play, and while his death surely is a tragic one, he is not to be considered the play's tragic hero. The title of tragic hero is more... -
Answered a Question in A Farewell to Arms
Hemingway's Farewell To Arms deals frequently with the topic of war, masculinity, death, existentialism, and love. The novel's main theme, however, seems to be mankind's inescapable placement... -
Answered a Question in No Exit
While the particularity of the colors themselves don't seem to have any obvious symbolic meaning, the fact that the colors are different shows a symbolic difference between the characters. Each... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
In chapter seven of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Roger is a character who exists primarily in the background. He offers little to no dialogue and does not seemingly drive the plot forward.... -
Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart
In chapter 3 of Things Fall Apart, the reader is let into Okonkwo's past and given insight as to how Okonkwo became a successful yam farmer. When Okonkwo was a young man, he was born into nothing;... -
Answered a Question in 1984
Winston's ulcer frequently affects him during his mundane daily life in abiding by the seemingly pointless party rules, most particularly due to his sexual chastity. When Winston represses... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Throughout Fahrenheit 451, the idea of censorship and its consequential dangers is often brought about. In the futuristic dystopian society of Bradbury's novel, literature and all books are banned... -
Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart
In the Ibo culture, women have a tremendous amount of responsibility with little reward in return. They are required to cook, clean, raise children, and remain sexually active with their husbands,... -
Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea follows the fisherman Santiago's fight against nature. He wrestles with a giant marlin, a mighty beast for which Santiago has the utmost admiration. The fish takes him out... -
Answered a Question in Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad utilizes ambiguity throughout Heart of Darkness through several methods. The first, and perhaps most significant, method of portraying ambiguity is Conrad's use of a frame narrative.... -
Answered a Question in The Grapes of Wrath
In Steinbeck's wonderful novel The Grapes of Wrath, the author frequently uses animals as symbols for the state of well-being of the family members; there are many examples of this throughout the... -
Answered a Question in Heart of Darkness
In Heart of Darkness, a frame story is presented to the reader as the narrator tells the reader of a time in which he and other men were on a boat with a gentleman named Charlie Marlow. This... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
In Orwell's Animal Farm, as in many other works of art and literature, seasons play a metaphorical and symbolic role. Spring, which is the time during which the animals commandeer the farm, often... -
Answered a Question in The Monk
When Mathilda corrupts and seduces Ambrosio—who was already by all means already on a road to corruption, with his eroticism of the religious painting—she shows a sort of modern-age, "liberated"... -
Answered a Question in Fight Club
The idea of using this Reader's Digest-style description of individual characteristics allows Palahniuk to dehumanize——or, perhaps, de-individualize——the narrator of the novel. A human being is... -
Answered a Question in All Quiet on the Western Front
As others have said before, there are at least two notable film versions of the novel, one of which was released in 1930 and the other in 1979. In terms of the Lewis Milestone-directed 1930... -
Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea
In The Old Man and the Sea, the old fisherman Santiago becomes obsessed with breaking his unlucky streak. Then he encounters a massive marlin that pulls him very far out from the shore. Out on the... -
Answered a Question in Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Asta is the name of Crispin's mother. Sadly, before the novel even begins, Asta is dead and Crispin mournfully attends her funeral with only a priest at his side. Crispin had nobody but his mother... -
Answered a Question in Waiting for Godot
Beckett's Waiting For Godot can be analyzed as a fantastic religious, spiritual, and philosophical allegory about man's futile search for a direct connection to God. As the two main characters in... -
Answered a Question in Hills Like White Elephants
Hemingway's excellent "Hills Like White Elephants" examines a young couple who weighs the possibility of getting an abortion. The two characters, the American and the girl, discuss the topic... -
Answered a Question in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
For one thing, by stating "this animal is definitely in the league with devils," the people who gather to see Esmeralda's trial are proving to be wholly superstitious. Recalling a witch-hunt... -
Answered a Question in Stephen King
In Stephen King's novella "The Body" (which was fantastically adapted for the 1986 film Stand By Me), a group of young boys sets out on a quest to find the corpse of a missing young boy named Ray... -
Answered a Question in Topdog/Underdog
In Topdog/Underdog, it could easily be argued that of the two brothers, Booth and Lincoln, either is the true protagonist. However, when we consider what makes a protagonist a... -
Answered a Question in Monster
There is a relentless brutality in the prison system that terrifies Steve Harmon. Especially since Steve is a young man, if not still a boy, he is particularly affected by the violence, hatred, and...
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