Charlene Hennika

There are several important literary elements in this story.  The first one is point of view. This story is told in a flashback, but the actual narrator is unknown.  This makes the reader...

The songs mimic the tone of the novel, and they also serve as an entry, if you will, into Kino's mind.  He himself does not speak much, but the songs serve as a portal to what he is thinking...

We can also apply lessons from The Pearl to the issues between upper and lower class citizens. Kino and his family were taken advantage of by those with more education and more worldly...

Definitely focus your attention on the last chapter. There are many similes and metaphors used that depict Kino as an animal. Also, the setting helps this as well. They are in the mountains in a...

My students said NO WAY! Yes, they found him wily and clever, but they did not find him admirable at all. Here are a few reasons: When Odysseus is "stuck between Charybdis and Scylla," he chooses...

I think it was so much fun to teach! It offered the opportunity to teach all of the Greek mythology tied into it, and without a background in Greek myths, students will miss all of the allusions...

These two fight so that the audience can see how deep this feud actually runs! Can you imagine joining in a family feud...even if you were not part of either family? That's how these two are! The...

Hello! First you must decide whether you agree or disagree with bariatric surgery as a weight-loss procedure. In your thesis statement, you must have two things: first, your opinion and second,your...

It is considered romantic because the two young lovers go to any length they need to in order to be together. Regardless of drastic measures (taking a sleep potion to fake your own death! climbing...

The Diary of Anne Frank or Zlata's Diary (a young girl in Croatia during the time of ethnic cleansing there--she is considered the modern day Anne Frank) may be better choices. I think if Night is...

Sighet was such a peaceful and quiet town; who would believe such violence and hate existed? Moishe was also not someone in town that was considered a trusted source, so it was much easier to...

In his speech "The Perils of Indifference," Weisel states that "the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference". It is when we, as human beings, look directly at the suffering of another...

Frankie ends up in the hospital because he contracts Typhoid Fever. It is in the hospital where he is first exposed to great literature--in fact, it is where he first learns about Shakespeare. He...

Calpurnia is black, and presumably she lives near the other black residents of Maycomb in "the Quarters". This part of town consists of rather neat, tidy, but very small cabins out past the city...

You are referring to the events of chapter 15. In Chapter 15, Atticus leaves the house early in the evening, as you said, to keep watch over Tom Robinson while he is in the Maycomb Jail. The trial...

I don't find it humorous or frightening, per se, but if I had to choose between those two, I'd say frightening. I pick frightening because inside all of us is a Mdme. Loisel in that we all want...

No. He needed to go through all of his personal pain and misery so that he could realize what was truly important to him all on his own. Oftentimes we have to delve deep into our own self-induced...

Don't give up on this book no matter how long it takes you to read it! I know it's hard to read, but wow! The story is amazing and the characters are so real. The strategy I use is to figure out...

The Color Purple is a good example of this; Celie, the protagonist, is physically, verbally and mentally abused by her husband, Mister_________.  In this book, Harpo tries to use violence to...

The main way that pathos is created in the audience is through the interviews that he conducts with people in McCandless's life. In particular, two interview sessions produce the most sadness and...

What about "Waiting on the World to Change" by John Mayer. I think this describes the townspeople of Maycomb in the sense that they are waiting for the world to change, but are not really...

First, what is your argument? That single moms should finish their education? That single moms need to receive more benefits from the state? That single moms are the hardest workers? Your thesis...

The house, at the end of the story, basically summarizes Bradbury's idea that technology will be the end of humans; we'll destroy ourselves. The last view of the house, to me, serves as a warning;...

There are several different conflicts present in this story. The first and most pronounced is the human v. human conflict between Ms. Washington and Roger. He tries to steal her purse and she drags...

When people ask for the meaning of a story, they are oftentimes really looking for the theme of the story. The theme of the story is the universal message that the author wants you, the reader, to...

For starters, Ali and Hassan are members of a "lesser" religion, which does not allow for them to have any financial or social standing. In Afghanistan, if you are Hazara, you are destined to be...

The answer to this depends upon whose journey you are focusing. In relation to Amir's journey to find Sorhab, it is situationally ironic that it is Assef keeping Sorhab "prisoner". The same man who...

Amir experiences several feelings all at once. First, he is angry with his father. He is angry because he always felt as if his father favored Hassan over him, and sometimes even felt his father...

Because Zach is African-American and Lilly is Caucasian, their "friendship" and eventually their love is taboo because of the time period. Keep in mind that this novel is set in the deep south, so...

Question deals with the connotation and denotation of the author's words. For the denotation of the words, all three--house, home and dwelling--have very similar meanings--they are places in which...

Initially Celie writes her letters to God, but after she loses faith in her religion, she pens the majority of her letters to her sister Nettie. She and Nettie are separated when Celie is...

He was probably given the name "Silky Bob" because silk is a smooth, slick material--attributes that this man had--he was a mobster, a criminal of some sort. His nickname implies that he was smooth...

Although Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones (I love that name!) at first appears rather rough and gruff, the things she says to Roger and the way she reacts to him as the story progresses paints a...

First, remember that this poem is being narrated by Annabel Lee's husband, so what you are really asking is what does the narrator say Annabel Lee lives for. Annabel's husband claims that she lives...

They don't! Generally they go naked! Remember that they are in the deep south and it is extremely hot and there is intense humidity! In several chapters, Huck says that he and Jim swim and lay out...

I love this book! I have recommended it to everyone. I literally laughed out loud at some of the passages in here. I love how completely honest and frank that Junior is about his life and about the...

I love this book! The main character Junior goes through both internal and external conflict: INTERNAL CONFLICTS occur when a character is arguing with him/herself over some sort moral or ethical...

Emily Dickinson used three types of rhyme: First is exact rhyme. Take the poem "Because I Could Not Stop For Death," for example. Examples of exact rhyme is me/Immortality in the first stanza. She...

Here is how the boys compare: They are both approximately the same age and grew up in the same area in MO. They are best friends and both have a strong liking for adventure. On one adventure, they...

A paradox is either a statement or group of statements that, at first, seem to contradict each other. Even though at first it may seem contradictory--they can't be true at the same time!--they do...

Not in my opinion! He basically does whatever the women in his life tell him to do...including to attempt suicide! People generally consider him to be spineless and weak--he basically wants to...

I would say the primary goal is to inform--I think Chopin had a much greater message than 'don't be happy someone else is dead'. By all respects, Mrs. Mallard looked to have a lovely little life...

I'm not sure you can say that 2 characters change--seems to me that Huck is the only dynamic character in this story and that the rest of them stay static or unchanged. Huck goes from a simple...

I think that what you are asking is whether or not There Will Come Soft Rains has a moral to it? Yes, yes it does! The story by Bradbury as well as the poem by Teasdale (both with the same title)...

This is a critical moment in the book. The daughter, with this one sentence, begins to understand that her mother had an entire life before she was ever born. This first husband was completely...

I think the quote that you are referring to just means that he liked "hanging with the guys". Doesn't seem like Homer was the marrying type--I think you'd be more likely to find him at the local...

That depends--if you think that the climax is where Luella drags the boy home instead of calling the police on him, then the rising action would be all of the events leading up to that time. For...

Whitman ushered in a whole new era of poetry! Out with rhyme scheme, out with meter, out with structured stanzas! The poets before him were heavily influenced by British poetry, but good ol' Walt...

I always interpret it that he is speaking to the reader. It sort of ties in with the piece from The Inferno at the beginning of the poem--to paraphrase, if I thought you'd ever get out of here, I'd...

Prufrock is so relatable even to today's society! So many people put on faces to meet the faces that we meet (not exact quote, sorry) and pretend to be things that we are not just so we can fit in...