Desiree Stice
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Answered a Question in Guns, Germs, and Steel
Diamond explains that it is unlikely that Native Americans would have overthrown their traditional nomadic hunting-gathering existence to settle down into a sedentary food-producing way of life... -
Answered a Question in The Count of Monte Cristo
After taking leave of Albert and his family, Monte Cristo purchases a summerhouse in Auteuil. The summerhouse was once the site of Villefort and Madame Danglars's affair and is where they... -
Answered a Question in The Count of Monte Cristo
Though Valentine is in love with Maximilian, she knows her family will not approve of her marrying someone so common. She instead finds herself engaged to Franz d'Epinay, who is of an... -
Answered a Question in The Lovely Bones
I agree with the previous post. The movie made Jack out to be a hero, but in the book I felt he just needed to let things go. I actually sympathized more with Abigail. She was not... -
Answered a Question in Literature
I think part of my problem with Tony as antihero is that he never actually proves himself to be a "relatively good fella". He claims to want to improve himself, but every time he has an... -
Answered a Question in The Face on the Milk Carton
When the story begins, Janie is a fun-loving, silly, dreamy 15-year-old girl. She yearns for romance and excitement, and attempts to make herself seem more exotic by altering her name on... -
Answered a Question in The Face on the Milk Carton
The climax in the book takes place in chapter 17. Janie places a summary of the details of her kidnapping in one of the envelopes she had typed her return address onto in typing class.... -
Answered a Question in The Face on the Milk Carton
The falling action in the book occurs after Lizzie has explained Janie's kidnapping to the Johnsons. As Janie's parents process the information, we watch them experience intense, conflicting... -
Answered a Question in Literature
I say Steinbeck as well. His writing is something I experience with my entire body. When reading Of Mice and Men, for example, I had what felt like a rock in my stomach for the entire... -
Answered a Question in A Room of One's Own
When William Shakespeare's fictitious sister Judith goes to London, she most certainly does not meet with his success (though she was born every bit as gifted as her brother). Men laugh at...