David Morrison
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B.A. Law with extensive knowledge of and expertise in English Literature, History, and Philosophy.
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Answered a Question in The Pearl
As a moral parable, Steinbeck's The Pearl doesn't have much dialog. But the little it does have is hugely significant and tells us a lot about the characters in the story. Primarily, Steinbeck uses... -
Answered a Question in Kidnapped
Young David Balfour's father has recently passed away. He left his son nothing but a letter of introduction to his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour. The name Ebenezer conjures up images of the famous old... -
Answered a Question in Patti Smith
The World Book Encyclopedia is very important to Patti Smith in "Off the Shelf." So much so, in fact, that she's prepared to steal a copy from the store, where the first volume of the encyclopedia... -
Answered a Question in Marigolds
As for many people living through the Great Depression, life is extremely tough for Lizabeth and her family. Lizabeth's father is out of work, like millions of other people across the country.... -
Answered a Question in Dubliners
Social, intellectual, and cultural paralysis; together, they constitute the main theme of Dubliners, Joyce's renowned collection of short stories. As both a man and artist, Joyce didn't feel at... -
Answered a Question in Sleep
In his poem "Sleep," Kenneth Slessor deals with sleep on both a literal and a metaphorical level. On a literal level, sleep is illustrated by the unborn child sleeping inside its mother's womb, a... -
Answered a Question in Woodsong
Camping out in the wilderness has more than its fair share of challenges. But one of the biggest is dealing with bears. It's springtime, and the bears have just emerged from hibernation. As one can... -
Answered a Question in The Swiss Family Robinson
For a long time, Fritz has been looking very closely at a large object in the water. He asks his father to steer towards it so that he can get a better look at it. When his father goes to the... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
The noble warrior Beowulf has taken on and defeated many mighty opponents in his time; one only has to think of Grendel and his mother. But on this particular occasion, he's bitten off more than he... -
Answered a Question in Just Mercy
Though still only a young lawyer, Bryan Stevenson has already learned quite a lot about dealing with clients on death row. One of the most important things that he's learned is to accept what his... -
Answered a Question in An Astrologer's Day
The eponymous astrologer plies his trade beneath the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree, where he sits each day, resplendent in his saffron-colored turban and with his head painted and smeared... -
Answered a Question in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Storytelling is presented to us in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as being an essential part of African American culture. It performs a number of vital functions, all of which conduce to the cohesion... -
Answered a Question in Soldier's Home
Harold's experiences of war have not dimmed his attraction to the opposite sex. He enjoys admiring the young ladies of his hometown, with their beautiful faces and fancy clothes. What's more, he'd... -
Answered a Question in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
It's no exaggeration to say that the Logan family in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry would have nothing without hope. Hope is all they have. An African American family living in a society riddled from... -
Answered a Question in Self-Reliance
In "Self-Reliance," as elsewhere in his work, Emerson privileges instinct and feelings over reason. He does this because he sees such an irrational approach to life as being the one most conducive... -
Answered a Question in Emily Dickinson
The news to which Emily Dickinson refers in “I'll tell you how the Sun rose” is the dawning of a new day. The word “news” is particularly appropriate here for two reasons. First of all, because a... -
Answered a Question in Happy Endings
To some extent, the various scenarios that make up Margaret Atwood's "Happy Endings" are less important than how they end. Whether the variations on John and Mary's relationship are happy or sad,... -
Answered a Question in Soldier's Home
It's almost certain that Hemingway intended for the title of his short story "Soldier's Home" to be ambiguous and to be interpreted in different ways. The most obvious meaning of the title is that... -
Answered a Question in Julie of the Wolves
As we learn right at the start of Julie of the Wolves Miyax is lost. Not only that, but she's hungry and has been without food for "many sleeps" on the North Slope of Alaska. Miyax never believed... -
Answered a Question in Astrophil and Stella
To be clear from the outset, Stella is not the “fairest book of nature” herself, but she is certainly a very important part of it. The speaker of the sonnet invites anyone who wishes to observe a... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Scott has flunked his math test, and he blames his teacher, Mrs. Whitman, for this. He also blames her for missing out on a trip to Yellowstone that would've been his reward for passing the... -
Answered a Question in The Fighting Ground
Initially, Jonathan is too young and naive to understand what war entails. Far from seeing war as a terrible thing that always leads to death and suffering, he looks upon it through rose-tinted... -
Answered a Question in Eating Poetry
If we take Mark Strand's “Eating Poetry” as an extended metaphor for the joys of reading, then we can certainly see the reaction of the librarian to the speaker's devouring of books in ironic... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
When Viola, who at this point in the play is still disguised as Cesario, says that her father had a daughter who loved a man, she is, of course, referring to herself and her love for Duke Orsino.... -
Answered a Question in As You Like It
The above lines come from Jaques's famous "Seven Ages of Man" monologue, addressed to Duke Senior in act 2, scene 7 of As You Like It. In this, he refers to different stages in a man's life. When... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Given that the original book on which the play is based is written from Christopher's point of view, it would've been impossible for Simon Stephens—or anyone else for that matter—to have written a... -
Answered a Question in The Return of the Native
Clym Yeobright is a complicated character, and his treatment of women doesn't always invite unstinting admiration. At various times, he gives the impression that Egdon Heath is more important than... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
It's never explicitly spelled out exactly what Christopher's condition is, but it shows all the hallmarks of autism. That being the case, Christopher, as with many people on the autistic scale,... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Growing up is hard to do, as they say. But it's particularly hard if, like Christopher, you happen to be autistic. Christopher experiences the world in a way different from those who aren't... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
In the play, as in the original book on which the play is based, the protagonist, Christopher, a teenage boy with autism, must overcome his fears of a world from which he is separated by his... -
Answered a Question in A Tiger for Malgudi
The eponymous tiger of the story, who will later be known as Raja, takes his duties as a father very seriously indeed. He helps his mate raise their cubs together, keeping watch over them in their... -
Answered a Question in A Man for All Seasons
In A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt presents us with a protagonist, Sir Thomas More, who is a man of utmost integrity, a man whose identity remains fundamentally unchanged despite the enormous... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
It's act 1, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, and Tybalt, as is often the case, is acting like a very angry young man. Tybalt is absolutely furious that Romeo, a member of the rival Montague clan, has... -
Answered a Question in An Astrologer's Day
One of the things we learn about the astrologer in Narayan's story is that he's not quite what he seems. Later on in the story, for instance, we will discover that, back in the day, he brutally... -
Answered a Question in The Face on the Milk Carton
Janie's noticed that her bedroom has been getting a bit cluttered lately, so she figures it's time to clear some things out. That means putting the stuff she no longer needs up in the attic. It's... -
Answered a Question in When Rain Clouds Gather
Makhaya, the protagonist of When Rain Clouds Gather, is quite a complex character, which only serves to make him more interesting. Inevitably, this means that there's a good side and a bad side to... -
Answered a Question in The Veldt
As a skilled writer, Bradbury knows that it's always more effective to suggest than to be explicit, to imply rather than spell something out in bright, primary colors. And that is precisely the... -
Answered a Question in The Vicar of Wakefield
If we wish to see a prime illustration of Christian virtue in The Vicar of Wakefield, we need look no further than the title character himself, Dr. Charles Primrose. Though perhaps a little too... -
Answered a Question in R. K. Narayan
Raju is a professional pickpocket and always on the lookout for his next victim. One day, while hanging around the marketplace, he sees a man wearing a green blazer. Amid all the turbans, shirts,... -
Answered a Question in Candida
A Shavian Woman can be described as a feminist ideal common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Also known as a New Woman, a Shavian Woman is a highly intelligent female, someone... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
It becomes patently obvious quite early on in the story that Piggy's not really cut out for life on a desert island. For one thing, he's not physically robust enough to withstand the numerous... -
Answered a Question in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
There are numerous examples of the traumatic impact of prejudice and discrimination in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. But one of the most significant—and disturbing—comes in the shocking treatment... -
Answered a Question in The Last Leaf
In the middle of a freezing cold New York winter, Johnsy, like so many others, has been brought low with a nasty case of pneumonia. As well as having a dramatic impact on her physical health, as... -
Answered a Question in The Nightingale and the Rose
As most of us realize at some point in our lives, love isn't all wine and roses. In "The Nightingale and the Rose," the hapless, lovelorn student finds that out to his cost. He's deeply in love... -
Answered a Question in Games at Twilight
Though the early part of “Games at Twilight” is written from a third-person standpoint, later on, the narrative shifts its focus to the boy Ravi's consciousness after he hides in an abandoned shed... -
Answered a Question in Vanka
The poor little waif Vanka has been so poorly treated by his master, the shoemaker, and his wife. They scold him, beat him, make him do all kinds of unpleasant chores, and generally treat him like... -
Answered a Question in Matilda
By anyone's standards, Matilda is a very special child. By the age of eighteen months, she is able to speak perfectly and has a much wider vocabulary than most adults. Not that this impresses her... -
Answered a Question in The Gettysburg Address
In one line of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln uses the words dedicated and consecrated almost synonymously. He says, "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate ... this... -
Answered a Question in Rules of the Game
In Amy Tan's "The Rules of the Game," we are treated to a monumental battle of wills between Waverly and her formidable mother, Lindo. To a considerable extent, this battle is a direct consequence... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
"Wolf" by Keki N. Daruwalla is one of many poems that deal with the powerful effect of the natural world upon the imagination. When the speaker of "Wolf" was a boy, his dreams and imagination were...
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