Dana Butler

In Chapter 26, Scout reflects on her earlier behavior towards Boo Radley. She thinks about how it was unkind of the children to try to peer through his windows and catch sight of him because he...

During the first World War, Erik Vandenburg and Hans Hubermann forge a friendship. Erik teaches Hans to play the accordion and the two men enjoy one another's company very much. Aside from teaching...

Towards the end of The Giver, Jonas has received many memories and learned many truths about the community in which he has grown up. He has become very attached to the baby, Gabriel, who has been...

Of Mice and Men is considered to be an American classic, perhaps because it embodies a relationship that many people can relate to but also one that is not often shared. At the end of the...

The story ends with Hazel and George watching television. They have just seen their son Harrison get shot for claiming to be the Emperor, stripping himself of his handicaps and dancing with a...

According to Kurt Vonnegut, in order to have complete equality amongst all people there must be no individuality. Vonnegut shows this by the use of the handicaps. No one can be better than anyone...

Hazel does not have any handicaps because she is already completely average. She must be average looking, have average intelligence, and have average strength and speed. Due to all of these average...

In "Harrison Bergeron," Hazel and George are two regular citizens of the new society. In this society, people are all equal. They must have handicaps placed on them to ensure complete equality. For...

In the short story "Harrison Bergeron," George has a very intense handicap. Every ten seconds or so there is an incredibly loud noise played in his ear that disrupts all of his thoughts. Hazel was...

Things Fall Apart has three primary themes. The first theme is the conflict between evolution and tradition. Many of the villagers are looking forward to new opportunities but are also afraid of...

An anachronism occurs when a thing appears in a time period other than the one in which it was appropriately used. For example, the use of a telegraph machine in a story set in the future would...

In the opening chapters of Animal Farm, the animals rebel against the cruel leadership of the farmer and take over the farm themselves. The pigs establish themselves as the leaders, and one pig...

Towards the end of Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Stephanie tells Jem about Boo Radley and his family. She tells the story of when Boo stabbed his father in the leg, but his father...

In the book The Giver, there is a new event or privilege at each age ceremony. Some of these include having buttons on the back of one's coat or receiving a bicycle. At the age of nine...

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are three of the world's major religions. The largest similarity between these three religions is that they are all monotheistic. This means that each of these...

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Bruno makes several claims and observations about his older sister Gretel. He often refers to her as the "hopeless case," meaning that he does not think she will...

Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer in the 1400s. Unfortunately, there is very little information about his wife. Her name remains a mystery. It is possible that records exist in Portugal...

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, loneliness is one of the primary themes. George and Lennie manage to stave off loneliness for much of the book because they have each other, thus demonstrating the...

In The Help, I believe that there are two protagonists. I feel that Aibileen and Skeeter are both protagonists. A protagonist in a story is the leading or main character. I feel that it is too...

In a work of literature, the rising action begins at the start of the story and is the information and events that occur as the story reaches the climax. In Bud, Not Buddy, the rising action begins...

An autobiography is an account of one's life written by oneself. This means that if you wrote an autobiography, the person who is the topic of the paper would be you! As far as characteristics of...

Chapter 10 in To Kill a Mockingbird is dedicated to showing how Jem and Scout view their father, Atticus. At the beginning of the chapter, Scout complains that her father is nothing like her...

The movie and the book both portray the sense of adventure that is so inherent in the lives of the Maclean brothers. While the plot line of the movie does follow the plot of the book, there are...

The mockingbird in To Kill A Mockingbird symbolizes any person who is damaged or injured by evil or cruelty, resulting in a loss of innocence, an understanding of the brutal world, or even physical...

There is not one person who is credited with starting the Hippie Movement, but there are several social reasons why many young people during the 1960s and 1970s strayed away from the mainstream...

The role of women and children in the Qing Dynasty depended greatly on social class and rank. Overall, the home consisted of large extended family, all of whom played some sort of role in raising...

The first instance of foreshadowing in Chapter 27 is when Aunt Alexandra is telling Scout that she is too tired to go to her Halloween play. Aunt Alexandra stops in the middle of her sentence and...

Perhaps the most important symbol to discuss in To Kill A Mockingbird is the symbolism behind the mockingbird. The title is more than just a title but is a symbol for what is to come in the story....

The Egypt Game follows the story of Melanie Ross and April Hall, along with several other neighborhood children. They begin to play a game about the Egyptians in the Professor's backyard. While...

John Donne was born on January 22, 1572, and died on March 31, 1631. He is best known for a being a metaphysical poet. It is believed that John Donne had a tremendous amount of inner conflict that...