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Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart
The outcasts, as their status implies, have no place of acceptance or community in the Ibolands. They become interested in converting to Christianity early on in the story, when they hear how other... -
Answered a Question in Literature
In her essay "By Any Other Name," Santha Rama Rau references Shakespeare’s famous lines "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet." In other words, no... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff and Rainsford are both avid hunters, but they differ in one vital principle: the value of human life. When Rainsford falls off of a yacht and ends up on Zaroff’s island, Zaroff is at... -
Answered a Question in The Pearl
Kino knows of many songs from his people, but the song most prevalent in the first section of "The Pearl" is the Song of the Family. The songs in the story are not necessarily music as it is... -
Answered a Question in Langston Hughes
Nancy Lee retains her sense of pride because of Miss O’Shay’s words to her after it is revealed that she was declined the Art Club scholarship. Miss O’Shay is “indignant” that the offer is... -
Answered a Question in Night
In his preface to Night, Elie Wiesel contemplates why he wrote about his experiences—why it was important for him to record and share them. At the end of this preface, he says the following: The... -
Answered a Question in We Wear the Mask
Paul Lawrence Dunbar was an African American poet writing in the 19th and 20th centuries. In "We Wear the Mask," Dunbar writes about the black American experience of hiding true pain and suffering... -
Answered a Question in The Last Leaf
When Johnsy falls ill with pneumonia and fails to show any sign of recovery, the doctor visits and tells Sue the following: "She has one chance in—let us say, ten," he said, as he shook down the... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
“Poem for Mothers” begins describing an overarching role for women in society, one that is fundamentally self-sacrificing: Strong women, Gluing together, Families for absent fathers. The poet her... -
Answered a Question in The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
The primary characters of “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” are the unnamed narrator, Sheila Mant, and the bass that the narrator fails to catch. There are a few minor characters mentioned,... -
Answered a Question in The Yellow Wallpaper
While the narrator of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is not named, she is nonetheless a round and dynamic character. Round characters have complex traits and are generally... -
Answered a Question in The Lady of Shalott
Everything we know in Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott" we learn from the narrator, who tells the story from a third-person omniscient perspective. The narrator informs us early on that a... -
Answered a Question in The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Granny Weatherall is first jilted by George many years before when he fails to show up for their wedding. On this occasion, she was left alone with a priest and it leaves an indelible mark on her.... -
Answered a Question in The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant
In “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant,” the narrator is a fourteen-year-old boy who develops an intense crush on his neighbor Sheila. He spends a large part of the summer attempting to catch her... -
Answered a Question in Called Out
Let’s look at this metaphor in context. In “Called Out,” Barbara Kingsolver writes about desert wildflowers that tend to bloom unpredictably. In the year 1998, these wildflowers bloomed... -
Answered a Question in The Scarlet Letter
Roger Chillingworth is a definitive villain in The Scarlett Letter, and his name is meant to reflect his evil character. As a husband, he pays no attention to his wife Hester, instead choosing to... -
Answered a Question in Black Beauty
Black Beauty is told using a first-person point of view from the perspective of the titular horse. It is an autobiographical memoir, meaning that Black Beauty is telling his story as he looks back... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Jack is first seen heading toward Ralph and Piggy with a group of boys (the choir). The narrator tells us, The boy who controlled them was dressed in the same way, though his cap badge was golden.... -
Answered a Question in The Life You Save May Be Your Own
One of the main conflicts in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is internal. Internal conflicts arise within the mind of a character—they comprise some mental or psychological struggle. The reader... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Haywood presents a critical view of patriarchal society in Fantomina. In the story, female identity and individuality are rendered unviable by patriarchy. The fact that the protagonist is... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
The title “Lamb to the Slaughter” can be interpreted in multiple ways. Throughout the course of the story, the reader gains insight into how both Mary and her husband are “slaughtered,” though in... -
Answered a Question in Lamb to the Slaughter
After Mary kills her husband and ensures that she has an alibi, she gets officials involved, calling the very detectives that her husband worked with to the scene of the crime. As the detectives... -
Answered a Question in Bless Me, Ultima
The owl in Bless Me Ultima is seen from the beginning as an entity attached to Ultima, the curandera who comes to live with the family at the story’s start. She is a traditional healer and a source... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
In “Harrison Bergeron,” the characters live in a society of extreme restrictions. They wear what are termed “handicaps,” objects or accessories meant to restrict them in some way. If beautiful in... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
In “Harrison Bergeron,” the narrator utilizes a third-person omniscient point of view. Unlike first-person (in which the narrator uses “I” or “we” and is directly involved in the story) or...