Gretchen Tressler

It is conjectured that admission costs were originally free, but changed once crowds became too large. As far as scholars and archaeologists can tell, anyone could attend the theatre performances...

When you write this request, make sure to use standard English and write in complete sentences. Have a greeting (like "Dear ____,"), a body (your request), closing ("Sincerely,") and your...

When I went back to the novel after reading your question to see which pages I had noted, I saw that I had marked this line: “Jacob winced. Flesh was not his commodity.” (22) However, those lines...

The title, Small Island, identifies both Jamaica and the United Kingdom simultaneously. The lives of the four main characters become intertwined because, as members of the same Commonwealth, they...

Regarding the title, "bones" represent both the brittle cane that the Haitian workers farm and the workers' own bodies that are "worked to the bone," so to say. The issue of parsley is more...

An experience that becomes thematic for some of the Afro-Caribbean male characters in this novel is that of being a "token" friend or lover for the white Londoners. For example, on page 109, Moses...

In this chapter narrated by an adolescent Patria, the image of the flame tree represents Patria herself--as a blossoming young woman. The flame tree shows its bright red flowers in the springtime...