Hannah Annis

Owen's faith is strong and unwavering throughout the novel, while John's frequently shifts and fades. Owen believes that he has a higher purpose in life and that God has revealed to him exactly...

In the novel Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, a series of events leads to the conviction of Grace Marks as a murderer. Although not all of these are her own "mistakes" or bad decisions on her...

Theme statements should describe an argument, or the author's stance on a certain topic presented in the novel. A theme statement regarding the topic of communication in Speak might be: "The...

In The Way to Rainy Mountain, the story of Grandmother Spider and her adopted child is one of the Kiowa myths retold by Momaday, in the same oral tradition that the Kiowa have always passed...

The Middle Passage refers to one leg of a triangular trade route between Europe, Africa, and North America from the beginning of the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th. Specifically, the...

Quote: "A suddenness found its way onto his lips then, which were a corroded brown color and peeling, like old paint." Literary Device: simile Page:part 1, page 16 Explanation: This quote is a...

One major theme in Mahesh Dattani's play Tara is that of guilt. In this play, two conjoined twins are separated so that the male twin, Chandan, can live a normal life, but the female twin,...

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird discusses prejudice of many sorts and in many ways. The narrator, a young girl named Scout, has both youthful innocence and a father who tries to raise his children...

In Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," happiness and misery are juxtaposed in an extreme setting. In the city of Omelas, every person is happy: there is a festival atmosphere,...

The character of Beauplaisir in Eliza Haywood's Fantomina can be seen as both a victim and a villain. Fantomina herself victimizes him: she is in disguise when she meets him and sleeps with him and...

Theodore Taylor's The Cay is a survival story of a young boy and an old man. In Chapter 7, Phillip and Timothy have reached an island. Phillip's mood is constantly shifting throughout this chapter....

In the play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer commits the crime of forgery. She signs her father's signature to a loan document, although her father has passed away. Nora has two...

A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry, set in 1950s Chicago. Hansberry shows major change in many characters throughout this play. One of these characters is Walter. He is Mama's son,...

Stephen King's story "The Body" expands on many different themes, including storytelling and relationships, specifically family relationships in contrast with friendships. Storytelling is a simple...

In his essay, "On Saying 'Please,'" A.G. Gardiner discusses legal regulations versus social norms. Although no one is legally mandated to be courteous and well-mannered, it is generally expected of...

Look Back in Anger by John Osborne presents the uneven marriage between blue-collar Jimmy and his upper-class wife Alison. Jimmy is hot-tempered and frequently argues with Alison, once even wishing...

In The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Bilbo is a Hobbit on an adventure. At one point during the story, he must enter the lair of the dragon Smaug, underneath a mountain. When he enters, Smaug is...

Academic and non-academic writing usually differ in format, purpose, and tone. Popular forms of academic writing include essays, themes, research studies, and similar structured pieces. Academic...

Janie Johnson is the protagonist. She is 15 years old at the time of the incidents in the novel and is described as having bright red, curly hair. She discovers that she may have been kidnapped as...

The theme of "Geek Love," by Katherine Dunn, is the notion of normalcy in our society and various perceptions of it. The Binewski family is literally a group of carnival freaks, who do everything...

In Chapter Four of "The Jesuit Relations," Allan Greer speaks of both sides of the war. He discusses their methods of communicating when they wanted to create a truce, as well as their plans of...

This poem by Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay can be read as a commentary on the dynamics between the male and the female. Without context, the reader only has the unnamed "he" and "she" of the poem....

The theme of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" is the slow decline of the speaker into madness. This is developed in several ways. First, situationally. The protagonist hears a mysterious knocking...

It could be argued that Charlie's greatest friend and ally is Sam. Sam is the person who originally brings him into her friend group, makes him feel comfortable, and tries to help him have a better...

It is likely that Melinda truly feels this way at times. Melinda is having difficulty speaking up about a horrifying event that happened to her on the night of a summer party. She has lost friends...

The seven types of narrative conflict are Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Machine, and Man vs. Fate. In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the...

Melinda Sordino and Hester Prynne are both outcasts throughout their respective novels. Melinda is rejected by her peers because she called the cops on a party over the summer, and Hester is...

This chapter discussed the Scarecrow Principle, which means obtaining the necessary wisdom to solve problems within a business. First discussed is Toyota. Although described as one of the most...

In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, protagonist Charlie and his friend Patrick have an odd relationship. Charlie at first thinks that Patrick is dating his crush, Sam, but then finds out...

Chapter 21- Pollyanna is leaving John Pendleton's house and runs into Nancy, who makes her feel guilty for worrying her aunt. Pollyanna worries that her aunt no longer wants her around, but Nancy...

Zora Neale Hurston was widely known as a writer and political activist during the Harlem Renaissance. However, there were many things that contributed to her lack of success during her lifetime....

One theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is "there is good and evil in this world, and it is sometimes difficult to determine which is which." This is seen from the time Scout and Jem are...

Anne Frank was trapped in very small spaces with her sister, parents, another family, and another man for around two years. She was thirteen years old, which means she was entering adolescence....

The character Reese shows the reader a slightly different reaction to the family history and circumstances than is seen from Bone. Although they grow up in the same environment, Reese has a...

1. Do you think Friedman presents a balanced and accurate assessment of the current and future situation? Friedman attempts to be balanced by describing the negative effects of globalization,...

To answer this question, you must first remember that Romeo and Juliet were unaware of the complete truth. Juliet was under the impression that Romeo knew her plan to pretend to die, but Romeo...

In Roald Dahl's story The B.F.G., which is about a Big Friendly Giant, the BFG in question enjoys a drink called "Frobscottle." Frobscottle, he says, is a fizzy drink (this is what seems...

"Sentience" is a term used to describe having feelings or emotions. While plants are alive, they are not believed to have feelings. While animals seem to have reasoning skills, they are also not...

Irony is generally defined as being when something happens that is unexpected. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Edgar Allan Poe uses a technique called ironic reversal, which means that he...

The weather begins to build towards a storm as the narrator lies sleepless and scared in his bedroom, where: "The dark and tattered draperies, which, tortured into motion by the breath of a rising...

In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist is a girl named Melinda who is struggling with her identity throughout the book. One moment that is symbolic of this is the day...

Melinda describes David as her hero when he stands up for his beliefs in a class where the teacher implies some racist or intolerant ideas. He then compliments her for standing up for her own...

The first sign of depression in Speak is Melinda's insistence on being alone. She has lost her friends and does not try to make new ones. She will not speak to her parents or teachers unless...

A close look at the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers gives a great indication of class and status. The archetypal "servant" characters when Agatha Christie was writing her mysteries were people...

The exposition of a story is the background knowledge given to show the reader a general who, what, when, and where of the story's setting. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," Edgar Allan Poe gives many...

Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," is written in the first person. This means that the protagonist, or main character, writes from his own point of view, using words like "me,"...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote in a genre called "Gothic," which was intended to appeal to his audience in a similar way to modern horror movies. People enjoy being scared or "spooked," and Gothic writing...

When an author uses "sensory details," he is using the five senses - sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste - to give the reader a detailed and imaginative view of a scene. In "The Cask of...

In "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allen Poe, the author is using hyperbole in the quote, "I was so pleased to see him, that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand." Poe is...

Edgar Allen Poe uses all three types of irony - situational, verbal, and dramatic - in his short story "The Cask of Amontillado." Situational irony means that something about the situation is...