Heather Orr

The existence of the colonies in The Handmaid's Tale implies several things. First it implies that parts of the world have been destroyed and rendered uninhabitable or toxic. It is implied that...

Have you asked your teacher? As an 8th English teacher I would be fine with a student chosing that novel for an indepedent project. However, if other students are going to be required to read it I...

Like any child, Jonas went to the ceremony with high hopes. He knew where he had volunteered and what his strengths were. How must he have felt recieving a position that no one he knew had ever...

At the beginning of the story Jimmy Valentine is being released from jail. He was a burglar, and very good at it. He returns to his old apartment and picks up his tools for cracking safes....

3. on some bright tomorrow they will come to the end of endurance. I would say this is irony. A bright tomorrow indicates a positive end. The end of endurance sounds defeated. 4. Don't substitute...

In the movie "Stardust" the protagonist Tristan and the star, Yvaine, stay together at an inn at the end of their long journey. Sex is assumed by the audience as it shows her bathing and him...

This is a tough one but I would say the climax of the story is the point where Philip breaks into tears because he can not sing the National Anthem and confesses he does not know it. At that point...

Casey was a great baseball player. We know this because, "[The crowd] thought, 'If only Casey could but get a whack at that--We'd put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.'" However, Casey was...

The great thing about Nothing But the Truth is all the different points of view you are given. The author uses Philip's journals as well as how others react to him to give the reader an idea of who...

The biggest problem in the middle/high school years is the student's overall tolerance with inappropriate behavior. In an average class there may be one to three students that are behavior problems...

By fantastic elements I am going to assume you mean elements of fantasy. The elements are ones of the house as a human. The entire story is a wonderful representation of personification. Examples...

We are never given a year for the setting of this book. From the descriptions, such as slang terms and the way the school is described, it sounds like modern day. It begins in the summer before Max...

Poe liked to explore the darker sides of the human psyche. He was not afraid of delving into the more morbid thoughts and fantasies of man. As mentioned above, he also wrote many love poems. He...

Most people study literature within the confines of an academic setting. Outside of that setting, most people read literature because they enjoy a good story, or a good poem. I don't know too many...

This poem really is about the choices we make in life. If you look at it from that perspecitve "way leads on to way" means that one choice we make leads to a set of other choices and events and,...

The Giver is a Utopian novel, meaning it is about a future Utopian, or perfect, society. No one there feels strong emotions, no one sees color and everyone knows their roles in the society. Every...