Inna Shpiro, M.A.
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Answered a Question in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
In addition to the examples of the problems experienced by Holly and Lucy, Nickel and Dimed illustrates vividly the importance of access to healthcare when Barbara herself has a medical issue.... -
Answered a Question in The Help
The main difficulty Skeeter faces when she comes back home from college is the sense of alienation. Her friends are married and have children, while she is still single. Even though they try,... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
Jonas's appointment as a Receiver of Memory is supposed to be an honor. When assignments are given out during the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is singled out by being "saved" for the last. The speech... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This comparison has initially also struck me as far-fetched, because the setting and the mood of these two works are so different; however, there are in fact several common themes running through... -
Answered a Question in Holes
In the Louis Sachar's novel Holes, Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to spend time in Camp Green Lake because he is convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers. Stanley did not actually steal the sneakers,... -
Answered a Question in The Help
In the Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help, Skeeter (Eugenia Phelan) challenges her society by writing and publishing a book describing experiences that several black women have had working as maids... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
I think a case can be made that the betrayals are very different. While both Baba and Amir got away with their betrayals due to the social hierarchy in the society, their causes are different. Both... -
Answered a Question in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, is frequently asked how he came up with the idea for this series. He explains that at some point his own son struggled with learning... -
Answered a Question in The Book Thief
There are several important themes in The Book Thief. One of the main themes is the theme of survival. This is ironic, as the novel is narrated by the Death itself. The Death reflects throughout... -
Answered a Question in The Help
Hilly Holbrooke and Skeeter (Eugenia) Phelan are characters in Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help. The main thing they have in common is their background—they both belong to wealthy,... -
Answered a Question in Bud, Not Buddy
In the very beginning of the first chapter of Bud, Not Buddy the caseworker tells Bud Caldwell and Jerry Clark that "they had been accepted in new temporary-care homes." In other words, they are... -
Answered a Question in Jane Eyre
I am not sure if it is fair to say that Jane's marriage to Rochester is anti-feminist because she becomes a caretaker for her husband. Of course, to discuss this, one would have to clearly define... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
There are several ways in which the Capitol uses the Hunger Games to control the people of the Districts. As Zumba96 mentioned, the Games were instituted after the Districts rebelled against the... -
Answered a Question in Rick Riordan
The basic theme in Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo concerns the change in perspective that the main character undergoes. The novel begins as the god Apollo finds himself sent down from Olympus... -
Answered a Question in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy and Grover travel back to New York City by plane. As the deadline to return the Master Bolt to Zeus approaches, they do not have time for any other form of transportation. Percy knows that... -
Answered a Question in Khaled Hosseini
This is an interesting question! Both Sohrab in the Kite Runner and Aziza in A Thousand Splendid Suns did not have what we would consider to be a happy childhood. Both lived in a... -
Answered a Question in Pygmalion
Since you mention several themes, you might want to point out that some of them are interrelated and can be discussed together. For example, the theme of social snobbery is tied in with the theme... -
Answered a Question in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
I would like to add that Percy is ambitious and, despite his propensity for getting into trouble, responsible. He feels bad that he has to leave Yancey Academy, because he takes the responsibility... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
In addition to the emotions described above, the reader might also infer that Amir feels somewhat relieved. Amir has always looked up to his father, and in his eyes Baba is as close to being... -
Answered a Question in Holes
In Louis Sachar's novel Holes, Stanley Yelnats' family explains its consistent bad luck by the curse placed on his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather" by Madam Zeroni... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
There are quite a few morals that can be discussed in connection with the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the rest of the series, but I would like to focus on one which is easy to... -
Answered a Question in The Hunger Games
The central idea of Suzanne Collins's trilogy The Hunger Games is that an individual has the ability to overcome the power of the tyrannical government. Another closely related theme... -
Answered a Question in Gathering Blue
The answer is both yes and no. Gathering Blue is set in a village that is very dissimilar to the community which Jonas leaves at the end of The Giver. Kira, the main character... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
In the worldview of the people of the community described by Lois Lowry in The Giver, there is no concept of death. The only way to leave this community is either by "loss" or by "release." The... -
Answered a Question in Paper Towns
Margo ran away, because, according to what she tells Quentin, the place for a "paper girl" is in a "paper town". A paper town, as Quentin eventually finds out while searching for clues to where... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
We, as readers, cannot be absolutely certain why the Elders choose Jonas to be the next Receiver of Memory. Jonas is portrayed as an intelligent, honest, and introspective young man who takes...