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  The character of Joe LaBrava, in Elmore Leonard’s novel La Brava, possesses attributes that many people think of as belonging to...

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  Twain's story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is written in 1st person narration. The narrator begins by saying that...

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  In Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game, the delivery boy is described as "uncommon-looking." He is described this way because he was...

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  Hester left Amsterdam and went to New England to start a new life. She waited for her husband for a long time until she assumed that...

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  There are a few different themes found in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers: The Oedipus complex, bondage, contradictions and...

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  As Huck and Jim are on their way to Cairo, Jim tells Huck about how he is going work and save money so that he can buy his family back...

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  Someone who behaves in the way you described may be diagnosed as a pathological liar, often with narcissistic tendencies. A narcissist...

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  There are a few different themes that can be seen in Ethan Frome. One of them is the contrast of personal fulfillment as compared to...

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  One example of irony in A Separate Peace is when Finny fell from the tree. He fell because his friend Gene bounced the limb. So he was...

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  There are actually few similarities between Mexican food and Spanish food. One example would be tortillas. They are used in the...