Sigrid Miller

Slim is the anchor of the bunkhouse. He holds a position of power as he runs his own team and we are introduced to him as a “big tall skinner.” He has a commanding presence among the men of the...

In chapter three we are introduced to Candy and his dog. The men in the bunkhouse, specifically Carlson were going on and on about how the dog smelled and should be put down. Candy is seemingly...

The island is allegory for the Garden of Eden in the Christian Bible—one of the three major religions under study in this novel. Pi happens upon the island at the brink of death. This is his birth...

One of my favorite lines is in this scene: "By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes" (IV.i.44-45). This is spoken right before Macbeth enters. When discussing this with my...

From the perspective of Macduff, he chooses to not attend the coronation probably not so much as an act of defiance, but rather, as a way to separate himself. He knows the Macbeths are to blame for...

Lady Macbeth is having to do what Macbeth could not (initially): kill Duncan. As a woman, to have violent outbursts like she is mustering the courage to do so, is unnatural. Before this quote, she...

Twain’s use of satire is a dig at a lot of social topics of the era: slavery, religion, academia, etc. I don’t know that I would categorize Romeo and Juliet as a motif per se. Yes, it is very...

First, you have to uncover what is happening. The most likely scenario is you are reading about a man who is emasculated by his wife. She is constantly harping on him about forgetting things:...

Okonkwo doesn't truly change during the novel. He is rigid in his ways and unaccepting of new ways of life in his village with the introduction of imperialism. As others in the village drift toward...

When examining the satire of the text, the quotes can be read in a variety of ways. Here is an alternative reading that I encourage my students to follow: he raised his son to go to work and do...

There are quite a few phrases. I am not sure about just keywords because out of context, anything can be taken as such. "You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers." Oedipus clearly...

Considering Adam was on a rowboat, fishing, when he watched the bombing of the USS Arizona, which his father was on, I would have a rowboat as one of the props. Since you are already making a plane...

Both Boo and Mrs. Dubose are hated and feared by the children in the neighborhood. Most children have grown up with "that creepy man/woman" in the neiborhood that they fear or make fun of....

Keep in mind that it is Banquo's bloodline that will succeed Macbeth in the lineage of the throne. This would make any ruler nervous, especially if you put all that work into killing the original...

The setting really helps you to see the impoverishment of the cousins and how they make themselves happy. When they are home, it is a little dark and unfriendly until they begin to make the fruit...

I teach this book to my Junior class and the first time I read it I was surprised at his punishment. In the state of Illinois (where I hail from), if someone is injured in a drunk driving scenario,...

The talent that Mark had was the ability to hot wire anything with wheels. He was a car thief and as a direct result was on probation. This is pointed out further when he got into more trouble...

You can't ask for exact page numbers because most prints are different. As far as locating a simile or a metaphor in the book, Bryon is constantly comparing Mark to a lion using both similies and...

Friar is basically saying that men are both inherently good and evil. It is just like the old saying "The path to Hell is paved in good intentions". Although one may MEAN well, sometimes it ends up...

VERY good question. In my opinion, and what I teach my kids, Connie condemned Mike after he took her home just out of fear and being sick of being victimized. Although Mike was nice to her and...

I shall assume you mean Girl, by Jamaica Kinkaid. This piece is written in one long sentence and is a mother speaking to her daughter. The mother is warning her daughter and telling her what she...

Darry taught Sodapop and Two-Bit and the rest of the boys acrobatics when he had taken a class at the Y one summer. He figured it would help them out in rumbles. Well, one day Soda and Two-Bit were...

In The Outsiders, Jerry Wood is the man that is there when the church is on fire. He is with the boys when they are frantically trying to save the kids when they are trapped in the burning church....

I am going to go a way slightly calmer than Frizzy did because I didn't read it as you asking "why are we so awesome?" I am reading your question as "Are there distinctions and...

Honestly it depends on who is doing the telling. If you are going from the Poe stance, then we don't know why he wrote this unless we ask him - which is a little hard since he has been dead a...

When Mark takes Bryon to the hippie house the first time he is just in absolute awe at how different the world of hippies is. The woman Mark talks to scares him a little bit and the fact that...

In general, setting is usually important in most stories. In The Lady or the Tiger, the story is taking pace in a time long ago, very Roman-esque, and with characters that reflect that. If the...

I don't think it is necessarily a step to becoming stronger or weaker mainly because it depends on the views of strength that the reader has. If someone who views showing emotion as a growth and...

On the wider scope, the 9-11 attacks were the big thing but that is because I am too young for anything else. I vaguely remember Desert Storm as that was the first "real war" my generation...

It all depends on how you personally feel about the characters and their personalities. They were both orphans and had a tough life growing up, but the reacted to money a lot differently. Whereas...

Through the entire book Pony thought that the relationship between himself and Darry was poor. Yes, Darry is his brother and provider, but he gives him a lot of crap as well. It isn't until he is...

Johnny is the quiet kid who ends up stabbing a Soc after he and Ponyboy were jumped. He has really soft features, quiet, and "a beaten puppy-dog" way about him. Darrel(Darry) is the oldest brother...

It is my personal belief that when Ender says "I didn't leave Valentine and Mother and Father to come here just to be iced." and uses the word "iced" he means taken out. I am going solely on...

The murders were peculiar because of the grotesqueness of them. The older woman was found outside, head nearly severed completely off, and body horribly beaten. The younger woman was found...

Roubere asks her sister Letore why she has two silver streaks in her hair all of a sudden. Letore is unhappy in her marriage because her husband is not as romantic as she is. Her and her husband...

Madame Letore had gone to visit her sister Madame Roubere after vacationing with her husband. Roubere noticed that in her sister's jet-black hair, she had two white streaks at each temple...

Look at the school that you attend. There are definitive social groups and they don't always get along, right? You can use your personal experiences and compare them to the characters in the story...

Sunsets were very important because they symbolized the cowboy idealism that they would ride off into the sunset like heroes that have overcome. Pony loves to watch sunsets and was happy to find...

You have to recognize the fact that Mythology was the ancient Greeks religion. In almost all societies, the moral fiber is introduced through religion be it Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism,...

In the conversation that he overhears, Huck knows that if he leaves, the man who is tied up will surely die if he does not intervene. It is a moral dilemma for him in the realm of him helping the...

I teach the NexText version so I may be missing a BUNCH since it is a shortened, simplified account: Pip meets convict Pip goes to Satis - meets Estella, MH Pip meets convict again at the bar...

Focus on the character descriptions and how they relate to the personalities of the animals involved. Mark as a lion--generally docile in a comfortable setting but a fierce hunter and dangerous...