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Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
In this sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" Shakespeare compares an unnamed woman to a beautiful summer day. The woman comes out favorably in the comparison because sometimes the... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Of course Holden has his breakdown in New York City. After several days wandering the streets of the city and showing greater signs of depression (loss of appetite, disappearing feeling, loss... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
As the boys are stranded on an undeveloped jungle island, there are of course a lot of descriptions of natural features and details throughout the novel. It would be impossible to cover them... -
Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
In this sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" Shakespeare compares an unnamed woman to a beautiful summer day. The woman comes out favorably in the comparison because sometimes the... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
I'm not sure what IDA is, but here are some conflicts. 1. Of course all the boys are in conflict with nature because they're stranded on the island and society at large because they were... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
A good example of how Nick comes to see Jordan is revealed in an early chapter when he is driving with her in her car. She is reckless and a very bad driver. When he tells her that she... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Mrs. Dubose is a very difficult woman. She seems to be unkind and generally grumpy. The children, Jem, Scout, and Dill, are afraid of her. Not only is she misanthropic, but she is... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Foil characters need to have some important things in common. When they act differently, that serves to highlight something important about their nature. Benvolio is a young man and kinsman... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
The men in Gatsby's world: Nick is the narrator of the novel and becomes Gatsby's only true friend. This can be inferred by the fact that Gatsby confides in Nick and that Nick is one of the... -
Answered a Question in Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth ends with three related stories about Kaushik and Hema. Both are, like many of the characters in the book, children of Indian immigrants. They both break away from... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
To add: You might remember that when Nick tells Gatsby that he can't recreate the past (a common truism), Gatsby answers, "Why, of course you can." The only thing that would truly... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
All of the primary characters were originally from the Midwest. When they meet again in the east (New York City/Long Island- just about the farthest east you can get in the U.S.), they are... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden hears a little boy singing a song while walking along the streets of New York. The song/poem has a line about "a body meets a body coming through the rye." The boy says (or... -
Answered a Question in Slaughterhouse-Five
The English prisoners of the Germans are having a much different POW (prisoner of war) experience than Billy is. They have commandeered plentiful supplies through a paper error. Due to... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
Are you looking for a common message in the two plays? If so, I would start by examining the source of the tragedy in both stories. Both plays end in a number of deaths including those... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
I don't have the book in front of me, but this happens at the very end of the story (one of the last pages). Holden sees Phoebe on the carousel reaching for the brass ring but realizes he...