May Durkovic

In the Holocaust scene of the Freedom Writers movie, the focal point is not as much the museum itself but the students' facial expressions and reactions to what they are experiencing while in the...

Like any great American novel, The Secret Life of Bees captures the true essence of American life, specifically during the 1960's. The Civil Rights Movement is well under way, and the political...

The quote in chapter 11, "It takes honeybee workers ten million foraging trips to gather enough nectar to make one pound of honey" portrays the patience and perseverance of honeybees. Similar to...

In The Secret Life of Bees, Lily is changed when she experiences motherly love for the first time. She grows from an awkward, self-conscious teenager clinging to the hope that her mother loved her,...

The Persian and Roman empires shared many similarities in religion, governments and architecture. The people of the Persian empire initially believed in more than one god. However, in the sixth...

Political leader, writer, and abolitionist Frederick Douglass advocated for equal rights among all Americans, both black and white. He believed the Reconstruction period from 1865–1877 failed...

In The Secret Life of Bees, Lily Owens transforms from a self-conscious, lost girl to a strong, capable young woman during her journey to learn the truth about her mother who died when she was four...

When 14-year-old Lily Owens runs away from home and her abusive father, she finds solace in small town Tiburon, South Carolina where her deceased mother had ties. The moment she steps up to the...

In a small West Virginia town, four high school boys were inspired to build a rocket after watching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, shoot across the sky in 1957. With only a book to guide...

Before the Civil War began, 11 Southern states seceded from the Union and established the Confederate States of America. States were more powerful than the central government, and the economy was...