Noman Noman

In chapter 2 of book 3, Dickens introduces the image of the grindstone: “a roughly mounted thing which appeared to have hurriedly been brought there from some neighbouring smithy, or other...

Although both Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda are new to Nebraska (they arrive at the same time), Jim is an American who has to leave Virginia after his parents' deaths to live with his...

The dog's leaving represents the harshness of nature and the animal's deep instinct to survive. When it first encounters the man, the narrator claims, "It was not concerned with the well-being of...

The baker's story is Melchizedek's life lesson to Santiago about the fleeting nature of life and the need to "seize the day" while one still has the passion to experience fulfillment. Melchizedek...

The central ideas of Ray Bradbury's works often involve a combination of fantasy, futurism, and horror. The science fiction story "A Little Journey" is no exception. This 1951 work explores the...