J Bratton

The quote that you mentioned is certainly applicable to Cory within the context of his relationship with Troy. As Rose astutely notes, a child should not be the victim of his or her parents'...

There are so many directions your essay could take if you were to write on “Mending Wall.” If your teacher has given you a specific prompt to answer, I would be sure to write in an essay in...

Jin Wang’s internal conflict is derived from his inability to accept his identity as an Asian American in a majority white society. He wants to be accepted by his white peers, but at the same time,...

The answer to this question is deceptively simple: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" contains five stanzas, of varying lengths. The shortest stanza contains nine lines, while the...

Gregory and Sampson, members of the House of Capulet, engage in a fight with Abraham and Balthasar of the Montague family, over nothing more than “an airy word.” These words, spoken by the Prince...

In the absence of a narrator, a play relies heavily on stage directions, such as asides, to direct the reader's attention to key details about character, plot, or setting. A play will also...

Dramatic irony is a literary situation in which the author provides the reader with more information than some of the characters, which often evokes fear, suspense, and pity for the characters as...

There are several dreams in this novel, so I will address another dream not mentioned in the other answer. In chapter 7, Amir reflects on a few dreams and memories that punctuate his narration of...

The unnamed narrator is writing from the first person plural point of view—an interesting choice on the part of the author, William Faulkner. The narrator seems to represent the entire town, which...

The Kite Runner addresses several human rights issues in the context of modern Afghanistan. Human rights become an important topic in the latter half of the novel when Amir returns to Afghanistan...

When writing a theme sentence, remember that a theme is NOT moral; a theme is instead an expression of the author’s main message about life or the human condition. A theme sentence should not...

Polonius's hypocrisy in this scene derives from his suspicions that his son Laertes is engaged in immoral acts, "such wanton, wild and usual slips / As are companions noted and most known / To...

In the first canto, the only one set on Earth, Dante hints at his idea of love in his description of the greyhound, which can be read as a symbol for Jesus. The greyhound “shall not feed on either...

The quote you have chosen is an excellent one to support the book’s point that Hazaras were destined for a life of servitude at this time in Afghanistan’s history. To buttress your argument, you...

When considering the importance of flashback in The Kite Runner, it should be noted that most of the book is told as a flashback, as Amir reflects on the day when he was twelve that “made [him] who...

Anaphora, or the repetition of a word at the beginning of clauses, is a key literary device that helps develop the message of “Mother to Son” of the value of persistence in the face of adversity....

As with most questions in Shakespeare's tragedies, this one is ambiguous. Shakespeare does not tell us what Lady Macbeth has been writing when, at night, she "take[s] forth paper, fold[s] it,...

The syntax in chapters 20–25 of The Kite Runner resembles that of the rest of the book. The author, Khaled Hosseini, frequently uses shorter sentences, and sometimes even sentence fragments, to...

Shakespeare creates tension in the first line of the play when Barnardo, one of the guards on watch, asks, "Who's there?" He doesn't yet know that the man he is speaking to is Francisco, who is...

Laertes and Fortinbras are both foils to Hamlet, as is the Player Actor that is the focus of Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 2, scene 2. Laertes is an extremely impulsive character who rushes back home...