Priscilla Mooney
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I'm a Canadian writer with a Bachelor of Arts. As someone with ADHD, I'm passionate about helping students understand concepts in a way that is both effective and efficient. I specialize in English Literature, Film Analysis, and History.
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Answered a Question in A Long Way Gone
In Ishmael Beah's 2007 memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, he tells the story of how he became separated from his family as a young boy in Sierra Leone during the country's civil war.... -
Answered a Question in A Long Way Home
Given that Saroo has not been able to see or communicate with his Indian family for over two decades, he often contemplates their fate. Saroo tried to convince himself of many things since their... -
Answered a Question in A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home, a 2013 memoir, tells the story of author Saroo Brierley, who became lost and separated from his family in India as a young boy. After being adopted and raised by an Australian... -
Answered a Question in The Green Mile
An important theme of both The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile is justice. Both Andy Dufresne and John Coffey are innocent of the crimes they are accused of, and yet they are both treated... -
Answered a Question in Kidnapped
Kidnapped, an 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, tells the story of a teenaged orphan and his adventure to gain his inheritance, help and be helped by Jacobite rebels, and stay alive. A notable... -
Answered a Question in Number the Stars
In Lois Lowry's 1989 novel Number the Stars, the family of ten-year-old Annemarie takes in her Jewish friend Ellen during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. The family pretends that Ellen is... -
Answered a Question in Crow Lake
Mary Lawson's 2002 novel Crow Lake explores the aftermath of four children of varying ages being orphaned by the death of their parents. Guilt and responsibility are prominent themes in the novel,... -
Answered a Question in The Overstory
The 2018 Richard Powers novel The Overstory follows several environmental activists in their intertwining journeys as they attempt to protect the remaining giant redwood trees. At the climax of the... -
Answered a Question in God's Grandeur
The poem "Fire and Ice" was written by Robert Frost, originally published in 1920. In "Fire and Ice," the speaker explores two powerful emotions or motivators that he thinks could potentially bring... -
Answered a Question in Mama Day
Mama Day, a 1988 novel written by Gloria Naylor, follows the relationship between Cocoa Day and her eventual husband, George Andrews. The novel explores a number of themes, including practicality... -
Answered a Question in James Shirley
The Glories of Our Blood and State is a seventeenth-century poem written by James Shirley. This poem largely focuses on the themes of mortality, death, and the nature of glory and success. The... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
In Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations (1861), the protagonist, an orphan named Pip, begins spending considerable amounts of time with the wealthy, though unstable, Miss Havisham and her... -
Answered a Question in The Silver Sword
The Silver Sword is a novel by Ian Serraillier, first published in 1956. The Silver Sword follows members of the Polish Balicki family who journey to reunite with each other after being seperated... -
Answered a Question in Hatchet
Hatchet, a novel released in 1987 by Gary Paulsen, tells the story of thirteen-year-old Brian as he struggles to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. Though he has great difficulty in... -
Answered a Question in Misery
Stephen King's 1987 novel Misery, which is about a crazed fan who kidnaps her favorite author and tortures him into writing a novel, has a number of themes, including the dynamic between fan and... -
Answered a Question in History
Unfortunately for the restored Bourbon monarchs, this claim is quite accurate. To speak specifically on Louis XVIII, who was restored in 1814 and then ruled from 1815–1824, he made choices... -
Answered a Question in I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai is a 21-year-old Pakistani activist and co-author of I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Malala is known primarily for her... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
This may seem like a grim outlook due to the dark nature of this novel, but these themes all remain very relevant. This is partly due to the fact that Lord of the Flies is a novel about human...