Rebecca Hann

In the novel The Outsiders, Ponyboy Curtis makes many observations about his friends and family in comparison to the rival gang of their community, the Socs. Ponyboy's gang is the poor group of...

Lord of the Flies follows a group of boys who become stranded on a deserted island. Throughout their time on the island, the boys' behavior becomes less and less civilized. In the beginning of the...

My Brother Sam is Dead focuses on the evolution of Tim Meeker as he grows from a young boy, easily accepting what the adults in his life tell him to a thoughtful young man, capable of his own...

In The Devil's Arithmetic, Hannah is celebrating with her family in modern-day New York when she opens the door and is transported back to the 1940s. At this moment in the story, Chaya and Hannah...

"The Destructors" by Graham Greene is set in England just after the end of World War II. The city is still ravaged from war, and there is a distinct lack of beauty around the area where the boys...

In the exposition of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are several pieces of information that indicate that the novel is set in the late 1950s or early 1960s. When the novel opens, the narrator...

In the novel Lord of the Flies, the boys find themselves in an increasingly precarious situation on the island. At the onset of the novel, the boys determine that Ralph should be the leader. This...

Following Charlie's scientific study, the regression moves rather rapidly. Charlie begins to show signs of forgetfulness, including the fact that it takes him several days to mention Algernon's...

William Golding's Lord of the Flies focuses on a group of boys who are stranded on an island after the airplane they are on crashes. The young boys find themselves on an uninhabited island and are...

The opening line of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one that immediately hooks the reader. By opening with dialogue, the reader is given the impression that they have walked into the middle of a...

Kit Tyler, the protagonist of The Witch of Blackbird Pond, begins her journey with the passage from Barbados to Wethersfield in Connecticut Colony. Kit has grown up on the island of Barbados, where...

Tim O'Brien introduces the reader to several soldiers in the opening chapter of The Things They Carried. Throughout this first chapter, O'Brien creates a laundry list of things that are carried by...

In Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, there are several versions of the story in which Kiowa dies. Each version is different, but the various perspectives of this incident are connected by the...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in a poignant novel that demonstrates how much we all really have in common with one another. John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, clarifies the...

Tim O'Brien was drafted and sent to Vietnam after he graduated college. His experiences in Vietnam became the inspiration for many of his literary works, including The Things They Carried. O'Brien...

The Burnell children adore the doll's house they receive from Mrs. Hay. While the author points out that there are imperfections with the house—the smell, the pools of paint on the porch—the...

It is important to note that there are many ways to write a thesis; while the wording "in and of itself" can be used, there are many formats that may present your idea in a stronger way. Follow the...

It is important to keep in mind that a thesis statement is designed to lay out the direction of a paper and relay the conclusions that the writer has been able to draw about the topic. While the...

Throughout the story Flowers for Algernon, the relationship between Charlie Gordon and his teacher, Miss Kinnian, evolves, progresses, and then regresses by the conclusion of the story. When the...

Throughout the novel The Outsiders, Ponyboy often argues with his oldest brother Darry, who has been left in charge after the death of their parents. Darry is tough on Ponyboy, with the goal of...

In chapter 4 of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Gretel gets the opportunity to look out of Bruno's window, and the view is very confusing to her. The reason Gretel is so confused is because she has...

In chapter 11 of Farewell to Manzanar, the Japanese Americans in the internment camp are asked to sign a Loyalty Oath, which leaves many of them in a position where they feel there is no good...

Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, Jack is in charge of a group of boys. The members of that group change as the story progresses. At the beginning of the novel, Jack is the leader of the...