Stacey Shcolnik

Looking at Julia's actions in the book, she seldom takes actions strictly to go against the Party's wishes. She does them simply because she wants to, as enote states: "Winston discovers that Julia...

Naturalism is a sub-genre of realism. Crane's writing reflects realistic and naturalistic qualities. The Open Boat is an example of realism because it portrays events objectively and realistically....

Read over the scenes between both couples - Brutus and Portia's conversation is in Act II, Scene i, and Caesar and Calpurnia's conversation is in Act II, Scene ii. You can also look for...

Phoebe serves as Holden's confidante in the book. She is the one person who listens to him vent and the person he feels truly understands (or at least accepts) him. Whenever Holden is most upset or...

All the characters on Mango Street have some bond or influence on Esperanza. The House on Mango Street is made up of vignettes (short, descriptive scenes) of parts of Esperanza's life which are...

Man's "essential illness" as presented by Golding, is man's inherent evil nature. This illness (man's tendency towards evil) is represented by the boys decent into violence and depravity -...

Jack uses his power to gain more power for himself. He seeks to build up his power so everyone follows and obeys him - so everyone does his bidding, and he becomes essentially a dictator. The...

Nectar in a sieve is symbolic of hope and despair. Nectar is something that gives sustenance, used in positive terms such as "nectar of the gods." This stands for the incredible hope the characters...

The tone of the speaker is very detached which creates a somewhat pessimistic mood for the reader. The narrator experiences no emotion; this is understood from the beginning when he has no...