… "Fortress" was first published in 1980 by "Chatto, Bodley Head, Jonathan Cape", and written by Gabrielle Lord. I think it was written for two possible reasons. Firstly, "After The First Death" was published only a year before - a very similar…

… is a naturalist, one who is able to be one with nature. Thoreau is very descriptive in what he does. He describes every detail as he is building, as he rests, and as he goes on in life. It is almost as if this story is strictly a descriptive…

… eyes, a single mother of two young girls trying to make it in the world. She had her ups and downs, but more down than ups. She fell in love and married and had a daughter at the age of 21 named Jennifer. She lived a happy life for a while, but…

… the adult world in 2 poems you have studied (you should look at three poems).         The title of Wordsworth's poem, "nutting" Wordsworth was born in Cumberland in 1770 and went on to establish himself as a great poet, and also to mark what…

… of a riverbed in rural California. Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, camp for the night in a river bottom. Lennie is a large, gentle mentally retarded man, devoted to George and dependant upon him for protection and guidance. Lennie is a lover…

… of different race, culture, sex, and more have experienced what we call prejudice. Prejudice is an opinion or judgment based on stereotypical, irrelevant, inadequate knowledge. Such groups as the internationally known Ku Klux Klan (KKK) demonstrated…

… Rucker Chillingworth is the old, ugly, cruel, deformed, and demented husband of Hester Prynne. He is presented as a scholar and physician, who has traveled to distant places before deciding to settle in America. His lack of sensitivity is shown…

… of hell; however, Dante's portrayal of this pit of anguish puts hell into a different perspective for myself. The separating of levels or degrees, the personification of the sinners, and the comparison to what I have learned in the past makes Dante's…

… the pain they cause could be erased from human experience. People don't like being responsible for their emotions. However, in Brave New World, Huxley distorts the concept of commitment to prove that all emotions are necessary to being. Without commit…

… Rainsford fights valiantly, in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game," to best General Zaroff at his own game. Although rather undeveloped, the characters in the story still give the reader something to connect to. The theme, although presented…