Miles Study Guides, Literature Essays

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  • Coming of Age in The Yearling

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    The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is a story about self discovery and the rite of passage for young Jody Baxter The Yearling is a 1938 novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings She wrote the novel about what she knew best she lived in north central Florida where the novel is set The Yearling won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939 The story outlines the life of the Baxter family The story is told over the course of a year in the Baxters life The story is based on young Jody growing

  • the solace of open spaces

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    One of the best American essays of the century is The Solace of Open Spaces written and told by Gretel Ehrlich Ehrlich wrote this short essay about her time she spent in Wyoming She also tells about some events that has happened while being there The short essay was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1981 and then collected in The Solace of Open Spaces in 1985 Being a short essay the story was written within ten pages Those ten pages are divided into sections for short pauses of Ehrlich

  • Identity in Into The Wild

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    Illusiveness of Identity After people were born and started to think who they are they try to define their identity or build up their identity Build their own identity is first step to start one persons life Most people around the world their identities are influenced by their circumstances such as their family friends education society or maybe what their interests are In addition many other factors could affect one persons identity There are many ways that we can affect our personality depend

  • Go Ask Alice

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    Title of the book is Go Ask Alice Author of the book is anonymous but this is Alices diary The genre of the book is Non fiction the book was publicated August 1972 In the beginning of the story the author makes the setting very nice polite and comforting feeling As soon as she moves away a dark cloud goes over the scene during the bad time she runs away to San Francisco with Chris and tries to live on her She ends up moving back and start living with her grandparents which she loves dearly She

  • The Notebook

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    This book is a great book and it touches ones heart in ways you couldnt imagine I seriously love this book because I love romantic stories and its just so cute The movie is good but the book is better Well The Notebook is about a journey of two young lovers Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson who made a passionate summer romance and they were separated because Allie moved to the city After fourteen years of separation due to World War 2 and class differences Allie got engaged to a wealthy lawyer Lon

  • Commentary on The Notebook

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    The Notebook was written by Nicholas Sparks in 1994 Based on a true story Its a classic yet brilliant love story of two people Allie and Noah in the 1940s living in Seabrook South Carolina Noah who is unimpressed with striving for success no matter the cost He is a blue collar worker who spends an unexpected inheritance on restoring a beautiful plantation home He is a hard worker in whatever he engages himself but will never be sucked into a job that keeps him away from nature and the beauty of

  • Commentary on Nickel And Dimed

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    The book Nickel and Dimed is a book that really shows you a different perspective of how some peoples life really is It humbles you into analyzing how your life compares to other peoples lives that might not have the same advantages as you You never know what the person behind the cash register at a grocery store is really going through In this book Barbara Ehrenreich becomes curious of what it would be like to make ends meet with low paying jobs Barbara moved to three different places in compl

  • Commentary on Black Like Me

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    Black Like Me As I begin reading the story John Griffin introduces himself to the readers He began with a speculation if he became an African American he could help understand the difficulties between races as a white man and African American in the south and with this knowledge develop a means to bridge the gap His desire to know if Southern whites were racists against African Americans population of the Deep South or if they really judged people based on the individuals personality as they sa

  • Analysis of Tuesdays With Morrie

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    Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom is a true story of the love between a man and his college professor Morrie Schwartz This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of a very unselfish man who had a superior heart and who lived his life to the fullest up until the very last breath of his happily fulfilled life It is a story of an extraordinary bond of friendship that was lost for many years but never forgotten and simply picked up again at a crucial time of both Morrie and Mitchs

  • Author's Intentions in A Poison Tree

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    William Blake historically known to for his enlightening enriching poems A Poison Tree is one that transcends beyond all his work In this essay I will interpret William Blakes intentions on composing A Poison Tree and in my own words gauge what his thoughts and feelings were in writing it I was angry with my friend I told my wrath my wrath did end I was angry with my foe I told it not my wrath did grow In this first portion of the poem I notice that there are two different scenarios taking plac

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