Valuable Lessons As humans grow older and smarter there are people who teach us many significant things about life at times it may be our mom a neighbor or a friend Children learn many valuable lessons that will benefit them now and in the future Most children are shaped and formed by their community and the people that they live with In the book To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the main characters Scout and Jem learn many important lessons from the people that they live with Jem and Scout l
Harper Lee deals with prejudice in large ways in To Kill A Mockingbird The novel is staged in the tired old town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930s Maycomb is a classic southern town full of gossip tradition and burdened with a legacy of racism Atticus Finch narrates Id rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard but I know youll go after birds Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird Lee 90 After careful study one begins to see that this is j
A Controlling Change The attempts are brave unimaginable and impractical These are definite ways to describe Petruchios attempts to marry and tame Katherina in William Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew Just the thought of marrying Katherina is considered foolish but Petruchio just wants to marry a woman with a wealthy father His attempts to tame Katherina have nothing to do with making their marriage work He only wants to control her Surprisingly his controlling behavior forces her to transf
Context The most influential writer in all of English literature William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle class glove maker in Stratford upon Avon England Shakespeare attended grammar school but his formal education proceeded no further In 1582 he married an older woman Anne Hathaway and had three children with her Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright Public and critical acclaim quickly followed and Shakespeare eventu
The Rocking Horse Winner To begin with The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story written by D H Lawrence This short story is about a young boy named Paul who feels the need to have luck due to his mother always saying that his father has no luck and is always in the need for having more and more money According to the mother if you have luck you have money that is why its better to be born lucky than rich P 268 Para 5 Due to this constant saying Paul and the rest of the family hear voices in th
The Screwtape Letters comprises thirty one letters written by a senior demon named Screwtape to his nephew a young demon named Wormwood Screwtapes letters contain advice for how to turn Wormwoods Patient an ordinary man living in war time England toward Our Father Below Devil Satan and away from the Enemy God After the first letter the Patient converts to Christianity and Wormwood is given a severe rebuking and threatened with the usual penalties at the House of Correction for Incompetent Tempt
Assignment 1 From studying the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger I discovered that Holden Caulfield the main character in the novel is merely a confused adolescent filled with bitterness and resentment His attitude towards others around him holds him back in life He is a self confessed compulsive liar and makes quick decisions without realising the consequences of his actions The novel is narrated by him in the most colloquial of styles and it is obvious that his view on things could
How does Shakespeare use language and dramatic devices to develop the character of Juliet and manipulate the audiences reactions to her In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses language and dramatic devices to develop Juliets character and manipulate the audiences reaction towards her during Act 3 Scene 5 Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare links with the social historical context of the time Both the play and Shakespeares life were set in the renaissance At the time there was a strong
4 The initial working title of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice was First Impressions Which of the two titles do you consider gives a better idea of the novels themes In this question I will be arguing whether the title Pride and Prejudice or First Impressions gives a better idea of the novels themes I personally find first impressions is a relevant title however I feel that pride and prejudice suits the novels themes better as we can relate back to the title in relation to the characters pride
Conflict is a central theme in Romeo and Juliet up until this point it has been between the Capulet and the Montague households the ancient grudge existing over a long period of time However in act 3 scene 5 the conflict is now in the Capulet family itself as it started when Juliet made a huge change in character as she refused to her parents for the first time In addition to that Act 3 scene 5 is an important scene because Juliet is different to how she was in the beginning her reaction about