Jane Eyre is an orphan being raised by Mrs Reed her unkind rich aunt A servant that goes by the name Bessie give Jane with some of the little kindness she receives by reading her stories and singing to her One day Jane fights with her bullying cousin John Reed As punishment her aunt locks her up in the red room the room where Janes Uncle Reed died During the time she was locked in she believes that shes seen a ghost of Uncle Reed she screams and faints She wakes up finding herself at the care o
Billy Colman spots a Redbone coonhound in a fight with neighborhood dogs Billy chases the other dogs and helps the hound recover from its wounds When the dog is feeling stronger again Billy realizes he must set it free knowing that the hound will find its way home Growing up in the Ozarks with his parents and three younger sisters Billy wants to own a pair of Red Bone coonhounds but his parents tell him that the family cannot afford coonhounds One day Billy finds an article in a sportsman magaz
In the novel Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden a character that surprised me throughout the text was Homer Yannos one of the teenagers that go away camping only to return and discover that their country of Australia has been invaded by a foreign power Homer and the other six teenagers must mature to the war and learn to survive Throughout the novel Homer surprised me as he displayed great courage in all situations taking initiative in order to survive He also was able to turn the nega
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 Colour of Magic Colours surround us It has the ability to stir emotion and change feelings as colours change Not only in everyday life but also through the written word colours play an important role in our imagination Colours affect the mood and emphasize the importance of events in a novel The concept of colour symbolism is prominent in The Great Gatsby White yellow blue and green affect the atmosphere of scenes through association with a specific mood When analyzed the frequent use of co
English literature has always been known to have a controversial side to everything Many novels and other pieces of literature keep the reader in bewilderment about what is really happening and what the narrator is just imagining Nella Larsens Passing is the story about two middle class African Americans who can both pass as white women because of their light complexion As the novel progresses Irenes attraction to Clare starts to affect both their lives and Irene begins imagining things and sta
Introduction Langston Hughes was a vital part of African American society in the twentieth century He was a member of the Harlem Renaissance and a well known writer whose works impacted the lives of many Langston Hughes published several works childrens books and newspaper columns Langston Hughes incorporated the metaphor of blues and jazz in his poems to portray African American life He uses these genres in his poems The Weary Blues Lenox Avenue Midnight and Dream Boogie to explore the main th
Many people are intrigued by movies books and TV Shows about the various amazing adventures one can take on while living in the outdoors This is verified in Jon Krakauers book Into the Wild when a young man from a wealthy family abandons his life by giving his twenty five thousand in savings to charity ditches his car burns all his cash and hitchhikes to Alaska leaving everyone behind only to wonder what happened to him People question the sanity of Chris and whether or not he was crazy or just
The text on the dust jacket of Jon Krakauers Into the Wild makes it clear that the thread of suspense running through this compelling book isnt necessarily tied to the fate of its subject In April 1992 a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt McKinley the jacket reads His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless He had given 25 000 in savings to charity abandoned his car and most of his possessions burned all the cash in his walle
Detached From Society Chris Chandless was an adventurer He loved the fact that each day he had the possibility of being exciting different or even dangerous Chris was different in the way he wanted to experience life He wanted to be alone and took no joy in the various human relationships that he had developed in his travels Chris showed that he was a loner and did not value these relationships by his disregard for normal society and only took pleasure in challenging himself Once Chris had left