Flatland is like America They both identify people in different ways In Flatland classes are distinguished by using Hearing Feeling and by Sight Feeling determines the shape of someone by feeling one of their angles It is therefore not necessary as a rule to do more than feel a single angle of an individual and this once ascertained tells us the class of the person whom we are addressing unless indeed he belongs to the higher sections of the nobility 36 To use the Sight you need fog In the U S
Winter in The Blood the first novel written by James Welch takes place mostly on an Indian Reservation in Montana It is narrated by an unnamed man who also serves as the protagonist in the story We do know he is a 32 year old Blackfoot Native American He resides on a cattle ranch with his mother and step father and is at a crossroads in his life He at first lacks any affection for himself or his family and lacks any motivation or direction in his life However a common theme of Winter in the Blo
Treasure Island The Journey of Jim Hawkins For the duration of existence people undergo the physical and mental stages of growing up During this phase people establish through their dealings who they actually are in addition to what they are worth For instance Treasure Island is an adventure tale but it is also the story of one boys Jim Hawkins coming of age On the outset of the voyage Jim was a timid adolescent but by the closing stages he had matured incredibly In his novel Treasure Island au
Tom Jones can not be a perfect hero In the eighteenth century novel Tom Jones Henry Fielding introduces a hero whose dichotomy causes us to reconsider the importance of chastity in comparison to other virtues Tom Jones embodies Fieldings belief that a good heart is the foundation upon which one can build a virtuous and happy life The heros innate generosity makes his transformation believable and his flaws allow him to function as a more effective role model Though Tom Jones is considered by mo
Jean Louise Finch is the protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee narrates the story describing her life between the ages of six and eight She is tomboyish and therefore nicknamed Scout Scout is well educated mainly due to her father and has a positive view of the world around her She stays with her widowed father Atticus her older brother Jeremy Atticus Finch and their black cook Calpurnia in Maycomb Alabama The narrative technique used in this novel is the first person narrator stance
Their Eyes Were Watching God In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston there is an African American woman Janie Mae Crawford who goes on a journey to find the woman who is trapped within herself Janie returned to her homeland where she was seen with eyes of treachery because she had abandoned everything she owned for an absurd reason However there was one person her best friend Pheoby who was there to listen and not give in to the rumors being spread about her The novels t
Walking Along the Branches of Life Does Mother Nature truly nurture In Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie is affected by the nature of Mother Nature Janie seeks to harmonize with nature and its realm sparks her ambition to reject the burdens and discrimination placed on her because of her race and gender As a result she gathers strength and develops as a person on her path to true freedom Throughout the novel the theme of nature reflects Janies journey of self discovery thro
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
The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin This short story is about an hour in the life of the main character Mrs Millard She is afflicted with a heart problem Bad news has come about that her husband has died in a train accident Her sister Josephine and Richard who is her husbands friend has to break the horrifying news to her as gently as possible They both were concerned that the news might somehow put her in great danger with her health Ironically Mrs Millard reacts to the news with excitement Ev
The Red Badge of Courage Summary During the Civil War a Union regiment rests along a riverbank where it has been camped for weeks A tall soldier named Jim Conklin spreads a rumor that the army will soon march Eventually word gets to Henry Fleming a recent recruit with this 304th Regiment who is struggling to find his courage because he fears that if he were to see battle he might run Yet ironically the narrator reveals that Henry joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military con