The Rocking Horse Winner In D H Lawrences A rocking Horse Winner 1920 themes of death love and sacrifice are explored It is a story about a boy Paul who lives with his parents in England Money around the familys home is tight and the boy knows this Neither of his parents make enough money to support their lavish keeping up with the Jones lifestyle so there is a constant whisper around the house asking very simply where the money has gone The boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas one year A
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis is a realistic fiction book about perseverance and family It takes place during the Great Depression in Flint Michigan A boy tries to find his father He befriends many people and goes through many adventures on the way Bud Caldwell is an African American motherless skinny 10 year old boy Bud is very imaginative he believes in vampires bats and other magical things He thinks that a nice man is a vampire He is very obedient and is very polite He calls ever
Coincidences in Huck Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a very enjoyable piece of American literature which is famous for the unique realism it uses Although the novel is intended to be realistic there are some very unlikely coincidences within the story that become major parts of the plot A first coincidence in this novel would be early on in the book when Huckleberry Finn first meets up with Miss Watsons Jim while hiding on a deserted island Both men came from the same s
Many people in society feel alienated from the world and separated from their fellow man while others try to find meaning which escapes them In James Joyces The Dead Gabriel Conroy faces both these problems and questions his own identity due to a series of encounters that lead him to an epiphany about his relationship to the world This epiphany grants him a new beginning Gabriels progression from one who feels disconnected to one who has hope parallels Joyces changing view of Ireland from findi