Meursault the main character through out the story encounters many hardships Such complications are common in all of us but the way they are handled and thought of could change many aspects of life Meursault tends to build relationships mostly with those who he likes not what others like or suggest to him He always speaks his mind making others gravitate around him The prosecuting attorney is one of the characters with a fiery tongue and a powerful presence in the courtroom Meursault often thin
Throughout history mankind has been ravaged by war From ancient Egypt to the Greeks and even the Romans to the modern ages with wars like World War I and World War II and even the war in Iraq War I something that humans are bound to do and will continue to do throughout history In Timothy Findleys novel The Wars Findley tries to portray the ideas of the brutality of war and the devastation that it causes Also both the emotional and physical pain that war causes as well Another thing that Findle
Every novel needs an overly eccentric character to add a splash of color and spontaneity to the plot In the case of Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is that character But instead of a splash of color Heathcliff adds a shroud of darkness He may be spontaneous and eccentric but unlike the common person his mind is twisted and his actions are evil Throughout the novel he is portrayed as a madman Brought up as an adopted child from the streets Heathcliff always had a strange and unnatural disposition A
Life and death are opposing forces of nature that one can not escape In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poet uses natures forces to represent procreation which is the giving of life and destruction which is the dealing of death The poet expresses through out the poem how these two forces life and death are interconnected In the beginning of the story King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year until the Green Knight sent by Morgan Le Fay Arthurs sis
Heroic Ideals of Three Stories The protagonists of both the anonymous Beowulf and Thomas Malorys Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are true heroes However the traits they have in common are far less numerous than those that set them apart As each of the two is dubbed perfect by their peers it is possible to illustrate them as both model warriors and ideal knights The first question to arise is that of leadership In Beowulf the hero is referred to as prince of the Geats and master friend This is n
In Crank by Ellen Hopkins Kristina is a character that can not avoid peer pressure and helps one realize living above the influence is a major decision in life that can either make us or break us When she went to Albuquerque she met this gorgeous boy Adam and knowing that he was bad news off the bat when she witnessed him dealing crank the previous day she could not resist but to come up and talk to him when he noticed her Its part of nature for all human beings to encounter with that gut feeli
Dear Hassan In the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini you and Amir seem to have a close relationship Your relationship is significantly different compared to most When Amir wrote your names on a small tree as the Sultans of Kabul it showed that your friendship is strong However you have unconditional love for Amir Youre also exceedingly loyal to Amir Your relationship is emotionally wearing and rather gloomy for the most part The main reason for your complicated relationship is the fact that Amir i
We are what we pretend to be So we must be careful about what we pretend to be As written by Kurt Vonnegut this is a significant theme and is built upon throughout the story As the story comes to an end this theme is readdressed once more when the stories main character Howard W Cambell Jr commits suicide Although other arguments could be made as to why Howard took his own life after being released from prison Kurt Vonnegut states early on the exact reason why Along with what Kurt Vonnegut depi
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the Depression and is narrated by the main character a little girl named Jean Louise Scout Finch Her father Atticus Finch is a lawyer with high moral standards Scout her brother Jem and their friend Dill are intrigued by the local rumors about a man named Boo Radley who lives in their neighborhood but never leaves his house Legend has it that he once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors and he is made out to be a kind of monst
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Jem and Scout experience major changes in how they view their world and learn many lessons along the way As the novel begins Jem and Scout are unaware and innocent kids however as the story progresses they encounter racism and prejudice people At the end of the novel Jem and Scout begin to understand peoples views and learn many things from the events they encounter The two characters who play a major part in Jems and Scouts life and who they lea