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
History is made by men with The Right Stuff Abraham Lincoln faced not one man but a nation A nation torn apart set against each other in Civil War Abraham Lincoln displayed the Right Stuff by ending the war freeing slaves and reuniting the nation as one In the 1940s the military begun testing rocket propel jets These new airplanes required certain men with unique aptitudes ones who have the ability to push themselves never quit never accepted the norm and demonstrate the courage to push the env
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
Chris McCandless was a man with a dream a dream that brought him to his death in Alaska The book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer shows us that McCandless wanted to findout the feeling of living in the wild and the dangers of living alone in the Alaska bush but he didnt make it dying slowly of starvation Why did this very smart man choose to undertake this very dangerous adventure He is not alone in his want to live in the wild for many people have tryed to do the to These people show an important
Fever 1793 Theres sickness Theres vomiting Theres suffering Theres blood Theres even death Just when you think you can get way from the terror in Philadelphia it gets you and dissolves your entire family while youre sleeping in the night dreaming of fairies and marshmallows and the boy down the road You have no idea it is here and you have no idea it would come for youits the yellow fever and nothing less Yellow fever is a severe infectious disease caused by a virus Since that time much has bee
Odd Thomas is a book written by Dean Koontz This book falls under the genre of thriller and mystery although the book does contain some spiritual and supernatural elements within the plot Koontz has selected his protagonist to be a twenty year old male named after the book itself Odd Thomas Odd likes to think of himself as a normal and average person He works his job as a short order cook in a restaurant called Pico Mundo Grille located in the small California town of Pico Mundo Odd is also a c
Betty Wehner Smiths unique ability to capture the reality of American society in the early nineteen hundreds is seen in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The setting of the novel stems very much from the authors own childhood Society can truly relate to this story as it has a place in every American familys roots The time defying novel evokes sympathy by telling the story of a young impoverished family comparing their rough lives to a relentless tree native to Brooklyn New York Betty Smith was
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
Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird The award winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a story about young girl Jean Louise Scout Finch who is talking about the happenings around the time when Atticus her father was defending a black man who was about to go to trial for raping a white girl She describes the bad effect racism had on people in the town Maycombe By this time in the early 1930s there was alot of racism White people were certainly not suppose to be in a relationship of any kind with the b
The Story of an Hour Back in the 1890s women were often mistreated and lived restricted lives that lacked opportunity They were not allowed to make their own choices and were criticized if they were divorced Men were the head of everything and therefore women did all the hard work in the house and had no opportunities to make their own living or pursue their dreams According to Berkove whoever marries or even loves gives up large areas of freedom The only escape out of an unhappy marriage was d