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
Evil in To Kill A Mockingbird Our greatest evils flow from ourselves Tripp 192 This statement by Rousseau epitomizes many points of evil that are discussed in Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird In our world today we are stared in the face everyday with many facets of evil These nefarious things come in several forms including but not limited to discrimination of sex race ethnicity physical appearance and popularity alcoholism drug abuse irresponsibility and even murder The occurrences of evil an
The balance of evil and innocence is a common theme in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A finished piece of art work is a master piece Though the colors may not blend perfectly it is the imperfections in life that make it worth living Sadly not all people were able to make their mark on the canvas we call life This period in time was dangerous for non whites The Depression threatened their way of life and made people angry Anger turns to evil and evil corrupts the innocence of huma
T S Eliot writes very deliberately including just the right details and organizing the poem so that each phrase and section is arranged in the most effective way possible The following passage is from Eliots The Waste Land There is shadow under this red rock Come in under the shadow of this red rock And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust 25 30 This passa
The True Villian On the surface Henry James Turn of the Screw has all of the qualities of an innocent old fashioned ghost story but underneath there is much more The use of ambiguity appears frequently throughout the novel and the reader is left to decide a lot on their own Are the ghosts real Who can actually see the ghosts Which characters can the reader really rely on These questions can be answered in a variety of different ways but who is to say which answer is the correct one The biggest
In this last scene between Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton Mr Stevens makes an act of sacrifice to protect the happiness and stability of Miss Kentons life In the process of doing so he abandons his last remaining hope of ever achieving a fulfilling and wholesome life Unable and too late to express the feelings he has bottled up within him behind his prim faade Mr Stevens must forever carry the weight of his regrets until the day he dies He will never be able to fill the holes in his heart and be co
The Red Convertible A Brother in Arms Louise Endrichs short story The Red Convertible is about how even the bonds of family and friends may not be enough to subdue the trauma caused by war The story begins in 1974 as our narrator Lyman a Native American retells the story about his brother Henry and the red convertible they both owned After buying it impulsively both of the brothers spend the summer driving around the Dakotas Montana and taking a hitchhiker back to Alaska When they return home H
English Final Essay Many people see the theme of the novel the Pearl by John Steinbeck as one concerning the dehumanizing nature of greed Greed is referred to as evil in the book many times and many of the characters seem to be affected by this greed at one time or another throughout the story The storys main character Kino is the one most heavily affected by greed At the beginning of the novella Kino is a simple man he cares for providing for his family and his peoples culture There are two ma
Throughout Huckleberry Finns journey down the Mississippi River with Jim he encountered people and situations that both helped and hurt his moral growth He starts his journey at Miss Watsons house and ends at The Phelpss house Although he learned a lot he did not completely understand how he changed and developed By the end of his journey he defeated his fear of breaking away from societys morals and did what he thought was right saved Jim While staying at Miss Watson and Widow Douglass house H
Plot Summary One rainy evening in London two gentlewomen a mother and a daughter are waiting for Freddy the son and brother of the pair to hail a taxi Theyre standing under the shelter of a portico crowded with people when Freddy carelessly bumps into a flower girl The girl attempts to get the mother to buy the flowers her son has damaged and is successful She then tries to sell her flowers to another gentleman when someone in the crowd warns her that a man is taking notes on what she has been