As they make their run for the fence the camera cuts between the oldest and younger girls back and fourth. ... When she reaches the fence she immediately puts her hands on it and then looks down the fence as far as she could see. ... There is cutting back and fourth between the children's and mother's hands rocking the fence. ... The cinematography in Rabbit-Proof Fence is detail oriented and done very carefully. ... Unlike a book or novel the camera must find ways to describe people, places, and things without words. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Similarly to Fences, "Mending Wall" identifies its main theme through the building of the fence (or wall.)  ... This character development occurs within the act of building the fence when Rose, Troy's wife, assigns Troy and Cory to build a fence around the house. ... This is reflected by the incomplete fence (Cory the subservient boy), and toward the end of the novel, the symbolism of the fence being completed, completes the cycle of life and death. ... Within Fences, each character puts up their own fence to protect themselves, whether it is a fence to protect themselves from...

• Word Count: 1235
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, various differences can be noticed between the novel and the film. ... On their way running form the Radley house, they try to go under a fence, but Jem's pants get caught. ... He is going to retrieve his pants from the fence and makes Scout wait for him outside of Dill's house. ... The differences between the movie and the novel are, in the movie Jem and Scout did not ask permission to spend the last night with Dill; Jem crawls on the fence not Dill; the shadow is not wearing a hat; after running they reach Dill's house not Jem and Scout...

• Word Count: 1081
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The title of this novel, The Tortilla Curtain, by T.C. ... The Tortilla Curtain, in both real life and this novel, represents an established but vulnerable border, which the lines are crossed. ... Symbolism is found throughout nearly the entire book, it all starts when the talk of fences comes up. Delaney and his wife build a fence to keep the outside out, and when it doesn't work, they just add on to it. ... After much thought, I realized that this novel is simply about political correctness gone wrong. ...

• Word Count: 564
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel The Tortilla Curtain Boyle uses the extended-analogy of the coyote to draw parallel lines between the actual coyote and the symbolic coyote. ... For Example when the coyote jumps the fence to kill and eat Delaney's pet terrier Osbert. ... Or no: it was torn apart by a startled breathless shriek that rose up from beyond the windows as if out of some primal dream" (Pg 36) Delaney also uses another scene in the Novel where Candido takes dog food from a bucket in some ones back yard and eats a handful of it. ... (pg 299-300) Boyle used this rhetorical device to s...

• Word Count: 420
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel, the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. ... The family is heart broken over this so they put up an even higher fence to keep out any unwanted animals. Again, the coyote jumps over the fence and eats the other dog named Osbert. ... Even though the Mossbachers put up an even higher fence, it still did not keep the coyote out, just as the gate may not keep out the illegal aliens. ... Later on in the novel Jose goes down to the camp and rapes Candido's wife America. ...

• Word Count: 1244
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel the coyote acts as a symbol for many things. ... The family is heart broken over this so they put up an even higher fence to keep out any unwanted animals. Again, the coyote jumps over the fence and eats the other dog named Osbert. ... Even though the Mossbachers put up an even higher fence, it still did not keep the coyote out, just as the gate may not keep out the illegal aliens. ... Later on in the novel Jose goes down to the camp and rapes Candido's wife America. ...

• Word Count: 1096
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Racism is mentioned throughout the second part of the novel. It is the prime and most mentioned part of this section of the novel. ... The manner in which he dies is that he escapes and attempts to climb the fence to freedom, however he only has one good arm and that is his detriment. ... They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill they got him just; as he went over the fence they said if he'd had two good arms he'd have made it, he was moving that fast. ... These messages and others help to show why this novel is considered a "classic." ...

• Word Count: 847
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" some characters were explained to be as outcasts. ... Tom Robinson manages to gain sympathy in the novel because he is accused for committing a crime he did not commit. ... In chapter 24, Tom gets sympathy because he gets shot while trying to climb over the prison fence and is killed. ... They said he just broke into a blind raving charge at the fence and started climbing over. ... These are just some of the ways Walter Cunningham, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell get sympathy in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The main topic of the novel was that little was being done to protect the Kalahari habitat and its inhabitants, Mark and Delia make several suggestions to help conserve this ecosystem, but if something isn't done soon the ecosystem could be at risk, . ... Also veterinary cordon fences (to be gone into further detail in paragraph 6) are killing of many antelope that would have been a lasting food source for Kalahari lions. ... In addition, veterinary cordon fences (to be gone into further detail in the next paragraph) are killing of many antelope that would have been a lasting food so...

• Word Count: 893
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This novel unlocks the many mysteries and tales of the people of Maycomb. ... During this tactic, Jem ends up getting his pants ripped and stuck in Boo's fence. Later in he night, Jem goes back to retrieve his pants and finds them neatly sewn and strewn over Boo's fence. ... I'm anxious to find out what occurs next in this fascinating novel!...

• Word Count: 558
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel titled To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Arthur "Boo" Radley is characterized in many different ways. Boo is perceived at the beginning of the novel as a recluse who never set foot outside his home, because of the cruel and unruly way Mr.Radley raised Boo. ... Later, after Jem loses his pants while running from Nathan Radley, Jem finds his pants mended and hung over the fence, another obvious kind gesture from Boo. ... As the novel concludes, Boo proves to be an intelligent, good-hearted person who was ruined by a cruel father, and is one of the most important mockingbi...

• Word Count: 311
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mockingbird Essay In the novel titled To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Arthur "Boo" Radley is characterized in many different ways. Boo is perceived at the beginning of the novel as a recluse who never set foot outside his home, because of the cruel and unruly way Mr.Radley raised Boo. ... Later, after Jem loses his pants while running from Nathan Radley, Jem finds his pants mended and hung over the fence, another obvious kind gesture from Boo. ... As the novel concludes, Boo proves to be an intelligent, good-hearted person who was ruined by a cruel father, and is one ...

• Word Count: 317
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

She is described as a mystical being whose primary concern is the well-being of her child, even at the almost ridiculously early stage of her pregnancy at the start of the novel. ... throughout a majority of the novel, and adopts an attitude of superiority over others with her precious possession. ... Connie says he will open a repair shop and buy a white house with a fence and an icebox and a car and a crib, all before the baby is born; all hopelessly idealistic and almost completely detached from reality. ... She can no longer find comfort in shared thoughts of a white-picket fence, and is f...

• Word Count: 679
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

She is described as a mystical being whose primary concern is the well-being of her child, even at the almost ridiculously early stage of her pregnancy at the start of the novel. ... Rose of Sharon incessantly asks Ma Joad if "it"ll hurt the baby" throughout a majority of the novel, and adopts an attitude of superiority over others with her precious possession. ... Connie says he will open a repair shop and buy a white house with a fence and an icebox and a car and a crib, all before the baby is born; all hopelessly idealistic and almost completely detached from reality. ... She can no longer ...

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His neighbor simply responds, "Good fences make good neighbors," (27) The only time when Frost and his neighbor communicate is when they are repairing the fences that separate them. ... Watson longs for a romantic relationship with Miss Morstan throughout the novel, but his desire is always held back by Holmes view on women. ... When the reader reads a novel, the reader looks for some sort of meaning out of the novel. ... Whenever the speaker questions his neighbor's reasoning, he simply replies, "Good fences make good neighbors." (27,45) The neighbor is very inflexible in that he insi...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

At first he teaches the mental people to play basketball but when that doesn't go good try to think of different ways to escape such as throwing a sink through a window, but finally he comes up with a solution by climbing over the fence. ... Ken Kesey's use of symbolism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest transforms the novel and the hospital within the novel a microcosm of society, a battle between the sane and insane, the conformist and the non-conformist. ...

• Word Count: 467
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mocking - Bird PLOT To Kill A Mocking - Bird, by Harper Lee, is a very intriguing novel about the care free childhood of two young children, in comparison with the trial of a black man for a crime by which he did not comitt..The two story lines, are linked together by one very significant character who plays a vital role in determining the scenario of the story. ... It is at the beginning of the story that the other characters on the street are introduced as they are likely to be mentioned more than once throughout the novel The story begins in summer, in the isolated the ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel, Nervous Conditions, was perhaps the most captivating, poignant novel that I have ever read. Her brilliant style of writing was perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the novel; not to detract from the content of the novel. ... In the opening lines of the novel, the narrator, Tambudzai, says to the reader: "I was not sorry when my brother died. ... Tambudzai is petrified and she says to the reader: "I was in a bad state or else I would have noticed the cahins that bound them to their kennel and the fence that enclosed them in their pen. ... Later in the nove...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4

Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel, Nervous Conditions, was perhaps the most captivating, poignant novel that I have ever read. Her brilliant style of writing was perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the novel; not to detract from the content of the novel. ... In the opening lines of the novel, the narrator, Tambudzai, says to the reader: "I was not sorry when my brother died. ... Tambudzai is petrified and she says to the reader: "I was in a bad state or else I would have noticed the cahins that bound them to their kennel and the fence that enclosed them in their pen. ... Later in the nove...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4

Technology effects every character in this novel and has a great impact on the events that play out. ... In the first scene of the novel, an enormous emphasis is placed on the reliance upon technical devices. ... Alex strives to have a more in depth relationship with his father, he attempts to fence with him, however, Bill's work always interferes with these plans. ... This fact is clearly presented within Alan Lightman's novel. ... Technology has an extreme affect on all of the characters of the novel and on most in the modern world. ...

• Word Count: 772
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Technology effects every character in this novel and has a great impact on the events that play out. ... In the first scene of the novel, an enormous emphasis is placed on the reliance upon technical devices. ... Alex strives to have a more in depth relationship with his father, he attempts to fence with him, however, Bill's work always interferes with these plans. ... This fact is clearly presented within Alan Lightman's novel. ... Technology has an extreme affect on all of the characters of the novel and on most in the modern world. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Many famous writers have addressed this issue in their novels or short stories. ... Another part of the setting that plays an equally important role is the fence that surrounds Elisa's garden. It is a reoccurring symbol that represents the barriers that separate Elisa's garden from her husband and the rest of the world, "he [Henry] leaned over the wire fence that protected her flower garden from cattle and dogs and chickens" (260). ... Henry always approaches the fence calmly and carefully never wanting to disrupt his wife's universe. On the other hand, when the man comes ove...

• Word Count: 1196
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Who are the Mockingbirds in the novel, and how does this symbol work? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are many symbols used, one of these is the Mockingbird symbol. The "mockingbirds" in the novel are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. ... When Jem ripped his pants on the fence and had left them there, Boo kindly sewed them up and gave them back to him. ... In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are really only two "mockingbirds" mentioned. ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Jason Compson has many different personalities in the novel. ... Quentin ends up committing suicide in the novel. ... Quentin says strange things throughout his narration in the novel. ... He is running up and down a fence, moaning and watching golfers play. ... The novel ends right after this occurs. ...

• Word Count: 911
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School