With rebellion in her blood and the world before her, she did not let this episode stop her. ... " When Marjane asks her mother about forgiveness, her mother replies, "Bad people are dangerous. ... " Now Marjane was torn between believing her mum's lessons in the power of forgiveness and accepting a new idea that not all people deserve to be forgiven. ... Through the rest of the book, Marjane is forced to conform to the standards of the religious fanatics. ... Schools began distributing gold painted plastic keys, telling boys, "if they went to war and were lucky enou...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7

Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. ... The author shows Antonio's feelings about change by depicting his nervousness about beginning school, separating from his mother, and his future. ... Ultima also tries to teach Antonio a larger moral lesson regarding salvation and damnation. ... Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. ... It could also mean that they are dying because they have changed too much to settle seamlessly into their old lives. ...

• Word Count: 3136
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Homer's Iliad and the Biblical book of Genesis, esoteric knowledge, or rather the struggle to gain it, leads to the testing and defining of a character's identity. ... In the Biblical book of Genesis, hidden knowledge plays a significant role in defining the characters through struggle and hardship, just as in The Iliad. ... When God first informs Adam and Eve about the middle tree, he only instructs them not to eat of it because they would die, but the serpent reveals the information about the tree to Eve in order to tempt her to go against God. ... Furthermore, when he r...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8