He feels that it is rightfully his house and Charles shouldn't be living with him, Edmund writes a note to Charles before he has even spoken to him " I DON"T WANT YOU TO COME HERE " and throughout the novel Edmund constantly frightens and torments Edmund when he has done nothing wrong. ... Another time is when Edmund has a bad experience with a crow in the day so later that night Charles places a stuffed crow on Kingshaw's bed " Kingshaw lay stiff, and did not scream he was dry and faint with fear of the thing . ... Kingshaw is scared about what Hooper will do but Hooper does nothin...

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• Grade Level: High School

Quicksand by Nella Larsen and The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Johnson have dark background information, but they both end on a positive note. ... In the novel, the narrator says said, "Leaning against the railing, Helga stares into the approaching night, glad to be at last alone, free of that great superfluity of human beings ". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is important to note that Meursault and his mother did get along, despite his nonchalant attitude toward her death, as he accepts the fact that his own existence, as well as everyone else's, will eventually end. ... He was so uninterested in her funeral that he remarked, "I can be there for the vigil and come back tomorrow night."" ... It is interesting to note that Salmano and Meursault can get along, despite being so different in the way in which they deal with emotion. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ... It is important to note that the...

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• Grade Level: High School

These same concerns are evident in his award-winning short-story cycle The Things They Carried (1990), powerful tales so much like memoirs that O'Brien feels compelled to emphasize in a prefatory note that what follows is "a work of fiction." ... Events such as John's terrible experience in Vietnam, his father's suicide, his lifetime hobby as a magician, and his habit of spying on Kathy during college begin to cast light onto what may have happened on that mysterious night. ...

• Word Count: 781
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the beginning of the book, she notes that because of his old age, father isn't like the other dads in her town. ... This statement shows the growth and transformation Laura has gone through that night. ... In that one night, she has transitioned from a low self-esteem awkward girl to a confident and beautiful woman. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the middle of the night, he attacked her in the dark and held her in a possessive way, perhaps even perverse. ... I prayed just for him to live through the night. ... In another of her plans she leaves a note for him, "I am tired of hiding. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On a family outing one night, Sigrid is introduced to a guy named Matt. ... He then poisons John, the night he came back into town. ... Knowing he will come for her, Sigrid packs her bags and leaves a note for Beth, whom is supposed to return home the following day. ...

• Word Count: 1175
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• Grade Level: High School

This virtue is just one I will focus on, in consideration of length restrictions, but it's important to note that Little Women deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situations and conflicts, Barrie writes to escape from reality (class notes, 4/3/03). ... Barrie also comments on the ambivalent representations of childhood in the novel, such as this passage concerning Neverland: "Of course the Neverland had been make-believe in those days; but it was real now, and th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is interesting to note, therefore, that the meaning of the name, "Ralph- symbolizes: good, positive leadership, responsibility, dedication, survival, and means counsel'. ... It is almost sad to see the little children playing on the beach all day and crying all night, and then seeing the older boys, who are not really that much older, murdering other people and setting fire to the island. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the ages, literature has revolved around the personal relationships between people. The relationships between women have evolved throughout the ages possibly as a result of the transformations of society as these texts explore; The Shakespearean era where only men were allowed to act, the Victorian era in which everything must be prim and proper and women should still do their work as a mother and wife to the Post Modern era in which women are free to express themselves in the same way that men are. All three chosen texts explore these relationships differently; Jane Eyre's cl...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate