In Tim O"Brien's novel, If I Die in a Combat Zone, a unique, young man examined the Vietnam War. ... Many of Tim's college friends escaped the draft with doctor's notes or chaplain notes. ... To lighten conversations, they talked about authors and novels that they were both interested in. ... When he was not thinking about the war, his life after the war was on his mind and so were the novels he had read. ...

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

On the same note, she understands and respects the Christian life as evident by her attending church with Antonio's family. ... Many unexplained mysteries of Ultima are shown in this novel to prove that part of her has the spirit of a witch. ...

• Word Count: 821
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel "Swerve," by Phillip Gwyne, Hugh develops a totally new character when he returns to Sydney after his trip. ... In the beginning of the novel, Hugh was a spoiled private school boy that was molded into a judgmental, close-minded, and law-abiding child by the upbringing of his parents. ... "I think of my shining future, the future my parents, my professor, everybody has painted for me " Hugh's bright unyielding future was made by the decisions of his parents, and as he was performing, he was thinking about the outback, the majesty of Uluru and "suddenly, with one note...

• Word Count: 1128
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Latimer's largest sense of guilt in the novel comes from his own discoveries of the human soul, and in particular his own. ... Latimer notes that "there had arisen in Bertha's mind towards this woman a mingled feeling of fear and dependence" (Eliot 35). ... Human nature is at the heart of this novel. ...

• Word Count: 1143
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Taken out of its original context and having undergone a patriarchal-type adaptation, the novel adopted the receptional function of "a true story about the wonderful adventures of a foreigner". ... Functionally speaking, there was much in common between this English novel and the popular Bulgarian religious or moralistic tract of the period. ... Characteristic instances of what I have in mind are articles like "The British Parliament" , "An Illustrious Englishman's Notes on Education" , "The Jurisdiction of England" , "English Politics and Europe" , "The English Bank System" . ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel While I Was Gone by Sue Miller, tests ones ability to accept and understand the importance of change and the growth throughout one's life. ... (state here what you want to say in the rest of the essay) Just a brief note about what you will be arguing in the essay. ...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Chris Crutcher's novel "Deadline" is a story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life during the short span of his senior year in high school. ... Ben found Rudy cold on his bed, without a breath, and with a note by his side "Dear Ben, I"m sorry, but I couldn't do it- (269). ...

• Word Count: 1051
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Plato's version of Socrates and Artistotle's lecture notes both feverishly seek out new interpretations and theories of the world surrounding us and the world within us, and produce ideas whose ultimate result is the inspiration of thousands upon thousands. ... However, this did not happen (but wouldn't that make a cool philosophy/sci-fi novel?). ...

• Word Count: 1699
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, I believe that my roommate Chris is home from work if I see the headlights flash in the window, and the time is 1:00 AM and I see a figure walking up to the door, however as Descartes notes, "From time to time I have found that senses deceive."" ... As in Curt Siodmak's novel Donovan's Brain, absolute certainly is the sort of neurotic fantasy that only a surgically removed mind would look for after it had lost everything else. ...

• Word Count: 4259
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School