Sophie's World presents the history of philosophy in the form of a novel. A young girl learns about life and philosophy. ... Sophie is surprised and intrigued and begins to ponder these questions, first with frustration at their apparent childishness and then with a growing interest. ... The teenage girl, Sophie leans so much from the philosophy that is given about each philosopher from long ago with each of the lessons that she is given from her teacher/philosopher, Alberto. ... The many philosophical lessons of the different thinkers of their own time were easily understood. ...

• Word Count: 872
• Approx Pages: 3

The golden carp offers religious tradition, but has valid moral lessons with reasoning. It has magical, religious order which is not connected with Catholicism. ... Antonio wants to see the carp with Cico(83). ... Ultima's owl represents Ultima's life source. ... At the end of the novel, Tenorio kills Ultima's owl and this literally destroys Ultima's life force and she dies very quickly after her owl is killed. ...

• Word Count: 603
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The evolution of Yiddish literature, as seen in the book No Star Too Beautiful, is much like the evolution of life itself. ... As we move on towards the enlightenment period, the lessons are less obvious, but no less important. ... His father responds that they have "neither the power nor the life to do that." ... Other stories from The Mayse Book teach the same lessons through the use of "common people." ... The stories grow in length and appear to be more like modern novels. ...

• Word Count: 1435
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Although this may seem like a simplistic story of a boy growing up, this novel raises some fairly radical ideas, and major inter-conflicts. ... Love life, and if despair enters your heart, look for me in the evenings when the wind is gentle and the owls sing in the hills. I shall be with you-." ... Her statement also give Antonio a framework with which to understand her death by offering a sequence of physical objects that he can see as symbols of her life and through which he can continue to feel his presence. Antonio will be without Ultima and will have to make his own choices without he...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. I think Ultima's entry into Antonio's life will start a stressful time Antonio. ... Ultima also tries to teach Antonio a larger moral lesson regarding salvation and damnation. Her suggestion that people must make independent moral decisions but should not make decisions regarding salvation and damnation introduces into the novel the idea that morality is not absolute. ... Whereas Ultima is able to understand the multiplicity of life and...

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

In the gothic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorn carefully interlaces the theme of good and evil throughout the complex characters of Chillingworth, Hester, and Pearl. ... As the novel progresses, Roger Chillingworth is slowly consumed by evil through his pursuit of revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale. ... In addition, even Dimmesdale, whose eternal bond with her grows strong through the life of their child, still denies her; nevertheless, Hester's loving wings serve as a place for Dimmesdale to find hope and encouragement. ... Each of the characters offer classic lessons on good a...

• Word Count: 1073
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School