The short story that I recently read was called "Through The Tunnel" written by Doris Lessing. ... Everyday the boy is dragged to the "safe" beach by his mother but he longs to go down to the "wild bay" where there are rocks and pools to play in. When he finally finds the courage to tell his mum he wants to go on his own to the wild bay, his mum allows him after a lot of consideration. ... The "wild bay" however, represents life when your are on your own and earning a living, trying as hard as possible to dodge the many dangers that come your way, you are now independent and must fend for your...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mikey and his two friends, Cecil and Joey have formed a triumvirate, called the three Mesquiteers. ... On his way home he meets Clara, who puts out her tongue and calls him a vulgar name. ... In the evening Mikey is still agitated by visions of one of the girls, Clara and his body is filled with a strange kind of energy that makes him so restless that he escapes into the wild nature. ... The wild nature plays a big part in the story, and Mikey's fight through it towards the ruin is a symbol of his fight, his struggle to reach puberty. On the way he now and then stops to search for wild...

• Word Count: 1199
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The boy produces unrecognizable noises and runs madly and carelessly "like a wild thing," (1). ... This made the boy come to his senses. (1) When he called for the dogs, they did not come. ... When he calls for the dogs, he has realized that he cannot do it by himself. ...

• Word Count: 1120
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

About Francis and Margot Macomber it is told very directly from the beginning of the story, that their marriage is based on nothing but materialism and that they are both aware of this, I would call it tragic, fact. ... In l.28 p.221 it says:- Macomber felt a wild unreasonable happiness that he had never known before."" But unfortunately he dies after this little bite of happiness he achieved in his life, that is why the short story is called "The short happy life of Francis Macomber-. ...

• Word Count: 1000
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"Lisa, pay attention!," called out the math teacher. Lisa was startled on hearing her name and returned to the present. It was difficult for her to concentrate at math class, she couldn't wait to get home. She had a whole new collection of books to read. At the stroke of the last bell, Lisa raced ba...

• Word Count: 1087
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

But are Dame's wild accusations about her husband true? ... The villagers are so upset with this statement that they call him a British spy even after crying out that he is harmless and wouldn't do anything to hurt anybody. ...

• Word Count: 1834
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the ' 20s and ' 30s. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and those who dreamed it into being: the politic...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metap...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become me...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fitzgerald first called it The Flight of the Rocket and later renamed it The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy. ... Anthony falls apart in wild and repulsive parties during which "people broke things: people became sick in Gloria's bathroom; people spilled wine; people made unbelievable messes of the kitchenette...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School