Charles Dickens brings life to the French Revolution, in his historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities. His novel envelopes around many unforgettable names as he brings the story of two cities, London and Paris together. ... AS the wine flooded the floor the "men kneeled down, made scoops of their two hands joined," as if they were praying to their only beam of hope, they finally had something to drink, it was as if they were worshipping the wine for its existence. ... There is nothing to hide Dickens used the scene of the wine shop to show us reader two things. ...

• Word Count: 965
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In today's society the average backyard of a home in the city has a fence. ... It is not the wall that leaves the two men as good neighbors, but rather the security that the wall gives to them both. ... Even in tales of ancient cities in Europe, the kingdom with the strongest wall was often the one with more security and protection. ... It is the wall in this poem and the ritual rebuilding of it that signifies a silent peace between the two neighbors. ...

• Word Count: 653
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In chapters two through six Candide goes through the process of being a soldier in the Bulgar's army during the time they were at war with the Abarians. Candide's recruitment was at an Inn of the neighboring town of Westphalia, where two men buy him food after he went through a complicated travel. ... The glory of war was then described by Voltaire in the third chapter by showing the brutality of European war, cities burnt to ashes and so forth. ... Next the old woman tells her tale of hardships in life and civil war she witnessed while in the Middle East. ... Voltaire shows the true...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book records Thoreau's experiences in a hand-built cabin, where he spent two years in partial seclusion, at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. ... His "The Gold Bug" (1843) tells the tale of a search for buried treasure on a South Carolina island lV. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) attracted little interest. ...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School