I think that this book might be more appropriate for girls as it is written from a female perspective, although it might offer some insight if you could get a teenaged male to read it. ... Personal Notes for Using the Book: The story is a very realistic portrayal of what first love is really like. ... In my opinion it might not be a book to be taught in class, it is more for personal pleasure but it definitely would be an interesting book to initiate discussion. Evaluation: I really enjoyed this book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Over the years, this became my favorite book. ... Dad left us a note on the counter and wished Danielle and I a good first day at school. ... She said this was her favorite book. ... I knew this book by heart. ... I followed her directions and went and got a book like she asked. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Apply one theory from chapters 1-6 to the film (hint, theories have the word "theory" in them in the book). ... At the end while he was sitting on the bench he realized that Skylar did love him and chasing her away was a mistake and that's why he left the note in Sean's mailbox saying he couldn't take the job after all because he was going to see about a girl. 3. ...

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In contrast, Fyodor Dostoevesky's modern novel, Notes from the Underground, portrays the feeling of every man being on his own. ... This is illustrated throughout the works of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, and Dostoevesky's Notes From the Underground. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes From the Underground. ... In the first pages of the book, the underground man explains, "I am not at all the jolly sort of person you think I am, or may think I am." ... By the end of the book, when you think he mig...

• Word Count: 1366
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• Grade Level: High School

In the book, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson. ... Ishmael, trying to look for a story about the trial, finds notes that prove Kabuo Miyamoto was not guilty of the charge of the death of Carl Heine, " The freighter began its dogleg at 1:42. ... Ishmael still clings to his relationship he had with Hatsue, but turns in the notes anyways. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book is mainly about Sigrid and her husband, Jake. ... 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. ... It was her daughter who was narrating at the end of the book. ... The book ends off with Sigrid's daughter talking about her mother. ... In conclusion I enjoyed this book and it was a pleasure to read. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This point is illustrated by Don Pedro for his great plan to get Claudio and Hero together "Thou wilt be like a lover presently/ and tire the hearer with a book of words. ... ... Without the balcony scene in Much Ado, the main purpose of the story would of been missing, which was about noting and schemes. ... I believe that Shakespeare did not intend to make both the plays similar in romance but what happened was that he liked the ideas he used in the first play and unknowingly used them in variation in the second book. ...

• Word Count: 848
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• Grade Level: High School

A conventional book, or play, would have three parts, a beginning, a middle and an end, but "Enduring Love" Is not a conventional book and McEwan is not a conventional writer. ... Other obsessions which have lingered throughout the book are also cured. ... The book began with a picnic, so it's ending with a picnic is another factor which adds to the cathartic atmosphere of the chapter. ... There are many similarities between the final chapter and the first chapter, but the important difference, is the first chapter ends on a dark, pessimistic note, while the final chapter ends optimistica...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the book, Sula is judged to be bad by the society that surrounds her, while Nel is thought to be the picture of goodness; as a result, Sula sees herself as evil, while Nel judges herself to be good. ... Sula is introduced in the third section, and the rest of the book centers on her and her friendship with Nel, which constitutes the rising action of the plot. ... Noting that black writers have often had to pander to a white audience instead of concentrating solely on the business of writing, Morrison has said that she wanted to help create a canon of black work. ... Sula has a ver...

• Word Count: 1824
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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the book, Paul learns about parental love from both his own parents and also from Keller. ... Towards the end of the text, Paul reflects, and understands that Keller was not merely trying to teach him to play the piano better, but trying to teach him how to play music with a depth that just note perfection cannot give. ... As a result, the book can be closed with the satisfaction of knowing that Paul is happy with the choices that he made from the things he learnt about love. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book starts out by describing Oceania under a dictator. ... While walking in the hallway at work Winston receives a note from a beautiful woman that reads, I love you. ... Winston gets a black book from the brotherhood about over throwing the government and everything he needs, and reads some of it aloud to Julia and they both fall asleep. ... The whole point of the book was to show what the future could have held for the people at the time the author was writing it. ...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He decided almost at once to go back to the States and to get going on his book. ... At the same time, he was trying to think of ideas for his new book. ... For the next month or so, although Robert was struggling to get his book going, he began spending some time with this crowd. ... Robert was now pounding away at his new book which seemed to flow easier every day. ...

• Word Count: 2361
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

At the same time the book is a celebration of the romance tradition by the simple fact that it is written within the tradition itself. ... The author even ends "William Goldman's- story on a somewhat happy note with the change for the better in his relationship with his son. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Tania Modleski's book, The Women Who Knew Too Much, she makes references to the "repetitions" that occur in the film. ... Modleski notes that Scottie is " caught up in repetition, like Judy/Madeleine/Carlotta- (Modleski, 98). ...

• Word Count: 1431
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The word appears three times in Troilus and Criseyde, once in the above instance, and twice in Book III (Tatlock 294). ... It is interesting to note that the other two instances of the word "falsen- are associated with Troilus and how he will not falsen Criseyde. ... This is a clear reference to Dante, as he also calls upon the Holy Trinity in Canto 14 of the book of Paradise: "The One and Two and Three that there is King, And lives for ever Three and Two and One, By naught contained, containing everything- (28-30). ...

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For example, note that Francesca is the only female in hell who has a speaking part. ... As Galahalt was the go-between for the two ill-fated lovers, with Paolo and Francesca, Dante gives this function to the book and its author. ... She is seen placing blame for her demise not upon her own weakness, but upon a book and its "subversive" author. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In a personal note to this writer, she adds that the theory "also looks at male stereotypes but always paralleled with the female stereotype." ... Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, M.D., PhD of the Department of Women and Development Studies of the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development, and author of the book Love, Rape, and Sexuality: The Construction of Woman in Discourse, in her feminist study of fictional love letters, rape stories and a feminist text on sexuality, has deduced two male stereotypes. ...

• Word Count: 2791
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Booker T. ... Proof of this materialist thought comes from the book "The Great Gatsby- by F. ... In his book "The Great Gatsby-, using the character of Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby's dream led to his irresistible need for material wealth, ultimately leading to the death of a great man. The main character in the book, Jay Gatsby, was affluent, but it was all part of a dream, a dream that never expires, a dream that stayed with Gatsby till his dying day. ... He notes every little detail about Daisy, even the little green light on at the end of her dock. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Paul goes through a series of very realistic romances over the course of the book. ... The Oedipus complex is seen through out the book, Sons and Lovers. ... If one has read the book, one may have noticed that Paul has a difficult time with relationships, that because subconsciously he is too wrapped up in his own mother. ... The Oedipus complex runs rampant in this book, read a few chapters closely and one will see. Note that he cannot get along with Miriam, because mommy does not approve, and that Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 4216
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• Grade Level: High School

After first kissing Juliet, she tells him "you kiss by th' book,"" meaning that he kisses according to the rules, and implying that while proficient, his kissing lacks originality (I.v.107). In reference to Rosaline, it seems, Romeo loves by the book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Machiavellian Ruler The Machiavellian ruler is one that is sly, cunning, and secretive. He is to mask his true intentions all the while avoiding inconsistency and often acting against mercy, faith, humanity, frankness, and religion in pursuit of the preservation of the state. The prince is one ...

• Word Count: 3087
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School