The question one may ask about To Kill a Mockingbird is challenging its morals and values, such as the lessons taught by Atticus Finch and the racism that is clearly evident throughout the story. ... A teenager does not entirely understand what types of situations others around them are experiencing, but Harper Lee's inspiring book gives light to those reading and teaches them about values. ... Although life lessons flood the pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, its main conflict is the act of rape, which many critics believe is too explicit for the teenage mind. ... It is stressed more ...

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1771, this young girl records a lesson in her catechism that is done by rote. ... While the colonies are educating its younger people with strict rules and regulations, the Quakers had developed a type of family life that echoes John Locke's ideas on child rearing. ... While they practiced their religious beliefs, they still subscribed to English common law. The women lost all their property at marriage and the Pennsylvania courts interpreted this rule just as the English courts would have done. ... As the women emerged from the conflict, they had achieved a better way of doing thi...

• Word Count: 2129
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

All five of these various types of teenagers were very different in many ways but also were very alike in the way of having to all share the same experience that they did. They all had the same English class, along with the same teacher, Mr. ... One day in English class, the students had a paper due and some of the kids did not complete their assignment, willingly or not willingly, Mr. ... She was also the one who learned a big lesson in life, probably one that some of the others would never learn. All the conflicts in this story were created by the leader of the pa...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In May 1607, the Virginia Company of London founded the first permanent English settlement in North America. ... Although the establishment of this colony had its share of difficulty and lessons to learn, it helped shape the world today through their cultural encounters, religion and beliefs, their customs and aspirations and through their early legal code and government. The historic importance of Jamestown is that it was the beginning of a continuous English presence in North America. ... The island had great visibility up and down the James River and the settlement was far enough inla...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

This type of evil directed against an innocent being forces people to confront the reality that evil lies within them. ... Early writers did not clearly distinguish between daimon ("divine being") and theos ("god"), which suggests that daimon, the word from which the English "demon" was derived, did not have negative connotations attached to it in the beginning of its use in literature. ... The evangelists often used the term pneuma rather than daimon or daimonion to mean both an intermediate being or some type of intellectual inspiration (Brenk 1986, 2115). ... Originally, Zarathushtra's...

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

Language is Toyota's first barrier since most Japanese do not use much English in their country. ... Finally, Toyota learned a valuable lesson that in order to gain success in the global markets, Toyota's vehicles must be able to handle local roads and highways. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Use vigorous English."" ... In each conflict he sought support for the side he favored. ... Always have courage and face your fears in life is the lesson from "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber-. ...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Unfortunately for Harpo, this is not an easy task: his wife is much bigger than he is and when he tries to hit her, she retaliates, teaching him the lesson of obedience. ... Soon Harpo builds a jukejoint, a bar-type restaurant which entertains townspeople in order to make a lot of money and forget about Sofia. ...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

The main character of the novel, Charles Strickland, is a prosperous stockbroker. At the beginning of the book the reader sees him through the eyes of a young writer, the narrator of the novel: a very dull, quiet man, not in the least interested in literature or the arts(34), a typical broker. Then he was a man of forty, not good-looking, and yet not ugly, for his features were rather good, but they were all a little larger than life-size and the effect was ungainly. He was broad and heavy, with large hands and feet, and he wore his evening clothes clumsily. He was clean shaven, and hi large f...

• Word Count: 6573
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School