George Orwell was a famous author who wrote many novels and essays. His real name was Eric Author Blair. ... The symbolism in this novel is great, and every animal can be matched up to a key person in the Russian Revolution. ... Many people and critics do not think of Orwell as a serious author. ... But due to Orwell's use of simplification, sympathy for the working class, and using his own life experiences makes no doubt that he was one of the most unique author of our time....

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

All the issues that are elaborated on are of very great significance and are accepted as "life teachings". ... All these issues have been carefully selected by the author, who happens to be one of the two main characters. ... Through Mitch's descriptive language telling us and describing the amount of family photographs around Morrie's house shows us how Morrie puts great emphasis and importance on family. ... We should express "core" values with others is one of Morrie's great philosophies that he tries to persuade Mitch to adopt as he is quite opposite and living in the mater...

• Word Count: 1187
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• Grade Level: High School

Compare and Contrast The authors of Certain Night and In a Grove articulate the theme and effect in the story by the use of literary devices, such as characterization, setting/atmosphere, and point of view. ... The characterizations used by both authors create a theme, the humans pride, which joins the two stories together. ... Dont forget that although were going to die now a great congress is being held elsewhere today, and our government is going to be formed today. ... The author, Ting Ling of A certain Night reveals gloominess and darkness also: The heavy tramp of boots and shoes in ...

• Word Count: 931
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The author purpose in this novel is to expose the truth behind the working conditions that workers suffer from exploitation and to promote socialism. ... The Jungle causes a great deal of commotion in the United States, it caused the government to investigate the food industry and create the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The author purpose on the book is clearly understood, Sinclair was disagreed with the ideas of capitalism and he wanted to convince people that the Socialist movement is better. ...

• Word Count: 544
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• Grade Level: High School

Artwork serves to show us different ways to look at the world. They sharpen our ability to understand and deal with new situations. A master of showing real world situations and ideas in his paintings is Fernand Leger. In Still Life with a Beer Mug Leger uses this technique to relay more than one...

• Word Count: 481
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• Grade Level: High School

"OF MICE AND MEN" is John Steinbeck's famous novel of two men struggling through wreckage of the Great Depression. ... Because of the Great Depression, many men lost their jobs and were forced to live on the streets or work for food. ... These two men travel to Salinas, southern California, the author's birthplace, where they've heard manual-labor employments are plentiful. ...

• Word Count: 925
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• Grade Level: High School

So it is possible to say that there is great balance in this story. I think that Penkov is the type of author who understands what the readers need, and who doesn`t fail to give it to them. ... Even there is a great distance between the Narrator and his grandfather`s ideologies, it still obvious that they both love each other and that they clearly feel the physical separation between them. ...

• Word Count: 1782
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• Grade Level: High School

In Walter Benjamins essay "The Flaneur" the author suggests that the first literary endeavor of this new species of city dweller was "panorama literature" or "physiologies". ... The scene is hilarious because, like all great comedy, it has a sense of danger to it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He felt so passionate about this subject that he wrote The Communist Manifesto, which described in great detail just what was wrong with capitalism and how it was destroying the economy John Steinbeck alludes to Karl's idea by having clear segregation between the three main classes that Marxism is made up of. ... The greatest authors will always put a great meaning into the title. ... Steinbeck openly advocates Marxist proletarian revolt in response to unjust economic conditions, which, he goes on to explain, are directly caused by capitalism: "The tractors which throw men out of wor...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School