Achebe pointed out that "in place of speech they made 'a violent babble of uncouth sounds,'" also saying that "it is clearly not of Conrad's purpose to confer language on the 'rudimentary souls' of Africa." ... (p. 257) Without outside knowledge (beyond the book), Achebe had no basis to charge Conrad with this rather harsh comment. ... If this novella had been written today, it might have been said that the Africans spoke "in a language that was unknown to me, and the sounds that came from their mouths sounded quite different than what I have ever heard," or somethin...

• Word Count: 1109
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

All quiet on the Western Front is a book by Erick Maria Remarque. It takes place during World War I on the French Front. Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realize...

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I the book A Painted House, John Grisham gives" a primary example of how educated are more successful then those uneducated. ... In fact in the novel he say's "It didn't sound like fun. ... The book doesn't even state how far his grandparents got education wise. ...

• Word Count: 1137
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Now Eric plunged into finishing the book, and despite the fact that it took about 2 more years, it was exactly the book he had wanted to write initially. Though he was sure that his writing would bring him the fame and recognition of the causes that he championed, he wrote the following to Victor Gollancz shortly before the book was revised for the last time "I would prefer the book to be published pseudonymously. ... ("Orwell- 2) The book was published as, Down and Out in Paris and London, in 1933 by the House of Gollancz. ... In 1946 he attempted to settle in the Scottish island of Jur...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In The Catcher In the Rye, Holden's view of phoniness contradicts itself but his view of himself as superior to others will not allow him to recognize that he contradicts himself. He can find phoniness in just about everyone he meets. When he notices that someone is being "phony," he makes sure he ...

• Word Count: 1608
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Media plays a large role in arousing the public's interest in the fantastic.21 The novels of Anne Rice, a gothic-horror writer, appeal to a large audience, and her three book series have quite a cult following. ... Finally, she sobs that she "danced for the Devil [and] wrote in his book."42 Thus begins the string of names cried gleefully by Betty, Abigail, and Tituba to insure their own freedom from blame. ...

• Word Count: 3126
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Wright felt that all buildings, whether they were commercial or residential should be built and designed so that they were structurally sound as well as true to nature. ... He accomplished this by expressing his ideas in a book called "The Natural House". ...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. ... In this ceremony a young man was whipped to death in front of a large audience and throughout it he "made no sound [and] walked on at the same slow, steady pace" (97). ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Title of the play: Liza and the Lost Letter Author's name: Taken from Girls to the Rescue Book #2 Number of acts: 1 Analysis of the major characters: Character: Liza Age: Young girl Profession or trade: School Desires and Goals: Liza is determined to return a letter to Princess Margaret that she found on the street. ...

• Word Count: 4915
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: High School

The film is book ended with two scenes of extreme violence. ... Woo brings us into the community and shows us a comforting, albeit busy scene of people enjoying each other's company and the sound of their birds before shattering this mundane hubbub with an explosion of gunfire. ...

• Word Count: 2769
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning chapter sets up the problems of the entire novel with great efficiency. It tells us what is going on at present with Obi's trial and backtracks to the past in order to reveal what kind of man Obi is: an educated man, a young man who is Nigerian but who has studied in England. Most significantly, this first chapter juxtaposes the two extreme cultures that are at work in the novel as a result of colonialism. The scene between Mr. Green and the British Councilman, and the scene among the Umuofia Progressive Union are juxtaposed against each other to illustrate their differen...

• Word Count: 7844
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocritical, and skeptical. I believe that human life is valued less than it should be, that it does have a meaning. ...

• Word Count: 5369
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School