Here, they met Red Sammy Butts and as the author describes, his little old country wife, who adored little June Star. After seeing June Star perform a tap dance she said to her, "Ain't she cute? ... Following that comment, cute little June Star had a comment of her own, "No I certainly wouldn't! ... The Misfit not only killed Bailey, but went on to kill John Wesley, June Star, their mother, and the innocent little baby boy. ... Mistakenly she reaches up to touch his shoulder and the Misfit turned around with tears in his eyes and shot her three times in the chest. ...

• Word Count: 1161
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Other religious references can be noted with June Star and John Wesley. ... Grandmother unknowingly flags down the Misfit who is driving a hearse to rescue them after June Star comments "but nobody's killed." (O'Connor 425) June Star refuses to take the killer's hand and calls him a pig just before she is slaughtered. ... (O'Connor 426) and wipes her eyes with a "clean" handkerchief. ...

• Word Count: 1088
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"A woman's place is sleeping so she can wake up early with the tortilla star" (Cisneros 31). ... "A car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life" (Cisneros 27). ... The reader sees the poverty stricken street through the eyes of Esperanza. ...

• Word Count: 1139
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Night by Elie Wiesel Character List: Page 1: Moshe the Beadle- man off all work at a Hasidic Synagogue; very poor, lived humbly, dreamy eyes, awkward as a clown, spoke little, used to sing or rather to chant Page 2: Elie's father- cultured, unsentimental; concerned about other's rather than his family, held to the greatest esteem in the community Hilda- first child born; Elie's sister Béa- second born; Eli's sister Eliezer (Elie)- introduced formally on page 3; narrator, third born and only son to the family Tzipora- forth born; sister of El...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The novel, The Education of Little Tree, is a beautifully written story "which portrays the lifestyle of a Native American family "seen through the eyes of a young boy in the Appalachian Mountains, who was orphaned at the age of five. ... In their eyes, "what Cherokee done didn't count none whatsoever- (185). ... He talks to the oak tree, watches the clouds, the sun and the Dog Star. ...

• Word Count: 1025
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I laid down on top of my lifeless body and just closed my eyes, I hear rushing footsteps and now I can hear the beeping of my heart monitor getting slower and slower now it's just I was running towards Mia's room. ... She should be a star Cellist. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

When Biff was in high school, he was a star football player, all the girls swooned over him, and he was well-liked by everyone. ... Even though he is more successful than Biff in working, Happy knows he is second best in his father's eyes so he strives for the approval and any sign of affection from Willy. ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"His eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him, and his little hands began to stroke the rubber grass. ... He rose like a shooting star with his determination and strength to live, crawl, and walk. ...

• Word Count: 911
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

If she had never told John Wesley and June Star about the house with the secret panel, they never would have begged to see it and Bailey never would have gone down the bumpy road that caused the accident. ... Once someone accepts God, Jesus, and religion, all their sins are forgiven and they are given a clean slate in the eyes of God. ...

• Word Count: 2043
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Larry James Interview Larry James was very excited when he was approached to do an interview. He smiled and said, "I got a lot to say and no one to listen, so hurry now, let's get started." When we had the first interview, which took place January 20, 2003, Mr. James was anxious to star. He sa...

• Word Count: 1502
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Bandy, author of "`One of My Babies": The Misfit and the Grandmother," found in Readings on Flannery O"Connor, "does not hesitate to dangle before his eyes the horrifying prospect of his children's deaths" (129): Now look here, Bailey see here, read this Here this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. ... The grandmother, Bailey, his wife, June Star (the little girl), John Wesley (the little boy), and the baby make up five or six people, depending on how you view the baby...

• Word Count: 2114
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

One boy named Peter recounted: One little girl had to give up her thin gold necklace with its Star of David, She begged them to let her keep it, but they only laughed, They told us to lift our arms above our heads, and I prayed that my watch would stay in place, I was lucky the watch didn't slip.... Most of the prospective foster parents wanted girls, sometimes boys, who were between the ages 3-7 and had blue eyes. ...

• Word Count: 3014
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School