On The Antler is a story centred around two main characters: Hawkheel who is a quieter character with a love of books and Bill Strong who is a more nasty character who gets off on other people misery and only thinks about making money. ... She firstly detailed Hawkheel starting off when he was a "half-wild boy" where she described him "smashing" branches giving the impression that he was quite a troublesome boy. ...
While the novel can seem to be about a variety of themes such as assimilation, the law, institutionalisation, relationships and religion, it however begins and ends with aboriginality. In the first chapter we see the boy going out hunting with aboriginal children, forbidden to identify his heritage. ...
The hero of "A&P" is Sammy, the anxious checkout clerk storyteller, and the other hero is Harrison Bergeron, the intellectually and physically advantaged boy for whom the story bears its name. ... This all changed when the manager of the store made remarks to the girls about their beach attire and no shoes and how they were not dressed appropriate for the store. ... The theme that John Updike was trying to illustrate was think rationally and also don't think to quickly about a decision. ... The story is about how the government has taken all the freedom from the people and made ...
For example "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was written in anachronic order starting off by telling a story during the civil war era about how a man is about to be hanged. Then the story then changes direction by introducing that man as Peyton Farquhar and finally telling the audience about his untimely death. ... (Jackson 291) Still, the author never revealed what the story is really about until the very last paragraph of the story. ... In "The Lottery" the first foreshadowing clue is the little boy Bobby Martin "had already stuffed his pockets full of stones&qu...
Marele Day both challenges and conforms to the conventions of hard-boiled detective fiction in order to produce a feminist text that explores interesting ideas about power, corruption and life's facades. ... Day includes the suspicious death of an innocent boy as the main incident of the novel, with a private investigator handling the case. ... Lavender brings out the best of her as she desperately tries to expose him, Angell helps reveal her softer side through their romantic interest and Sally Villos provides the information she needs about Lavender and the incident. ... As we read more...
