This is portrayed clearly through the use of the narrator's perspective and the way the narrator intrudes into the story to give a bird's eye view on the situation. ... Through works of literature the inclusion of the theme of freedom further supports the examination of universal themes of the human experience. ... "She doesn't want me to grow up And so on Friday, all I could think about was getting away". ... She can't make me take it out. ... Illustrated through her stream of consciousness giving the reader an understanding of the working of a parents mind durin...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sachar accentuates many themes and key issues within his story, ones which young and old can relate. ... The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. ... Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. ... Stanley, and the others, are allowing themselves naively to be bullied by X ray, who takes advantage of his leadership', "If you find something else, give it to me, okay?". ... Students are able to read Holes' and reflect upon, both the issues and them...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sachar accentuates many themes and key issues within his story, ones which young and old can relate. ... The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. ... Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. ... Stanley, and the others, are allowing themselves naively to be bullied by X ray, who takes advantage of his leadership', "If you find something else, give it to me, okay?". ... Students are able to read Holes' and reflect upon, both the issues and them...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Greatness came with a strong nation and thousands of poems and stories that shaped our nation. ... If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me ye women if you can." ... (The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe) As a short-story writer, Poe was a fascinating man of imagination. In theme, Poe places the human mind under investigation and probes insanity beneath the surface of normal existence. ... He wrote in a plain style so that everyone could understand and relate and "see" his viewpoint, therefore giving them to courage to stand up for themselves and fight back. ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is my belief that the way to achieve this is by giving students a voice in the learning process, and by assisting them in finding connections in the curriculum with their own life and interests. ... The practical problem we faced in terms of choosing short stories by writers of Europe, England and America is enormous. ... Once again, as is the case with short story selection, I came up with my own selection of topics that they found exclusionary. ... One day I got them read excerpts from a short story while explaining them following their turns. ... It is nearly impossible on the part of an...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel does not present a purpose, theme, or message, but rather draws interest unto itself through style and imagination. ... In his letters to Louise Colet, he explains his plans for Madame Bovary: "What seems beautiful to me, what I should like to write, is a book about nothing, a book dependent on nothing external, which would be held together by the strength of its style, just as the earth, suspended in the void, depends on nothing external for its support; a book which would have almost no subject, or at least in which the subject would be almost invisible, if such a thing is possible...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate