With this, a children's author carries the burden of having to satisfy two different needs (that of the child, who primarily seeks to be entertained and awed; and that of the adult, who is in search for morals and values to pass along to their children) at once. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situations and conflicts, Barrie writes to escape from reality (class notes, 4/3/03). ... What Barrie tries to convey, I think, is that for adult readers, we frequently grow-up too quickly, and so he presents to us a fan...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The claim that diarists are only writers and write with the sole intention of unburdening their minds through private expression is not necessarily true. ... According to James' her "reader" is male and in the James family, being "male" meant having intelligence, wit, morals and an individual identity, qualities which James' father continually expressed that women lacked. ... " After reading Jules Lamaître's Etudes et Portraits, she writes that her whole being is "vivified with the sense of the Intelligent revealed!... Even as she describes her mom...

• Word Count: 2383
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He begins on a quest to read and write having already partially learned the English language around two to three years after he arrives in England. ... After taken into captivity by the Native Americans, she conveys her strong Puritan values by criticizing and demeaning the Native's religion, or what Rowlandson illustrates them as heathens with complete lack of values, morals and religious conviction. ... For example, Rowlandson, in her first encounter with the Natives she is quick to remark, "Oh the roaring, and singing, and dancing, and yelling of those black creature in the night, whi...

• Word Count: 1490
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Here the unscrupulous hedonist becomes a fundamentalist preacher and then quickly relapses into his former ways. ... Here Hardy writes, "He looked up, and perceived two life-size portraits on panels built into the masonry. ... However, Tess is also in possession of a clear set of morals which help her discern right and wrong from the various grey situations she encounters. ...

• Word Count: 2133
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate