As he speaks with his male friend at his kitchen table, they are framed in a medium tight shot as it cuts to a shot reverse shot of the two (barely) speaking. ... Later in the film a scene with his wife at the same kitchen table matches the distance created between his friend shot earlier. ... Yet I want to caution against falling into the trap of assuming a false or oversimplified indexicality from Burnett's observations since he never claims that his characters or settings are true or real. ...

• Word Count: 634
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Catholic Church was vocal in their want to be left alone, Bishop John Hughes stated, "I am no friend of slavery, but I am still less friendly to any attempt of foreign origin to abolish". ... Many characters which were presented in the book had some sort of confusion as to where their true loyalty lay. ...

• Word Count: 1854
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

1. INTRODUCTION In 1988, the now-bestselling author and former lawyer John Grisham had his first book published. Entitled "A Time to Kill", the novel presented the story of a small Mississippi town that becomes the scene of a spectacular trial: After two white men rape his daughter, her black father named Carl Lee Hailey shoots them. He then hires the white street lawyer Jake Brigance as his attorney, who also defended his brother in a different case. A wave of racial tension hits the town, with its citizens taking sides, the black community organizing marches and the Ku-Klux-Klan ...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Smith, the Lamanites could cast away their dark skin and savage ways if they sought to repent and accept the true faith that ways taught by the righteous Nephites. ... It is believed that Abel was a close friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith. ...

• Word Count: 3075
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate