The poem has four quatrains in which author describes a relationship between a young boy and his father. ... The boy dancing with his father who spins him around making a mass in the kitchen which "make a small boy dizzy;" On the other hand reader can confuse dance with real meaning which is the beating of the child. ... Narrator described that a small boy was afraid of his father. ... The boy respected his father and he knew that his behavior is normal. ... He complained about his whisky breath and reckless actions "We romped until the pans slide from the kitchen shelf;" Despite of harsh puni...

• Word Count: 564
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It is a poem portraying a rather strange moment between a young boy and his father. ... Perhaps the father is holding the boy against him, and the boy is afraid to let go. ... Then, the speaker says that he and his father "romped until the pans / slid from the kitchen shelf" (5-6). It is apparent that this activity between the boy and his father is quite boisterous. ... Maybe the boy is holding his father for both reasons. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

William of Baskerville has brought with him a teenage boy, whose care and education have been left in his hands. This young boy who goes by the name of Adso is the one who discovers the said "rose". ... Later, they meet when they are both hiding in one of the kitchens of the monasteries. ...

• Word Count: 567
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The drunken father's breath, "Could make a small boy dizzy", yet the boy hangs "on like death" (My Papa's lines 2-3). ... The waltz with his father was so vigorous that the "pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf" (My Papa's lines 5-6), thoroughly annoying the mother who's "countenance / Could not unfrown itself" (My Papa's lines 7-8). She does not like to see her kitchen fall apart because her husband and child are bouncing around the house. ...

• Word Count: 1292
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Compson, when they are in the kitchen. ... She calls Heathcliff a dirty, grimy, and disheveled boy. ... Earnshaw came to love the boy more than his own son, when he died Hindley takes out his revenge on Heathcliff. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy. ... His acts take on a sense of urgency as he hurries to have young Catherine marry to Linton before the boy dies. ...

• Word Count: 1118
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Sacks was a young, curious boy who grew up just before the Second World War. ... It explains all of his different scientific obsessions he had as a boy, and how he came about finding all the information he did on them. ... We had meals in the breakfast room next to the kitchen..." ... (Pg. 7,190,191) Oliver Sacks called metals his "obsession" as a young boy, exhibiting his true compassion and love for it. ...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sexuality is a powerful emotion that shapes the way many people live their lives. For centuries, the subject of modern sexuality has caused controversial issues among society, but the concept has been influencing the world since the ancient Greeks. The reason for much consideration of the Greeks is...

• Word Count: 744
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

At the kitchen table Cosmo replies, "A man understands one day that his life is built on nothing, and that's a bad, crazy day" (Gardenia, V. 1987). ... The next morning Loretta is walking home obviously in love in the meantime Johnny has returned from Sicily, his mother did not give her blessing and Johnny, a mama's boy, will ask for his engagement ring back. ... The final scene of the movie has the family gathered in the Castorini's kitchen waiting for Johnny who has returned from Sicily. ...

• Word Count: 2080
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School