It was interesting to know that before Church was about to start, they had just finished "taking care of business!" I mean you really not suppose to do those kinds of things before going to church. ... One important lesson Regina learned was once you fall, get back up and try again. ... She learned these lessons because after she was tired of going through she came to her senses. ... While Vonda was dieing Regina could see it in a vision. ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Each story is composed of parallel moral lessons, which becomes the theme of the stories. ... Conrad and Joyce portray a moral lesson in a very similar way. ... At the beginning of "The Tale" the women (who is never given a name) requests he tell a tale like he used to before the war. She states, "You used to tell- your- your simple and professional- tales very well at one time you had sort of art- in the days- the days before the war" (Conrad 2). ... He eventually comes to a realization or epiphany that if he had never separated himself from her she would not have died. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This short story is loaded with philosophical overtones and one pure moral lesson. ... Before this happens Pablo goes though mental torment wondering and pondering the eternal last question often thought of by those individuals that see death coming, "Did I do my best in my life when I was alive?" ... Someone once told me the only thing we have to do is die. We do not have to pay taxes, go to work, or even eat or sleep, but the truth is that we will all die in the end. ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

For this he thinks he will die. ... The house reflects the personalities of the people that lived there before the nuclear blast. ... Without the ability to learn it cannot learn a lesson. ... A difference from John the house possesses is it does not have a yearning to learn about the man that came before. ...

• Word Count: 678
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One is that it is very inspiring, and many lessons about perseverance can be learned. ... He also never gave up while him and his crew were stranded at sea, no matter how much it seemed they were going to die. ... Hillenbrand, kept describing the events of the war for far too long in the intro before she tells about Zamperini's time serving. ...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One night Vivian wakes up sick and covered in human blood and learns that the night before there was a brutal murder behind the local bar. ... Before she could though she is stopped by Gabriel and friends who tell her that she isn't responsible for the murders and have been set up. ... Vivian rushes there while Gabriel goes to get help and when Vivian gets there and Aiden raises a gun to her but not before Rafe and Astrid show up. ... Vivian's aunt Persia saves Vivan from dying but she is caught in mid change between wolf and girl. ... If you learn any lesson from thi...

• Word Count: 903
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He cannot overlook the fact that he left the man to die and never returned, nor can he confess that he was wrong in his actions. He finally destroys his guilt by killing his own son, as they stumbled onto the site where Malvin died in the forest. ... Similarly to the situation in "My Kinsman, Major Molineux," the character does not entirely succeed in his original quest, but learns a lesson, and is faced with a new quest. ... Before he died, he finally made public his purpose for wearing the veil... " When man loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin; then deem me a monster, for th...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Identity, the combination of distinct personality traits one portrays, making them unique. If a person is unaware of their identity though, how can they be expected to appreciate their way of life? The Color Purple and The Joy Luck Club portray a similar theme, because female main characters expe...

• Word Count: 3758
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

The life lesson lends to the action because without his psychological problems that were caused by his father he would have never had to deal with the bomb shelter, his brother, or his fear of the lake. ... The setting of the lake is used symbolically, because water is a sign of life and when he went back into the lake he was infused with a life essence he did not have before. ... This symbol stood for Harvey's love for his father and his internal fight for the resolution of the grief he had about him dieing....

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School