We can say the two were mauled by the wolves and they died together in the land the two fought over for years. ... Immediately while reading the story we are drawn in by all the details of the setting. You can instantly visualize the setting as if you are standing there yourself. ... All these details are provided right before our feuding characters meet face to face. ... It is almost as if nature and all its elements were there to teach these feuding men a valuable lesson in more ways than one. ...

• Word Count: 1228
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We can say the two were mauled by the wolves and they died together in the land the two fought over for years. ... Immediately while reading the story we are drawn in by all the details of the setting. You can instantly visualize the setting as if you are standing there yourself. ... All these details are provided right before our feuding characters meet face to face. ... It is almost as if nature and all its elements were there to teach these feuding men a valuable lesson in more ways than one. ...

• Word Count: 1228
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

At the time that Holden comes to visit before he leaves, Spencer presents himself poorly, with pills and medicine scattered about, wearing a rather revealing bathrobe and smelling like "Vicks Nose Drops". ... Despite this improper setting, Antolini gives truly shrewd advice. ... They gave it up before they ever really got started- and " The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."... A lesson to be learned from this novel is that perhaps we may never find our "wise old man figure". ...

• Word Count: 1058
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School