The Wall Plot Summary The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre, translated by Maria Jolas, is a Modern form of literature created by Sartre. 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 ...

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

The title of the book had very little significance to do with the plot structure of the novel. ... Conflict and Plot One of the major conflicts was when Paul's brother Harvey came back from Vietnam to live with him and his wife. ... I don't think that this characters name lends any meaning to him or the plot. ... 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 resolut...

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

Ordinary People explores the realistic struggles families' face every day while glossing each page with a distinctive style and inspiring life lessons. ... Many housewives dream of sitting before a typewriter and having the success Guest did, but it did not come easy. ... Each member looks for a lesson they can learn from in the loss of Buck, but it is not until they realize that sometimes death leaves a person with no reasoning as to why it happened, that they can truly mourn for the loss ("Ordinary People" 273). ... Conrad feels as if he should have been the person to die in t...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." ... Finally it became The Beautiful and Damned In regards to the plot, in a technical way, The Beautiful and Damned is orderly and easy to understand. ... Toward the end of the book, the broken, debt-ridden hero, Anthony Patch, "awoke in the morning so nervous that Gloria could feel him ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

He died in August 2, 1988 at the age of fifty (Kennedy, X. ... Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ... They started to listen but were interrupted before the narrator can hear anything about himself. ... Beulah then died out of cancer. ... She leaves the room to get on a robe, and Robert and the narrator share marijuana who has never smoked before. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School