At first Cossette might signal to the reader anti-feminist ideas and may place Hugo in a negative light. ... Rather than looking for and relying on another man Fantine takes it into her own hand to earn money suffering through a "small dry cough" that continued to grow worse (175). ... Eponine despite having no place else to go turns away from her father and away from the evil she has known since birth. ... Eponine will let nothing get in her way and although this warning comes from an emotional place within her she is still taking action and being proactive. ...

• Word Count: 2647
• Approx Pages: 11

The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. ... In chapter three, ironically titled, "[T]he Searcher", Patrick is searching for Ambrose Small but that is merely a metaphor for his vocation. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Completely indifferent, their failures, like their hopes, are small, even weak (Jerome, Wallace. 2007: 2827). ... Setting The setting of the story is somehow complicated since the writer has not directly mentioned any place or time. ...

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