Setting The book takes place in a small town called Sawmill Landing in northern Minnesota. ... The time, place, and atmosphere are definitely related to the theme. The theme is about small town life and coping with the family issues that go on there. The place is a small town and the atmosphere of the lake fits in with the storyline. ... The lake was his biggest fear, and the small town life was what was holding him back from the future. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

We are given a small history of the settlers - the British, Norwegians and Swedes. ... We are integrated to the way of life in this small town and how people in this small new world of Angel is interconnected - John Husk, Frenchie, Bush, and how these people depend on each other, food being social as well as sustaining and the importance of sharing. ... How through the belief in that Hannah was the meeting place (p 101). ... Most of Angel's healing took place during the trip to the Fat Eaters. ... And that the world is a living place to be respected cherished and loved. ...

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Effects of a Tragedy Pat Frank's Alas Babylon published in 1959 is a priceless example of a small community who, using their knowledge and ability to function as a whole, rebuild a new, self-sufficient population from the previously annihilated community. ... Throughout the novel Frank focuses on one particular group of people who live in the small town of Fort Repose, Florida. ... The catastrophe of the war in many people's eyes would be a terrible thing but, in the novel Alas Babylon this war makes the people of the small community realize just how lucky they are. ... In Alas B...

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In William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, Caliban is a native to the island where the play takes place. ... He says that Caliban smells like a very old and rotting fish that not even a drunk man would buy in the market for any small amount of money. ... Caliban may be ostracized by others because he originated from a different place than them. ... Immediately, as Charlotte Bronte's novel begins, Jane is already being put in her place and told how to behave. ... Jane challenged her aunt and challenges the boundaries her role as a child has set in place. ...

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It has to be the interior life of some people, a small group of people, and everything that they do is impacted on by the horror of slavery, but they are also people' "(Rothstein C17). ... This book was banned for two big reasons and a few smaller reasons. ... Oddly enough, there was a small connection between these two novels. ... Society now would place the burning of books and the murder of children as a morally unethical way to deal with fear. ...

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The setting in which the novel takes place proved to be the first construction Winton used in order to convey a realistic narrative. We first meet the families in two small towns in Western Australia, the Lambs in Margaret River and the Pickles in Geraldton. This acknowledgement of these towns appeals to Australian readers as they are able to relate to them, as they are places they know. " through Nedlands, Shenton Park, and Subiaco." ... Readers relate to Perth in Western Australia because it is a capital city; however the smaller detail such as the name and number of the families" house pro...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story begins on the evening of the last Friday in August 1944, in a small southern town. ... It tells about all of the events that take place during the time when Frankie first finds out about her brother's wedding and until the actual wedding. It also briefly depicts the events that take place after that weekend up until November. ... In the beginning, McCullers says that the summer in which the events took place was green. ... In the first game, Frankie is angry with John Henry for not being able to follow the rules because he refuses to place a jack next to a queen. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The reader views the immense change that takes place in the protagonist as he journeys deep into Africa. ... The novel begins on board the Nellie, a small European ship on the Thames River. ... Marlow finds passage on a steamboat that will take him to the place he is to board his own steamer. ... Marlow encounters images that begin to reveal the hopelessness of the place he is plunging into. ... Marlow's adventure takes place deep in an unexplored part of Africa. ...

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David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). This small number of elite would have included, but not limited to, Fielding, Johnson and especially Pope. ... For example, Ambrosia's condition is blamed on fault in his background, for he was brought up by monks who "terri...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Introduction pg. 9) He is making an inference that people in Starkfield are isolated as a result of their comparative landscape to other places and the harshness imposed by Starkfield. ... It seemed as if he and Zeena were destined to stay in Starkfield forever; their one chance of leaving the small Massachusetts town was slipping away. ... Throughout the novel, people are unable to carry out their plans, great or small because of the overwhelming power of the environment. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). This small number of elite would have included, but not limited to, Fielding, Johnson and especially Pope. ... For example, Ambrosia's condition is blamed on fault in his background, for he was brought up by monks who "terri...

• Word Count: 1271
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Factors like the upbringing of a character, the time and place, and the environments a character is exposed to, are usually seen as being the most important ones. ... The way people dress themselves can reveal numerous details about their personality, starting from their likes and dislikes to what place in society they see themselves in. ... However, like the short, small amount of animal skin that covers him temporarily, as seen later on in the novel his money also only covers his broken engagement and marriage for a very short period of time. ... They are aware of their place in society, t...

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This is also emphasised through the character of Malvina and the struggle she faces with finding a place to belong within society. ... This brings to the fore, that belonging can be directed towards a place and not just to a group or society. ... This conveys the transformation that takes place within Asher's journey of self-discovery, and it is through this journey that Asher is forced to see the inherent values and attitudes within himself such as being considerate and including others feelings when making a decision. ... This transformation of Lily's character, and how she now kno...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In both of these novels they portray the constraint of moral and social desires that society places on an individual as a whole. ... Both of these novels use symbolism to affect and portray the "invisible force", which can act as a small part in novel but without it, it would cause a dramatic modification to the plot of the novel. ... In both of these novels they portray the constraint of moral and social desires that society places on an individual as a whole. ...

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He leaves with his faithful servant and confidant, José Palacios, and a small retinue of loyal officials and friends. ... Despite this The General's health continues to decline and both figuratively and literally he continues to become smaller with each passing day. ... The physical voyage itself echoes the feeling of loss and confusion as he continually finds himself moving from one place to another. ...

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The different types of clothing, though seemingly small, play an imperative role in this key scene. ... " (Bronte 98) This statement angers Ginevra, and she tells Lucy that she is in no place to "sermonize" (Bronte 98) her. ... " (Bronte 145) This small space of free time, created by Lucy's choice of clothing, allows M. ...

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Many scientists and explorers of the nineteenth century were conquering new ideas and discovering new-found places of the world, it was a time of intellectual on expressive writing, particularly that of the gothic and horror genre utilising the macabre and bizarre. ... Frankenstein first meets Walton while he is tracking his "demon" in the Artic; this meeting was relevant at that time because multifarious explorers were trying to reach the North Pole, and many other places, as was Walton. ... While he debates which "path to purse", a small girl runs out from the wood, from whom he hides, then,...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel later develops into many other locations around the world including Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, the jungle of Bundelkan, and many other small cities. ... When day broke Passepartout cleverly switched places with a dead man and acted like he resurrected. ... A good example of Passepartout's acting without realizing the possibilities of what could happen is when he switches places with a dead man in an Indian village in order to free a parse woman about to be sacrificed. By switching places with the dead man and taking the parse woman with him, he was ...

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In many American novels, nature is a sanctuary, a place of freedom and rest for the soul. ... The wilderness is John's place for relaxation and reflection. ... The "use of Spanish to evoke a Hispanic place and culture- (Eder 2) is sometimes very subtle to make the usage seem natural. ... Even from the beginning of the novel, the Hispanic setting is put in place. ... It rose spinning in the air, very small against the blue. ...

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Braxton Mr. Lane English 102 25 July 2000 The Expression of Themes in Winesburg, Ohio Winesburg, Ohio is a compilation of short tales written by Sherwood Anderson and published as a whole in 1919. The short tales formulate the common themes for the novel as follows: isolation and loneliness, discove...

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While he appears to place his trust in Crusoe, he suspects that real power does not lie with the man but with his mysterious weapon," (Loar, 2006). ... As a modern reader, it is difficult to overlook the fact that women play such small roles in the plots of both of these stories. ...

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Mark Haddon is one of Britain's most known authors. His novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," from 2003 was published in 35 different countries and it sold 2.6 millions copies only in Britain, which makes it the third best selling novel of the decade. After graduating from univ...

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They were harsh places that offered little comfort to those children who had just lost their parents and had no one left in the world to look after them. Childhood in this era was different to the modern outlook on childhood; children then were often treated as small adults with no allowance for those with disabilities or special needs. ... He wrote Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' in the 1990's; although the scene is set in Ireland in the 1960's where great changes were taking place. ...

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However, what we get from reading the literary words gives only one-eighth of Hemingway's "Icemountain", which shows only a small part on the surface. ... He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach." ...

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Since The Greasers do not have wealth to pride themselves in and possess power over other people, they use smaller inexpensive methods to form an identity and society of their own to gain power. ... The fights take place either to humiliate the Greasers or take revenge on them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School