The reason she wrote Beloved was to show more about how ones past haunts their present and also about self-sabotage. ... She lives in a house at 124 Bluestone with a woman referred to as Baby Suggs who actually dies shortly after the book begins. ... Her youngest daughter, Denver, was grabbed by Stamp Paid, an old friend of Sethe, before Sethe could kill her by another violent and gruesome act. ... However, some people are mentally prepared and able to deal with tougher material and the lessons to get out of these writings. ... This novel was packed full of different emotions to feel and ways ...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many housewives dream of sitting before a typewriter and having the success Guest did, but it did not come easy. ... Conrad feels as if he should have been the person to die in the boating accident that took his brother's life. ... In the opening of the book, most of the tragic events have already taken place. ... Calvin and Conrad continually blame themselves for all that goes wrong in life and cannot open up about the death of their brother or son until the very end of the novel. ... Berger, Conrad's psychologist in the book, is overly sentimental and unrealistic. ...

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

Title The title of my book was Northern Lights. ... 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 theme is about small town life and coping with the family issues that go on there. ... 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...

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

Learned about being a soldier and got others opinions. ... His first book was Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. ... Crane's objective when writing this book was not to give a history lesson on the civil war actually the reader must know that he is talking of the civil war because he never actually states that in the novel. ... Henry leaves him to die and throughout the entire novel Henry is haunted by this guilt. ... As he matures through the book we b...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Esquivel wrote screenplays before she wrote novels. ... The book went on to be translated into thirty languages. ... Nacha's spirit gives Tita confidence when she needs it, while Mama Elena's spirit tries to control Tita, making her feel guilty about her passion for Pedro. ...

• Word Count: 2483
• Approx Pages: 10