He believes he "ought to be chief" because he is "chapter chorister and head boy", and also because he "can sing C sharp" (Golding 22). ... Dissimilar to the other blacks in my mandala, this black is used to demonstrate Jack's sociology. ... Walking behind him was his choir boys, who all wore "shorts, shirts" and "each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it", unlike the other boys, Jack had a golden cap badge, which indicated his power over the others right from the beginning (Golding 19). ... Like a little boy, he announce...

• Word Count: 2153
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Looking at the characters in the novel that represent the idea of "good-, one can see that the actions of each boy are directly related to the name that Golding assigned them. ... He is described by Golding as a skinny little boy with black hair and is slightly younger than Ralph is. ... Piggy is a heavyset boy with asthma and bad sight. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel based on the adventures of a boy named Huck Finn, who along with a slave, Jim, make their way along the Mississippi River during the Nineteenth Century. ... An example of this is in The Wizard of Oz, when the movie goes from black and white to color, showing a visual symbolic death. ... Children have an innocent perception of the world around them, but as adults we realize the world is not black or white but various colors. ... The caterpillar starts out innocent (black and white) and goes through stages or obstacles to become a butterfly. ...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It is a simple story, in which there are only two main characters the old man and the boy. ... His conversation with the boy shows his strong will. ... At night, he "dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long garden benches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great brown mountain." ... Hopefully, the old man sails silently on the black sea. ...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The noble bust, the sloping shoulders, the graceful neck, the dark eyes and black ringlets her face was like her mother's; a youthful unfurrowed likeness: the same low brow, the same high features, the same pride" (147). ... " And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me---knocked me down for nothing. ...

• Word Count: 1755
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"But Amy was right: nobody ever asks about the language. They ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. Many English departments are v...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School