In the novel "Secret Life of Bees" a teenage girl named Lily goes through that. ... There are many themes in the novel "Secret Life of Bees" like Female Power/Black Mary, Mothers and many others. ... In chapter seven, Lily meets Zach, a negro teenage boy who works for August. ... In the end of the novel Lily is proud to be living with the Boatwright sisters. ... In the beginning of the novel, Lily dreams of dying and saying "Mother, forgive. ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

- have two children, a boy and a girl, who definitely come after their mother, but this doesn't seem to bother anyone. ... In the meantime the life of the successful novelist fades to black. ... Generally speaking some parts are really unbelievable and the plot is far-fetched but this is it what makes the black comedy of this novel. ...

• Word Count: 610
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• Grade Level: High School

Dualities form the foundation and structure for the major themes within the novel Wuthering Heights. By using contrasts, the author, Emily Bronte, builds tension and describes the characters of the novel and the nature of their loves. Love, and the concept of nature versus culture (two physical extremes) are major themes within the novel. ... The dualities that develop the theme of nature versus culture within the novel provide a physical comparison for the characters' personalities. ... For example, Heathcliff is described as a "wicked boy, at all events and quite unfit for a dec...

• Word Count: 754
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The novel opens up with a first-person narrative by Florens, a teenage slave. ... Instead of simply portraying slavery in black-and-white terms of racial tension, A Mercy shows slavery in different forms. ... The end of the novel is a first-person narrative from Florens' mother, explaining why she had to let Florens go. ... By using "we" it shows the unity and bond of the black women and that they are all treated the same. ... When she comes to the blacksmith's house she sees her mother "leans at the door holding her little boy's hand, my shoes in her pocket&qu...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When I started reading it I supposed that it was about a poor boy gradually became a gentleman in the upper class. ... Even more compared with the heroes in his other novels, he gives Pip more sympathy and support. ... In "Hard Times" sharp contradiction in the society in England is reflected and "A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel of which the background is great revolution of France. ... A black humor soul exists in his heart. ... And Dickens' thought reflected in this novel gives me some new understanding to my life. ...

• Word Count: 1502
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Janie doesn't discover that she is black until she is several years old, and it happens when she sees herself in a picture and realizes that she looks different from all of her white friends. ... For example, Janie's first kiss, which happens by a pear tree that Janie enjoys spending time under, happens with a boy named Johny Taylor, unfortunately the whole situation is spoiled when Janie is caught by her grandmother "On a late afternoon Nanny had called her to come inside the house because she had spied Janie letting Johny Taylor kiss her over the gatehouse", and in an attempt to lo...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston disregarded the typical gender conventions of her time when she created Janie Mae Crawford, the main character in her book. Over the course of the novel, Janie embarks on a journey, both physically and spiritually where she searches for a sense of personal identity, independence and love in the rural south. Janie refuses to adopt the role of the traditional black woman of this time, ignoring the wishes of her grandmother and going against all odds, Janie attempts to fulfill her dreams and aspirations. ... This revelat...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Scott Fitzgerald began his second novel in l920. ... She is reminiscent of many of Fitzgerald's women in later novels. ... Fitzgerald's second novel explores the same waste land that pops up in so many of his other novels. ... Money plays a dominant role in this novel. ... This is a failure of the novel. ...

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

My first impression of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café was that it was a "woman's- novel. ... The novel addresses the issue of racism before the time of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. ... Flagg does not describe in the novel any sexual experiences between Idgie and Ruth. ... After all, they were much more accepting of and caring towards the blacks in the town; which was also unheard of in that time. ... When she goes to Georgia and threatens Frank Bennett in the barbershop, even the barber thinks that Idgie is a guy, "He looked Frank in the ...

• Word Count: 2942
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEEN EARNEST The play was writen by Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900), who was an Irish author. Wilde studied the classics at Trinity College, Dublin, with distinction (from 1871 to 1874), and at the Magdalen College in Oxford, (1...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School