Tuesdays with Morrie Summary This book is an intriguing description of an old mans battle with death. ... Morrie demonstrates tremendous caring in this book; trying to help people until the very end. ... The lessons you learn just by reading the book are tremendous. Morrie is a great professor, even after his death, as this book proves to be true. I know I"ll never forget this book and the numerous lessons it has taught me. ...

• Word Count: 403
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Summary: The Things They Carried is a riveting book in which Vietnam War veteran Tim O"Brien abstractly writes of his experiences in the war. ... The Things They Carried is not only a book about fighting and brotherhood, but a book about the internal secrets and conflicts of men at war. ... Although the book does not go in sequential bravery, cowardice, love, hate, life and death in his book, based loosely around his own experiences in war. ... And it was certainly his intention, to use his book as means to teach. ... The title of this book also offers insight to what it's reall...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I reluctantly began the book and soon became quite involved with the novel's insightful progression. ... I then asked myself if I would learn anything by writing a summary. ... The first was that, of course, I would learn how to write yet another book report. ... As I look back on my remarks, I realize that my parents were right in their assumption that this was a book I should read. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A superficial reading of this memoir concludes that the work is beautifully, emotionally, and honestly written; even so, Didion's hollow tone in the memoir and the ornate and subdued dictions make the work looks rather like a reference book about grief rather than a memoir. ... The analytical research Didion does about grief and the mentions of the things she analyzes makes it even worse; for one thing, she quotes a whole passage from Emily Post's 1922 book of etiquette, from a chapter about funeral. In summary, the quote explains that people under shock are not only upset mental...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the same order of ideas, Axelle Black makes a good observation by saying that: Plath creatively uses biblical allusion to connect the title of her poem, "Lady Lazarus," to John Lazarus' book, Bethany. ... In summary, "Lady Lazarus" is another poem of Plath that was influenced by her personal life experiences. ...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Like Water for Chocolate is a novel published in 1989 by Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. The genre of this novel is of romance and Esquivel employs magical realism to combine the supernatural with the ordinary. The passage takes place after Nacha's death on Rosaura's wedding and Mama Elena makes Ti...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

INTRODUCTION Social work in pediatrics (the care of sick and dying children) is both a fascinating and difficult field. In almost no other realm of social work is there the imminent and very real possibility that your client will die. I was led to this topic primarily through my family's personal experiences, when my youngest sister was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Our whole family has had to undergo a serious change in routine and diet; we have had to come to terms with giving our baby sister and daughter needles four times daily - easy for my mother and other sister who wanted t...

• Word Count: 3479
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography