Does Sethe kill her baby girl because she wants to save the baby from slavery or does Sethe end her daughter's life because of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery? ... She views her children as an extension of her life that needed to be protected, at any cost. ... The concept that Sethe equates her life and self-worth with her connection to her children is most graphically illustrated in her mad ravings to the reincarnation of "Beloved". ... Sethe pronounces that the worst thing in life was: That anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind. ... Morri...

• Word Count: 3106
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Her very own father passed away and him as a father figure and as a loved person just disappeared from her life. ... Love is life, it's everything and means it all. ... She said that death is a part life, and that its sad and painful. ... She also has a boyfriend who works out on a daily basis and has a hot body, so I see how a hot body to her says sexy because that's how she sees her boyfriend. ... She also sees love from her stepfather Bill, a man who came into her life smack in the middle and took her in his life and loved her and treated her like his very own. ...

• Word Count: 2686
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Even Ralph, whose life has literally been saved by the presence of the ship, weeps tears of grief rather than joy. ... Although he never matched the popular and critical success he enjoyed with "Lord of the Flies," he remained a respected and distinguished author for the rest of his life and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. ... Though the novel is fictional, its exploration of the idea of human evil is at least partly based on Golding's experience with the real-life violence and brutality of World War II. ...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School