The story itself begins when an evacuation of Westerners is ordered in the midst of revolution in Baksul, India. ... After their departure from Shangri-la, the story is unresolved. We are lead to believe that there was truth to the story and that Lo-Tsen rapidly ages then dies, we are never definitively told the fates of the her, Conway and Mallinson following their departure from Shangri-la. A theme found in Lost Horizon is the desire to leave and apparent utopia in favor of a former home, however flawed. ... "Give me a short life and a gay one", he says, explaining to Conway why even...

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• Approx Pages: 3

In the conclusions of both books, the authors give their readers the information of those affected by society and the fact of growing old. ... As the reader progresses in the book they learn of the seven themes, on which the two men talk about during their meetings, which occur on Tuesdays because Morrie and Mitch are Tuesday people. ... I truly feel that Morrie would read the book and when he would finish ask me the same thing as to why someone would that acceptable to do. Two more out of the seven themes discussed are love and happiness; however, throughout Night the story of a boy suffe...

• Word Count: 713
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film itself depicts the story of a group of French Prisoner of Wars (POWs) that are trapped in the POW camp during the Great War from 1914 to 1918. ... But for you and me, it's a good way out". ... The depiction of social class differences is a central theme of the film and at the same time portrays the social status of the European population at that time. ... In the final scenes of the film, Rosenthal tells Marechal that the Swiss-German border was "man-made and invisible" and that "nature doesn't give a damn". ... It concludes the theme of the film t...

• Word Count: 1185
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Casablanca was a story of political and romantic espionage. ... The movie focused on the themes of lost love, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a World of war and chaos. ... "Sally Don't You Grieve" was written in 1944 by Guthrie and was for the women who had men at war: "I'm a-gonna cross that ocean wide Army rifle by my side When Hitler's beat you can be my bride But I told her not to grieve after me." ... Because Americans were working longer hours the President also said "I hope that night games can be extended because it gives an opportunity to the d...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School