They had two children: Beau Dearborn and Angelique Gabrielle (Contemporary Authors, 25). ... A book of natural history followed, which he tried unsuccessfully to locate years later for his children (Contemporary Authors, 25). ... His maternal great-grandfather was scalped by the Sioux while a member of the Sibley Expedition, following the Little Crow Massacre in Minnesota. ... Today, over eighty million copies of his novels are now in print, and according to Bantam Books, after the publication of The Man from the Broken Hills, L"Amour is their best selling author, edging out John Steinbec...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Cane River is a familial saga that tells the story of the author's ancestors. The story begins in 1834 with story of Suzette, the author's great-great grandmother. ... She is sent to New Orleans to boarding school to learn to read and write, things her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother never knew how to do. ... The author's writing style is very clear and understandable. ... The author's intended audience is the adult general public. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Tibby wanted them so she tried them on and they looked great, Lena tried them on and they fit her too, then Bridget tried them on and they looked great on her too, then Carmen tried them on and they looked awesome. ... In this, story the author states "Bridget wasn't afraid of strangers. ... The author shares that "Lena felt ashamed for not speaking Greek."" ... The mood the author set for the climax was awkward on Carmen's part or confused, example: ""Carmen this is Lydia."" ... The mood the author sets for this climax is upsetting or sad. ...

• Word Count: 1842
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Within the play the author gives numerous examples of how the family is bitter and not caring. ... The author takes it upon himself to direct many of the symbolic objects within the play toward the mother. ... The beam is another example of symbolism the author tries to use to show how the mother is hurt. ... I think that the reason why the author made Matias act the way he did, was because it showed how the family was falling apart, and how they had different views on many topics. ... In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, there is also a great deal of symbolism throughout the whole story...

• Word Count: 1481
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The author is telling a story about a period in her life. ... The author begins with a tragic story of her child Adam, who suffers from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. ... This shows us her love for this child, which is so great and must be from a special bond she has with him. ... One can feel the emotion going through the author's body. ... However, the author now shows this point through a different view. ...

• Word Count: 1685
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In this paper, I will and explain how the economy has a great affect on family divorce rates, how it leads families into poverty, and how the economy also leads to a father leaving his family. ... Mavis Hetherington, the editor introduces us to many other authors and their theories on these subjects. The author, Sara S. ... I believe both of these authors are trying to say that some of the female-headed families are poor due to their previous conditions; they are not poor because the family is headed by a female instead of a male. ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In Flanney O"Conner's, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" a great deal of irony is used to express her views on how society and culture in the present day and how it has changed from that of the past. ... At first interpretation most readers probably thought was just a way for the grandmother to get out of going on the trip, although it was an example for the author to show how family life had changed from her time. ... The aspect of this story that made it even more powerful was the authors chose to include the children in playing a role that was much similar to their older counterparts. ... T...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Flanney O"Conner's, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" a great deal of irony is used to express her views on how society and culture in the present day and how it has changed from that of the past. ... At first interpretation most readers probably thought was just a way for the grandmother to get out of going on the trip, although it was an example for the author to show how family life had changed from her time. ... The aspect of this story that made it even more powerful was the authors chose to include the children in playing a role that was much similar to their older counterparts. ... T...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

An examination of the books I read, I found literature to be like a mirror to a great extent in many ways. ... Even though the author did not highlight his sadness, I saw the reflection of my own heartache. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One significant author named Langston Hughes, had the true talent to reach all races during his lifetime. ... The story of Langston Hughes" life is one of great success. ... There were many people who helped shape him into the great writer he turned out to be. ... At night they would read him stories from such works from popular black authors such as W.E.B. ... During the times that Langston lived with his grandmother, most of the time he suffered from solitude and a great loneliness. ...

• Word Count: 1483
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The author does a good job of laying out what type of people are most likely to engage in things like rape, murder, arson, bomb making, etc. Through years and years of interviews with everyone from average convicts to famous serial killers, the author has found certain similarities in the types of people who commit some of these awful crimes. ... These questions and more are discussed by the author with great detail. If I could say one thing in regards to this book it is that the author is not speaking from the point of view of a years' worth of library research. ...

• Word Count: 1818
• Approx Pages: 7

Literary devices are the most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel. ... It is the place where the Lambs and the Pickles share their lives for most of the novel, and thus assumes great symbolic importance in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1957
• Approx Pages: 8

The author tells the reader something different, or something more, than the character himself intends or understands. The author indirectly comments on the character's nature and the value of the ideas he utters. ... The use of irony shows that man's search for truth leads to physical blindness, but also to a great moral enlightenment that serves as compensation. ... Such a great hero tragically falls and in doing so exchanges ignorance for knowledge. ...

• Word Count: 1490
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She was raised by her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who were all French Creole descendants. ... She longed for being a great mother, wife and neighbor and she did succeed although her outlook on life soon died along with her husband. ... The Awakening was reissued and Kate Chopin finally received the credit she rightly deserved as an author in 1964. ... At the time of the publication of the book, desire for another person while you are married was morally wrong and considered a great sin. ... Edna realizes this, but she cannot help the way she feels for Robert and has a great pas...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Flannery O"Connor's Magnificent Use of Foreshadowing in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many authors to provide the reader with a glimpse of future events that will transpire within the work, thereby hooking the reader into the story and retaining the reader's full attention. ... The gruesome ending to this story is, perhaps, the reason O"Connor placed such great emphasis on foreshadowing. ... Bandy, author of "`One of My Babies": The Misfit and the Grandmother," found in Readings on Flannery O"Connor, "does not hesitate to dangle be...

• Word Count: 2114
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Although the author, O'Connor, possesses strong anti-racist sentiments, he also simultaneously evokes pity for the "innocent" mother of Julian and criticizes her actions. ... Although Julian's mother may be overtly racist, Julian is not free from prejudices and places a great emphasis on class status, which is an ideal instilled by his past, his mother's pedigree and former wealth. ... This story creates a great impact in my life by making me strong enough so that I can stand beside what's right and wrong despite being partial to anyone; let it be my parents, friends, ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author effectively turns the reader's attention to the trees and mentions that they resemble a dark mouth waiting to consume the family. ... In the story, the theme of the world being a bad place, and that one cannot find a good man, foreshadows a great deal. ... O'Conner places a majority of the emphasis on the ending of the story, and creates the perfect conclusion, using her great abilities to foreshadow....

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Over the course of five chapters the author assess the decline of effective adopted and foster families, reviews the typical behavioral problems that are common among the foster care and adoptive children, the impact they have on the family dynamics, strategies to assist in problem solving and discussions on special issues that occur in adoptive and foster families. ... It gives great insight to the caregiver to understand the dynamic of the behavior and what may be the true underlining theme of the behavior. ... Importing a disturbed child in to the family can have a great impact upon everyo...

• Word Count: 1648
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Rick Bentley author of Rooted in Family "Masumoto knew that if his father didn't relearn how to walk on uneven ground or used his right hand, that he would never be able to work again. ... With the great growth in Organic market the farm started to do much better taking the extra stress out of the family. ... When we are young we take our parents for granted and for many it takes a tragedy to bring families together in the case of Masumoto's, family his father stroke was a blessing he was able to recover not to his full capacity but thank good they had always had a ...

• Word Count: 1918
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She doesn't really express herself through words but one can learn a great deal of her thoughts and feelings from her actions. Her poor parents sold her to the great Hwang household at the age of ten, during a famine. ... His family rivals with his older brother's, causing their father great unrest. ... The climate here is mild, and the outlying farms grow a great variety of crops, which are then harvested twice a year. ... The Status of Women The author uses the inferior status of women in old China with great emotional impact. ...

• Word Count: 2063
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In the late twentieth century short story, "Everyday Use,"" African-American author Alice Walker depicts the bonds among three women in rural Georgia in the 1970's. ... In one of the quilts, there is a scrap from the great-grandfather's uniform from the Union army" (Cowart 2 of 9). There are also scraps from great-grandmother's dresses in the quilt" (Cowart 2 of 9). ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is largely autobiographical, the denouement seen in Stephen's journal entries also holds great significance for Joyce's own struggles in staying loyal to either religion or his own inner artist. ... Unfortunately, these cultural "nets" from which Stephen eventually is untangled are obstacles "which the author [Joyce] himself never entirely evaded....

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Khaled Hossieni the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns shows the struggle of female characters trying to overcome the oppression and mistreatment that women face in everyday Afghanistan. ... Based on the interpretation provided by Al-Hibri, a Middle Eastern feminist, the need to have a son is great because it is believed that through the son the family name would be carried on in future generations. ...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Born in Oakland, CA 1952, author Amy Tan wrote her very first novel "The Joy Luck Club-, which went on to become a critical success and a best seller. 3. During the war in 1944, Suyuan Woo was subjected to great tragedy. ... She has one son, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. ... Extremely exhausted and ill almost to the point of death, Suyuan knew she was going to die and she couldn't care to watch her babies dies with her so she was forced to set them on the road with great hope of them being found by good people who would care for them. Suyuan continued toward ChungKing, bl...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The need was so great that eventually married women with children were also recruited (Veteran Affairs Canada, 2013). ... Women remembered the days of the Great Depression and now felt they could balance home and work life ( Keshen, p.255). ... Depsite the emotional rollercoaster that men and their families experienced post war was a time of great when the country began to thrive. ...

• Word Count: 2120
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School