Jasper Jones sets a very realistic novel, for the time period, where certain characters are faced with obstacles that change the way they view the world. ... Charlie goes on to say that his mothers going did not surprise his father, "He knew all her little secrets, all the little holes she had dug for herself." Charlie's description of Ruth's other life as "little secrets" and "little holes" can be interpretated as quite ironic, as Ruth's actions were really quite significant. Silvey's characters Charlie and Wes find that Ruth's parting ...

• Word Count: 632
• Approx Pages: 3

Ada and Inman are the main characters of the novel. This two characters have many differences in their life. ... But not everything where differences between the characters of Ada and Inman. ... Their characters both see superstition as a last resort for hope. ... This leads to infidelity because the spause is looking to fill the hole the partner leave open in the relationship. ...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The horrors themselves were something that the soldiers had to cope with whilst keeping focus on fighting the opposition, different characters responded to these horrors in a number of ways. Some soldiers found it difficult psychologically to comprehend with some of the horrors faced, in cases the deaths of close comrades, whilst other characters who had more experience at war, used these horrors to motivate themselves to kill more Germans. ... 'Within two hours they had blown Byrne's head, bit by bit, off his body so that only a hole remained between his shoulders.' ... Fau...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Quentin, a character who knew only the legend of the Sutpen family, is summoned by a women who tells him the story of the family. ... Compson takes Rosa's story and adds more truth too it thus in a sense poking holes in her story and getting ride of the idea of an objective narrator. ... Compson takes the character that Rosa demonstrated as a demonic man who wanted to destroy people into a character that is much more human. ... This makes Thomas into a more human character that works hard for what he has. ... Quentin and his roommate use their previous knowledge of the legend to integrate...

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

Juan Chicoy, the main character in the novel, is married to Alice Chicoy, and together they run a shop at "Rebel Corners", which takes on the roles of: garage, restaurant, and store. ... He leaves the bus of passengers stranded in the mud hole and walks towards his destination but finds himself stopping in at an abandoned house and taking a nap on the hay inside the barn. ... In conclusion, Steinbeck uses his character's desires or lack of desires for sex as a theme throughout the entire novel. As his characters become more bold they act more and more inappropriately. The characters ...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The falling action slowly goes down when the next morning, she takes an overdose of sleeping pills and hides herself in a hole in her mother's basement. ... Characterization- The main character of the novel is Esther Greenwood. ...

• Word Count: 818
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway displays one specific character, Frederic Henery, and his experiences in World War I. ... In the novel a mortar bomb strikes a fox hole in which the main character, Frederic Henery is feasting on some cheese and wine. ... Hemingway uses Frederic Henery, the main character in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, to present the escape of the horrors of war often, through just the simple pleasures in ones life. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It is an entertaining thought to picture characters such as Prospero from the Shakespearean era of literature enduring challenges with extra-terrestrial beings or experiencing outer space. ... There exists the Griever Hole – a piece of cutting-edge technology that acts as a portal and control station. ... In this variety of fiction, many characters deal "with the aftermaths of environmental disasters" (Quinn). ...

• Word Count: 907
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

In Native Son, Wright employs Naturalistic ideology and imagery, creating the character of Bigger Thomas, who seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... All of the characters that Bigger says are blind are living in darkness because the light is too painful. ... He has grown up in an environment where enormous rats fester in holes and water is a maybe situation, where meals are precarious and money is almost nonexistent, and where he is told time and time again that he has no worth, no dignity, no intelligence or creativity. ...

• Word Count: 1197
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In Native Son, Wright employs Naturalistic ideology and imagery, creating the character of Bigger Thomas, who seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... All of the characters that Bigger says are blind are living in darkness because the light is too painful. ... He has grown up in an environment where enormous rats fester in holes and water is a maybe situation, where meals are precarious and money is almost nonexistent, and where he is told time and time again that he has no worth, no dignity, no intelligence or creativity. ...

• Word Count: 1197
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There was much talk of Tan's ability to create such vivid and easily understood characters, and rightly so. ... The same is true for the characters in the novel. ... This holds true until the very last of these parables, which is a coming together of sorts for the characters (Huntley 44). ... Her character is representative not only of the daughters" point of view, but the mothers" as well (Huntley 44). ... This space has created a hole of sorts in the tradition of the Joy Luck Aunties; they already feel their old world ways slipping away from them, especially when they realize how fr...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

This theme of 'obsessive love' exploits amorality, tragedy and destruction within the characters, revealing that – obsession can lead to loss in morality. ... Fowles shows that Frederick meticulously measured Miranda to get the hole for the coffin and the coffin the right size for her. ... Miranda's imprisonment in Frederick's basement is experienced differently by the two main characters. ...

• Word Count: 2435
• Approx Pages: 10

Hamlets' character flaws mirror my own. ... It helps us to see whether we have dirt on our faces or holes on our shirts, things we may have ignored if we did not see the reflections of ourselves in a mirror. ... She was assumed to be untrustworthy and of ill character. ... Like mirrors, literature enables us to see our situations by observing a character's achievements and flaws. ... The character is instantly unlikeable, ignorant and dismissive of her husband's heritage. ...

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

Harper Lee's character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. ... Radley lied to them, and Jem could not figure out why he would lie to them if they only wanted to know why he filled up the hole. ...

• Word Count: 1209
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Their characters throughout the story follow the same outline, as both belong to the same choir in the start, and at the end, both hunt and think alike. ... When Ralph is in trouble, Piggy usually says something to get Ralph out of the hole he has put himself into. ...

• Word Count: 1849
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School