Upon reaching Boston Harbor, both characters were thrust into reality once their one connection was shot and killed and their prized silver spoons were stolen, leaving the characters with nothing but each other. ... The characters are forced to depend on each other through the bulk of the movie, first to receive passage to America, then for survival. ... The great race in Oklahoma is symbolism for freedom for both characters, for Joseph a chance to own land for the first time and for Shannon a chance to be liberated from her aristocratic family and stake her ow...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I noticed there was a hole in the bottom of his pail- (Conrad 20). ... (Hampson XXXii) Conrad's depiction of his characters best emulates this materialism. ... The same can be said of Marlow's experience in Heart of Darkness although Conrad uses several tactics to avoid his experiences being directly linked with the experience of his main character. ... Conrad had to be very careful not to be directly linked to the opinions expressed by his main character or else he would face criticism or worse from his readers, the majority of which were male and of the colonial service class. .....

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marlow arrives at the Central Station, run by the general manager, an unwholesome, conspiratorial character. ... Analysis of Major Characters Marlow - Although Marlow appears in several of Conrad's other works, it is important not to view him as merely a surrogate for the author. ... Like these characters, he is significant both for his style and eloquence and for his grandiose, almost megalomaniacal scheming. ...

• Word Count: 3088
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the 1st 50 years of the 20th Century, it came to pass that revolutionary turmoil in the name of social progress brought humanity to the gates of destruction. Out of these flames of war arose several huge Political systems that bestrode the globe. One of these, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was founded on the ideals of social equality and sharing. Instead the people of the USSR had a nightmare unleashed on them unrivaled in the archives of human history. Only once in the passing of human fictional literature has the sensitive horror of this regime been displayed once, much l...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison exposed himself to 13,000 people during a concert in Miami. The band left the country the next day on a planned vacation, but Morrison turned himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles upon his return. The press had a field day prior to his arrest while he was out of the country. Rolling Stone magazine put Jim's face on its cover as part of a wanted poster, while the stories more or less portrayed him as a drunken fool. I believed that while he may have been that, he also possessed an intelligence that had been overlooked (Hopkins, p.217). ...

• Word Count: 3338
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School