This is why one must read and reread him to enjoy the true flavor of his writing. ... Moreover, the story is also about a conflicted mother-son relationship. ... Descriptions of Krebs' lack of involvement with the local girls occupy one fourth of the story. ... Another key inference by Hemingway to the building of Harold Kreb's character during the war is one of the photographs discussed in the story's opening paragraphs that suggest an unsatisfactory experience with German girls. ... As Tim O"Brian writes in his "How to tell a war story": "A true war story is never moral. ...

• Word Count: 1785
• Approx Pages: 7

This is true in the ancient Greek society. ... Penelope represents the women in the story. ... Another example of how strong the bond between family is, is when Odysseus finally reveals himself to his son Telemachus. ... The war in Troy have been over for 20 years when the poem begins, and still no word on Odysseus. ... Odysseus spent ten years after the war in Troy trying to reach his home to be with his wife and son. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This play is just full of excessive and true love. Delpeche3 Othello and Desdemona's story starts out when Roderigo who is in love with Desdemona, hears that she Desdemona and Othello ran away to get married. ... Othello speaks, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story. ... Juliet so in love with Romeo that she tells him she is willing to denounce her name, and no longer be a Capulet. ... A cup closed in my true love's hand? ...

• Word Count: 1402
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She shows us how, although she wasn't biologically attached to the child, because of her closeness to him and the relationship she created with him, they became a true family that cared and loved each other. ... The author tells a story about a woman named Dominique who is an immigrant to the United States, coming from Trinidad. ... He found this album in his grandfather's trunk, in which each picture tells a story. ... Gates went on to tell of stories where his aunt was engaged to a very nice gentleman. Her fiancé was drafted in the war and never returned home. ...

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

In this following quote, we can tell she is distraught from the yearning of her husband's return: "How I long for my husband -alive in memory, always, that great man whose fame resounds through Hellas right to the depths of Argos (Odyssey i.395-397)!" This demonstrates how the thought of Penelope losing her husband as he sailed off to fight in the war has led her to break down in tears. ... He explains the fine details of Odysseus' whereabouts in order to ensure his story is true. ... For years, she has been waiting for him and now that he is finally here, she is unsure how to beh...

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

He mentions her complexion and how it is "boold and fair, and reed of hewe" which insinuates itself through the Wife's energetic manner of speaking. ... This is true though of the Wife because she fights her husbands, maybe not physically, to gain "maisterie". ... It tells us of her warlike tendencies and why this should be so in medieval times... Venus was the god of love and indicated a passionate nature; Mars was the god of war and explains her tendency to fighting her husbands. ... She then married Jankin whom she knew was after her money but she loved him and was true to him. ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School