The episode I have chosen is the end half of chapter four and chapter five, which is when Ethan and Mattie are left alone together, while Zeena (Ethan's wife) has gone to see a doctor. ... It is revealed to the reader that Ethan only married Zeena for to reason, the first being that Ethan's mother had just died and as winter was approaching fast he did not want to be alone during the harsh Starkfield winter. ... Yet we glimpse Mattie, as we glimpse Zeena, only through Ethan's eyes, and his perception of her is skewered by his passion. ... Mattie's surname is Silver, which ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6

We learn that her mother died giving birth to her, as she "relinquished her feeble ghost as I gained my stubborn one." ... We are able to see that a long time has passed since 1886 when Regina died, and also that Hagar has moved away from this town, and not left anyone really there (such as relations) who would truly remember her. ... "How anxious I was to be neat and orderly, imagining life had been created only to celebrate tidiness . . ." ... This is the first of many times that death is mentioned in passing through symbolism in this book, and particularly in the first chapter... It show...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The capacity to choose what we integrate into our personal repertoire of images and ideas is both a central function of the moral imagination and a central feature of one's own personal character formation. ... Forster shows how Margaret's mind works. ... This use of psychonarration by the author allows the reader to grasp how Mr. ... (Chapter 12, Forster). ... Wilcox begins to open up his mind to the outer world in the final few chapters. ...

• Word Count: 2048
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Shute's novel, the characters can not accept that they will ultimately die from radiation sickness. ... At the end of chapter one, Dwight Towers and Moira Davidson share the information that their situation is "like [they are] waiting to be hung" (40), which means the characters are well aware of their fate. ... During the darkest hours of their travel, the father and the son share a conversation in which the boy asks "We wouldn't ever eat anybody, would we? Even if we were starving?... Moira strives to consume less alcohol, attend secretarial classes and participat...

• Word Count: 1772
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discuss how Henry Changes throughout the novel. ... Over and over we are reminded of how nature does not concern itself with the affairs of man. 8. ... This is most blatantly stressed in chapter 23 when he gives a description of the four prisoners. ... Henry leaves him to die and throughout the entire novel Henry is haunted by this guilt. ... As he matures through the book we b...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School