This story, like all his others, takes a look at the south just after the Civil War, which is the which is the Faulkner lived. ... The plot of this novel is summed up in the first two chapters, and is all about this one family and the events that happen to it. ... Quentin although realizes this is not her reason for telling this story to him, does hit on a very important point. ... Faulkner was very preoccupied with the south and its destruction from the Civil War, and this again is Faulkner saying do no judge a book by its cover. ... Some of the details are so strewn out Faulkner expects ...

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

The Escape of the Horrors of War as shown through the novel A Farewell to Arms At a time of war one must be able to distract their mind from the unjustified horrors that one may encounter at a time of war. ... (pg. 65) For all of the soldiers that are in the war girls are the best ways for them to keep their minds off of the war. ... Having friends like Ranildi, that you can trust and that will do anything for you at a time of need is very important to someone like Frederic who is caught in a domineering situation in life. Through Frederic's relationship with Catherine Barkley, H...

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

He grew up exploring the hills, forest and lake near his father's estate where he acquired that play so important a role in his fiction and non-fiction. ... In the novel this thematic problem is slow in development--in fact, we are hardly aware of it until mid-point--and even as it comes into the cutting edge of action toward the end, it is silenced by Cooper at the very time that it becomes the most immediate encouragement for the hair-raising events that bring the novel to its close. ... When the force of progress challenged the condition of "place", the following event too often...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It was first published in 1973 and was written during the "Cold War." The plot of the novel is basically about isolation and the struggle to survive the after effects of a nuclear war. ... In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... A chain of events helps her to make a final decision to steal the radioactive wagon and safe suit to go in search of a better life, but first she arranges to meet Loomis to tell him of her plans: " Not come back? ... As we have seen on numero...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It was first published in 1973 and was written during the "Cold War." The plot of the novel is basically about isolation and the struggle to survive the after effects of a nuclear war. ... In chapter sixteen, for instance Loomis hints to Ann that he has intentions of having sex with her: "The important thing is not to let the species die out." ... A chain of events helps her to make a final decision to steal the radioactive wagon and safe suit to go in search of a better life, but first she arranges to meet Loomis to tell him of her plans: " Not come back? ... As we have seen on numero...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The role of different types of danger drives humanity to react in a particular way, and in the two apocalyptic novels, On the Beach by Nevil Shute and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the main characters live out their last days after a global nuclear war and an unexplained apocalyptic event respectively with unique reactions to the threats. ... The plot of the former piece predominantly revolves around the depressing reality of the aftermath of a nuclear war among the Arab League, Israel, Russia, China and NATO. ... While the rest of the characters know that there is nothing left to do to save th...

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

Insinuations to the Nazi Holocaust and the holocaust of nuclear war are copious in Not Wanted on the Voyage. ... I strongly think that Not Wanted on the Voyage not only renders the ludicrousness of the killing-healing paradox of the nature of war, but more it poses a problem on the hierarchal system, by giving those in power the right to kill. ... Findley simply organizes an " us/them, good/evil, rebel/oppressor binary, an ideological presumption foundation to the culture of war and the study of oppression and colonialism". ... Figures like Lucy stand for the most profound challenge to Noah&...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7

Henty, an Englishman who wrote of wars through the nineteenth century. ... The young man's boss was a seventy-nine-year-old wrangler raised by Apaches, who had ridden on war parties with Nana and Geronimo. ... He tired his hand at writing during his travels, but his scribblings didn't include events as familiar as his Western heritage (Hall). ... The most important thing to Louie was the mail that he received from his fans. The mail was more important than what critics had to say about his work because the critics were not the ones who were reading his books. ...

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

Although a plane that was under attack during an atomic war dropped them, Ralph thinks he is in a paradise. ... It is therefore a novel about ideas, and its themes are as important as its plot. ... John's mother, Linda, became pregnant accidentally, a very unusual event in the brave new world. ...

• Word Count: 1298
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School