He did more than his share of reading, particularly G.A. ... His serious reading began at twelve with a collection of biographies titled The Genius of Solitude. ... While wandering about the West, he joined a circus in Phoenix, leaving three weeks later to El Paso. ... The name was later shortened to Rama when the bird was found to be male. ... Two years later, in 1953, Hondo, his first novel published under his own name, appeared. ...

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

However, later on Beloved begins to go crazy and tries to overrun Sethe to where the whole family is suffering. ... The lexile level of the book is 870 which falls around eighth grade reading levels. ... There was one case in particular that stated that it gave her son nightmares after reading it and she didn't want this to happen to any other kids. ... In closing, Beloved is a phenomenal reading that was banned by parents who most likely haven't read a chapter of the book. ... The parents that banned this book gave petty reasons such as the reading level to bulk their argument whe...

• Word Count: 1428
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He helped the De Lacey family by giving them food and wood, but he was later beaten and thrown out of the house. ... The reader had to know that these alchemists wrote about ideas that were at least three hundred years old in order to understand why these readings were rejected by the professors at the university. ... This novel incorporated all of these aspects to make its reading more enjoyable for everyday people. ... Frankenstein later went to the university and created his monster in Ingolstadt, Germany. ... This story took in modern time in order to stress the use of modern science ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

When reading both these novels, most readers usually do not first pay attention to the details of the clothing that the characters in these two novels wear. ... While reading the beginning of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, it is easy to picture Santiago as an innocent vulnerable dove, one completely unaware of what surrounds him. ... However, like the short, small amount of animal skin that covers him temporarily, as seen later on in the novel his money also only covers his broken engagement and marriage for a very short period of time. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The reader knows what side he is on, even if the characters sometimes don't until it's almost too late. ... Reading a King novel, we know we are on the "right" side, because we are on the side of the author. ...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Yet, later on, as the creature becomes aware of how he came to be and is confronted with the cruelty of society, he decides to seek revenge on Victor Frankenstein's family and wreaks havoc upon the life of his creator. ... However, the creature's most important contacts with knowledge occurred during his stay in the hovel next the cottage of the Delacey's; it was only after listening to the lessons that Felix gave Safie and after reading Milton's "Paradise Lost " that the creature finally understood his place in society. ... It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on...

• Word Count: 1600
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). ... During the late eighteenth-century, several different kinds of new fiction arose to challenge the Augustan tradition; leading the way was the Gothic novel. ... The differentiation between the mind and self was a relevant topi...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). ... During the late eighteenth-century, several different kinds of new fiction arose to challenge the Augustan tradition; leading the way was the Gothic novel. ... The differentiation between the mind and self was a relevant topi...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was in public school that Jose was first introduced to literature and later at the University of Santo Tomas where he graduated from the College of Philosophy and Letters. ... In the late fifties Jose founded the Philippine chapter of PEN, an international organization of poets, playwrights, and novelists. In 1965 he started his own publishing house SOLIDARIDAD and a year later began publishing the Solidarity a journal on current affairs, ideas and the arts where he also is the editor. ... (Sionil, 106) Conclusion In reading the novel there are two things that I enjoyed greatly. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Charlie is more interested in reading his fathers novels, which teach him about good beliefs and values. ... Citizen rights were only given to indigenous people in the late 1960s, however before this time they were treated as inferior beings. ...

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

Days later, maid discovers the starved bird, which prompts Elizabeth Jane to search for Henchard, whom she finds dead in Abel Whittle's cottage. ... - Even the most cursory reading of The Mayor of Casterbridge reveals a structural pattern that relies heavily on coincidence. ...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This is also a spiritual quest for Angel, yet that is only an observation that I became aware of after reading this novel Solar Storms. ... I also noticed that the earth could be unforgiving as well when one is not prepared, the example being the rain that got Agnes sick and then later she lost her life (p 178-195). ...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He has later said that this inspired him to write The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. ... Reading the text now, I see that I included too many unnecessary details, especially about the author in the introduction. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Later he insists the boys keep a fire going as a signal to passing boats. ... John looks at both worlds through the lenses of the religion he acquired on the Reservation, a mixture of Christianity and American Indian beliefs, and the old-fashioned morality he learned from reading Shakespeare. ...

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

First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. The version that I purchased is a direct translation from its French origin. At times the language was a little rough, however, this fact also added to the books authenticity. The somewhat broken English, creates a sense that the main...

• Word Count: 1699
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Hinton enjoyed reading books as an adolescent, but was dismayed to find only a small segment of a teen-ager's life depicted in literature. ... The fictional novel is set in the moderate-sized city of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1960s. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The essay is later graded 'F,' because, as Dangerfield's instructor (Sally Kellerman) says, ''whomever wrote this obviously knew nothing about Vonnegut!'' ... A year later "Slaughter House Five" came out and became very well known as being a high quality, classic motion picture. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"It's a crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture" (Ordinary People 183). In Judith Guest's novel, Ordinary People, she unravels the truth of a modern family, exposing every crack and secret t...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School