By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. Raine is encouraging us to appreciate the delicate wealth and richness, joy and sadness that literature can bring us and to not be void or lacking of emotion in our haste. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and h...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. Raine is encouraging us to appreciate the delicate wealth and richness, joy and sadness that literature can bring us and to not be void or lacking of emotion in our haste. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and h...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She is now said to be "....one of the greatest aristocrats of literature" (Bryfonski, 373). ... (Lowell, Amy, 449) In "Meeting-House Hill," Amy Lowell makes note of this "meeting house" only once, but rather she focuses on the sites surrounding the building. ...

• Word Count: 2108
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School