Atticus Finch, the father of Scout and Jem teaches various life lessons for the people around him and of course his children and family. ... Atticus feels that he needs to teach his young ones life lessons because of what had happened to him in his past and he doesn't want them to experience the negativity. Atticus is an inspiring leader of his family and he teaches Scout and Jem life lessons from the marvelous and displeasing events in life. ​ ... Throughout this whole novel Atticus is known as a man everyone looks up to. ... Maycomb needed someone to step up and help realize the meani...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Tuesdays with Morrie An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie, An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson is one touching story that will stay with you the rest of your life and you will always appreciate this book. ... Morrie began the last class of his life with Mitch life's greatest lesson. ... The lessons that Morrie loved to teach were of his own experience with life. ... I learned many lessons of life while reading this book. ... By reading this book I learned that wisdom comes with experience...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Tuesdays with Morrie Summary This book is an intriguing description of an old mans battle with death. ... I think Morrie does exactly that, in this novel and in life. ... The lessons you learn just by reading the book are tremendous. ... I know I"ll never forget this book and the numerous lessons it has taught me. Life is a precious thing, live for the now....

• Word Count: 403
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"The Old Man and the Sea" was a novel that shook the literary world in the 20th Century. ... The backdrop of this simple yet compelling novel is persistence, the human spirit and man's struggle against nature. ... Santiago's life takes a turn for the better when he realizes what he has done with his life and the choices that he has made. ... Most people might infer from the novel that the main battle with the marlin is physically exhausting and that is what plagues the old man. ... The old man's choices and his responsibility for making those choices are tied in with what mo...

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Morrie had the chance to educate people on the meaning of life and the chance to give back what so many have given you; I think Morrie does exactly that, in this novel and in life. In this novel there are two people that are at the base of the story and several supporting people for both Morrie and Mitch. ... Morrie demonstrates tremendous caring in this book and expresses his never-ending wisdom in teaching people life lessons. ... Mitch has proof of this as he discusses how he has so many life lessons within the 4 months he had spent with Morrie on those Tuesday classroom days. ... One o...

• Word Count: 1507
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This novel begins with Angel's arrival at Adam's Rib on Tinselman's Ferry (p21). ... One spiritual lesson I become aware of is the respect for life and the creatures of the earth. ... The came the lesson of bargaining with water. ... Yet the lesson of death was not a bad thing but that life is a cycle. ... This novel shows us the importance of the Spiritual way of life. ...

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

The Failures of Life in a Modern Society A common theme in many novels is for the protagonist to come to some sort of realization about life, therefore enriching and fulfilling some goal or desire in his own life. Most of the time he will learn a lesson, realize some truth, or derive some meaning through the events of the novel. ... Thus, he had gone against his own feelings of not wanting to die and thinking that life was good in order to escape the pain that he associates with life. ... As stated before, suicide usually has negative connotations associated with it, while in these novels ...

• Word Count: 1558
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A Walk to Remember (A Critic Review) Basically, the novel talked about how simple events in one's life could possibly change the person. The situations that the characters encountered had shown clearly the lesson that the author wanted to say to the readers. ... It may happen far from real life, but still through the incredible skills of the author, everybody, even the moronic, would love the novel. ... Religion plays an important role in the novel. ... Lastly, the joy and pain in living coexists with each other. ...

• Word Count: 957
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hans, who has lived a full life welcomes death as an end to a great life showing a very mature look at life; opposed to Hans, Max a much younger character reacts in a much more common human response which is to fight it. ... We've created life in our own image." This is seen in the novel with the destruction of Europe by the Nazi war machine and countered in the book with the compassion shown by the Hubermanns and many other selfless acts of kindness by characters which is the acme of human nature. ... "Philosophy is concerned with that which is, in contrast with that which seem...

• Word Count: 1381
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

"Trials are lessons that you failed to learn, presented once again. ... This novel is besieged with the theme loss. ... The novel displays this by showing Oskar reflecting on the memories he shared with his father. ... Rachel Joyce starts her novel with Harold trying to figure out how best to respond to Queenie's note while having his breakfast. ... This is one of the more fun and disappointing parts of the novel, in which Joyce connects to the modern society's obsession with celebrity culture. ...

• Word Count: 2017
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Through the central character's voyage of realization, the reader is confronted with a deeply philosophical approach to the meaning of life and death. ... For Ashley, what is a seemingly trivial offer is a significant turning point in Jims" life, providing Jim with, for the first time, direction and purpose. ... At this point in the novel, "winter now on a greasy plain outside the port," Jim has truly arrived at the "dark side of his head." ... During "a long afternoon unloading ammunition-boxes," the men in "D company" learn the cruel lesson that "even an invisible enemy could kill....

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School