He says, "I go to the movies because--I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work, so I go to the movies" (438). Tom Every night, Tom goes to the movies to escape the harsh reality of his home life and his job. ... Another thing his mother dislikes is his constant trips to the movies and returning home drunk. ... She wanted to show that she was capable and old enough that she did not need to depend on her brother and mother for help. ...

• Word Count: 875
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I reach for a cigarette, I cross the street, I run into the movies or a bar, I buy a drink, I speak to the nearest stranger - anything that can blow your candles out!" Instead of actually leaving his family, Tom uses the movies, his poetry and alcohol as another form of escape from the suffocating feeling he gets from Amanda. Throughout the play we see that every time Tom and Amanda argue, he flees to the movies for a period of time and at times returns drunk. ... At anytime Tom can just get up and abandon his family like his father and can finally have the adventure he's always desi...

• Word Count: 1324
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

By hitchhiking and riding the rails, he arrived in Oklahoma City to visit an older brother, who was the governor's secretary, but he soon moved on (Hall). ... 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. ... L"Amour's family history is rich in frontier adventure. ... In all, forty-five L"Amour novels or short stories have been made into feature films or television movies (New York Times). ... They applauded his ability to write quick paced action novels filled with accurate description...

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