The life lesson lends to the action because without his psychological problems that were caused by his father he would have never had to deal with the bomb shelter, his brother, or his fear of the lake. ... The setting of the lake is used symbolically, because water is a sign of life and when he went back into the lake he was infused with a life essence he did not have before. The following quote shows how the water symbolized his life and his life to come, "In an infant's unborn d! ... The lake was his biggest fear, and the small town life was what was holding him back from the future. ...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Esquivel wrote screenplays before she wrote novels. ... The Spanish language film based on Como agua para Chocolate won eleven awards from the Mexican Academy of Motion Pictures, including Best Picture. ... Other works from Laura Esquivel include, Ley del Amor (1996) and Swift as Desire (2001). ... Esquivel's recognition of this world and its language comes from her Mexican heritage. ... Ranches like the de la Garzas" were unsafe during the revolution because both the federal army and the rebels lived off the land, obtaining food and supplies from the local people. ...

• Word Count: 2483
• Approx Pages: 10

His desires to be heroic are far from noble but are based solely on the desire to be accepted and admired by men. ... Give examples from the novel that make it naturalistic. ... Crane's objective when writing this book was not to give a history lesson on the civil war actually the reader must know that he is talking of the civil war because he never actually states that in the novel. ... But the most obvious is the quote in 16 stating "All quiet of the Rappahannock- when we are given a specific setting. 9. ... Henry leaves him to die and throughout the entire novel Henry is haunted ...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School