To begin with, setting is a very intriguing part of the novel. ... Setting can also help the reader envision people's prejudices. ... The town criticizes Miss Love when she wears black colors, and right after that they criticizes her for wearing bright colors. ... A final example of the meaning of titles and names is the mill boy, Hosie Roaches name. Hosie roach is a very dirty mill boy that gets in fight often with Will Tweedy. ...

• Word Count: 807
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Kozol's choice of setting is ideal for the story because it is in a city to which he gives no accolades. ... The Elliot Bay book company wrote a review dealing with Kozol and his choice of setting. ... The children that he follows are mostly black or hispanic and are the subject of racial neglect, according to Kozol. ... In one instance in the story, there is a little boy who is playing in a hallway and leans against an elevator shaft. The shaft doors open and the boy falls to his death. ...

• Word Count: 4415
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Looking at the characters in the novel that represent the idea of "good-, one can see that the actions of each boy are directly related to the name that Golding assigned them. ... He is described by Golding as a skinny little boy with black hair and is slightly younger than Ralph is. ... Piggy is a heavyset boy with asthma and bad sight. ... It is almost sad to see the little children playing on the beach all day and crying all night, and then seeing the older boys, who are not really that much older, murdering other people and setting fire to the island. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In her conversational, familiar tone, Scout introduces the main characters, establishes the themes and the setting, and creates a hook for the reader, with extreme ease and subtlety. ... Similarly, Calpurnia was another device used by Lee to act as a link between the 'whites' and the 'blacks'. ... Radley's boy was not seen again for fifteen years.' ... Thus, Harper Lee successfully establishes the historical and social setting to the novel and gives the reader a fair idea of what life was like in Maycomb. ...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5