The two teenagers worry about their impending separation as they go their separate ways for college and summer jobs. ... After graduation, Michael goes to North Carolina for his summer job and Kath goes away to be a tennis coach at a summer camp. ... After a summer one night stand on the beach, he contracts a sexually transmitted disease (Blume, 90). ...
First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. The version that I purchased is a direct translation from its French origin. At times the language was a little rough, however, this fact also added to the books authenticity. The somewhat broken English, creates a sense that the main...
When we enter our house after a long day at work or a summer's vacation, we never think twice about how our physical environment plays an extremely significant role in our lives. ... After reading this novel, I realized that much of the world suffers in their physical environment, a theme clearly presented by Dostoevsky. ...
The novel Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey and published in 2009, was set in a country town of Western Australia in the summer of 1965. ... Charlie is more interested in reading his fathers novels, which teach him about good beliefs and values. ...
"It's a crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture" (Ordinary People 183). In Judith Guest's novel, Ordinary People, she unravels the truth of a modern family, exposing every crack and secret t...
The book is divided into seven stories or chapters that are named Mattie Michael, Etta Mae Johnson, Kiswana Browne, Lucielia Louise Turner, Cora Lee, the Two, and the Block Party. This book is about the women who live in the community of Brewster Place, a poor Neighborhood on a dead-end stree...
