She knows now that her mind and heart can easily replace the once missing piece that has lingered in her for so long. ... Kenny's father grew fond of the woods so surely his father's influence affected him too: "I learned walking through these meadows I could make up songs not merely of my loneliness but of the loneliness and the beauty of these other creatures" (43). ... He asserts, "I have been a hunter of words and my game has been abundant" (40). ...

• Word Count: 1412
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Vietnam, the heart and soul of teenage rebellion to the government for creating a draft that sent over the creative and intelligent youth, was a war that deemed to get rid of the political idea, communism, which spread as quick as the napalm that blazed over the serene green landscapes. ... The soldiers carried loneliness, uncertainty of the truth of war, and the heavy burden of physical and emotion weight; Tim O'Brien uses war related imagery to symbolize the vim of storytelling in his book "The Things They Carried". ... The love of having someone always there for them contrad...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The stories also explore Lawrence's idea of delving beyond the "white lining- of the world - the superficial exterior of being - to confront the deep, dark and irrational emotions that dwell in the hearts of his characters. ... Lawrence uses these narrative tools to convey a state of consciousness which is beyond control - "When she saw the dark crests of the pine trees against the blood-red sky, again her heart beat to the fox, the fox. ... He sees marriage as a battle of wills, where "your own soul, as a hunter, has gone out to fasten on the soul of the deer, even before you see any dee...

• Word Count: 2188
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

Natty is later seen wondering through the forest and lonely waters and is confronted by hunters, Indians, and the hostile Europeans" (Groliers NP). ... When it is finally found its powers are a bit too much for those impure in heart. ... Indy rescues his father and accomplishes his primary goal and then defeats evil by out smarting them and showing a pure heart. ...

• Word Count: 2132
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Sun Father wanted the people to come to the surface because he was "lonely and had no one to give him offering and prayer"(Bonvillain, 1995, pp.13). ... Then "a water-spider came by and spread out its six legs and told the people that the idiwana was right under its heart" (Bonvillain, 1995, pp.14). ...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School