The men avoided her hard stare, unable to raise their eyes to meet hers. ... In a staff meeting, all of the doctors looked to the Big Nurse for approval when they were voicing their opinions. They were afraid of what she would do to them if their ideas did not please her. ... They felt as though their futures were in her hands. ... The Big Nurse waited patiently for the men to apologize for shirking their duties in favor of watching the World Series. ...

• Word Count: 1497
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He is systematically brainwashed, made to watch his comrades and converts die for his sake. ... The Japanese officials were cunning in using the peasants, almost as blackmail, in order to force the missionaries to recant their faith. It is one thing to endure suffering, it is quite another to watch a loved one go through it. ... His father was indolent; a debtor and a "weak- individual in Okonkwo's eyes. ... Yet, as the book notes, Okonkwo quickly discovers that "Umuofia would not go to war- (Achebe 205). ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

" The commentaries in the Talmud were written over the course of several hundred years between 200 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. ... Those oral instructions were verbally handed down from generation to generation until there came a time of crisis where it was finally written down. ... When reading this chapter, or anywhere in the Talmud for that matter, it is interesting to note that no matter what century the scribes were writing, they always wrote as if the second temple worship is still in existence to this day. ... The sage answers, "From the time that the priests enter [their houses] i...

• Word Count: 3136
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School