While attending the University of Tulsa, Hinton fell in love and married David Inhofe just before graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1970. ... That Was Then, This Is Now was chosen as a notable book by the American Library Association. The Outsiders was chosen by the New York Herald Tribune as one of the best teen-age books for 1967, and received the Media & Methods Maxi Award in 1975. ... This novel shows this theme throughout a detailed story line. ... This theme is expressed in the novel several times. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Lord of the Flies*(Underline title of Book~!... They experience many of the antagonisms of the world they came from. ... Golding uses symbolism to express his themes of the story. This is shown throughout the pages of this book. ... Before long, the boys decide that a leader must be chosen. ...

• Word Count: 938
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When one reads a book the names of the characters don't often stand out as anything of particular interest. ... Any reader would like Ralph from the minute they meet him. ... Simon comes from the Hebrew for "listener- and was one of the apostles, Simon Peter. ... Once Piggy dies and the conch shatters, all shreds of civilization disappear from the island. ... Jack and Roger, together, are the ultimate display of evil that Golding is trying to show in the book and their names are very accrate to their character Other than good vs. evil' there are other themes that are displayed ...

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

This report will include quotations from the novel as well as your personal observations about the character you have chosen to study using a third person point of view. ... Introduction/ Paragraph 1: name the character your have chosen book title and author's full name Briefly state your feelings about the kind of individual your character is-what do you think are three OUTSTANDING characteristics of this individual? ... Personal reaction to the whole story An original lesson learned Recommendation on the book as a whole. ... My examples don't show how the character changes thro...

• Word Count: 1061
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This mother-daughter relationship is filled with problems from its beginning, when Tita is born prematurely following her father's sudden death. ... There are still many traditions that enable or slow down women from realizing there true potential, leading to happier lives. The frame work for "Like water for chocolate" as a book divided into monthly installments with romances, recipes and home remedies, establishes the way in which the reader will imagine the experiences in the novel. ... The inner fire possessed within a person serve as an important theme in the novel, and the majori...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Prosecutor Pinard denounced the book, concerned that it would corrupt the public taste. ... This "form " that he speaks of refers to Flaubert's emancipation from matter, the genius aspect of his novel that is aside from the subject content. The novel does not present a purpose, theme, or message, but rather draws interest unto itself through style and imagination. It possesses its own form of life, which breathes through meticulously chosen words and sentence arrangements. ... In his letters to Louise Colet, he explains his plans for Madame Bovary: "What seems beautiful to me, what I sh...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It might imply his understanding of the world came from a different view point, one of the future. ... However, Jane Austen does show characters growing through out the book. ... They lived their life through this romantic framework in their head and did not stray from it. ... We learn a great deal about Henry Tilney from John Thorpe. ... The different backgrounds that Catherine and Henry come from show differences in the way that they each handle society. ...

• Word Count: 2803
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

In this extract, there are several ways in which the structure, style, language and context reflect the novels principal motifs and themes and these features of the work combine to signify a few central ideas that Voltaire believed in. ... In this essay, these elements will be explored and critically analyzed, with examples from the chosen chapter extract. ... The use of language in the novel is deserving of some attention, as can be taken from the extract. ... All of the above features contribute to the satire in the book and define it; the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to...

• Word Count: 1041
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All three chosen texts explore these relationships differently; Jane Eyre's close friendship with Helen, Jeanette's amorous tryst with Melanie and the apparent hatred between Tamora and Lavinia. ... Indeed, the full title of the book is "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" and it is therefore written in first person. ... The relationship between Jane and Helen is often a shelter for the characters, a place away from the rest of the world away from their problems, something that I have noticed across literature that explores female relationships. ... Helen advocates living accordi...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Because the book has been so popular to teenage readers, I will examine whether it should be considered a work of "good" realistic fiction. I will use the criteria from David Russell's list: What Makes Good Realistic Fiction? ... Soon after returning from the trip, Michael and Katherine have sex for the first time. ... According to Gough, however, these issues only serve to establish the main theme of directing one's life and accepting the consequences-friendship, love, pain, guilt, and loss" (75). ... Michael also suffers from the consequences of casual sex. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School