According to Penguin Puntam books, it is a number one best seller, and a critic's favorite on both sides of the Atlantic. ... Rob Blackwelder of Spliced Wire says, the movie, like the novel, "will stand the test of time because it captures this generation's most common relationship foible so amusingly" (http://www.splicedonline.com/00reviews/hifi.html). ... A closer look at how Honrby accomplishes this will give readers a better grasp of the writing style of a contemporary author whose works may be considered classics in due time. ... Don't you know how sweet and wonder...

• Word Count: 2791
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. ... As Jennifer walked toward the back of the room with a big smile on her face, a girl tripped her and all her books drop to the floor, everyone started to laugh. ... Your changing " and I told him " I don"t care what you think life's to short to care what others think of you" and from that moment I knew Jennifer changed my ways of life , at l...

• Word Count: 2839
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

That there's no lesson to be learned from life." ... The material is divided into three books, each with three chapters. ... The book is crowded with observations on American social life in the l920's. ... The characters hurry back to life as usual with all its money and booze. ... "If he did not marry her his life would be a feeble parody on his own adolescence." ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Putting the Dough into Your Relationship The relationships that we hold between friends, family and loved ones are the relationships that help us carry on in this game we call life. ... The task of rising to a new level can be difficult, but with these successful tips you'll be rising in no time! ... When you are lacking a sufficient amount or completely missing these two ingredients in your relationship you have a difficult time achieving a strong foundation. ...

• Word Count: 2692
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Cummings" early life inspired his writing from his college days all the way until his last words. ... Cummings was among the first to question modern America, and at the same time, create a unique writing style that would later distinguish him among the greatest writers in history. ... This mystery soldier is the one who ignores the forewarnings prompted by the most respected philosophers of our time, and although he knows that war leads to carnage, continues to fight until an opposing bullet kills him. ... To put Cummings in the same list as Plato and Jesus might seem extreme, and almost b...

• Word Count: 4790
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the...

• Word Count: 13391
• Approx Pages: 54
• Grade Level: High School