While films based on books vary in quality, there seems to be a consensus that the movies that stay true to the source material are often better than ones that stray away from it. ... Throughout the novel, readers are introduced to the characters of Henry, Beaver, Jonesy, Pete, Owen, and their mutual mentally-disable friend, Duddits. ... For instance, Duddits goes from a close childhood friend in the group to just a kid they helped and knew for a while. ... The reason his friend shared such a deep connection with each other and most importantly with Duddits was that they really were all connec...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Austen's main Character, Elizabeth, is an extraordinary asset to her society, by being polite, educated, beautiful, and in search for true love. In contrast, Austen depicts Elizabeth's best friend, Charlotte Lucas, as being the "girl next door". ... Bingley to get married, in spite of the couple's true love. ... Whikham, while her sister Jane marries her true love Mr. Bingley, and Elizabeth falls in love and marries her true love Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Just after realizing this, your best friend bursts into your office bubbling with joy as she recounts the events of her weekend adventure. ... Just as you finish reading the attached love letter, your best friend bursts into your office bubbling with joy as she recounts the events of her weekend adventure. ... The setting of this story supports the theory that true love is based on fate. ...

• Word Count: 1865
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Sam sees Frodo as more than a friend but less than an equal. He is very loyal to Frodo and would do anything for his friend. ... The fact that a story is fiction and is not a true tale gives it entertainment value, with a good or bad ending. ... Since the reader knows that its fiction, they become relieved that it is not true and once again sparks entertaining conversation about the tale and other possible outcomes. ...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As his wife informs him that an old friend, a blind man, is coming to visit, Bub is forced into a situation where he must temporarily change his ways and create a comfortable aura with the man. ... Now that she is dead, and "Robert was left with a small insurance policy and a half of a twenty-peso Mexican coin Pathetic" (156) it seems that Robert is left with nothing, except the satisfaction of seeing an old friend whom he has kept in close, intimate contact with for years. ... This also holds true for the development of the wife and husband. ...

• Word Count: 1465
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• Grade Level: High School

This almost is in debatable however what is questionable is if this role playing and mood swings are part of his true nature or simply another element of his "antic disposition" which he puts on to perhaps hide to the fact he knows of Claudius" sinful actions. ... Therefore it makes sense to say that what is said in a soliloquy is far more reliable and true than what characters say to each other. His role playing which contributes greatly to his complexity should also be part of Hamlet's true nature because it can actually be seen in his self monologues which would be Hamlet as his most t...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is true of Stanley and the other four boys but it is not true of his bond with Zero, which the reader can see, lies in deeper foundations. ... Stanley's loyalty towards Zero can be seen in his escape from Camp Green Lake', risking almost certain death and being "buzzard food", in his attempt to find his deserted friend. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is true of Stanley and the other four boys but it is not true of his bond with Zero, which the reader can see, lies in deeper foundations. ... Stanley's loyalty towards Zero can be seen in his escape from Camp Green Lake', risking almost certain death and being "buzzard food", in his attempt to find his deserted friend. ...

• Word Count: 1946
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He knows we've beat him" shows how he wants this to stop, but doesn't want to anger his friend. ... He has presented this not by only having bucket loads of violence and action, but also more tranquil scenes where the true inner nature of the people that from the Fellowship. ...

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This situation occurs because Robert is an old friend of the narrator's wife, and she arranges for him to stay at her home for a visit following the death of his wife. ... It was a very good idea for the author to use the television as the beginning of the two coming to some terms of agreement or understanding for each other because it brings to light the true barrier between them; one has sight and one does not. ...

• Word Count: 1441
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This statement is indeed true in the character of Macbeth. ... First he kills Banquo, his best friend, because he thinks he knows too much, and then he kills Macduff's family who are innocent people. ...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Yellow Wallpaper The short story, Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is written in first person and it is from our nameless character's writings that we are introduced to her world and her life. It is through this that we see our main characters transition into a world that only s...

• Word Count: 2055
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School