The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of friendship. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... Thus their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. So throughout the war the boys realize what friendship is really about. ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of friendship. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... Thus their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. So throughout the war the boys realize what friendship is really about. ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of friendship. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... Thus their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. So throughout the war the boys realize what friendship is really about. ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ...

• Word Count: 65255
• Approx Pages: 261
• Grade Level: High School

Friendship is certainly a major theme throughout the novel. ... Their friendship was peculiar because they were opposite in many respects. ... Most teenagers are confronted with peer pressure, and like Gene will at one time or another go against their true feelings. Normally these mistakes turn into life long lessons in which a person realizes that it is better to be true to yourself. ... This novel helps us all realize that accepting yourself and being true to your friends is essential for becoming a mature adult....

• Word Count: 489
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The author uses the backdrop of war to show how young boys develop bonds of friendship. ... For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... Thus their friendship would not have evolved if it were not for war. ... In peace times friendships would not have as many rough edges. So throughout the war the boys realize what friendship is really about. ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The novel "The Fried Green Tomatoes" written by Fannie Flag is virtually flawless in illustrating the true meaning of friendship. ... To me, the friendship between Idgie and Ruth is not as simple as it seems. Idgie is a true friend of Ruth and vice versa. ... Idgie being Ruth's true friend does not care about the law and takes Ruth out to live with her. ... (374) I have my own definition of friends and friendship. ...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Wilcox, at first Margaret is unsure whether she can develop this friendship due to the awkward break up of Paul Wilcox and Helen Schlegel. ... Wilcox due to the awkward situation, as she writes in her letter she believes their friendship can no longer continue. ... Her true desires are not shown here. ... Margaret's values are made clear to the reader here but her true desire overall is quite vague. ... He becomes more open as his friendship towards Margaret blossoms. ...

• Word Count: 2048
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The theme for Charlotte's Web would be that true friendship is very valuable and necessary for every day life. "No pig ever had truer friends and he realized that friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world" (p. 115). Having a true friend such as Charlotte who is loyal, nurturing, and unselfish brings a whole new meaning to life. ... It shows a great deal of how faith can lead to friendship. ...

• Word Count: 849
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The bonding and breaking of friendships, Ralph's obsession with getting home, and the regressions to savagery are just a few of the many aspects of Lord of the Flies. Through the entrance of the first few characters in the novel we believe many friendships are going to be formed. The novel dives right into a quickly formed friendship through the rivalry for leadership between Ralph and Jack. We later find that it was not meant to be and that as time passes Ralph and Jack's rivalry develops into a hatred for each other and Jack's true colors shine through. ...

• Word Count: 623
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A surrealistic environment, which the boys of Devon lived in, reflected Gene and Finny's abstract and hopeless "friendship". By approaching the piece of writing with an almost surgical technique, disserting its parts, eliminating the unneeded, and adding the ideas, that were needed to create an effective and interpretive novel, showed a true talent of novelist John Knowles. ... A surrealistic environment, which the boys of Devon lived in, reflected Gene and Finny's abstract and hopeless "friendship". ...

• Word Count: 622
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Despite some amusing characters and true Jane Austen touches, it is not generally considered to be her best novel. ... By the end of the novel, sense triumphs as the emotional Marianne, "[i]nstead of falling sacrifice to an irresistible passion," makes a practical match based not on volatile emotions, but on the steadier, quieter feelings of respect and friendship, trusting that, in time, these too can grow into love (372). ...

• Word Count: 276
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The reader is thrust into a world of sex, lies, friendship, school and love. ... Two major themes of the novel are friendship and adolescent confusion. ... It was a true test of friendship for Conor and although at times Conor wanted to drop everything and quit, something was telling him to stick to it. ...

• Word Count: 1115
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel, Jane's search for true love and friendship often crossed paths with men who were just the opposite. ... A search that leads her to defy misogynistic odds and find true love and friendship. ...

• Word Count: 1206
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Children who read the novel will encounter educational lessons about the power of friendship, faith, and love. ... The main character in the novel, Weetzie Bat, demonstrates to readers that with a little hope wishes can in fact come true. The significance of the wishes coming true in the novel is essential in order to inspire children to believe in and work towards their dreams, to accomplish any set goals for themselves, and to maintain faith that nothing is impossible. ... True genuine love and compassion for one another is a good example that should be conveyed to all children. ...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the two of them discuss Emma and Harriet's friendship, the reader is able to detect certain opinions they each have regarding this young lady. ... Knightley says that he is unsure about Emma's friendship with Harriet because Harriet has nothing to teach Emma. ... She sees that this friendship is making Emma happy, because without it Emma would be very alone at Hartfield. ... Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend? ...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Aziz's friendship grows closer. ... Aziz shows his true colors, Mr. ... As Passage to India gradually continues, the true personalities and feelings of the characters within the novel become evident. ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is not until the end of the novel that we see the true emotional attachment that Pari truly has for that metal tin. ... It is within their relationship that true family values can be learned. ... It is at this point that the true test of family ties is displayed in this relationship. ... Wahdati's friendship is told through a letter mailed to Mr. ... The true showing of loyalty is displayed when Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1073
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... It loses the friendship the main group had with the young man. ... It ends with Jonesy able to move on with his life, fully understanding the importance his friends had in his life and how important Duddits' role was in those friendships and in saving the world. ...

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

Learning her place was one of the effects of friendship but another memorable lesson she learned from a friend was that from her friend Mattie. ... She could've easily denied the child but she realized that the commitment she had made to Turtle was beyond responsibility; it was also true love. ...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... For example Jeanette describes an event in which they sing hymns together, she says her 'Mother sang the tune and [she] put in the harmonies' Although this is true literally, this could also be interpreted metaphorically in that without one another they are not complete, the tune would not be complete without the harmonies as a daughter is not complete without her mother. ... ...

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

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). Kath faces all these things, friendship, love, pain, guilt, and loss, because of her actions and the things that are going on in her life. ... Judy Blume does not limit the true to life feelings and consequences to Kath and Michael's relationship alone. ...

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

This seems to be true because of the drastic differing personalities of Bingley, and his friend, Darcy. ... Although Darcy was at first viewed as a striking, handsome man, his true colors eventually reveal that his looks are not enough to make him a desirable man. ... These prejudices stick with Elizabeth for the majority of the novel, and eventually stand in the way of her finding true happiness. ... At this point, Elizabeth never once doubts Wickham's sincerity or honesty, but rather immediately assumes that everything he is telling her is true. ... This is clear when she says, "He ...

• Word Count: 2137
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

He seems to have a sense of palce there because he feels as if the community of people he gathers will become his true "cathedral". ... Cather states that The rock, when one came to think of it, was the utmost expression of human need; even mere feeling yearned for it; it was the highest comparison of loyalty in love and friendship. ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His friendship with her and subsequent introduction to his family causes an impact on the Whittaker's lives that is enormous and almost like a miracle. ... The entire novel stresses this point and makes the reader believer that it is true in life as well as in fiction. ...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School