The painting, now displayed at the New York museum, symbolizes Asher's unorthodox approach to the religion that frowns upon the distortion of the sacred. ... Paul represents freedom, relaxation and peace to Asher Lev, but is soon replaced by the dark, wet and cold characteristics of Brooklyn, New York. ... After Asher's uncle dies of natural causes, he and his family are expected to return to New York for the funeral and a week of mourning. ... Asher describes New York in a manner that one could perceive as parallel to his opinion of that culture. ... (Potok 91) It is ...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7

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. ... In reviewing the book, a critic for the New York Times commented: "Can sincerity overcome cliches? ... The fictional novel is set in the moderate-sized city of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1960s. ... New York, New York. ...

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

The novel later develops into many other locations around the world including Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, the jungle of Bundelkan, and many other small cities. ... From there they took a train to New York and when they reached New York they took a boat to London. ...

• Word Count: 1846
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He hates Rebecca's school and all her fellow students and asks himself why he does not at least live in the Bronx (the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Sometime after they both are in New York again, a girl named Sheila gives a reunion party in her parents' apartment. ...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School