.... and then finally relief to her heart. At first kids thought he was evil. There were rumours that while he cut out the newspaper for his scrap book he "drove the scissors into his parent's leg."(pg11) He had tried to kill them. Even though this may have been just a rumor the kids were terrified of the Radleys. They described him often as a monster "six-and-a-half feet tall" with "bloodstained" hands. He was said to eat "raw squirrels and any cats he could catch".(pg12) During the rest of the book Scout and companions tried to meet Arthur (Boo) and get over their fear of him. They did not succeed. But he showed affection for them by leaving them gifts in a t .....

.... characters unequally and differently compared to the male characters in The Odyssey. By examining the women of The Odyssey one comes to one conclusion about women in Homer’s epic. Homer’s male characters in The Odyssey consistently treated women differently and unequally throughout The Odyssey. Concurrent with the time’s belief that women held a subservient position in society to men, the male characters in The Odyssey often expected certain traits and actions that they didn’t expect from men. Also all the societies and lands Odysseus visited that were inhabited by mortals were dominated by men. In The Odyssey women are unequal, trea .....

.... could not marry Daisy because of their different social backgrounds, therefore, he leaves her to achieve the wealth that would make them equal. When he does leave her, she dates a few older men and then finally settles down with Tom Buchanan of New Orleans. Once Gatsby acquires his goal, he moves just to be near Daisy. Jordan explains, “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be across the bay.” In order for him to see her, he holds extravagant parties, hoping that she will attend. She does not, however, so Gatsby casually asks around to find out if anyone knows her. Eventually, Gatsby soon realizes that Nick Carraway, his neighbor, is Daisy’s cousi .....

.... the principals of this great battle were (and may have been) current thinking on multiculturalism are highlighted in a new and perplexing way. This was a great feet for a book written in 1974 to be so magnificent. The Killer Angels has been made into a five hour long motion picture and is called 'Gettysburg.' The novel is so compelling that the story seldomly deviates from the movie. The movie illustrates Mr. Shaara's ability to tell a complex story with clarity. The novel shows a great depiction of the tragedy of war, like in the part when Armistead races into battle, even though he is fighting his best friend (Hancock), and they both get shot. It reall .....

.... death was to flush any remembrance or resemblance of her out of his fortified technical realm which throughout the novel becomes increasingly skewed. Kingsolver pushes home this idea by omitting Alice from any of Homer's frequent flashbacks which are usually mishaps from the past involving his daughters. These incidents are his only recollection of his daughters' estranged childhood in which he strained to create slippery and unmothered women. Homer's fear of becoming attached to anything which reminded him of Alice resulted in an unorthodox childhood for Hallie and Codi. Homero was more of a child mechanic than a father. Retaining only his technica .....

.... society created a rigid social system that did not allow for any variation in lifestyle. The strict society that was employed at this time had a detrimental effect on the Proctor family. John Proctor, a hard working farmer who had a bad season the year before and struggling this year was occasionally absent at Sunday service. This was due to the fact he needed to tend to his crops. Also, Proctor did not agree with the appointment of Mr. Parris as the newest minister, and therefore did not have his last child baptized. With the latest craze of witchery and swirling accusations, John Proctor was easily indicted of being a messenger for the devil by the testi .....

.... people is the use of telescreens. They are screens placed in the walls of almost every building and Ministry in Oceania. You are constantly being watched and informed by what is happening outside of Oceania. They are used for showing the enemy Emmanuel Goldstein who is the principal figure on the daily Two Minute Hate. The main focus of the telescreens is the image of Big Brother. Big Brother is always shown on the screen to make the people believe that Oceania is winning the war. Big Brother is the leader of the Inner Party, and Emmanuel Goldstein plays the role of keeping the citizens fearful that they might do or say, or even think, something harmful to th .....

.... Tom likes to do things by the book. He is very good person to be with in times of trouble. He helped Becky and Muff Potter by intelligence. With Becky it was the adventure in the caves without Tom and Becky would have a harder time to get out. With Muff it was that he and Huck witnessed the murder and Tom came through and told the truth. Without Tom, Muff could have been hung or go to prison for a long time. Tom uses his head in serious situations. For example when Injun Joe was upstairs and Tom has to be quiet. It seemed nothing else mattered. Tom works best under pressure because he thinks more about it. Somehow, Tom had sensitivity for others, even .....