.... and making faces and tossing their heads over cocktail glasses" (1527). This description tends to lean toward the superficial and a distaste of an extravagant lifestyle. Dos Passos discretely depicts various other guests as "Kings," "Captains," and "Screenstars." Mary French becomes increasingly aware of just how phony and self-centered these guests really are as she watches the party unfold, "Mary was looking at it all through a humming haze like seeing a play from way up in a smoky balcony" (1529). Simultaneously, Eveline acknowledges that her life, a reflection of self-centered capitalism, is in fact a waste. Eveline admits, "You know it does seem too .....

.... is courageous in a psychological way. He is a high school student who was born with dyslexia. He writes about his life and how difficult school and learning to read was for him. All he wants is for people to accept him the way he is. ÔÓ ...anyway life was awful. More then anything I wanted some friends.Ó By the end of high school he was more excepted in places where he once was ostracized. He even tries to help people with the same problem he has. Ò Maybe he was scared like I was....In elementary school it was not easy....In high school I made honors and even won a letter on the cross country team.Ó He put his fears aside to do what had to be d .....

.... extant in the literature of any age or country (Dickens 19). Dickens believes that this boy is unimportant, and his life meaningless, but as he writes he brings a glow to the child's spirit, and wonderful adventures to go along with it. The plot of this story is, a boy on his way to becoming a nothing fights through his troubles, and ends up living happily ever after. The theme of this story is, if you work hard, stand by your beliefs, and do what is right than everything will work out. This theme, is associated with many stories, such as fairy tales, everything will work out for the boy or girl who has a rough life as long as they do what is right. This .....

.... very traumatic experience to him. This led to many problems, especially school. While living in Vienna, Hitler made his living by drawing small pictures of famous landmarks, which he sold as post cards. But he was always poor. He was also a regular reader of a small paper, which claimed that the Arabian race was superior to all and was destined to rule the world. The paper blamed Communists and Jews for all their problems and Hitler agreed to those views. Hitler agreed with most of the points made in the publication. He continued to live a poor life in Vienna and in 1913 decided to move to Munich. Still living in Vienna and being Austrian by birth, Hit .....

.... book as a savage, immoral form of literature simply because of the vicious actions the youngsters commit to one another. The plot thickens when one of the kids attempts to overthrow the elected leader by segregating the group. His devious, deceptive plan is successful and he and half the group separates from the other. Now these young boys must face their original problem; being stranded from all contact of civilization coupled with the hatred of the two “tribes.” This is extremely dangerous because the tension between the two groups is at a high and everyone fears for their lives. Although I can’t explain the ending of William Golding’s book (because I a .....

.... many times to develop the theme. During the scene that takes place in the church, the author uses great detail in describing the way the people were acting. He states that "the people came in like Christian civilization and went out like barbarians" (pg. 70). Cory witnesses that most of the people just ran out and didn't care about who was getting attacked by the bees or who might be hurt. Cory loses a lot of respect for his grandfather when he realized that he left everyone for his own safety. This taught Cory that people cared more about themselves before anyone else's safety. The author uses magical realism many times throughout the novel. When .....

.... savings." He cared enough for her that he wanted to provide a nice marriage ceremony and living standard for her. When he had been banned from the community, he was afraid the "she [would] cast [him] off too." As she did leave him, he lost so much faith in the word of love because Sarah did not believe the truth of the stolen money. A person he had loved so much had betrayed him, and it hurt him so much. He left town to go to Raveloe because of his broken heart. He lived in the town of Raveloe as a hermit. People knew very little of him and for a good reason. Silas was isolated because he did not want to get his heart broken again. His love from Sa .....

.... boys had come from a strict and austere society, raised in England and attending a private school. They learned uniformity and severe discipline, under a authoritarian. Their harsh disciplinary background mirrors and foreshadows how some of they will react when law and order is omitted. Jack had been brought up this way, and he seems it fit that he should take that place of dictator and rule with radical tyranny. In the story Piggy often shows his intelligence his sense of reason by suggesting some rational ideas. However, his true character is also displayed distinguishably when civilization disappears. Piggy relies on civilization to survive, unlike .....