.... the journey of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women who were thin straight lines are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status therefore giving the highest and most respected class in Flatland to the circular or Priestly order who control Flatland. Priests in Flatland are a certain type of polygon. A circle in fact, "that is considered a polygon because of the large number of small sides that the polygon contains. As the number of the sides increases, a polygon approximates to circle; and, when the number is very great indeed, say for example thr .....

.... living through these conflicts. To make up for this, I would suggest that before reading this work you have at least a minimal knowledge of the aspects of slavery and its geographical distribution in early America. Also, it is important to have basic understanding of the Christian faith and its two major kinds of believers at the time. There were those who believed that all were equal and that all had souls that were to be treated with compassion, and those who argued that God had created them superior to all blacks. Keep in mind that Mrs. Stowe was living through all of what is in her story. So while providing social, political, and religious commentary .....

.... comes with the description of the former life of the narrator in his pre-seafaring days. He leaves his old life for some unspecified reason, telling us that he was "cut off from his kinsmen", and he talks about this with a definite sense of regret and loss. Winter on the sea is presented as an "exile" or "wræcan"1 , a form of punishment where someone is forced to leave their homeland, the place where they belong. It seems that in the early stages of the poem the seafarer identifies his life with his kinsmen on land as his home, the place that he belongs. At first he does not seem content with his seafaring life. During the early descriptions of his time there, .....

.... (25) At the beginning of the story, every male that comes into contact with her falls in love with her. Men like young Candide chase after her because they find her very attractive. This admiration of her continues through the entire story until men get tired of her or they just find her ugly. At first, Cunegund manages to controls her destiny by her solely utilizing her appearance. For example, when her father’s kingdom is ambushed and her family is slaughtered, the only the only reason she survives is because a Bulgarian captain takes pity on her. The Bulgarian captain finds Cunegund very attractive and he makes her his maid. He makes “her .....

.... ancestors. This is seen in the novel near the end, when the tribe is hunting Ralph. Matters had become quite out of hand by this time. Even the naval officer who saves the boys knows their society has become savage. Yet Golding’s last comment in his press release criticizes not only the boys on the island but also the society of adults in which the officer lives. Golding asks— while the ship saves the boys from killing each other, who will save the ship from killing other ships or being killed? In this way the society of the outside world mirrors the island society on a larger level. Remember that the novel takes place during World War II. Goldin .....

.... the comfort, the contentment were now to end in horror?” Gregor fears that his family might treat his differently and might not love him anymore. Gregor can no longer go to work and see his family or his chief because of . “Gregor would not eat in her presence, she withdrew quickly and even turned the key, to let him understand that he could take his ease as much as he liked.” Gregor’s sister is the only member of the family who seems human in her treatment of Gregor. She treats him fairly well by bringing food to his presence, showing that she still has solicitousness. “He had been of the opinion that nothing at all was left over from his father’s busin .....

.... of his life. These correlations are best examined in terms of each influence. One of the most significant influences from Vonnegut's life on his personal philosophy has been his participation in World War II. During the war, Vonnegut served in the American army in Europe and was captured by German soldiers. As a prisoner of war, he witnessed the Allied bombing of the city of Dresden, in which more than 135,000 people died due to the resulting fires (Draper, 3785). This experience had a profound impact on Vonnegut. From it, he developed his existential personal philosophy and his ideas about the evils of technology. He states, "I am the enemy of all technologi .....

.... has a heart attack. Brian manages to crash the plane in a lake in the Canadian wilderness in the middle of nowhere. Brian is average height and weight for his grade, maybe a little bit husky and a bit shy. Brian is very smart and able to get himself out of problems by thinking with his head. He is very resourceful and strong. Brian is lost without food or shelter for fifty for days and that experience changed him for the rest of his life. He made the best of his conditions and learned many things about the wild and he had great respect for it. Brian felt that if it were not for the wild he would not have survived. Through the whole time Brian never lost h .....