.... Nick begins to recall the past and relive his old memories. His must relieve his lingering thoughts of the past. During the chapter, Nick uses a flashback to tell about Gatsby's funeral for the readers to know what happen the day Gatsby was shot. Flashback in The Great Gatsby also helps to give the reader background information about the characters. In The Great Gatsby, the structure of the novel is influenced by foreshadowing an d flashback. Fitzgerald utilizes foreshadowing to the best of its ability to help organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trem .....

.... run-of-the-mill psycho either, just a man who could be anyone’s neighbor. It all comes together to be the most intense read I have had for quite a while. The heroine of the novel, Chyna Shepherd, is a 26-year old psychology student working hard to avoid being Edgler Vess’ next victim. Staying in the guest room of a friends house she hears “a soft thump, as though a heavy object had fallen to a carpeted floor.” Then there is “silence sifted down like a snowfall.” Pg.23. Things become suspenseful already. As mentioned in a book review by Mark Harris, Chyna doesn’t act like a horror-movie teenager and run into the hall. She does like most of us would do .....

.... by proving himself in the white man's world, on the white man's terms. The content of the speech and his attitude toward it is important because it shows he is striving for a goal he can not and has not seen achieved. He will devote the remainder of the story attempting to achieve the goal and failing. To be allowed to give his speech to the leaders of the community, he must fight in a dehumanizing debacle, geared toward the entertainment of the rich white men in attendance. The symbolic message is that blacks have to fight just to be heard in white society and that society is arranged to create conflict within the black community. The narrator states " .....

.... monsters born in the world ... It is my belief that Cathy Ames was born with the tendencies, or lack of them, which drove and forced her all of her. Cathy was born with an innocent look that fooled many; she had golden blond hair, hazel eyes, a thin and dedicated nose , and a small chin to make her face look heart shaped. According to the town Cathy lived, Cathy had a scent of sweetness, but that is just what Cathy wanted the town to see and think when Cathy planned her kill; "The fire broke out... the Ames house went up like a rocket ... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were two bodies ." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into t .....

.... and Tuppence Beresford. Their Aunt passes away at a ladies home recently. The Aunt owns a picture of a house that is near a canal that comes very important later in the book. Tommy goes off to a secret convention for old detectives and Tuppence takes off to find the house that is painted in the book. Tuppence comes to a town that is called Sutton Chancellor where she finds the house and a numerous amount of interesting characters. She meets two gossipy old ladies, a child’s missing grave, and a caretaker of a church. She finds out a lot of information about the house and is planning on returning home the next day but, she finds the child’s .....

.... After enlisting he finds himself just sitting around with nothing to do. He manages to make friends with two other soldiers, John Wilson and Jim Conklin. Wilson was as exited about going to war as Henry, while Jim was confident about the success of the new regiment. Henry started to realize after a few days of marching, that their regiment was just wandering aimlessly, going in circles, like a vast blue demonstration. They kept marching on without purpose, direction, or fighting. Through time Henry started to think about the battles in a different way, a more close and experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run fro .....

.... himself. By being an apprentice to life, Duddy is learning about how to be different types of people by imitating their personalities. When he comes out of apprenticeship and becomes a man, Duddy has to decide on one type of person to be for the rest of his life. Duddy's Uncle Benjy tried to explain this and make it clear to Duddy in his letter by saying, "A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others." (p.279) I think that this was the best advice he ever got, but he didn't need it; in the end he allows himself to become the con-artist, the sly scammer person without even realising that he had a decision in the .....

.... title The Soloist many times and in many situations throughout the book. Renne is a character who is entwined in many different strands of plot, in which in a way or another he tends to be a soloist. As Renne’s parents discovered that he had a special gift they devoted all their attention to him. Renne acknowledges his parent’s intentions when he says: Originally they had planned to have more children, but in view of my father to focus all of their attention and resources on me. (Salzman 4) This is the first example of Renne being a soloist, in which he is the only child and his parents are going to keep it that way so he can be the best at his talent. I .....