.... narrative organization, imagery, repetition, and analogy that explores Walker’s changing understanding of what it means to be beautiful and where beauty resides. Walker’s use of chronological narrative organization stresses to the reader how she viewed beauty as a little girl to a grown adult. In her narrative, she lets the reader know when things are happening and how old she is when they are occurring. Walker starts showing the reader how she viewed herself and how others viewed her when she was a little girl ready to give her speech that she memorized for Easter Sunday. Then her accident happened. Walker then emphasizes to the reader that the wa .....

.... fully understand their passion to be in their promised land, and make it everything that they wanted. Little did she know, she would grow to understand it more than she ever expected. felt that it was best not to get involved with these children. She wasn't in agreement for what was happening to them, but she wasn't prepared to take a side for them. She seemed to follow the passive way of so many others in the world of just thinking that maybe what was happening was right and they must have had some clarification for it. "Everything connected with Caraolas is neck deep in politics. I am certain that the British have their reasons. I don't wish to take sides .....

.... against the many truculent characters in his life, such as his enemy in school, Stilson, and his older brother, Peter. The usefulness and necessity of Ender's empathy manifest themselves again at the battle school, where it helps Ender immeasurably to defeat his enemies, both in and out of the game room. Lastly, towards the novel's end, Ender's empathy takes on a much more universal significance when it first allows him to win the war for humanity against the buggers, and then at last is put to a more peaceful use, when Ender becomes a "speaker for the dead". From the very beginning of the novel, Ender's extraordinary empathic abilities are quite cons .....

.... discrimination, a complete rearrangement of their beliefs and cultures, ethnocide, and genocide. The Latin American Indians have struggled for centuries since the invasions of their lands to reclaim their lands, and way of life. The lands for them is not simply dirt for them to cultivate. The various Indian cultures have lived with their lands in harmony for thousands of years. The land to them is their sense of identity in which they respectfully care for and live with in harmony. The land which they once owned was meticulously cared for and the lessons which they learned of respect for nature was passed down to their children for generations. Much of the .....

.... to justify his theory as he conforms well to the hostile North. While at Judge Miller's, pampered Buck never worries about his next meal or shelter; yet while in the frozen Klondike he has death at his heels. Until his body adapts to the strenuous toil of the reins, Buck needs more food than the other dogs. He must steal food from his masters in order to conform. If Buck continues his stealthy work he will survive. A second example occurs when Thorton owns Buck, and Spitz, the lead dog, constantly watches the team in a dominant manner. Buck, if insubordinate, runs the risk of death. He lays low, learning Spitz's every tactic. Buck adapts to cir .....

.... them. This causes Holden to end the novel missing everyone and every experience. He remembers all the good and bad, until distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden Caufield, a character who always jumps to conclusions about people and their phoniness, can be l .....

.... world attack him and his people, the Angaraks. Torak tries to use the orb to kill his attackers but the orb will not let him use it for evil and it burns off half his face. From then on Torak is known as Torak One-Eye. Eventually Belgarath and the peoples known as Chereks steal the orb back from Torak while he is sleeping. From that point one Cherek child per generation is born with a special mark on his hand. Those with the mark prove to be gifted in the use of the orb. For thousands of years Torak is kept at bay because the orb is protected by the Chereks, but somehow, a man known as the Apostate takes the orb hoping to deliver it to Torak. Belgarath .....

.... a plan on how to regain the treasure stolen by the dragon Smaug. Biblo is shocked to realize these plans involve him. He then realizes that Gandalf has tricked him by inscribing on his door that he was a burglar seeking a job with lots of excitement. With all this talk of quests and glory Biblo decides to join the party after all. Gandalf reveals a key and a map of their journey, which ends at the Lonely Mountain. It is there that the treasure of Thorins’ ancestors is guarded by Smaug. The quest begins and the party meets at the Green Dragon Inn. From there they venture into the Lone-lands. As heavy rains begin to fall, Biblo notices that Gandalf is missing. W .....