.... She becomes pregnant and the town finds out she had committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A," meaning "adulteress," on her bosom for the rest of her life. The book focuses mainly on the sin that was committed; it effected the whole community. The scarlet letter had one basic meaning, "adultery," but to the characters of Hester and Dimmesdale it was a constant reminder of the sin; and to Pearl it was a symbol of curiosity. Obviously, the scarlet letter had the largest impact on Hester, it was a constant reminder of the sin she committed. The "A" she must wear on her bosom completely humiliates her in front of everyone she meets, she begins to e .....

.... they would have an impact on everyone. Though, Janie did not always speak her ideas. She would often do something that made an impression on someone. The first real action Janie took was to leave her husband, Logan Killicks. By doing this, she has shown the community that a person can not always be happy with material things when she or he is not in love. Janie says, "Ah want things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think." She shows her grandma that she is not happy with her Janie's next husband, Joe Starks was very nice to her and gave her everything she wanted. When it came to Janie wanting to talk or speak her min .....

.... Sammy, who is a cashier at a local supermarket. His supporting characters are: Lengel, who is the store manager; Stoksie, Sammy's buddy and a cashier; and Queenie plus her two followers, who are unusual customers at the supermarket. The setting of the story is in the early 80's in an ordinary supermarket, which is located in a small quiet town, north of Boston. Most of the customers are old and conservative, with a few tourists here and there. A & P is surrounded around Sammy, a teenager, who is about to become an adult. The story, basically, shows the first step of his metamorphoses. The events of the story are seen through eyes of the main characte .....

.... Havisham, Dickens’ woman in white, the vehicle through which the author explores women’s struggles with love, pride of nobility, and the issues instilled in them through their parents or caretakers. Miss Havisham’s quest for revenge against her fiancé drives her to instill within her adopted daughter Estella the incapacity to love so that she will never feel the pain of unrequited desires. Dickens produces an image of women either devoid of femininity and impotent, or love-mad and utterly absurd. The female first described in Great Expectations is Pip’s deceased mother. Having never seen his parents he imagines his mother as "frec .....

.... very hard at blending in, fitting in, and getting lost in the world, but when he's delivering a speech Invisible Man takes on a new form and in that form finds that part of hInvisible Manself that defines hInvisible Man not only as an individual, but also as a part of society. When we are first introduced to his talent for public speaking, Invisible Man is set to make a speech in front of the prominent white men of his town so he can accept his scholarship to the state college for Negroes. However, he first has to fight in a battle royal. This scene is shocking and nightmarish, but serves to set the tone for the surreal delivery of his speech. After the batt .....

.... to have morality and virtue; needs to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom the reader is meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. He is strength and beauty. Tales of his prowess are recited. Ashore he is the champion, afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost. Despite his .....

.... However, Kingsley Amis describes it as a "conformist hell" (110). The main character of the novel, Guy Montag, is a firefighter brainwashed by the government at the beginning of the novel. He enjoyed his job burning books, but that would soon be changed after he meets Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse McClellan was Montag's next door neighbor. She elusively convinces Montag to question his own happiness. Clarisse also causes him to question the society he is living in. "Clarisse wonders whether Montag is actually happy leading a death-in-life, and Montag quickly realizes that he is not happy when he enters his sterile and fully automatic house" (Zipes 185). .....

.... The widow Douglas as a Christian woman should not own slaves, even though society views nothing wrong with it. No where does it say in the bible that it is right for one man to own another. So, to the reader, the widow Douglas in some ways comes off as a hypocrite. In how she tells Huck to live a good life so he can get to heaven, by doing good for others, but at the same time she own slaves. The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are examples of aristocrats that are not as they appear. Like a stereotype of an aristocrat they live in nice big houses, wear nice clothes, and own nice things. On the other hand they could be considered exactly the oppo .....