.... with the current situation. The opening line of the story, “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect,” reveals the primary and most basic metamorphosis of this piece of literature. Kafka attempts to show the reader Samsa’s discontentment with what his feels is the lack of control in his life by spontaneous transformation of a human being into an insect. Humans are at the top of the food chain in the world, and thus are in complete control. In contrast, insects have almost no control over their own destiny because they are small, unintelligent creatures that can .....

.... with people that all needed help, crime rates increased and many other resulting problems ensued. n takes place during this time period. A main theme in this novel is the "quest for individual identity and the influences of the family and community in that quest" (Trescott). This theme is present throughout the novel and evident in many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, Cholly Breedlove, and Pauline Breedlove and are all embodiments of this quest for identity, as well as symbols of the quest of many of the Black northern newcomers of that time. The Breedlove family is a group of people under the same roof, a family by name only. Cholly (the father) i .....

.... were exceptionally hearty drinkers. Reports of alcohol consumption contained in the U.S. Census, Statistical Abstract (1921) were used. Early temperance literature, found in such places as the Congregational Society Library, the George C. Dempsey Collection (4300-4790), and the Widener Library, were used to calculate alcohol consumption. “Most significant was the more than 200 references covering 1814-1840. . . “(228). Even though the statistics shown in these censuses were very high for alcohol production and consumption, they are now expected to be incomplete. Since many of the officials admitted to not completing their findings, the amount of alco .....

.... to be sure, with the outside world” (2). Here he hints at the fact that a television only spits out information. Whether the information is correct or not remains to be seen. He goes on to describe an old Hollywood idol denouncing sugar on this commercial. She condemns it as an “unnatural food” and decribes it as “evil” (2). This sugar-hating crusader is quite convincing. Morowitz even goes as far as stating, “The mental image evoked was that of a solemn judge sentencing someone in perpetuity for an “unnatural act”(2) As the “…veil of sleep had lifted and the uncertainty of reason replaced the assuredness of emotion,” Morowitz begins to question the validity .....

.... what went wrong in his life. However, he dies without ever grasping the truth of it all. Willy Loman is a traveling salesman in his sixties. As we first find him, he is in the beginning of an emotional crisis. His past, recurring to him in realistic flashbacks, is interfering with the present. Each episode draws forth another problem that Willy has to face in his present situation. The problem for Willy was the question that he was asking himself. It is a question that many older individuals ask themselves, “Did I succeed in life, was it all worth it?” Poor Willy is beginning to realize that he has lived his entire life for the wrong reasons .....

.... Dickens went back to school for two years. He later learned shorthand and became a freelance court reporter. He started out as a journalist at the age of twenty and later wrote his first novel, The Pickwick Papers. He went on to write many other novels, including Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Tale of Two Cities takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. There are travels by the characters between the countries, but most of the action takes place in Paris, France. The wine shop in Paris is the hot spot for the French revolutionists, mostly because the wine shop owner, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Defarge .....

.... doing the same thing until the day that person retired. At the present time what a person might choose to do may not always be what he will retire doing. A person’s career choice is so broad these days that he has to consider many things before finally choosing a career. Is this something he feels he will be happy and satisfied doing? Does he feel he will perform to the best of his ability in this position? These and many other concerns come to mind when a person chooses a career. Another important decision someone must make is if or when to get married. When someone feels that it is the right time for them to make such a serious commitment many que .....

.... idea of taking a trip to South America, “ ’Would you like to go to South America, Jake?’ he asked, No’” (Hemingway 17). Furthermore, as the book progresses, Hemingway gives Jake as drunken personality and his obnoxious behavior that he exhibits shows a broken man. “I had picked her up because of a vague sentimental idea that it would be nice to eat with some one. It was a long time since I has dined with a poule, and I had forgotten how dull it could be” (Hemingway 24). However, whenever Jake interacts with Brett Ashley, he loses his previous ideas of romanticism being absurd. Since their previous relationship .....