.... David, Maria and Brian went to the park where the author stated "The three of them stood huddled in the glare of ice and sun." (7) My heart sank. They just stood there accepting that their family was breaking up. I thought that Roger Pfingston wrote this story from his heart. I was able to put myself in Brian’s place and actually feel how I thought he would feel. The story that stretched my imagination the most was "Charles" by Shirley Jackson. Even though children have wild imaginations, it did not occur to me that a child in kindergarten would tell such an elaborate lie. When I looked back in the story, I found the spot where I th .....

.... learn about school, God, and society. He calls the blacks by the N-word because he has never heard them called anything else. He's been brought up to see blacks as slaves, as something less than human. His best friend was Jim a black slaves. Huck's freedom is a setback to him in many ways because it holds him back from getting an education and being a functioning member of society. This is the author's way of saying that there needs to be a balance between freedom and rules. Jim's opinion is that he wants to be free from Mrs. Watson. He also wants to be like Huck free from nature and society; he explains his freedom as superstition. For example, he wants to be .....

.... waiting for the light to turn on in the bedroom of Santiago Nasar, but this light was never turned on because Nasar was able to enter the house without switching on any lights. After the death of Santiago, his house was a complete mess. Santiago's corpse was lying in the living room in an iron cot, surrounded by fans to cool the body (act as a refrigerator), furniture was moved out to make room for everything. Clotilde Armenta's store is where a lot of the story took place. The Vicario twins were here since four o' clock in the morning waiting for Santiago Nasar. This is also where they first started telling everybody about the fact that they were going to .....

.... an addictive narcotic, and as the story unfolds, the audience soon discovers the lethality of the drug. Willy’s first flash to the past was when his son, Biff, returns home from the west. Willy discusses his disappointment in Biff with his dear wife Linda. When Willy fails to cope with this misfortune successfully, he returns in his head to a time when everything was going well and life was more fortunate to him. It is perfectly normal for one to remember more fortunate days at the more dispirited times of life, as long as they can return to the present and deal with the reality of the situation. However, Willy never does return to the original pr .....

.... Henry is an American who serves as a lieutenant in the Italian army to a group of ambulance drivers. Hemingway portrays Frederick as a lost man searching for order and value in his life. Frederick disagrees with the war he is fighting. It is too chaotic and immoral for him to rationalize its cause. He fights anyway, because the army puts some form of discipline in his life. At the start of the novel, Frederick drinks and travels from one house of prostitution to another and yet he is discontent because his life is very unsettled. He befriends a priest because he admires the fact that the priest lives his life by a set of value .....

.... the play. Because of the hatred between their respective gangs, Tony and Maria are not able to meet or even talk in public - they must do it secretly. Also, Bernardo and Riff are strong focuses of hate. They cannot see past their blind hatred for each other. Because of this, both of them, as well as Tony, are killed in the "rumble." Anita’s hatred for the Jets is fueled by their treatment of her at Doc’s candy store. This influences her to tell them that Maria is dead, thus affecting the ending of the play. Chino is another source of hatred. When Tony kills Bernardo, Chino is driven by the need for revenge and he kills Tony. In order to fully unders .....

.... simply wished to detach themselves from the troubles of Europeans and the rest of the world. During the years of the Twenties, the economy was prosperous, there was widespread social reform, new aspects of culture were established, and people found better ways to improve their lifestyle. Overall, the people, released from the pressures of a war government enjoyed life. The 1920s and 1930s defined America as a period when the society that so longed to forget the war, that they were slowly transformed into a population where self-love was rampant, and the morals that America had been so tediously grasping to, fell away. Through the novels of The Great Gatsby by F .....

.... the less he is able to execute it. The tragic flaw that Hamlet possesses is his inability to act. He vows that he is going to kill Claudius but backs out of it several times before the deed is actually done. Hamlet’s first sign of procrastination and lack of action begins to show through his character at the very beginning of the play. The ghost informs him about Claudius’ evil doings. Hamlet is prompt by replying: “Haste me to know’t; that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge.” (Shakespeare, p. 67) This passage shows how Hamlet decides to avenge his father’s death. In .....