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For my historical fiction project, I chose “My Brother Sam is Dead” by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier to explore the American Revolution. This time period has always fascinated me. The American Revolution was a conflict between the Patriots (Americans seeking independence from Britain) and the Loyalists (British and American supporters of Britain). It…

Reaction to James Joyce’s “Araby” James Joyce’s “Araby” is no different than his other works. The story of “Araby” is layered and profoundly complex yet, so are his other works. “Araby” is the story of a young boy who lives in Dublin and is completely captivated by a female counterpart. Something that is quite evident…

In Chapter 9 of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle creates tension and suspense with his use of the following techniques: form and narrative voice; setting; structure; language and narrative style; social and historical setting and literary tradition. This chapter involves a lot of mysteries which keeps the reader interested and intrigued….

She knew what her dreams were, and where she wanted to be. She knew that she did not want to live in her small little apartment. She dreamed of living in a great mansion, with great reception halls, and small scented rooms for conversing with friends. But all those dreams, those wonderful, wonderful dreams faded…

I had always thought that life never gave you more than you can handle; as a child my mother always told me that God was looking out; that he would keep you sane and safe. Its seems as though as I grew older; a series of events slowly deteriorated my faith in God, I had…

Rusty Burke once observed that H. P. Lovecraft was Robert E. Howard’s only truly significant correspondent—not just in the number of letters exchanged and the importance of their content, or even in their length, but in the sheer breadth of subjects that the two men covered in their seven years of acquaintance through letters—and perhaps…

N. Scott Momaday divides his book The Way to Rainy Mountain in aninteresting manner. The book is divided into three chapters, each of whichcontains a dozen or so numbered sections, each of which is divided into threeparts. The first part of each numbered section tends to be a legend or a storyof the Kiowa culture….

This Essay is about who is to blame for Romeo and Juliets deaths. It argues that Romeo was the person to blame for their deaths. Because of his inability to understand true love with Rosaline, his impatience and impulsiveness, and his poor self control. This essay also uses quotes from the play to support the…

This is a prelude book to Lord of the rings. It starts in a place called Shire, as a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins meats a old friend again, a wizard named Gandalf the grey. The wizard is at the door not alone but with several Dwarfs. Bilbo greeted them all into his dwelling. Gandalf starts…

In ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck uses dialogue, action and description to introduce and describe the characters. Curley’s wife is first introduced, through description, as a girl not a woman: “A girl was standing there looking in. ” (page 53). This implys that Curley’s wife is looked down upon because she is female and young….