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Charles Saunders has one of the better fantasy author hosted websites on the internet.  Besides keeping up to date with current fantasy and horror goings-on, Charles periodically delves into his archives and pulls out some real plums from the past such as “Chocolate Covered Conan,” which he posted last month.  Since reviving his sword and…

Growing up, many children hear tales of the famous dracula story. As a matter of fact, the character of dracula is a common halloween costume amongst children. When I picked up this book and read the title, my first reaction was that I was familiar with the title. Although I had never before read bram…

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, one of the main elements of the plot is a fire created by the boys. While the fire’s foremost purpose is for rescue, it also represents other underlying symbolistic themes. Order is one of the first things established once the fire is built. The fire’s…

            In “The Lottery,” by holding the lottery every year, the community gains a sense of security. They are convinced that the lottery will keep them safe. Old Man Warner says, “Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live hat way for a while….

In The Color Purple, Celie, the main character, expresses her emotions by writing letters to God. She turns to her “diary” as she lacks someone to confide in. Despite facing numerous hardships such as abuse from her stepfather and spouse, Celie demonstrates incredible resilience. The novel depicts a situation where Celie’s husband desires to marry…

The male parent of Science Fiction, a airy Gallic novelist, a short narrative author, and a playwright. This is the kernel of the adult male we know today as Jules Verne. In his voluminous Hagiographas he foresaw a figure of scientific devices and developments that were more than a century in front of his clip….

Don’t Care High – SummaryThe novel Dont Care High was written by Gordan Korman. This novel, as well as other novels he wrote were based partly on his experiences in high school, where he says, “the only way to get through high school alive was by laughing”. This novel relates to teenagers about high school…

Chapter 1: “You Don’t Have to Cut My Foot Off, Do You? ”- In this chapter Sampson is trying to be like the older boys, he hangs with his older brother and his friends pretending to be tough. They go try to fix the benches in the park. Sampson ends up holding a brick which…

Experiencing the aftermath of being stranded on an island with no civilization is an incomprehensible situation for a group of children. William Golding effectively portrays the terrifying nature of this scenario in his novel, Lord Of The Flies, by utilizing symbols to depict the challenges they face. Two prominent symbols, the fire and the conch,…

Reverend Hale unquestionably resembles that of the fictional character Dr. Victor Frankenstein due to both of the characters quests for something too idealistic and complex to possibly accomplish. Though the tone, style, and plot are of two completely different concepts, further investigation reveals that two of the main characters in each book are extremely similar….