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… In the initial stages of the book, the power over the farm is directly in the hands of a certain "Mr. Jones" who in recent times has taken up alcohol consumption. Mr.Jones is parallel to Tsar Nicholas II as suggested by his antipathy toward his people…

… the world for his award-winning, spectacular movies of all time. Nevertheless, there was a day when Spielberg was nothing more than a small, depressed child. In the following biography Spielberg's life will be explored as he grew from a film fanatic…

… In the novel The Screwtape Letters C.S Lewis uses point of view to allow the reader to see Hell's perspective, revealing man's follies. This is obtained through 31 letters from Screwtape to his nephew, Wormwood, advising him how to turn his patient…

… Fitzgerald is known as one of the most important American writers of his time. He wrote about the troubling time period in which he lived known as the Jazz Age. During this era people were either rich or dreamt of great wealth. Fitzgerald fell into…

… itself. Existence is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as the "state or fact of being." This existence strives to reach truth which is located beyond space and time, yet truth must be grasped by existence nevertheless. This is accomplished…

… writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of the American short story. He is best known for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", in which the schoolmaster Ichabold Crane meets with a headless…

… and general non-fiction will represent an issue in a balanced and objective manner, however, the book "Diana Queen of Hearts" written by Marc Cerasini does not fit this description to a large extent. The author delivers a biased life story of Princess…

… during the last century of the Roman Republic. Lucius was born into an impoverished branch of the Cornelii, and he lived a poor and dissolute existence until he received two family inheritances that finally gave him the financial stature…

… Café and Other Stories, Thistledown Press Ltd.; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1988 <Tab/>Martha Brooks' short story called "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" is about a 14-year-old junior high student, Andrew, who has…

… DOLL'S HOUSE a variety of social themes are discussed, evoking thoughts about how women were treated and giving us a glimpse into the workings of a repressed and desperate 19th century housewife's mind. Throughout the play Ibsen provides us with many…