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… tend to be white heterosexual males in their twenties and thirties. While it is impossible to predict who will become a serial killer there are traits that appear to be similar in all killers. These behaviors include cruelty to animals, bedwetting, lying…

… belief that they are superior to the Indians. "Forster draws an unforgettable picture of the tensions between colonial rulers and the Indian professional class (Critical Survey of Long Fiction.1141)." The comments and treatment that the Indians receive…

… Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a stark, ingeniously woven, engaging novel. That tells the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous…

… poet. Throughout his life, he wrote poetry that bewilders a normal person. Emerson was a very optimistic and self-confident person. This was mainly due to the fact that he was raised in a humble manner. Emerson wrote his poems through his heart…

… who was one in a million. Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, his father was a Unitarian minister, a path that Emerson would later follow. Emerson lived in poverty during his early days. Yet, through hard work, he was accepted to Harvard but graduated…

… 21, 1899 in an old house in Oak Park, Illinois, a literary legend was born. Ernest Hemingway spent his childhood days outside, fishing or canoeing. Growing up with four sisters influenced his actions and attitude toward women throughout his life,…

… the most influential authors in American Literature. Both men wrote about similar themes, creating great admiration between them. The relationship that had grown between them was a source of critic and interpretation that would ultimately influence each…

… characters wrap themselves in a pride of intellect. The characters become victims of their pride and consequently suffer. Goodman Brown, from 'Young Goodman Brown' and Hooper, from 'The Minister's Black Veil' are two characters that suffer from…

… May 26, 1799. In 1811 he was selected to be among the thirty students in the first class at the Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. He attended the Lyceum from 1811 to 1817 and received the best education available in Russia at the time. He soon not only became…

… and Brothers' series, C.P. Snow presents the many facets of interaction between individuals and groups on many different levels. The 'Strangers and Brothers' is a sequence of ten novels that follows the life of Eliot Lewis, the narrator of all…