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… suspenseful book. In the book there are two crimes committed. Clues are given but the average reader won't look at them close enough. The first story includes a lady named Helen Stoner whose sister mysteriously died. A few nights before Helen's sister,…

… Ashes, the connection between tone, syntax, and point of view combine to create an effective balance of humor and pathos. This is shown through the perspective of little Frank McCourt. Sometimes it is human nature to try to make a tragedy seem better…

… Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, can be compared to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The idea of a revolution came from Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto that he wrote with Fredrick Engels. It was 1924 when Vladimir Lenin died and left Trotsky…

… form of motive force or energy, ability to act, or control. When too much power is given, a dictatorship government can form, in which all decisions are made by one authority. In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell the author portrays how “Power…

… civic ideal to the utmost. The women, destined to live out a degrading life, died in bed. Certainly, not all men died in battle, but every epitaph shows in one way or another, the city would always remember the men who died in war. Additionally,…

… vanity that encompasses a variety of people. The narrator of the story is the best example of vanity. He is obsessed with a girl that lives next door to him. He never remarks about her personality but does remark that "her image accompanied me even in…

… recorded for as long as man has walked the earth. Yet only the strong survive the changes of time. The unknown author of Beowulf created a legend. He mastered this extant poem with three terrifying antagonists. Beowulf’s character is defined and given…

… by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is by far one of the most notable and popular pieces of Civil war literature. Drawn from selected pieces of real life anecdotes, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book that drew many people into the fight over the institution of slavery.…

… statistics show that half of all marriages end in divorce. While this statistic has been highly disputed, the simple fact that divorces have become common place is true. Marriages are often begun without any intent of a long term commitment. The divor…

… statistics show that half of all marriages end in divorce. While this statistic has been highly disputed, the simple fact that divorces have become common place is true. Marriages are often begun without any intent of a long term commitment. The divor…