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…newborn child, whom she suitably named Pearl, named because of her extreme value to her mother. In the disorder of faces in the crowd, young Hester Prynne sees the face of a man she once was fiercely familiar with, whom we later learn is her true…

…that man, compared to a group of bees or ants, works and thinks only for himself, I believe that it is our experiences and surroundings that make us into who we become, whether good or evil. Societies and government were created and instituted for the well…

…’ that they will ‘have a good time’ on the island. Ralph explains that the island has everything that they could possibly need. At this point, a six year-old boy, distinguished only by a mulberry-coloured birthmark on his face, allows the seeds of apprehension, on the subject…

…in the quickest amount of time possible. Carter, the boss-logger, money hungry man that he was, got his loggers only to fell trees that were close to shore. As Grainger explains, "In those days good timber was plentiful- good timber, on sea-coast slopes, that could…

…an old mariner who is telling a story about killing a bird to a guest at a wedding. Of course, anyone who reads the poem can see that there is more to it than just a simple telling of a story. The first symbol in the poem is the wedding that the guest…

…and begins with the man's justification for the deeds he had committed. The man, whom insists he is not crazy but truly is, claims that an old man for whom he lived with had a "vulture eye" - an eye that caused his blood to run cold whenever the old man let…

…of a spear. Sees his brother, father, and three of his uncles be killed. Twelve years old, but a man in Aboriginal terms. Alone, begins to walk, hopes to find a white-man's gun in order to better understand their ways. Bold, brave and resourseful for his age…

…in many of his novels and short stories, most clearly in the book The Old Man and The Sea from 1952. The struggle between the man and the marlin is a brilliant description of courage and stamina, and the old man seems to be the prime example of the Hemingway…

…EGYPT officially Arab Republic of Egypt, country in northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia. It is bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by Israel and the Red Sea, on the south by Sudan, and on the west by Libya…

…In 1325, Ibn Battuta, a 21-year-old jurist, left his home in Tangier on a Hajj, to Mecca as all good Muslims should do (p1). It was 29 years before he arrived home again, after travelling further than any known traveller before him: from Mali…