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…Hodge, from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Ferris Bueller's Day Off One of the all-time greatest comedies, this movie tells the tale of a smart Chicago teenager (Matthew Broderick), who ditches school with his girlfriend (Mia Sara) and his neurotic best…

…than robbing houses he begins attending church services on Sunday mornings. In an effort to court Miss Amelia, he learns proper etiquette, such as "rising and giving his chair to a lady, and abstaining from swearing and fighting". Two years after Marvin's…

…The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is the tale of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, and his family. Jurgis and his family move to the United States in the middle of the Industrial Revolution, only to find themselves…

…church services on Sunday mornings. In an effort to court Miss Amelia, he learns proper etiquette, such as "rising and giving his chair to a lady, and abstaining from swearing and fighting". Two years after Marvin's reformation, he asks Miss Amelia to marry…

…-Eight Publishers Edition before finding its way to Czech readers. It may sound very surprising, but the book was recommended to me by my friend from New York City, because Iva Pekarkova used to work there for seven years as a taxi driver, and gained a big…

…speak. The young boy's life centered entirely on his religious studies. He loved the mystical tradition and folk tales of the Hassidic sect of Judaism, to which his mother's family belonged. His father, though religious, encouraged the boy to study…

…Comparisons and Contrasts in Ethan Frome Often in literature characters are found that are similar in one sense, yet totally different in others. In Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton portrayed two women, Zenobia "Zeena" Frome, and Mattie Silver, both of whom…

…on the Akkadian version of the work that appears in the Norton Anthology of World Literature (Second Edition, Volume A). Gilgamesh developed over a period of a thousand years. The version known as the Standard version was discovered in the city of Nineveh amid…

…soft voice. We read The Lord of the Flies, Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Catcher in the Rye, Shakespeare, and scores of others great pieces of literature. Mr. Dawson was similar to Mr. Keating played by Robin Williams in the movie Dead Poets Society…

…’s. Oedipus’s admiration began when he killed the monstrous Sphinx who had been terrorizing the countryside by answering her riddle: “What goes on four feet at dawn, two at noon, and three at evening?” At that point the Theben people proclaimed him…