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…. Instead of a tattoo reminiscent of concentration camps, Offglen wears a metal bracelet, once again lessening the general feeling of trepidation. Even the mention of her real name, Kate, seemed to lessen the severity of everything. Kate's outward expression…

…When I read My Name is Asher Lev, I became very offended because I am a Christian. Asher, his family, and others throughout the book make references to how "goyim" are not good, and how wrongful acts are acts of the goyim. Asher felt guilty when he read…

…Hard work, joy, and uncertainty, is what you read about in "The Lord God Made Them All" by James Herriot really name James Alfred Wight. At First when I was told I had to read a biography I was not interested, but a friend told me about The Lord God Made…

…a sin to kill a mockingbird." That Jem and Scout's last name is Finch (another type of small bird) indicates that they are particularly vulnerable in the racist world of Maycomb, which often treats the fragile innocence of childhood harshly…

…to make friends with Ralph by asking his name and confiding in him, even though he's a stranger. When Ralph avoids telling Piggy his name, we see Piggy as an outcast, a child that we often see standing alone because he doesn't have any friends. He tags along…

…Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a story of Marlow's journey down the Congo River to find a man named Kurtz. In the book Conrad uses light to symbolize any matter that is positive such as the scene on the Nellie at the start of the story and uses…

…everyone's names were said she bid them farewell and went back home. Twenty minutes later there was a knock on her door. The oldest boy, David, had come over to ask her if she wanted to join in on a snowball fight. She dressed in her snow pants, boots, jacket…

…the greatest bliss I've ever experienced. She was named Mackenzie Roseanne - Roseanne after my memm'ere. (Memm'ere is French for grandmother.) Her arrival warmed our hearts and melted away the winter cold. Being our firstborn, we thought she was the most…

…the lower class, causing social problems, and used their power to influence the government. When naming the period from 1877 to 1914 "The Gilded Age", with gilded meaning covered with gold or deceptively attractive, Mark Twain was totally accurate since…

…<Tab/>The Bubonic Plague is still effecting people today. The scientific name for the Bubonic plague is Bacterium Yersinia Pestis. Bubonic Plague or Bacterium Yersinia Pestis is historically known as the Black death. This disease…