... asked what happened to a man who had just died he responds in saying "There came a sneaking thief that men call Death, who slays all the people in this country, and with his spear he struck his heart in two, then went his way without saying another word." They show there feelings by pledging to each other to murder death. "Let each of us hold up his hand to this false traitor Death. He that slays so many shall be slain himself before nightfall." In "The Pardoners Tale" personification is employed to make Death a person instead of a process. Death is given human characteristics to make him more real to us. This ...

... begins to feel sympathy towards the prisoners. As Paul looked into the eyes of a Frenchman before he threw the grenade, he realized that he would be taking a man’s life. This is important because Paul saw that the soldier was a being who had feeling, just the same as he. Never before had he realized that with a single move, he could tear a man’s life apart. Paul began to think when he was in the shell-hole with the French soldier. This is significant because he realized that “the Enemy� were just men much like himself, with family, friends and most of all, life This also shows great insight because Paul f ...

... your head up high and be a gentleman.� Jem knows not to say anything rude back to Mrs. Dubose and he minds his manners. It is good to hold back the negative feelings toward someone else, spearing their hurt feelings and one’s regrets. Another lesson Atticus taught the children is to not be prejudiced against anyone. Just because someone is different than one’s view of what is different does not mean that they need to be treated bad. If they are a different color, religion, or have a handicap, they are a human being just like any other person. When Scout’s teacher gets mad over one kind of prejudice act ...

... put the book down. In the Middle of the Night is about an accident in a theater where a balcony collapses on a number of small children, and kills them, and a few are injured. The owner of the theatre kill himself and everyone is out to blame John the usher who was investigating the noises from the balcony at the time. Today the usher has grown up and has a son. A victim, who died in the accident but came back to life that day, is out for revenge on the usher's son. The novel is hard to follow at first because there are jumps from one character view to another, to piece together a whole view of the story. Th ...

... too scarce in the camps, and half-eaten or not, somebody could use it. As he is doing this his son Art, and Art's wife, Francoise are discussing how even though Vladek indeed did physically survive the camps, in some ways he, in fact, did not survive. Prior to Vladek's experience witht the Holocaust he would never have attempted to return food, but because of the hunger experiences it seemed uncalled for for him not to. Vladek is also depicted as very tight with his money. No doubt this is because of the poverty he lived with for so long. In the book, he was said to have reused tea bags, kept his burner on all ...

... co-workers, excluding Percy, but the prisoners also. One event that showed he cared about his job is how he came in to work when he was in almost too much pain from his bladder infection to even stand up. I don’t think he went to work just because he didn’t want to go to the doctor, he went in because he knew there were things that needed to be done. There were new prisoners coming in, and he had to make sure everything was running smoothly. Even when his co-workers told him they could handle it, he was still there. He also cared about his co-workers. He seemed to have a fairly close relationship with all of ...

... is such knowledge gained and a lesson taught. With one trip to the F.A.O. Schwartz, the children see how different their lives are compared to others. “This is mine, that’s mine,� (458) says Big Butt as he looks through the windows at all the toys. It is a child’s instinct to want, and I believe this was a lesson in itself. The fact that the children all wanted the toys that they saw but they couldn’t afford them made them think. It made them realize that the toys within the window looked good but were thy really worth what they cost? “…$480 it don’t make sense…� (458) The value of a ...

... With the implication of democracy, the church lost all real power to make laws and actually govern the people. The church still held power over peoples' morals, but without the monarchy's to enforce it the church's found their power decreasing. In Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the government and the church are interchangeable. The government is what used to be called the church, they have come together to become one unit of power. The power of a modern day government with all the knowledge and weapons combined with the fanaticism of a medieval based church create a dictatorship like none other. The novel de ...

... were also excited to see their parents after being seperated for such a long time. All the sudden the conversation thickened when a bomb went off right beside the boat. Later the officers had realized that there was a hole on the bottom of the boat and were unable to stop to stop the huge amounts of water that were getting in the boat. They decided to abanden the boat. Everybody got in the life rafts and watched the boat slowly sink till there was nothing left to watch. After a few days at sea the kids and officers land on an island. As soon as they land on the island Jack and his "group" get together and tie ...

... story takes place in two time periods. One set of events takes place in the present, while the other set takes place in the past, drawing closer to the present. It spans over a fifteen year period, beginning in the year 2220. Although most of the important incidents occur on the planet Erythro about 2 light years from our solar system, the novel shifts between Earth, space, and the Settlement named Rotor, which orbits the foreign planet. Main Character: Marlene Fisher is a very intelligent young woman at fifteen years of age. As a child, all who encountered her sensed that she was different. Her wide eyes ab ...