... He was further disappointed when she tries to rob him for his money even though he tries to be nice to her. He also has a date with an old girlfriend, and asks her to flee from this corrupt world and live in the woods with him. She doesn't share the same opinion. Holden meets some more people, but non of them can solve his problems. He feels more depressed and lonely. He walks around in the rain soaking wet, he is sure he is going to catch pneumonia. But before he leaves this world he wants to visit his little sister, Phoebe, to say good bye. He admires her a lot and they communicate very well. Holden realises ...

... of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with Tom and Huck actually venturing out on many adventures. Huck's adventures take him many places. Once, Huck pretended he was a girl, and on another, he pretended he was Tom Sawyer. Perhaps Huck's greatest adventure was when he faked he own death. Huck faked his death in order to get away from his abusive, alcoholic father. Huck did this just before he and Jim left on another adventure: the journey on the Mississippi River to help Jim acquire his freedom. If there was a main adventure in Huckleberry Finn, it would be Huck and Jim's journey down the Mississippi River. That j ...

... world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom the reader is meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. He is strength and beauty. Tales of his prowess are recited. Ashore he is the champion, afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost. Despite his popul ...

... positive qualities he is chosen leader of a group of boys on an uninhabited island. Ralph knows the difference between right and wrong and is willing to act as the absent adult figure. He knows that the children could not survive without rules so he makes up a list of rules based upon common sense. It is Ralph’s job to lay down rules and organize some type of society on the island. Throughout the novel we see many changes in Ralph’s character since he is always in conflict with Jack Merridew, the novel’s antagonist. These many changes put Ralph into the category of a round character, one who ...

... country in the military, which Gregor has done. Self-sacrifice and hard work are what enable us to look people in the eye. It is this need which was Gregor’s motivation for trudging on through a job which he despises. He is like a bottom-feeder for other people’s love and respect. He maintains a spark of real intimacy for his sister, which later surfaces when he hears her playing the violin to the guests. At that moment he realizes what he has been starving for as he plays out in his mind the fantasy of keeping her in his room, having her play to him, kissing her, and telling her his plans of sending ...

... he observed from kingdom to kingdom. His book was called 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Record of a Journey To The West). Little did the Tang Dynasty Monk realize that his book would father one of the most well known works of Chinese literature. Eleven centuries later, another edition of 'His Yu Chi' was written. When it was released, the new 'Hsi Yu Chi' was considered as a disgrace to the community of writers. This ludicrous work which lacked philosophical depth and profundity was not only a satire of the Chinese Imperial System and Chinese bureaucracy, but it was an insult to the two most dominant religions at the time, ...

... clutches of the Thenardiers.. (95) The child is Cossete, she was given away to the Thenadiers, a family that deceives Fantine, and uses her daughter for labor and money. Later in the novel, Jean Valjean meets a family in poverty, by the name of the Jondrettes. He promises them that he will give them money for the payment of there house. He brings them money, and because of him, they have the fortunate opportunity to stay under a roof. In another incident Jean Valjean, receives a exclusive letter from Marius, a young man that is in love with Cossete. The letter is addressed to Cossete, and even though Je ...

... Those being the ones who lived in poverty, abuse, and other harsh conditions which were finally exposed to America in 1893 by a 22-year old college free lance writer who simply wished to show things as they appeared to him: bitterly real. was America’s first realistic writer who exposed the realities of the slums, tenement living and other unfavorable conditions to a very naïve American audience. Through hard work and his great devotion to the examination of the darker side of life Crane finally was able to publish his novel in which explored his experiences of the New York slums. Through his great use of di ...

... technology. Religion might be a fuel to achieve a specific level of technology. Such as in the Bible, "Seek and you shall find." May mean that God wants all Christians to achieve the highest amount of experience that they are capable of. Religion gives an individual, morals and control, while science gives an individual the medium under which he can explore the hidden. "Dune" is a fine example that shows the mingling of religion and science and how it affects the individual or society. Religion is the main idea in the book Dune. The author states the different types of religions that come to pass sinc ...

... can be for the better. In THE SCARLET LETTER, Nathaniel Hawthorne, shows that as time goes by, Reverend Dimmesdale changes from a strong, hearty man to a weak and sickly one, but also given enough time (and some encouragement), he re-grows to once again be a strong man, perhaps more so than he was before. As we first meet Author Dimmesdale, he was a “…young clergy man... His eloquence and religious fervor has already given the earnest of high eminence in he profession.” (p. 62. 3rd paragraph)* The people loved and respected him. He was thought to be “…a godly pastor,”(p. 48) of H ...