… character who had a dominating influence on the way the novel went. Her name was Catherine Earnshaw and even after she died she still left a lasting impression on the people around her and after she was gone people still made some decisions based…

… Southern Literary Period: Contemporary Type of Literature: Novel Author: Harper Lee Authorial Information In 1960 Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird was first published. Interviewers were stunned when they first met Harper…

… Osborn THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE How Law Is Suffocating America. By Philip K. Howard Have rules replaced Thinking? This is the question that corporate lawyer, Philip Howard, asks of American law throughout his work. He argues that rules are simply…

… that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton,…

… There have been many great writers who have had impact upon the world in which we live. Among the best of them, in my opinion, is Ralph Ellison. Ralph Waldo Ellison was born March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma City, OK to Lewis Alfred…

… to the mothers and two devoted to the daughters, with the exception of June. The first section, logically, is about the mothers' childhoods in China, the period of time during which their personalities were molded, giving the reader a better sense…

… Dandelion Wine is a book about a summer through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy. It establishes a change of Douglas’s childhood to manhood. It will show how a young, orgulous boy goes through many stymies. Douglas Spaulding is a boy growing up in a…

… in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle is an enchanting, yet surprising novel. It blends science-fiction and fantasy together very well. The novel contains a powerful message about the power of love and the need to fight the darkness of ignorance and conformity…

… tired of segregation and discrimination, launched the civil rights movement to demand equality. The NAACP had been able to open some all-white universities and graduate schools to African American Students, by demonstrating that in most cases educationa…

… the Alice Books "It is no accident that the grotesque style in literature tends to be prevalent in eras marked by radical change and stress. Such was the Victorian period, within which a whirl of social, economic, and religious change took place .…