… Lightness of Being The title The Unbearable Lightness of Being represents a major theme that reoccurs throughout the book. Milan Kundera centers this theme on the relationship between Tomas and Tereza, the main characters. His writing centers…

… Essay Certain novels and short stories written between the two world wars express common traits that equate to a story commonly labeled Modern American literature. The authors expressed a need through writing of peace and search for values in an…

… on the role of a Burma sub divisional police officer. Orwell takes on a job even though he dislikes and does not care not for the people he has to deal with. This can be seen throughout Orwell's essay in his word choice to describe the people, and…

… Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrates upon many ideas referring to life and ways of living. He touches on values viewed by people of all types of social status. Morals, which should be engraved in one’s mind, seemed to be forgotten. These…

… characteristics. With a mystery novel these characteristics included are a victim, suspects, witness, and investigation, secluded area, new found illness or even a character having many flashbacks of some horrible past event. In the novel,…

… Critical Lens Essay Heroes come and go everyday; you hear on the news how these average people are made out to be heroes, but, are they really heroes? When confronted with a challenge the average person can show their courage and confidence…

… Judy Blume, is a story about a girl, Vix, who takes the reader on a journey through her life. The story begins when she is about twelve years old and continues until her mid- twenties when she finally decides to get married. Victoria Leonard (Vix)…

… When I started reading I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, I thought that it was boring at first, but I thought that it was about a young African-American girl who tells her troubles in life as she grows up. After the class discussion, when I (finally)…

… go to the African Congo to return a gorilla to her homeland and to find type IIb blue diamonds. On their journey they discover the lost city of Zinj and a new species of killer gorillas, which they must overcome to survive. The story takes place in…

… Last of the Mohicans is nothing more than a piece of literature defining the difficulties of multiculturalism in its respective time period. The book, not to be analyzed too deeply, is a romanticized version of white American stereotypes. The Last…