… red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth...” So starts The Grapes of Wrath, one of the most popular books of the twentieth century. Written by John Steinbeck, it tells the…

… but to others it could mean much more than a game. Love can show the control, wealth and influence one person can have over another person. In The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez…

… with Morrie captures the connection between a man and his college professor, Morrie Schwartz. Morrie is a retired professor of sociology at Brandeis University who was once one of Mitch's most respected educators. This factual narrative depicts the…

… family was not educated and his father was killed in W.W.I. Albert Camus won a scholarship in 1924 and studied at the Lycee in Algiers. Albert Camus was an athlete but suffered from T.B. the continued to plague him for the rest of his life. Albert…

… man must make throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. This element of choice, no matter what the outcome, displays man's power as an individual. When influences are forced apon the decision making abilities the person…

… and his friend go through a dramatic struggle that demonstrates the idea that when opposites attract there could be dire consequences. Finny an all around athlete and popular kid has a misfortunate accident when he falls from a tree. Gene a thorough…

… in their stories. Some examples are Edgar Allen Poe’s William Wilson in “William Wilson,” and the narrator of the “Tell-Tale Heart”; and Alfred Hitchcock’s Bruno in Strangers on a Train. These characters have similar foundations for their unstable…

… important events with in it’s binding. These events helped the reader follow along with the story. It also made the story what it is. The characters also helped moved the story along. They were all very strong characters. In, "One Flew Over the…

… thinks he has everything until he falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet. Despite her family’s lower position within the gentry he proposes to her, confident that his looks and wealth will win her over. But Elizabeth fervently rejects him because of…

… 11B In “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a hero for giving up his life. He is a great man of honesty and not many people would do what he did. A hero is thought to be someone who shows great amounts of courage and determination.…