… in various ways and I feel that they are expressed through three themes and those themes are wildness, the scarlet color, and honesty. Many times with in the story pearl is regarded as being a wild child and fitting in with nature or being an elf…

… story, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, is a twisted tale of a small farming community that is far from normal or peaceful. Jackson, continuously uses the setting to creates a mood of peacefulness and tranquility. This creates an image of a typical…

… book seems to be one of Garth Nix’s better works because he expands the mind more then he did in the last novel that I read by him, (Pullman’s journey). Pullman’s Journey took place in the mid 1700’s and was about a poor man struggling to support his…

… that the government has broken the main character Winston down into a regular working member of society through torture. When the author says, “ He loved big brother.” did the government really break Winston down, or did he finally come to his own self…

… in America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was the railroad. It developed new forms of communication and transportation, which in turn revolutionized the ideologies of the nation in relation to the economy and social values. Railroads…

… effect our lives? Some of the people do not believe in fate or destiny. In Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles which was written in 1891, we see a young girl who becomes a fallen woman at the end. Tess is the victim of her destiny and also…

… created a monster. When he saw how terrifying his creation was when he fell sick with a brain fever. For two years, he did not know about his were abouts or his creation. When his brother was murdered and the girl they were blaming was a close friend…

… young woman’s struggle to find her inner self. Several events have taken which has leaded her into a position that will make her or break her and ultimately change her status quo. Nora Helmer was not your ordinary housewife. My first inclination…

… in every aspect of life. These ideas are fed to the individual by society from the very earliest stages of socialization. Even children are indirectly taught about categorizing men into a hierarchy of masculinities. This is evident in the books and…

… many aspects and themes. Although Shelley originally wrote it as part of a ‘ghost story’ competition amongst friends, it is more complex and deals with greater issues than those of a short and fictional ghost story. However, as we see by the…