… of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Kate and Bianca prove to be more than just sisters but also great literary foils for each other. They are also related by the apparent switch of personalities they seem to complete by the end of the comedy.…

… to be good citizens. This was done through the tragic hero. Macbeth fits the mold of a tragic hero because he is an extraordinary man, he has a tragic flaw, and he ends up regretting his actions. The first characteristic of a tragic hero is that they…

… centers around ninety year-old Hagar Shipley, an aging woman living with her son and his wife. Hagar is forgetful, spiteful, remorseful by turns, but always evincing an indomitable spirit. Born and raised on the prairies of Manitoba, Hagar is of…

… innocence. I say this because in the process of growing up you learn things about life and do things that lead up to losing your innocence. In the book “A Separate Piece” by John Knowles there are three good reasons that support this. The first…

… the world of her lottery is our world, scaled down for the sake of the economy. The town in which the Lottery takes place contains a post office, a grocery store, a bank, a school system, a coal business; its women are all housewives as an alternative…

… Knowles from his real experiences and personal struggles. Knowles attended Phillips Exeter Academy, an exclusive New Hampshire prep school, for two summer sessions in 1943 and 1944. This book vaguely outlines his experiences at Exeter with himself…

… has two different endings. Dickens wrote an original version for an ending, but changed it by the request of friends. Both endings involve the same characters – Pip and Estella – meeting after many years had passed in their lives. The first ending…

… PREJUDICE The title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a key to some themes of the novel. The title is first explained in Chapter 10, at the time that Scout and Jem Finch have just received air rifles for Christmas. Atticus tells his children…

… of the triumph of grace and redemption, adapted for today’s readers” by Jim Reimann W Publishing, 2001. 288 pages. Many years ago my mother received in the mail, every month or so, a volume of the “Readers’ Digest Condensed Books” series. Each volume…

… and eventual love and how a child called “It” finally found himself as a man free at last, after early childhood experiences as the son of a brutal, alcoholic mother. When his father is dying of cancer, Dave attempts to reestablish contact with him,…