… E. Cummings created a new system of writing poetry. It is difficult to analyze his style, for he consistently looked for ways to change the meaning of his expression and was known to break the defined rules of grammar. Cummings not only shaped poetry…

… Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Tale of Two Cities takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. The wine shop in Paris is the hot spot for the French revolutionists,…

… discusses the life of Janie. In chapters 1-6, Janie is married to Logan Killicks and then Joe Starks. Her marriage with Logan Killicks was setup by her grandmother and she was not very happy with it. Later on, Janie runs off with Joe Starks. Even…

… Nathanial Hawthorne’s short story, the Birthmark, he tells a story about a scientist, who believes he is more creative and skilled than Mother Nature herself, and his wife Georgiana. In the short story, Georgiana’s birthmark is representative of…

… on my bookshelf. I have never watched an episode of Xena the Warrior Princess. I am not a card holding member of NOW. Nor do I have a bumper sticker on my car that says “God is coming and she is pissed.” I shave my armpits regularly and even watch…

… a reader is given two short stories, two stories that are seemingly different on the surface, to read and compare and contrast, a surprising amount of similarities and differences can be found. Unless they deal with the same subject matter,…

… a number of influences that must be noted. It is especially true in Voltaire’s work—Candide. First, Candide was written as a satire and was attacking the existing class system of France as well as the theocracy that ruled the intellectual advancement…

… an ordered society. Discuss how order is born from disorder in ‘A Midsummer’s Nights Dream’. -------------------------------------------------- “A Midsummer Nights Dream” is an unrealistic fantasy concerning lovers, fairies and royalty. It is…

… with a View” When reading A Room with a View, one is tempted to take the story at face value only. By simply reading into the surface meaning, a rather dull tale of a young girl’s struggle to find love in a culturally clashed world presents itself.…

… personal memories, is to write them down. In the two stories, “Remembrance of Things Past,” and “The Death of Ivan Ilych,” the authors do just that. Marcel Proust’s, “Remembrance of Things Past,” is a novel that documents the romantic, social,…