Monday, October 31, 2011

An important idea in the story "Games at Twilight" is that the childish games are...?

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"Games at Twilight" by Anita Desai is a touching and very well-written account of Ravi, who learns a profound life lesson while pl...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

What are some major decisions made by the men and women featured in Into Thin Air?

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Because you are discussing a nonfiction work in which real people's deaths are portrayed, most of the major decisions made in the work a...

Is "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold a descriptive poem or a meditative one?

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Can't it be both?  Matthew Arnold, in his poem "Dover Beach," is highly descriptive AND meditative.  You can see his descripti...

How can Ch.7 of Ethan Frome be considered the climax of the novel?

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Chapter 7 is generally not identified as the novel's climax since Ethan Frome belongs to modern American literature, but if you were to...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

What lesson is learned from the pilot and the prince in Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince?

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The most important lesson we learn from the pilot and the prince is that it is the things unseen that are most important . The pilot's ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

This is totally what you think, not what the book says. Do YOU think Bella should stay human or become vampire?

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I think Bella has no other choice than to become a vampire, if she wants to be with Edward forever.  In a normal human existence, a married ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

In the book/play "Miracle Worker" by William Gibson, why do Annie's nightmares stop?

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Anne Sullivan's first job was taking care of the wild Helen Keller; she left the Perkins Institue where she had been a pupil (Anne herse...