Monday, September 8, 2014

In Chapter 3 of A Separate Peace, why is Finny described as being like the weather?

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In Chapter 3, Gene says, "Although he was rarely conscious of it, Phineas was always being watched, like the weather". Finny has a...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

What are gothic elements in "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe? Cite them.

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Gothic literature has several distinguishing features.  It often focuses on the dark, evil side of human nature.  It asserts that everyone h...
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What do we learn about the protagonist's/narrator's brother D.B. in "The Catcher in the Rye"?

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Holden Caulfield is the protagonist/narrator and he tells us very little about his older brother D.B.  We learn that D.B. is a writer and th...

Who are the main characters in The Whipping Boy?

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Written in 2003 by Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy is a humorous tale of adventure in an eighteenth-century setting with some serious unde...
Saturday, September 6, 2014

Was the story of Miss Jane Pittman a real one? I love history, and I want to know more about her.

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I regret to inform you that there was never a woman named Miss Jane Pittman (at least not the particular one that narrates the novel).  In f...

Can someone explain the importance of Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia"?Why is this such an important piece of american literature?

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Jefferson's work was fairly significant for several reasons.  The first was that it was a detailed and thorough analysis of Jefferson...

Why isn't George happy with his bunk, but how does Candy reassure him? John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"

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In the first section of "Of Mice and Men," George and Lennie, two itinerant workers during the Great Depression have arrived near ...