.... dwarves finally reach Lonely Mountain, the home of Smaug the dragon. The dwarves send Bilbo down a secret passage to the dragon's lair. Bilbo has more confidence in himself now and not only steals a cup, but manages to hold his own in a conversation with the wily Smaug (not an easy thing to do).Furious that someone has dared steal a piece of his treasure, Smaug attacks the mountainside where the dwarves have their camp. Then he flies toward Lake- town, to punish the inhabitants for helping the dwarves. The people of Lake-town run at the sight of Smaug, but one man, Bard, holds his ground. He kills the dragon with his last arrow .....

.... who fished every day. La mar provided the man with food, a living, an enemy, and a friend. When he was out on the sea fishing, he was at home. The sea, la mar, was like his mother. The fish in the ocean were like his brothers and sisters. When he heard the dolphins playing in the night he thought, "They are good...they are our brothers like the flying fish." (p.48) He had almost reeled the giant marlin in when he realized what he was doing. "You are killing me, fish. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful...thing than you, brother." (p.92) Even as he ate the fish that he would catch, or .....

.... successful in asserting her self-worth, we are also given a warning about the possible outcome of failure to realize self-worth in Bertha Rochester. This facet will also be discussed briefly. Bronte uses the motivation of personal experiences to create the life of Jane Eyre in which we see the quest for social betterment through her relationships. Bronte herself experienced the social limitations of the nineteenth century. At this time "respectable women had few options in life beyond marriage, education of children, and domestic service," (Magill 747). She ventured to explore her own literary abilities and wrote Jane Eyre .....

.... way. On the same token, Raskolnikov's compassionate side could be represented by the little boy. The child, watching the beating, realizes the absurdity of it. He even rushes to Mikolka, ready to punish him for killing the mare. This illustrates Rodion's internal struggle while contemplating the murder of Alyona. His humane side, the child, tells him to live and let live. And his "extraordinary" side, according to his definition, tells him that he should eliminate Alyona altogether, for the good of man kind. On the other side of the coin, Raskolnikov could be represented by the mare itself. However, the burden which .....

.... he is ethical and the Party is unjust but it is left up to the readers discretion to decide whether he is the criminal or just a victim of a totalitarian society. The first instance of Winstons "criminal" nature was when he bought an illegal journal, quill and bottle of ink to record his thoughts. Although he had so called "criminal" thoughts before, the journal seemed to bring out the more daring ideas in him as to how to get free from the Party's reign. This all indirectly led to his meeting with a woman called Julia who shared his feelings and was either very brave or very foolish because she was more open then he about her .....

.... stopped her. The fear of leaving the younger children and having a new life scared her. she would have boarded that ship and never returned to Dublin. At that point in time women had obligations to their families. They were the homemakers who cooked, cleaned, and made sure the children were cared for. This is especially true for Eveline because of the promise she made to her mother. The promise that she would look after the younger children and take care of everybody. Men did not have such responsibilities. .....

.... motto "fide parta,fide aucta," which has since being changed,(McNie,1983). A later Earl of Cromarty said that Ceilean Fitzgerald wed a Kenneth MacMhathoin, the Mathieson chiefs daughter,(McNie,1988). Ceileans wife gave birth to a baby boy, which was named after the grandfather, Kenneth. Soon after Ceilean was murdered by his father-in-law, because he was jealous that a Irish descendant was given a Scottish title. All the later members of the family took the name of Ceilean's son Kenneth, from there on the family name was MacKenzie which means son of Kenneth. The first chief of the MacKenzies was Alexander MacKenzie .....

.... wrong in her life. Mrs. Mallard then realizes in a rush of emotion and relief that she is “Free! Body and soul free!” She views the world with a fresh outlook: one where she will be her own person, answering only to herself. For a brief moment the reader is able to see through to how she is truly feeling, her emotional release apparent when she sat “with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair...” She is overwhelmed with freedom, opening her arms to it, letting it envelope both her body and her soul. While this realization is occurring, a somewhat strange thing is happening outside. Usua .....

.... variations on the epic tradition all the more striking by contrast. The most important departures from epic decorum--the rejection of a martial theme, and the choice of an argument that emphasizes the hero's transgression and defeat instead of celebrating his virtues and triumphs--are paradoxically conditioned by concern for the ethical and religious decorum of the epic genre. On the whole, Milton has retained the formal motifs and devices of the heroic poem but has invested them with Christian matter and meaning. In this sense his epic is . . . something of a "pseudomorph"--retaining the form of classical epic but replacing its v .....

.... his information Levine made a team of five people to take to the island himself, Ian Malcolm Sarah Harding, Jack Thorne, and Eddie Carr, the top employee of Thorne. They were going to leave in two weeks when Thorne finds out that Levine has left for the island early wanting to be the first one to “ officially” find it. He and the small crew of people he took with him were attacked and all but Levine were killed. He would be found later. The team left for the island soon after to try and find him. Unknown to anyone, two of Levine's students at the middle school where he helps, sneaked into the cargo of the plane and w .....