.... parts of their bodies amputated in order to survive. When Kemmerich was in the hospital, Müller ask for his pair of boots. The boots was a visible reminder to the boys of the cost of war. Paul then has to face his own conscience when he kills one of the Frenchmen. He doesn’t see the face of an enemy but just a face of another human being. He tries to comfort himself by promising to help the fallen soldier's family. After Paul is relieved from the front line, he decides to go on leave and return home. But when he tries to tell everyone of the horrible conditions of the trenches, everybody either laughs him off or calls him .....

.... to obtain inner peace. He follows Siddhartha for a while, but eventually goes to follow Buddha. Towards the end Govinda meets up with Siddhartha and discovers that he has obtained peace. Vasadava- Vasadava is the old ferryman that has obtained the peace that Siddhartha has striven to obtain. He learns all that he knows about spirituality and peace from the river. At the end Vasadava leaves into the woods to die in peace. Kamaswami- Kamaswami is the rich merchant that employees Siddhartha at one time. He is driven only by money and greed. Not much is said of Kamaswami except that he loses his star merchant Siddhartha. .....

.... it, so it must be so.” (Hurston 20). Janie’s marriage to Logan proved that love can not be arranged. “She knew now that marriage did not make love.” (Hurston 24). In the early part of Janie’s first marriage, she was treated properly and only did basic house chores. After a while, Logan started to make her do more demanding chores. He even stated that she would help plow the field. Janie began to lose interest in the marriage to Logan and when Joe Starks came to town, she lost all interest. Joe Starks began treating Janie like a lady from the first time they met. Janie remarked, “Mah husband is gone tuh buy a mu .....

.... was born. Now, in the incisive style which is his trademark, Professor Hawking shows us how mankind's "world picture" has evolved from the time of Aristotle through the 1915 breakthrough of Albert Einstein, to the exciting ideas of today's prominent young physicists. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite? or does it have boundaries? With these fundamental questions in mind, Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos -- and all the puzzles, paradoxes and contradictions still unresolved. With great care he explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries. Next he takes us step-by-step th .....

.... there weren’t any true loyalties, and you couldn’t really trust anyone. The took place in Boston, Massachusetts in the late eighteenth century. The United States was still greatly influenced by England and under a strict theocratic government. The author had many messages he wanted to get across in this book. He didn’t agree with theocracy and didn’t like the way members of the clergy were treated as if they could do no wrong and other members of society were all doomed to go to Hell for the slightest mishap. This book broke the mold by showing a minister who had done wrong, and how he would be punished for it, jus .....

.... glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion," (Joseph vii). The extraordinary means forms the basis for Frankenstein. Many people also believe that a nightmare that Mary Shelley had could also be partly responsible for the creation of the novel. At the time the novel was written, England was on the brink of leading the Industrial revolution in Europe. The experiments of Huntsman (crucible steel manufacture), Newcome (steam-powered pumps), and Cochrane (coal tar production) throughout the eighteenth century in England were decisive in the initial transformation of England into an industria .....

.... (jack Kervac) and his best companion dean Morioty start of in New York and travels ton California to live life to its fullest. While in California Sal and Dean encounter some people that they knew. The hopes and aspirations of these guys are to find the ultimate type of euphoria. The one thing they do encounter on their road trip is the lack of responsibility that Dean had for life. He had numerous sexual partners that at one time and ended up getting them pregnant because of it. Sal Paradise is a man who likes to do things spontaneous. Just picking up his clothes and taking off is his passion in life. Dean had met o wo .....

.... that Catherine left her music teacher was "the happiest day of her life" . It is not that Catherine despises music, she just does not prefer the lessons. She does, however, enjoy drawing, although it does not rank the highest of her fancies. Her supply of paper is not plentiful, so she draws on "any other odd pieces of paper" that she can get her hands on. She is taught lessons by each of her parents, but she gets out of both whenever she can. Though her qualities are not near ladylike, Catherine keeps a pleasurable personality. She is not often stubborn, or cruel, and she is nice to the younger children. At the same time, Cath .....

.... He does not handle this move very well, and throughout the book, he is confused, and not as headstrong as Ma. Tom Joad is a very complicated individual, who is a tremendous asset and at the same time, a tremendous burden. His parole cuases his family an unneeded worry, while his ability to get work while very few people do, also benefited the family. He is the main protagonasist for his family, with his independent nature, and the main follower of Jim Casy's philosophy on human nature, with Jim being much more of a talker, and an idealist to actually put what he preached into action. Jim Casy has fequently been compared wi .....

.... in order to keep his life. Through this sacrifice, he has balanced all the sins he has made. Therefore, he has redeemed himself and kept his soul. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale sacrificed his reputation in order to gain inner peace. Dimmesdale has been tortured by himself as well as Chillingworth. Chillingworth felt the need to torture the man who committed adultery with Hester, his wife. Dimmesdale felt guilty for not confessing his crime when Hester was on the scaffold. The only way he could remove this guilt was to confess his crime, and ruin his reputation with the townspeople. Even though he died almost immed .....