.... a family for months did he learn of the ways of mankind. He became self-aware and learned common knowledge. He tediously acquired a written and oral language. Then he yearned to meet his benefactors. For years after his creation, the Creature was innocent. Throughout his bitter life, the Creature was dealt one blow from humanity after another. After spending time in the cold, wet woods, he sought more adequate shelter. He found the small house of a shepherd, who ran in terror after beholding the so far harmless, yet hideous, Creature. The Creature was disturbed, but did not give it a second thought after fi .....

.... he remains in his room when he has some books to read. He also usually rubs his own back with liniment because a horse kicked or threw him when he was younger. Another thing that showed his loneliness is that he had his personal belongings scattered around the room. He also had this stuff scattered around the room because he was crippled and was a stable buck, which meant he was more permanent then most of the other people. Also, because he was alone he demanded that other people keep their space too. Another character that's lonely is Lenny. Lenny's lonely because George is usually yelling at him. Lenny and George are friend .....

.... about Dr.Manette's past suffering in the Bastille. The Doctors Bastille time is pure hell. Ever after being freed he still mumbles crazy things such as “It is a lady's shoe. It is a young lady's walking-shoe. It is in the present mode. I have had a pattern in my hand.”3 Outbursts such as that show that he is not nor may he ever heal his scars. Though the book starts after his imprisonment, his Bastille time contains his actions that effects the stories plot the most. The action that truly stands out is his writing and hiding of the letter that later convicts Charles Darnay. The exposure of the letter during the trail is in .....

.... even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best ofus. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the Soviet Union.' Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant disapproval' or with uncritical admiration.'"(Gardner, 96) Thebasic synopsis is this: Old Major, an old boar in Manor F .....

.... He received kickbacks from drug stores in the area that ran an illegal operation. He also utilized beauty parlors to perform two or three abortions a week to bring in more revenue. When the war begins, Doc Daneeka's practice starts to pick up because of the lack of other doctors. Originally, he thought of the war as a "godsend"; however what he did not realize was that, the war would catch up with him soon enough. One day someone from the draft board came to check on Doctor Daneeka, who was in perfect health, to make sure that his story about having an amputated leg and being bedridden with arthritis was true. The doctor .....

.... The young knight explains to her that he, as punishment, was sent on a quest to discover what women desire most. The old woman's answer is a simple but costly one. In exchange for her assistance, the old woman demands that he oblige her one request. The knight hastily agrees that he will allow her the request. Thus, she has taken her wisdom and used it to her advantage, much like the Wife of Bath. The tale is filled with similarities between the Wife of Bath and the old woman. The reason why the Wife of Bath tells this tale, it seems, is to take the audience into her own way of seeing the world. She tells this tale with ma .....

.... She dresses Pearl in scarlet as a second symbol, and wears the scarlet A long after she could have removed it. All these things are proof that she was trying to hide nothing. Hester’s salvation lies in truth. Adultery also led to Hester having psychological consequences. She experienced much shame and guilt. As one of her punishments for her sin, she was forced to stand on a public scaffold while she was made fun of by her peers. The scarlet A followed her around everywhere she went. People would see that and would recognize that she was an adulteress. Loneliness and rebellion were other consequences of her actions. Dim .....

.... arrows, and a horn. Lucy's gift was a bottle of healing juice and a dagger. that was the climax of the book because the spell of the White Witch was fading. Then they met up with Aslan and he freed all the stone figures and made them his army. The resolution of the book is when Aslan's army and the witches army confront and Aslan's army wins. Peter kills the witch at the end of the battle. The impression I got from this book is that Naria is a land of surprises and I'm excited that this years assignment will allow me to read more of " The Chronicles of Naria " . I liked this book because of the surprising events like when Aslan .....

.... “Big Brother” is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in great danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the party controls people by feeding them lies and taking away their imaginations. The Party forbids thought, love, and relationships. Drawn into a secret love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his lover Julia, he puts his life on the line in a deadly match against the powers of the Party. George Orwell creates an anti- .....

.... changes. Instead of describing different stories each time, they begin to tell a story which continues through six numbered sections. The story relates the life of a baby who grows into the sun's wife who then has a ·child who becomes two children, who become honored people in the eyes of the Kiowa. These stories do not explain things like the creation of the people, or the reason dogs and men are friends, or the origin of Tai-me. They tell what happened to some people. The last part of the book, the last third, is mostly narrative. Instead of telling myths to explain things, Momaday tells stories which relate events without .....