Essays for English: Book Reports
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- The Servants of Twilight
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I recently read a mystery novel called The Servants of Twilight by
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Dean R. Koontz. Joey Scavello, a six-year-old boy, is the main focus of the
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book. His mother, Christine Scavello, owns a gourmet shop in Newport
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Beach...
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- The Sniper
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¡§The Sniper¡¨ places a strong emphasis on the evils of war, and yet paints a vivid image of mankind¡¦s¡¦ qualities and their society. Employing the technique of describing one particular sniper to symbolise a general subject, readers are...
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- The Stone Angel
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Self-Inflicted Isolation and Loneliness
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“I never realized until this moment how cut off I am.” (Laurence, 1988, 294) In the novel The Stone Angel, author Margaret Laurence portrays a lonely old woman by the name of Hagar. Over...
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- The Storm
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In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm”, the narrative surrounds the brief extramarital affair of two individuals, Calixta and Alcee. The story does not seem to be as a condemnation of infidelity, but rather as an affirmation of human...
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- The Theme of Uncertain Journey in the Bean Trees
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Uncertain journeys are numerous in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees. Many characters in the novel put their current lives aside to go off in hopes of finding a better one. By embarking on these journeys, the plot lines begin and end with...
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- The Themes of Childhoods in 'Jane Eyre' and 'to Kill a Mockingbird'
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'To Kill A Mocking Bird' by Harper Lee and 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë are two very different books written in different periods of history. There are, however, similarities in the themes and background. For example, both books were written...
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- The Turn of a Screw
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This novel was, surprisingly, in a way that was not all too completely unaware to me – for I could discern my own thoughts concerning the book – interesting. The intensely complex and intricate (if not confusing!) sentences, upon first thought...
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- The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
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No matter if we read Henry James¡¦s The Turn of the Screw for fun or for a serious purpose, we all seem to undergo the search for Peter Quint and Miss Jessel ourselves as the governess depicts her own story. That is, the existence of the ghosts in...
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- The Zen of Zinn: a Look at the First 3 Chapters of a People's History
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Dr. Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States might be
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better titled A Proletarian’s History of the United States. In the first
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three chapters Zinn looks at not only the history of the conquerors,
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- Theseus
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Theseus, a very noble man of high power had many different qualities about him. Though his qualities were not specifically stated in “ A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream,” it was obvious what kind of person he was.
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- Things Fall Apart
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An African man, Chinua Achebe, wrote the novel, Things Fall Apart, at the age of 26. The story portrays his theme of life, when one thing stands another stands beside it. The main character, Okonkwo, lead a somewhat complicated life. As it began...
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- To Kill a Mocking Bird
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Harper Lee uses a motif, mocking birds, in most of the main characters to explore the theme of prejudice. She also uses characterisation to show the contrast of how it affects all of the characters in the novel to “To Kill A Mocking Bird”.
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- To Kill a Mocking Bird
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Have you ever felt you had to dress a certain way or you would not be acceptable? Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to dress like a young lady to be respectable, but Scout thinks she can dress as she would like and still be a respectable person. One reason...
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- To Kill a Mocking Bird - Boo Radley
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Being physically absent in one’s life, doesn’t mean you’re not part of it. You’re sitting at home covered in a massive pile of homework, watching the second hand make smooth revolutions over the face. Only one-hundred more until someone...
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- To Kill a Mocking-Bird Journals
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CHAPTER 1-3
To Kill a Mocking-Bird (TKMB) by Harper Lee starts off by introducing the characters and the town of Maycomb. Characters including ‘The Radleys’, especially Boo Radley, and Dill Harris and in less detail the immediate family...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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Atticus Finch represents the rational man in a world of highly emotional people. Atticus is a stable and mature figure who is able to cope with the
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unreasonable and highly emotional element of the town. He can handle the prejudiced white...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird - Paper 19
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First impressions of people are often lasting impressions,especially in the minds of children. Unfortunately, these impressionstend to be negative, thus, discrediting the individual who conveys theimpression and causing the observers to inaccurately...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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Test Question 1
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As readers, we saw Scout mature and grow as our narorater and as a person. She learned many things, but also lost many things. As she grew up and changed, she began to see how things really were, and gained...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an award-winning novel, published in 1960. Through six-year old Scout, her narrator, Harper Lee drew an affectionate and detailed portrait of Maycomb, Alabama, a small, sleepy, depression-era town. The main...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme and Metaphor Analysis
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During the first half of Mockingbird Harper Lee constructs a sweet and affectionate portrait of growing up in the vanished world of small town Alabama.. Lee, however, proceeds to undermine her portrayal of small town gentility during the second...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee seems like a complete replica of the lives of people living in a small Southern U.S. town. The themes expressed in this novel are as relevant today as when this novel was written, and also the most significant...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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The theme of these two chapters is that Dill, and Jem wanted to go to the Radely house to get a peep at Boo Radely through the blinds. Scout feels uneasy about it but despite Jem’s wishes refuses to go home. He gets shot at with a gun...
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill A Mockingbird is a wonderful book that is heart throbbing, cannot put down. This book is very popular to many age categories of people. Many people in high school have read this book for many reasons.<br />
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This book is like a part...
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- Treasure Island
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When an old pirate known simply as The Captain stays at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jim Hawkins who is the son of the proprieter is thrown into a midst of chaos.
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Each day, the Captain asked Jim to look out for a seaman with one leg. At...
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- Twisted Alice in Dark Wonderland
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Identity Crisis<br />
Loss of innocence is often a theme in stories that center on a single, isolated child who is struggling to grow up. However, a theme authors often overlook is the loss of identity that accompanies such a lonely journey. In...
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