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other supporting characters. In order to streamline the storytelling even more, the screen adaptation of A Clockwork Orange focus...

helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of...

beyond the fact that the English essentially control them and find a level of peace somehow. But, in the end it seems that each ch...

heroes had a faithful sidekick. Through the inspired use of satire, Cervantes creates a character that reveals the ridiculousness...

starts out dealing with death simply enough. The family cat is killed by a car on the highway. The neighbor asks "Louis if hed lik...

in our relationships with family and friends, in our working environments - all of these play an important role in who we are, and...

he is crippled. And while the situation becomes a centerpiece of his life in some respects, in another way he can forget about the...

had on the rural peasants, and his social reforms introduced the hitherto unknown concept of womens rights. The propaganda of the ...

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

Bowker has faced tremendous adversity within his life; having addressed his combat circumstances with a combination of strength an...

through an overhead connection powered public transportation to enable people to enjoy more flexibility in their lives and in thei...

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

a time of many contrasts. While many history books prefer to remember it as a time of self-help, entrepreneurial spirit, laissez-...

Ned Williams It becomes quite obvious in looking at the story of Ned Williams that he was searching for nothing of value in his ...

her quickly into a world which is dictated by the whims of the men who surround her, both her father and a potential lover....

would be punished and powerfully dismissed from the realm of wizards. This is based on the assumption that they "knew better" and ...

independence of British rule and the postcolonial and postimperial themes of independence are consistent through "The River Betwee...

will take place when the news is heard of Sanchers death: "While he strode in haste towards his parents house, the men, forgetting...

an employee of the Company who has become erratic, and bring him home. In so doing, Marlow has to face his own "heart of darkness"...

consider the color of that persons skin nor do they rationalize the behavior with a variety of preconceived notions which society ...

entire romance between Catherine and Henry is based on finances as far as the powers that be are concerned. "Catherine is invited ...

enough within the character of Catherine to urge her to marry for money and social position, rather than innocent or passionate lo...

critics. The other reason that books seldom translate well to film is that in a screenplay all the senses are limited to the visu...

a patch in the icy crust on one of the windows. The light seemed to look into the street almost consciously, as if it were watchi...

the event of Savannahs hospitalization after a second suicide attempt and Toms journey to New York to assist her psychologist, Dr....

this novel is located in the inner city of New York, within Harlem, where the education is not up to the standards of the rest of ...

with an ideal society of the time. "The novel focuses on the romantic affairs of the two sisters. When Marianne sprains her ank...

many readers didnt realize, however, was that Stowes almost melodramatic story-telling style hid a biting, sarcastic tone -- the b...

detail as his protagonist, Phileas Fogg. Phileas Fogg is the central character, without whom there would be no novel, and yet o...

for the institution so melodramatically described"(Anonymous 1094). The storys popularity was such that, when introduced to Stowe...