Category: Literature

This boy is the eldest child in the family. He left the impression of being the child that was born unpredictably. He was born like a normal boy everything was okay with his head, his body, his legs, and his mind; but no misshapen member could be recalled. Once when Pa Joad was left alone…

The Duke of Albany is the husband of King Lear’s eldest daughter, Goneril. At first, he seems like someone who’s henpecked, powerless to resist the wishes of his wife to kill her father. He is her complete opposition. The brutality and pragmatism of Albany’s spouse compensate with his charity and benevolence. In comparison with her,…

An exciting warrior who made his name after dozens of fights with creatures. He was faster than the sea monster, stronger than any demon, more powerful of any dragon you can even imagine. He was a noble individual, the hero of the poem with the strength of 30 in his hand-grip, later he came to…

In John Knowles’s “The Separated World,” a boy named Leper is actually called Alvin Leper, though his mother calls him in the novel only under her own name. History never explains why he is called Leper, although of course not because he has Leprosies, a disease associated with the flesh. Most likely, just because his…

Exploring the new country — Brobdingnag, Gulliver with his companions was found by a giant farmer, growing up 22 meters (in Lilliput, all the sizes are 12 times smaller than ours, in Brobdingnag — 12 times larger). Farmer treats him as a wonder and shows him for money. At the hotel, ‘Green Eagle’ Gulliver gives…

Watership Down Study Guide Author: Richard Adams Original title: Watership Down “Watership Down” is a 1972 fantasy novel by Richard Adams. It is positioned to be a children book, but it’s read and loved by adults all over the world. It’s common for literature works to use anthropomorphized animals as characters. They walk, talk, do…

Gilead is the society where only male-female relationships are valued, but Moira has different principles. She is a lesbian, and cannot bear living in Gilead. Moira makes several attempts to escape, but they were unsuccessful. The ways she tries to run away are eye-catching. She takes off her clothes and puts on a costume of…