Category: Study Guides
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Antonio Juan Márez
Antonio is the main protagonist and plays a role of narrator of the story. Antonio is a six-year boy who lives in New Mexico with his family. His father is a cowboy who appreciates freedom and traveling. Antonio’s mother was brought up in the Catholic family of farmers that’s why she has completely different values…
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance 1984
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Quote Analysis These three sentences are another quote from “1984” by George Orwell. They are engraved on the building where Ministry of Truth is situated. They seem absurdly controversial to the reader, especially if we think about the fact it is the official slogan of the…
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Biddy
As any story has fantastic characters, it has to have good ones too. Biddy was a typical country girl with a big and kind heart. She was one of Pep’s best friends when they start attending school. After Mrs. Joe is attacked and becomes an invalid, Biddy moves into Pip’s home to care for her.…
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Study Guide
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Study Guide Author: Ishmael Beah Original title: A Long Way Gone. Memoirs of a Boy Soldier A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a heartbreaking story of a boy soldier of an African country. What makes reading more painful is the knowledge that it is…
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman Essays
Multiple Endings in John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman A masterful postmodern plot set in the repressive backdrop of the victorian era is what a reader will get in John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman. The convoluted contrivance is amply justified by introduction of existentialism and a truly inventive multiple endings by which the author……
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A Man for All Seasons Essays
The Role of Corruption and Virtue in “A Man for All Seasons” “A Man for All Seasons” is a play written by Robert Bolt. It is inspired by true events and revolves around Saint Sir Thomas More, the Chancellor of England during the 16th century. King Henry VIII’s wife, Catherine of Aragon (of Spain), is…
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Brave New World Study Guide
Brave New World Study Guide Author: Aldous Huxley Original title: Brave New World Characters: Bernard Marx, Lenina Crowne, Helmholtz Watson, Mustapha Mond, The Warden, Pope, Linda, Fanny Crowne, The Director, The Arch-Community Songster, John Published: September 1st 1998 by HarperPerennial / Perennial Classics (first published 1932) Setting: London, England, 2540 New Mexico (United States) ISBN…
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Pygmalion Summary
The play starts in London, in the summer evening. It’s raining cats and dogs, people run to the Covent Garden Market and to the cathedral of St. Paul to hide from the pouring water. Amongst the distressed is a refined elderly lady with a daughter. They both barely saved the evening dresses they are wearing…
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Don Quixote Quotes – Page 3 | Just Great DataBase
Take care, Sancho,” said Samson; “honours change manners, and perhaps when you find yourself a governor you won’t know the mother that bore you. Don Quixote 1 A good joke, that!” returned Don Quixote. “Books that have been printed with the king’s licence, and with the approbation of those to whom they have been submitted,…
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Candide Study Guide
Candide Study Guide Author: Voltaire Original title: Candide Characters: Cunegonde, Candide, Dr. Pangloss, Martin, Cacambo, The Baron, The Old Woman, The Scholar, James the Anabaptist Despite the fact that “Candide” title has many translation variations, it is still a one of the most famous and studied works of French Literature. Be it “All For The…