Category: Study Guides

  • The Lord of the Rings Essays

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    The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is one of the classic, if not the most classic, novel in the fantasy & fiction genre. The story revolves on one main character, Frodo Baggins, whose quest is to bring the one ring that will allow the evil wizard Sauron to rule the whole…

  • Jan Rodricks

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    Jan is a 27-year-old African-American man. We immediately like him because he is thoughtful. He is very interested in astronomy and everything that is connected to it. Later he poses the question – if the Overlords are from another Galaxy, where’s their son? This makes him think that the idea to appear on the ship…

  • Jeannette Walls

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    She is the narrator and main character of the story. She retells the events of her life living with her careless and yet loving parents. Jeannette is a daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls, the second oldest of four siblings in the Walls family. She is practical, intelligent and attentive. She tries to adhere…

  • Anselmo

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    A gentle-hearted man, a professional guide, and hunter, is the member of Pablo’s band. He is sixty-eight years old, and he can’t bear the death of human beings. Because of this, during the story, Anselmo has to suppress his reluctance to killing people. The main reason for such objection is that Anselmo is a Christian.…

  • Simon Dedalus

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    Stephen’s father is a kind-hearted but unreliable man whose leisure mostly includes getting drunk at pubs reminiscent about his past. Due to his poor financial judgments, he has lost all of his money sinking his family deeper into poverty every year. The role of a responsible father is also not for Simon. With his ardent…

  • Much Ado About Nothing Essays

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    Characterizations of a Comedy in “Much Ado About Nothing” William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is essentially a story of the Renaissance era, portraying many characteristics of a comedy that were prevalent during this time. These characteristics are essential in works of this era and help to define the genre. In order to meet these…

  • A Doll’s House Summary

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    The play start from the apartment of Norway lawyer Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora. The apartment is furnished with not expensive things but is still very cosy and comfortable. The room is decorated for Christmas. Nora enters the house, holding lots of decorated boxes. There are decorations for the Christmas tree inside and also…

  • Mr. William Collins

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    This person is a relative of Bennet family. His character is a mixture of arrogance and smarminess. He is not very smart and very self-confident. A negative feature of his character is that he tries to be good for all people. It is possible to define him as a snob. Mr. Collins tends to butter…

  • Robert Pilgrim

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    Robert is Billy’s son. He is a wild kid in high school, but then he joins the Marines and straightens out. In 1968 Robert was deployed in Vietnam, but he flies home when he receives the news of Billy’s plane crash and Valencia’s death by carbon monoxide. Robert doesn’t have much of a character. Billy…

  • A Separate Peace Study Guide

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    A Separate Peace Study Guide Author: John Knowles Original title: A Separate Peace Characters: Phineas “Finny”, Gene Forester, Brinker Hadley, Elwin “Leper” Lepellier John Knowles wrote “A Separate Peace” in 1959. It is a story about many stories. There’s a little bit of war, patriotism, growing up difficulties, morals, and breaking the rules in the…