Category: Study Guides

  • Chip Martin

    Chip Martin is Miles’s roommate whom everyone calls “The Colonel.” Even though Chip is a bold and loud boy, he quickly becomes a friend with Miles and helps him to accommodate to the conditions of the new school. The boys have a lot of common interests and share a strong love for video games. Hence,…

  • Calypso

    She is magnificent and terrific nymph who fell in love with Odysseus. Odysseus visited her island Ogygia during his voyage. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go. We can state that it is fascinating scene when Odysseus met Calypso. Homer depicts charming landscape…

  • The Maze Runner Study Guide

    The Maze Runner Study Guide Author: James Dashner Original title: The Maze Runner Characters: Chuck, Teresa Agnes, Minho, Alby, Gally, Ben, Newt, Thomas, Frypan, Clint, Jeff, Winston, Zart, Ava Paige, Hideous Woman, The Creators Published: October 6th 2009 by Delacorte Press ISBN 0385737947 (ISBN13: 9780385737944) “The Maze Runner” is the first of a series of…

  • Lord of the Flies Study Guide

    Lord of the Flies Study Guide Author: William Golding Original title: Lord of the Flies Characters: Ralph (LOTF), Piggy (LOTF), Roger (LOTF), Jack Merridew, Simon (LOTF), Sam and Eric, The Lord of the Flies Published: Published October 1st 1999 by Penguin Books (first published 1954) ISBN 0140283331 (ISBN13: 9780140283334) ”Lord Of The Flies” is the…

  • Don Juan Essays

    Don Juan: Rapscallion and Misogynist George Gordon Lord Byron’s poem Don Juan, though well received as art, was never equally well received as a moral vision. Unfortunately for the poet, this is a well established fact. One only has to peruse the historical record, to examine the letters and reviews of the day to see…

  • The Brothers Karamazov Study Guide

    The Brothers Karamazov Study Guide Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Original title: Братья Карамазовы Published: Published June 14th 2002 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1880) ISBN 0374528373 (ISBN13: 9780374528379) “The Brothers Karamazov” is the last book written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in 1880. It is a rare case where the philosophy of the content is successfully…

  • The Wild Duck Study Guide

    The Wild Duck Study Guide Author: Henrik Ibsen Original title: Vildanden The Wild Duck is a play by Henrik Ibsen that is considered the first modern example of tragicomedy. It, as his another play, The Enemy of the People, tells us the story about an idealist, who believes that absolute truth is an absolute good.…

  • Le Père Goriot Essays

    Goriot ?WT2 Questions & samples Higher Level students must write at least one critical response (written task 2) to a text. These responses, which in fact are essays, answer one of six prescribed quesitons from the Language A: Language and Literature guide. These questions are answered with regards… 658 words

  • Beneatha Younger (“Bennie”)

    Beneatha Younger also known as “Bennie” is described by the author of the play as one of the smartest girls with a significant number of personal and career opportunities in the future. This character appears to be the most educated person in her family and, for that reason, she feels herself to be different from…

  • Rabbi Eliahu

    Rabbi Eliahu is the rabbi of a small Polish community, beloved and kind. During the period when he appears, he retains his holiness, despite his time in the concentration camps. We see him, and even a little bit pity. Why is that? Because his son has a very bad behavior to his dad. What is…