Category: Study Guides

  • The Stranger Essays

    Analyzing The Stranger by Albert Camus through Bandura’s. Social Learning Theory The social learning theorists say we are not like mindless robots, responding mechanically to others in our environment. Neither are we like weather vanes. Rather, we think, reason, imagine, plan, expect and interpret, believe, value and compare. When others try to control us, our…

  • Robinson Crusoe Essays

    The Use of Primary Evidence Excerpt from Robinson Crusoe But now I began to exercise myself with new thoughts: I daily read the word of God, and applied all the comforts of it to my present state. One morning, being very sad, I opened the Bible upon these words, “I will never, never leave thee,…

  • The Boarders

    Three temporary boarders live in Samsa`s house. An order and purity are very important for them, so they are horrified when they find out about Gregor. The Boarders in the Essays A Funny Incident From Giraffeopologist to Mad Scientist: A Childhood Question Explored Organizational Behavior across Cultures The Holocaust Theme in The Story of Blima…

  • Mr. Van Daan

    Mr. Van Daan is a head of the family which is hiding in the annex with the Franks. Previously, he worked with Otto Frank in Amsterdam. Anne calls him Mr. Van Daan. Analyzing her description, he is responsible, strict, frank, and sometimes egotistical. He wants to keep more food to himself instead of giving it…

  • Richard III Summary

    III, written by William Shakespeare, is a play that surrounds the setting of a long civil war period. Richard who is the Duke of Gloucester is unhappy about his current position. He informs his audience that Edward had became king of England after a civil war session between the Yorks and Lancasters. Despite the fact…

  • Maman

    This character is Mersault’s mother. He told that she was not very smart, but she knows a lot. Also, she was kind-hearted. The story of Mersault’s mother death opens the novel. They lived together for a long time until Mersault had money to afford care about Maman. Also sometimes he tells that they didn’t have…

  • Wainwright

    We can’t say much about this character, as he isn’t dynamic or changing his role, attitudes, desires or aims during the text. In this text, Wainwright is described as a strong leader of the Freedom League. What is that? It is a religiously based group; their main aim is to oppose opposes Earth’s domination by…

  • John Reed

    Well, at the beginning of the novel we can think that John, Eliza, Georgina are just kids who don’t understand what they do. At least John, being the eldest, knows for sure what he’s doing, that he is beating Jane for no reason. He was cruel, spoiled, and ‘mamma’s darling”. Of course, life doesn’t spare…

  • The Knight

    In the preface to the Canterbury Tales, Jeffrey Chaucer describes each figure traveling on a pilgrimage to the Canterbury Cathedral to pay homage to the sanctuary of Thomas Beckett. Using direct characterization, the character description method, directly indicating their character traits, Chaucer leads readers to different types of people who were typical of medieval society.…

  • The Little Prince Study Guide

    The Little Prince Study Guide Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Original title: Le Petit Prince Characters: The Little Prince, The Rose, The Narrator (The Aviator), The Fox Published: June 29th 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. (first published April 6th 1943) ISBN 0156012197 (ISBN13: 9780156012195) How many times have you heard people say they would only learn French…