Category: Study Guides

  • Anthem Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase

    The sacred word: EGO Anthem 12 What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word “We. Anthem 10 What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom,…

  • Henry Jekyll

     At the heart of the story (somewhere you can find that this is a novel) lies the theme of duality. In the Victorian literature, we can find many examples of duplicity: from Stevenson to Dickens, from Bram Stoker to Henry James, from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu to many other authors. The Victorians believed that human nature is dual, and…

  • King Lear Analysis

    Act 1 Main events of the act 1: King Lear wants to retire and share his kingdom between three daughters; When asked about how much they love their father, two daughters, Goneril and Regan pay him lots of fake compliments; His youngest daughter, Cordelia, doesn’t want to demonstrate her feelings… Act 2 Main events of…

  • Rudy Steiner

    Rudy is Liesel’s best friend and love. He has 5 brothers and sisters. He is gallant and blistering. He becomes well-known after he decided to paint his face with white and black paint looking exactly like Jesse Owens. Rudy is in love with Liesel as well, he does everything for her, even when her book…

  • Mistress Hibbins

    Mistress is the sister of Governor Bellingham. After the novel’s events, she is killed for being a witch. She repeatedly comes to the forest at night to find someone or something evil. She’s constantly trying to get people to come and walk with her. By the way, Anne Hibbins was a real person in the…

  • Sohrab

    Sohrab is Hassan and Farzana’s, son. He is also an ethnic Hazara. Like his father, Sohrab is excellent with a slingshot. Also, he is the main bait which Rahim Khan uses to get Amir back to the Middle East.  After his parents are murdered, he stays in an orphanage in Karteh-Seh. Then he is a…

  • Ishmael Essays

    Why Are Things Are The Way They Are By Daniel Quinn Daniel Quinn’s novel Ishmael discusses the aspiration the character Ishmael has toward teaching his student known as the narrator to “save the world”. Ishmael teaches the narrator to understand and form ideas, based on examining the question “why are things are the way they……

  • War and Peace Study Guide

    War and Peace Study Guide Author: Leo Tolstoy Original title: Война и миръ Leo Tolstoy wrote the major work of the world’s literary heritage entitled “War and Peace” in 1869. It consists of 15 books topped with the philosophical discussions of the epilog that go hand in hand with the narration and plot and make…

  • The Poisonwood Bible Study Guide

    The Poisonwood Bible Study Guide Author: Barbara Kingsolver Original title: The Poisonwood Bible Published: Published July 5th 2005 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published September 24th 1998) Setting: Bethlehem, Georgia,1959(United States) Kilanga,1959(Congo) Sanderling Island, Georgia(United States) …more Leopoldville,1959(Congo) …less ISBN 0060786507 (ISBN13: 9780060786502) “The Poisonwood Bible” offers a different outlook on migration literature. Barbara…

  • Great Expectations Summary

    This is the story of a boy (and later a young and handsome man) nicknamed Pip, told by himself. We see Pip from the first time as a seven-year-old orphan, who lives with his sister and her husband in the small village in the middle of the marshes near Rochester. His sister, Mrs. Gardery, takes…