Category: Study Guides

  • Lee Strunk

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    Lee Strunk is another soldier in the platoon and a minor character. A struggle with Dave Jensen over a jackknife results in Strunk’s broken nose. In begging Jensen to forget their pact—that if either man is gravely injured, the other will kill him swiftly—after he is injured, he illustrates how the fantasy of war differs from its reality.…

  • Les Misérables Study Guide

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    Les Misérables Study Guide Author: Victor Hugo Original title: Les Misérables Characters: Jean Valjean, Bishop Myriel, Marius Pontmercy, Cosette , Fantine , Thénardier (Jondrette), Eponine , Javert , M. Gillenormand, Magnon , Georges Pontmercy “Les Miserables” is an epic novel of a French writer Victor Hugo, published in 1862. There are many reasons why it…

  • Paul Rayley

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    Paul Rayley is a young man. He is the family friend, who visits Ramsay family on the Skye Island at their summer home. This character is very empathetic and flexible. He is a static hero, and his personality does not change much throughout the whole plotline. Mrs. Ramsay insists on his proposal to Minta Doyle.…

  • Bailey

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    Bailey is Grandmother’s son and the father of June Star and John Wesley. In this book, he is described as being very impatient with his family. Nevertheless, he is a very nice boy, whom we like. He is a nice, smart and completely positive character. At the beginning of the story, we see how Bailey…

  • As You Like It Summary

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    In scene 1 of act 1 we meet Orlando, who gives a foreword to present situation. His father, Sir Rowland de Boys, died and his big brother, Oliver, inherited everything. Before dying, father made Oliver promise that his little brother will not be left alone and penniless but would be able to live as a…

  • The Time Machine Study Guide

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    The Time Machine Study Guide Author: H.G. Wells Original title: The Time Machine There’s no more popular plot in the science fiction genre than traveling in time. And Herbert George Wells is considered to be the father of time traveling as his works dwell a lot on this topic. “The Time Machine” was published in…

  • Clare Quilty

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    Clare Quilty follows Humbert. He resembles his shadow. He builds a prosperous career of a playwright. Moreover, Clare was a pornographer. Quilty was acquainted with Lolita’s parents. He was obsessed with young girls and liked Lolita since childhood. In comparison to Humbert, who idolized Lolita, Clare wanted her to star in adult movies. Finally, he…

  • Nwoye

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    This boy is Okonkwo’s son. He is very good, also sensitive and thoughtful. He likes helping people and animals. Sometimes he is somewhat lazy and clumsy. But who doesn’t have sins? Okonkwo is rude with this boy as well as he had a huge fear not to become like his father. When he sees how…

  • Hiroshima Essays

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    Hiroshima by John Hersey John Hersey’s writing career was mostly dedicated to writing compositions about important and moving events in history. Because the United States of America is one of the pioneer in both World War I and World War II, the American-born John Hersey saw things firsthand, if not had an easy… 752 words…

  • Charles Stewart Parnell

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    This is not a fictional character – Parnell was a famous Irish politician and nationalist. His politics was predicted to make Ireland independent from England, and the radical part of the Irish society believed him to be a national hero. But he has a love affair with a married woman, Kitty O’Shea, which provoked the…