Category: Study Guides

Winston is the keeper and slicer of the Blood House, the place where animals are killed for providing food for Gladers. Contrary to what the readers may think, he truly loves his job and enjoys killing animals. It is difficult to say exactly whether he is named after a British scholar Robert Winston or Winston…

Colonel Aureliano Buendia is the second son of José Arcadio Buendia and Ursula. Aureliano often cried in the womb and was born with open eyes. Most of all loneliness affected the Colonel. He was so incapable of expressing his feelings that it was easier for him to go to the war while leaving his sons…

Perfection is not only her appearance – from small flawless legs to huge dark eyes and lush black hair. Hugo repeatedly emphasizes that when Esmeralda appears, everything lights up with some kind of magical glow. Her soul is also beautiful. It is impossible to imagine that she could deliberately hurt someone. Without any hesitation, she…

  Mark Fossie was a medic assignment. Mark Fossie explained how he’d set the system up. It was expensive, he admitted, and the logistics were complicated, but it wasn’t like going to the moon. Cleveland to Los Angeles, LA to Bangkok, Bangkok to Saigon. He’d hopped a C-130 up to Chu Lai and stayed overnight at the USO and the next…

A kind, shy, quiet, considerate, mild-mannered, tenderhearted and caring man who works as a Nurturer, his main duty is being responsible for the physical and emotional needs of every newborn child during the first few months of life. He also often plays with Jonas and Lily and nevertheless follows his training and releases infants when…

Helen is Catherine’s friend. Her personage is quite interesting as she doesn’t play a role of a woman; she is more a personification of a parent. We mean that she’s a parental figure to Catherine and is very protective of her, maybe such kind of friendship is not as much strength as the one Henry…

The Lord of the Rings Study Guide Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Original title: The Lord of the Rings A legendary sequel written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is now one of the most read and best sold books of all times. It’s hard to believe that such rich concepts were developed in 1937 and 1949 when…

Mr. Enfield is a minor character in the novel. Mr. Enfield is a friend of Utterson’s, with whom he takes Sunday walks. He is the one who first tells Utterson the story of Mr. Hyde’s violence. He is a good example of the secrecy and repression that haunts this society of bachelors – he shies away from telling Utterson his true suspicions. He was very famous in the…

Herzog Study Guide Author: Saul Bellow Original title: Herzog Herzog by Saul Bellow is a novel that features an original narrative style – mostly it consists of the letters of the protagonist, a Jewish man in his forties named Herzog, who survives through the midlife crisis. His two marriages were unlucky ones, with the second…