Category: Study Guides

The Handmaid’s Tale Study Guide Author: Margaret Atwood Original title: The Handmaid’s Tale Characters: The Commander, Offred, Serena Joy, Ofglen, Nick, Moira, Luke Castellan, Aunt Lydia, Cora, Janine Published: Published March 16th 1998 by Anchor Books (first published 1985) Setting: Cambridge, Massachusetts,2005(United States) Republic of Gilead,2005 ISBN 038549081X (ISBN13: 9780385490818) Margaret Atwood, born in Canada,…

The Age of Innocence Study Guide Author: Edith Wharton Original title: The Age of Innocence “The Age of Innocence” is a romantic novel about duty, independence and unrequited love, that brought to its author fame and the unofficial title of “The First Lady of the Letters”. It is a beautiful story that lets us immerse…

The Odyssey Study Guide Author: Homer Original title: Ὀδύσσεια Characters: Penelope, Telemachus, Polyphemus, Odysseus, Athena, Poseidon, Antinous, Calypso Published: Published November 30th 2006 by Penguin Classics (first published -720) ISBN 0143039954 (ISBN13: 9780143039952) The symbol of a long return home, “The Odyssey” written by Homer, is a true literature classic. The story is as old…

The Pearl Study Guide Author: John Steinbeck Original title: The Pearl of the World Published: Published January 8th 2002 by Penguin Books (first published 1947) Setting: Nayarit(Mexico) The Gulf(Mexico) La Paz(Mexico) …more Loreto(Mexico) Santa Rosalia(Mexico) …less ISBN 0142000698 (ISBN13: 9780142000694) John Steinbeck wrote his book “The Pearl” in 1947. It is a story about family,…

Who are these strange guys? Just an alien race. Once they come to Earth, it was approximately in the late twentieth century; they take control of the planet. Their aim is a good one. They want to destroy a lot of disease, wars, and discord among people. They want to build and create a world…

When we hear a word grandmother we immediately visualize a nice, hood and cal, granny who makes cakes and buns for grandchildren. This old woman is completely opposite to that description. She lives with her son, Bailey, his wife and their two children. In this book, she is completely preoccupied with appearances and snobby about…

The Creators are special agents who are the primary participants of the organization WICKED, or World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department. In general terms, they design a variety of experiments which they conduct on the Claders who imprisoned them. They are shown as individuals with deathly faces and pale skin that have no emotions at…