… a major change as he became older. He became more courageous as an older man than he was as a youth. It may have been that he had not matured at the time of the war or that the war had changed him and made him more courageous. Regardless…

… eyes of an active, biased, participant. Nick has a special place in this novel. He is not just one character between several, it is through his eyes and ears that we shape our opinions of the other characters. Often, readers of this novel confuse…

… of Lord Jim is none other then, Jim. He is also referred to as Lord Jim and Tuan Jim. Jim's main goal in life is to be understood by someone, anyone at all. Jim does a lot of day dreaming. His dreams consist of a hero (him) performing some kind…

… tells an exciting tale of a man’s sin against nature and his repentance and reconciliation. Coleridge describes the nature of each phase of the Mariner’s sin through out the tale. The tale goes through many different atmospheres as it tells about…

… that we as humans have that should never be taken away is the right to live. The death penalty is unjust because it is not applied consistently. Every year people are wrongfully executed and worse yet, this punishment is irrevocable. The death…

… song, Eleanor Rigby, reveals that it is the analysis of why the lonely people are so lonely. The two characters Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie are connected by the church, in this case it is same church in which Father McKenzie preaches and Eleanor…

… of novels, and short stories that epitomized the mood and manners of the 1920's, the Jazz Age, as it was called. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and attended Princeton University, where he mostly ignored formal…

… is the opposite way. Authors often use paradoxes in their works to make them more interesting. In the play The Crucible Arthur Miller presents the audience with a paradox in so much as the character of Reverend Hale, who lives, is presented as being…

… Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire, creating a catalyst for the creation of a new colonial society. Steve Stern discusses the manner in which the indigenous peoples of Huamanga met the challenge of European conquest in his piece entitled, "Peru's Indian…

… an automatic device that performs functions normally ascribed to humans or a machine form of a human. Robots and robotics are growing fields that have progressed since the 1940’s. The first use of the word 'robot' was made by the acclaimed Czech pl…