… the best examples of his work. He worked nine hours a day for six months to churn out this nice piece of literature, possibly one of America's greatest novels. The writing of this book marked a phase shift in Hawthorne's life. The end of the short-story…

… The Puritan life was plain and humble. They were unpretentious people who broke away from England so that they were not restricted in worshiping God. They did not believe in some of the ways of the Church of England, so they traveled to new lands…

… tragedy, Macbeth. One well known example is his use of blood. It emerges throughout the play in various scenes, representing many characteristics. The appearance of the blood is widely known to represent death and violence. In addition, the blood…

… and punishment. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1840 and was his first great work. Hawthorne was one of the three primary transcendental pessimists. He disagreed with transcendental optimists on theological reasons. His works often defend…

… Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway uses wonderful imagery and symbolism to illustrate the struggles of the old man and the fish throughout the story. "Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful…

… Hobbit, manners is significant to the impact of the novel. The main character, Bilbo Baggins, did many things out of politeness, such as joining the dwarves' quest, performing tasks a burglar wasn't required to do, and not killing Gollum when he had…

… many critical events, which were by-products of fear or total freedom / a lack of consequences. To illustrate his purpose in writing the novel, Golding had the boys slowly regress as a result of their isolation. Golding's emphasis appeared…

… literature, written by Samuel Clemens, whom is well know under a pen name Mark Twain. Throughout its whole history, this book had caused lots of different opinions and debates. "Huck Finn" reveals a story about a thirteen-year-old boy, Huck, and…

… the character and spirit of a person many times beyond the regular growth of the human soul. This is very true of Hester Prynn, a young and lonely woman, who is convicted of the unforgivable sin of adultery; which is magnified many, many times more…

… included the promise of freedom opportunity and equality for all. The original dream of success did not exclude wealth and personal attributes but, its main focus was on enterprise, bravery and hard work. However, this dream continues to be distorted…