… 1972 in America. This book is of a young Mexican boy who is caught between internal and external conflicts. Antonio, the main character, changes as a results of inner conflicts, one is which is he a vaquero like his father the Marez or a farmer like…

… over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." -Ralph Waldo Emerson Webster's Dictionary defines beauty as "The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of…

… when the black population saw potential and power slip through their hands. Bigger Thomas, the main character, is e typical African-American male struggling through life and trying to climb his way up the poverty ladder. Most of the events early…

… there is an overwhelming sense of fear and horror. His dispatches are populated by soldiers called 'grunts', whose enemy was everywhere and nowhere. Their maps were blank; their names for the enemy, 'Charlie' or 'VC', told them nothing. How do you…

… class community in the fashionable area on New York Cityrquote s east side. They live on the 12th floor of an apartment building near Sutton Place, which is a suburban community outside New York. The Westcottrquote s have a very passionate love for…

… New York at the height of the Great Depression. When he was abut four, his sister Margaret died. The family subsequently returned to Limerick, Ireland, and is the main focal setting of this book, Angela's Ashes, a memoir of his childhood. McCourt…

… description of the 'Cobb' in Lyme Regis. He introduces Sarah at this point, describing her as 'a living memorial to the drowned' 'a figure from myth'. In this setting, we begin to form our own opinion of her character; solitary by choice and independent…

… his extensive journals of life in the 17th century, Pepys reveals himself as an accepted man of the time. By writing about such important historical events that he witnessed, such as the coronation of Charles II in Westminster Abbey as well as his…

… point, write about the ways Guterson uses the weather and the environment in the novel The first paragraph of chapter 27 is very descriptive. The use of senses creates detailed imagery in the mind of the reader. The first sentence uses a detailed…

… within the novel The women characters within 'Snow Falling on Cedars' are fundamental to the story. They are all very different from each other and have different beliefs and views. Hatsue Miyamoto is a key character and Guterson illustrates many…