… The Flies In his first novel, William Golding used a group of boys stranded on a tropical island to illustrate the malicious nature of mankind. Lord of the Flies dealt with changes that the boys underwent as they gradually adapted to the isolated…

… is the story of Odysseus and how he faced misfortune in his attempts to return home after the Trojan war. From these misfortunes he learned to be a better man and became able to regain his place in his homeland of Ithaca. During his…

… is a description of a sixteen-year-old girl's battle with schizophrenia, which lasts for three years. It is a semi-autobiographical account of the author’s experiences in a mental hospital during her own bout with the illness. This novel is written…

… very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” The Tell-Tale Heart, a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, is about an insane butler who plans to kill the man that he is working for. In the film adaptation the…

… shows the consequences of one man's decisions. The story line surrounds the main character, Lear, as he makes decisions that disrupt order in his Kingdom. When Lear surrenders all of his power and land to his daughters as a reward for their demonstrati…

… no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick." A major theme in Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men is loneliness. The characters Crooks, Candy and Curley's wife each suffer from this although…

… attribute. It leads to pride, which does not please the public and add to credibility. In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale is portrayed very overconfident at first, although his assurance seems to waver as the plot progresses.…

… ethical? Wayne Dyer said, "Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules." This quote rings true across all fields of profession, especially rehabilitation. Why must we follow a code of ethics and not just a list of rules? Ethics are…

… was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look’d upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him…” This quote is from Walt Whitman’s poem, in which he suggests that a person’s surroundings become a part of that person.…

… The Scarlet Letter "Life is hard, but accepting that fact makes it easier." this common phrase has been proven true in many people's lives, but is also a harsh fact that Boston's Rev. Dimmesdale, a key character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet…