… and his wife. They were stranded on a desert island. Together, alone, full moon and stars everywhere. Sounds romantic right? Wrong, no cooked food, fruit everyday, no hope for rescue or anyway to let anyone know where they were. Not so romantic, just…

… K. Bernardo, for The Paper Store, Inc. Nov. 1998 Many stories have been written of loving families who, despite being desperately poor and despised by society at large, create a close and nurturing home life out of nothing more than love. Anne Moody’s…

… irony or sarcasm used to expose or discredit vice or folly. This literary device has been used throughout the course of history and continues to be used today. These people use this device because they see it fit to poke fun at the awkward traits…

… in his novel, Sphere. The devices being: rhetoric, semantics, and style. Crichton uses these devices to incorporate a sense of unity in the writing. It is not difficult to incorporate this unity into a novel when the devices are properly used.…

… or the trust that people have for him to get what he wants at any cost. He usually manipulates everyone, and death usually come to the villain. He is well liked by every character, which allows him to pull off his tricks so well and easily.…

… all over again? Many people would like to have the opportunity to make a new beginning. In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas is making a new beginning by making an end. Jonas is making an end by leaving the community. He leaves with…

… in life, if you do not tell the truth or if you withhold information it causes a lot more grief than if you had just been honest. These secrets are destroying relationships everywhere. In Ladybug, Ladybug… the secrets kept between characters…

… and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?" In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, one particular theme is consistent throughout the novel. It shows…

… the son of Odysseus and Penelope. After twenty years of his father’s absence, Telemachus is advised to seek out information as to his fathers whereabouts, which he does in the courts of his fathers' friends: Menelaus and Nestor. Although Telemachus…

… “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into a long night… never shall I forget that smoke…” Night doesn’t always represent the absence of light, but is a symbol for the absence…