… Expectations' and Boo Radley in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published in 1960 by Harper Lee, whereas Great Expectations was published in 1861. The author (Charles Dickens) died in 1870, but Harper Lee is still yet living.…

… story is about a half Indian boy half white boy who is stolen from the whites at a very young age he is brought up to love Indian ways and has to dear friends that are his cousins half arrow and little crane. However, all the fun is interrupted when…

… by Charles Dickens the characters are filled with the characteristics of love, rich against poor, and duty to family. Throughout the whole book characters demonstrate these themes. The characters Pip, Estella, Joe, Mrs. Joe, and Biddy demonstrated love,…

… a question that has been discussed exhaustively throughout time by men and women alike. Charles Dickens attempts to answer this question in the novel Great Expectations. In this book, he portrays two characters, Pip and Joe, as two different views…

… certain characteristics and abilities that allow him/her to understand and accomplish what is good for his/her citizens/subjects. Machiavelli, in writing The Prince , is addressing the prince of Florence directly giving him advice on how to…

… one of these is the hidden feelings and messages the voices convey in the poems. The poems work on two levels and can be taken as being very matter of fact and simplistic, saying what a person or object sees. In 'Mirror' the voice talks in an objectiv…

… in one way or another; they are all art forms. Art is a gift we have all been so graciously given, something we can all relate to on some level. Art has the power to uplift a sadden persons day, to raise the sun when the clouds are gray, and…

… danger men can be expected to have more than their normal powers, and that they will outdo their best efforts simply because their lives are in danger. Indeed, in many ways the reality is just the opposite, and individuals under stress are far less…

… say a romantic story cannot realistically illustrate the evolving South. William Faulkner proves this wrong in his short story, "A Rose for Emily." Through heavy use of symbolism, Faulkner uses a deranged woman's life as a literary ploy. "A Rose for…

… Knight is a romance that shares elements with modern day stories, such as Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Both romances consist of an idealized hero who fight and conquer the forces of evil. Each includes a female figure that tempts the hero,…