… Ort des gesamten französischen Königreiches wurde am 17. Juli 1738 Jean-Baptiste Grenouille geboren. Seine lieblose Mutter wollte die eklige Geburt so rasch als möglich hinter sich bringen. Als Marktfrau rund um stinkende Fische und andere Viktualien…

… and ‘Anita and Me’ by Meera Syal Zadie Smith’s White Teeth is about three different cultures, and three families spanning three generations. Characters include Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, best friends who spend their teenage years together and…

… and given the opportunity, human nature will revert back to the inherent savagery that lies within everyone. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies this theme becomes apparent when, after a plane crash, a band of young boys are left stranded…

… House of Commons once stated, “ Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” Heroes arise in moments of all lost hope. People expect a hero to rise from a great disaster and fill them with a new sense of hope.…

… the county’s views on the subject. Nuclear non proliferation, arms limitation, arms control, deterrence, international security, de-militarization ...civilian and government agencies alike have wrestled with how to define and resolve issues…

… of "Heartland". The stories by Canadian authors including Alice Munro, Veronica Ross, and Roch Carrier, capture the readers interest through plot twists, characters, theme, and much more. As the readers we are led to ask whether or not what is written…

… messages. There are many forms of media such as the radio, television, magazines and bulletin boards that are used to sell commodities and ideas to our society. Many people do not realize the powerful role advertizing plays in our society.…

… can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." - -Eric Hoffer Every villain has a motive, a goal which makes them the person they are. But within every villain lays a Common theme, hatred. In the play King Lear and the novel Wutherin…

… infatuation. In the short story "The Magic Barrel," the main character in the story, Leo Finkle is a rabbinical student at the Yeshivah University. After six years of study he was to be ordained and he was advised my a colleague that if he were to…

… a decade of social and economic turmoil and the decade of the Great Depression, William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" may be read and discussed as just that--a story of the '30’s. "Barn Burning" offers the reader insights into these years as…