… brothers and seven Porrello brothers were boyhood friends and fellow sulphur mine workers in their hometown of Licata, Sicily. They came to America in the early nineteen hundreds and eventually settled in Cleveland. “Big Joe" Lonardo became a…

… was the most important god of all. All people need food and since he controlled food, he could be considered the most powerful. He liked to sit and admire his vast fields, forests, and oceans all filled with food. Everyone constantly had access to…

… Alice Walker. Alice Malsenior Walker, an African-American writer, was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, the eight and youngest child of Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker and Willie Lee Walker. Her parents were poor sharecroppers but tried to…

… ‘We swayed with excitement, then as if by signal we both cried “Uncle Hammer!” and dashed into his arms.’ He spends Christmas season with the Logan’s and brings gifts for the children. They always look forward to him coming as we see from…

… with the author, John Gunther, summarizing his son’s prolonged battle with a brain tumor. The memoir is written in the first person from Gunther’s point of view. It appears that Gunther’s son, Johnny, is the main character. The Forward talks not as…

… has become an extremely serious issue in our society today. The question that I ask myself is, how can we stop it? This problem doesn’t only occur in large cities, but it also happens and even seems to thrive in small towns all across America.…

… of fresh water. Priceless you might think, but not according to the Canadian government of Prime Minister John Chréétien. It has put out a call for tenders on placing a dollar value to Canada's vast water assets. Critics say it's another sign that…

… persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law or religion to marry. Incest is sexual impurity. In William Shakespeare tragic play King Lear, Shakespeare proves Marina Leslie argument credible in the fact of Lear’s incestuous desires for…

… Achebe the protagonist Okonkwo, represents the classical tragic hero who must undergo many sacrifices in order to atone for his sinful actions. Okonkwo fits this title for he has many of the same aspects of a tragic hero. Although there are many characte…

… uproar when it was released in 1899. Over a hundred years later, students that read the novel still form a small uproar of their own. They are shocked that the ending is not the “happily ever after” they had envisioned for Edna, the protagonist,…