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Publisher: William Heinemann Australia Setting: Angels Gate is set in fairly modern times around about 1980-1990. I know this because of the way the people dress and by the way the people talk. The way the people in the novel talk is very similar to how people talk now but the people in the novel…

1. Major themes in the book. The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli theorizes that the state is only created if the people cooperate and work to maintain it. The state is also one of mans greatest endeavors,…

Michael Crichton, a master of suspense, has created a novel for your imagination. This book involves prehistoric animals and plants from the Jurassic era. Steven Spielberg took on this book, as a movie project to add to his collection of visually mastered Science-Fiction motion pictures. Both the movie and the book have captured the imagination…

The Piano Lesson Do you ever have one of those days when you remember your parents taking away all of your baseball cards or all of your comic books because you got a bad grade in one of your classes? You feel a little depressed and your priced possession has been stolen. This event is…

There are times when individuals leave you pondering unsolved questions that you may have had throughout a novel. John Fowles expressed this in the character Frederick Clegg, an anti-hero who is not humane, left no explanation for his behavior. This leads you to come up with your own conclusions. In the book “The Collector” written…

Hard work never fails OR Share your happiness. It’s about a kid who went many hardships in his life and how he got his own place in this world. PLOT This story also tells about the Dickens life in the character named David Copperfield. In this novel Dickens drew his father’s picture as Mr.Micawber. The…

The madness of the Salem Witch Trials is explored in great detail. There are many theories as to why the witch trials came about, the most popular of which the girls’ suppressed childhood. However, there were other factors as well, such as Abigail Williams’ affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors held against…

Book review “Wings of fire” by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Wings of fire is an autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam covering his early life and his work in space research and missile programs. The book is very popular in India and is translated in many languages. Kalam was born in Rameswaram. The initial chapters of the…

Ralph and Jack, from William Goldings Lord of the Flies, are the two characters focused on in this essay. The novel shows a group of English boys reverting to savagery on a Pacific island and the effects it has on civilization. Both characters presented in the novel represent two sides of humans, barbarism and reason….

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet discloses his true feelings, in Act 4, scene 4. In this soliloquy, Hamlet illustrates his mental instability by contrasting himself and Fortinbras. He illustrates himself as being a coward who does not has the will to initiate plans to revenge his father’s death. Hamlet finds himself grasping for an answer as…