Fiction

A Separate Peace written by John Knowles tells the story of two friends in their quest through school, war, friendships, and death. As the story moves on, so does Gene’s and Finny’s friendship. It goes through many changes as the characters themselves change. In the beginning of the story, Finny and Gene were inseparable. They…

Have you ever had a problem? I’m sure you have because everybody sometime in there life does. The book I read Go Ask Alice by an anonymous author is all about problems, conflicts, and how to deal with them. I would give a lot of information on the author if that was possible, but the…

The eleventh book, SCERET SEVEN FIREWORKS, is mainly about win the battle of wits between the Seven and Susie’s new club, the Tiresome Three. There is the investigation of a burglary as well, but the Seven and Susie’s new club allow themselves to be distracted by the Tiresome Three so much that Susie is not…

“Number 6117285” Commander Valle said. Thea’s hands froze mid-clap. She did not need to see the screen to know who belonged to that number. In a world where tattooed numbers were the things between life and death, it was hard not to engrain people’s numbers to memory. That was Dallas Citalalli’s number. Dallas Citalalli was…

Anne McCaffery created a great book series, The Dragon Riders of Pern, and the one Im reviewing is, The Dolphins of Pern, she made me think that I was on another planet trying to become a Dolphineer. This 340 page, Sci-fi/Fantasy book has everything, adventure, danger, surgery and dragons. This book starts on the planet…

The story told in All Quiet on the Western Front occurs during the two years just before the Armistice ended World War I in November 1918. Who was the hero in the book? Paul Baumer. Name One Problem that the hero experienced: When Baumer visits his home town he realizes that he can not communicate…

The symbolism allows the characters to express themselves more clearly to the reader. It brings incidents and personalities together in meaning. The storys symbolic events is what pulls characters together in time of need. Starkfield Massachusetts is a boring cold farm town. People become very ill there from the terribly harsh winters. Winter greatly affects…

Usually in life, once you conquer evil, you become mightier and more confident in yourself. As a result it prepares you for further occurrences with evil. This was the case in J. R. R. Tolkiens novel, The Hobbit. Throughout the novel, Bilbo is greatly affected by the characters and groups he meets. Each character or…

It is in the early hours of Monday morning when Horyelden returns Grand Central Station. He decides to sleep on one of the benches in the waiting room because he has nowhere else to go. He wakes around nine, as the hustle and bustle of the working day begins. He thinks about the night before…

The significance of the words “dying and death” in Jack London’s 1910 novel, “To Build a Fire” continuously expresses the man’s dwindling warmth and bad luck in his journey along the Yukon trail to meet “the boys” at camp. London associates dying with the man’s diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan climate….