.... my specialtes to insects. Professor Agassiz was pleased when Scudder was wanting to get started as soon as he could. Agassiz handed him a huge jar with a specimen of a fish, told him how to care for the specimen,then sat him down at a table. Samuel sat at the table and looked at the fish just as the Professor had instructed him. After ten minutes he saw all that could be seen of the fish. Hours pasted, with no sign of the Professor. Samuel moved the fish closer to him this time, feeling the fish with his hands, turning it is he was able to see every angle of the specimen. This inabled him to take in the whole fish, seeing more then the first time that he looked. Sa ....

.... against herself. Miss Havershams love for Compeyson is of a compassionate kind, this blinded her to his true nature, as Herbert remarked, "too haughty and too much in love to be advised by anyone." At Compeysons desertion her anger and sorrow became extreme and she threw herself and Satis House into perpetual mourning and a monument to her broken heart, shutting the world out and herself from the world. Her only concession is in her adoption of Estella. Miss Haversham has ulterior motives in adopting Estella, this is not a loving action on her part, but a calculated manoeuvre to turn the child into a haughty, heartless instrument of revenge against men. Estella is encour ....

.... them. Of course their progress is hampered by an unreliable truck and by the “quest for the dollar” that all migrants had. Through their journey to find work and settle down, the Joad’s encounter many calamities that test their relationship as a family and their own limits as individuals. As in real life, not everyone succeeds with his or her goals, and this story of hardship is no different. In the beginning of the book we get an early look at Steinbeck’s ideals when Muley Graves says,“…if a fella’s got somepin to eat an’ another fella’s hungry—why, the first fella ain’t got no choice.” This is so ....

.... the whole novel. This was something that Ellen held very dearly. In all the places she went, Ellen took this with her every place. When she was bored this amused her. She even told Dora that it was a gift given to her by her “imaginary” boyfriend. Ellen kept the microscope hidden from other people. She didn’t want people to break it. Ellen kind of kept her life secretive from others just like she had kept the microscope. Two themes can be discussed in the novel Ellen Foster. The first theme mentioned is self-reliance. Throughout the whole novel Ellen had to rely on her self to make it through life. After her mother died she had to survive on her own wi ....

.... occupations in order to get into the same line of men. “The baton moved unremittingly sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left.” (page 29) Happy to be with his father, Elie still did not know if he was in line for the prison or the crematory. The line marched up toward the fires, he could see little children and babies being tossed into the fire. The line moved on past another pit where adults were being burned. After seeing these tragic events, Elie could no longer sleep. He could not believe this was happening and nobody was doing anything to stop it. After surviving the first concentration camp, Elie and Mr. Wiesel were sent to Buna, a work camp. At Buna ....

.... a gentleman and very proper. Being proper, he was very intelligent and had a very extensive vocabulary. He seemed very surprised when he realized Wolf and he both shared some vocabulary words and meanings. Hump wasn't used to living on a boat, but he soon learned to live on one. He became accepted on the boat with the crew. Wolf and Hump were very different people with few similarities. Wolf was very strong and bullied everyone around. He believed everyone was insignificant, while Hump was nice, proper and believed everyone was unique and we all should live and that one person can make a big difference and change in the world. Wolf also tried to turn Hump into a st ....

.... The other boys thought he was “queer….funny.” (55) because he was an outcast and rather strange. Towards the middle of Simon’s stay on the island, he started to realize that he truly was different from the others. Every time he tried to talk to the other children, his “effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat.”(89) Just when he thought he had been accepted he embarrassed himself again, “When he bashed into a tree Ralph looked sideways impatiently and Robert sniggered.”(104) They were getting restless with his behavior. In the end, he was trying more to tell ....

.... he wants to keep writing because he is afraid to get caught. He writes about war and how it affects the children. Winston does not think the Party should allow the hangings to be public. Winston writes about when men will be free, when the truth exists and when what is done cannot be undone. Also, Winston thinks about Goldstein. He says how Goldstein has a lot of influence on some people. Still, the majority of the people hate and despise him. He is always the face of hate in the Two Minute Hate and everywhere else, but for some people like in The Brotherhood, he is a hero. Winston thinks about the brotherhood and wonders if it is a myth or a reality. Therefore, ....