.... and the narrator are burying Madeline the vault is being described as small, damp, and without admission of light. These are just a few of the characteristics of which Poe uses to describe the setting. Poe uses the use and description of character to create the effect. Poe describes his friend Usher as having a cadaverous complexion, a large eye, small and thin lips, a nose delicate of a Hebrew model, and a finely molded chin. It is stated that the features make up a countenance not easily forgotten, by stating this he is pictured in the mind as being a horrifying character. Poe describes the look the disease has given Usher, a faint blush upon her bosom, and her smi ....

.... After the term of her confinement ends, she moves into a remote, secluded cottage on the outskirts of town, inducing a physical separation from the townspeople. Because of this seclusion from society, the Puritans regard her with much curiosity and suspicion: “ Children...would creep nigh enough to behold her plying her needle at the cottage-window...and discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would scamper off with a strange, contagious fear.” In addition to the physical separation, a more intangible manner of exclusion also exists, in that Hester becomes a pariah. She is subject to derision and malice from the lowliest of vagrants to the most genteel of in ....

.... Brown, and Speaker-to-Animals are the ones chosen to do it, each of them because of particular qualities: Nessus for his insanity, Louis Wu because he has survived an adventurous life for 200 years, Teela Brown because of her luck, and Speaker-to-Animals because of his combination of strength, ferocity, and relative reasonableness. The story begins with Nessus (an insane puppeteer) gathering his crew together, Louis Wu is taken from a transport Nessus has manipulated, Speaker-to-Animals by Nessus insulting his friends in the worst possible way. Nessus meets Teela Brown, but it takes her some time to agree to come along. The price they are being paid for this adventure is a ....

.... in his time, used the money for his own satisfaction. He even admits to his greed. "And thus I preach against the very vice I make my living out of avarice."(p. 259) The Pardoner makes a mockery of the entire church by fabricating stories about his phony relics. Chaucer shows how the Church is so corrupt, that even a Pardoner who admits to his evil ways, can still cheat the people out of their money. The Pardoner begins his story by condemning the common sins of society such as drinking and gluttony. The irony of his criticism lies in the fact that he has been drinking himself, and that he is an admitted glutton. There are also many ironic elements of the stor its ....

.... the book handles the issue of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) very well. When you start the book, it seems just like any other children’s book. A story about a boy who can do no right and who is always in trouble. Then when Ben foes to the doctor he finds out, he has ADD. The book goes on to tell that he needs medication like many the children who have ADD. Ben and his father work on ways of keeping himself under control and that shows the role parents need to play with children with ADD. By using this book in my classroom, I would explain the ways ADD can effect a child. Probably some of my students will have ADD and those who do not understand. The book I think woul ....

.... in a serious mood, thinking that war conditions aren’t as bad as they really are. When the boys are sent to the front, it is only then when they start to realize how war is not great. This is when the boys are cramped into the trenches. Some of the soldiers were shell-shocked because of the constant bombardment. When one of the boys was wounded, he was taken to a hospital where there were many wounded soldiers. Some soldiers had to have parts of their bodies amputated in order to survive. When Kemmerich was in the hospital, Müller ask for his pair of boots. The boots was a visible reminder to the boys of the cost of war. Paul then has to face his own conscience w ....

.... "telescreens" (Orwell 6). Another startling similarity between the mob and "Big Brother" is the Mafia's strange way of making someone disappear or "vaporize" (Orwell ). Almost unknowingly a person's identity can be changed, altered, or deleted. Authorities use security and surveillance cameras to observe criminal activities or possibly every day activities. Too much surveillance liberties are given to police or FBI. By using hi-tech cameras which can actually document a person's life. Unknowingly, there may be a cute little camera installed in the bedroom. Another way that today's society controls the masses is subliminal messages. Illegal now, subliminal messages were w ....

.... Not in the physical sense of the crime itself. The reader doesn’t hear about how heavily the murders are weighing on his heart, or how he is tormented by visions of the crime. He doesn’t feel the least bit guilty about having committed the crime, only his pride’s hurt. He doesn’t mention the idea of the pain that might arise from recurrent visions of the crime. Raskolnikov never again recalls the massive amounts of blood everywhere, the look on Lizaveta’s face when he brings down the axe on her head. These things clearly show that the crime isn’t what might cause him suffering, or pain, it is something else. After Raskolnikov is sent off to Siberia, he doesn’t ....