.... Mme. Loisel longs for the material things that her old schoolmate Mme. Forester has. The physical appearance of the characters as well as their actions, thought, and emotions are very detailed throughout the story. The main character's life, as well as her husband's, takes a dramatic turn and the author describes the physical and emotional changes in great detail. The story's title does not signify the theme however, the theme of the story is reiterated throughout the story. "She had no dresses, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that; she felt made for that. She would so have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after"(900). Mm ....

.... agony” (p44). The brutality of war in the novel, however, is mainly shown through human suffering. Baumer talks about brutal things that soldiers are just expected to do. He says, “When you put a bayonet in, it can stick, and you have to give the other man a hefty kick to get it out…” (p74). The German soldiers attack the enemy with extreme instinctive brutality. “With the butt of his rifle, Kat smashes to pulp one of the machine-gunners…We bayonet the others before they can get their grenades out” (p84). The use of poison gas is also a very brutal practice throughout the novel. Baumer describes this while he is in a gassed are ....

.... later in life. In the novel, The Trial, Joseph K's ordeal with the court can be compared to the relationship he had with his father. As a result of the abuse, Kafka suffered with feelings of inadequacy and oppression and had difficulty making decisions throughout his life. Just as Joseph K is accused of a crime but is never told what it is he has been accused of, Kafka is haunted by his father's voice constantly accusing and criticizing him for being different. Joseph K is unsure of the correct action to be taken when he is first arrested and is influenced by those around him. Even though initially he does not see the need for an advocate, he allows himself to be persuaded ....

.... how to respect and maturity to fully utilize the powers he held as a god. All three works are totally different in environment, characters, and time setting, but they all have one similar goal; to find and complete their quest. The Little Prince's journey to find out how to love grows from the missing link between his flower and him. But he learns that love comes from taming which he has never heard of. Starting from the comfort of his home on Asteriod-612, he left to travel far and wide to seek the meaning of love. Having the opportunity to meet many people, he learns something from each and one of them. The king represented the evil of totalitarianism, the conceited ....

.... an idea’s popular, like slavery, don’t make it right.” Having been raised in Missouri, a slave state, Huck does not even know how to doubt the morality of keeping slaves. In his eyes, an idea must be right if it is believed and practiced by highly respected members of the community. Even the widow who rescued him from his father owns slaves. Huck shows his own belief in the practice of slavery when he discovers that Jim has run away. He has promised not to tell but worries that people will “call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum....” (43). During the course of their journey, the line that Huck envisions between himself and Jim bec ....

.... and laid with him in bed. When Iris, messenger of the gods, tells Helen that Alexandros and Melelaos are going to fight for her, she reacts with sorrow and regret. "These words pierced Helen to the heart. She longed for her husband of the old days, for home and family. At once she threw a white veil over her, and left the house quickly with tears running down her cheeks." Once she gets to the battlements, Priam calls her over to sit by him. He feels sorry for her and tries to take her mind off of her situation by asking her to point out members of the Achaian army. She responds by first telling him that she wished she had never come to Troy. "Helen answered: 'You do me h ....

.... seems that they are being held hostage or being kept in prisons, yet they are almost completely free. Winston is living life on camera because of the telescreens that watch his every move, and Offred’s life is supervised by Aunts and guards regardless of the situation. She is taken to the bathroom, watched while she sleeps, and even though she is constantly being watched, her face cannot be seen. She wears white wings on her face so that no one can see her and the only way she can see out is by sneaking short peeks at the outside world. In both of these books, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, the main characters know that the controlled lifestyle that they are living is w ....

.... Miyomotos return, Mr. Heine has died and his widow has sold all the land for a hefty profit. She gives the Miyomotos their money back and buys an apartment in town where she spends the last of her lonely days. Kabuo and Carl both come back from the war to find the land sold. Their once close-knit friendship is shattered by their families' disagreement. They both become fishermen. Along with the Kabuo/Carl tension and subsequent trial is another relationship filled with stress: that of Kabuo's wife Hatsue and her high school sweetheart, now local reporter Ishmael Chambers. He cannot get over the loss of their relationship that ended when Hatsue was sent to a relocation c ....