.... outside [of the mall]…resembles…a Las Vegas Casino…impossibly large and vaguely unreal, [with its] unbroken, windowless multi-storied edifice the size of an airport terminal,” says Guterson (210). The outside was designed to attract a vast group of tourists that would flock at the chance to walk though America’s largest mall . He states, “ [The mall] had been imagined by its creators not merely as a marketplace but as a national tourist attraction…”(Guterson 211). Thousands of visitors go to the mall to get lost in its 4.2 million square feet of floor space. They wander around aimlessly looking for direction but find that the straight way was lost and the YOU ....

.... are similar it makes the book a more interesting read. In Steinbeck’s story Of Mice and Men, two shootings take place in the book. First, Candy’s dog is killed then at the end of the book Lennie is killed. These shooting have a lot in common. To start both the dog and Lennie were shoot by the same gun, a luger. Carlson owned the luger. The dog was shoot by Carlson and Lennie was shoot by George. Both, Lennie and the dog were shoot in the back of the head "where the spine and the skull were joined."(page 105) Steinbeck and Carlson used the same word to describe the pain, which the victims would endure. The word was quiver. Both of the victims friends ....

.... involved in their local or state government, and make something happen. While watching court television one day, a trial about a sick man and his son who were growing marijuana to help fight his cancer was on. They lived in Florida, where it is illegal to smoke weed regardless of what it is being used for. A helicopter saw the weed growing and reported it; police officers went there and arrested the man and his son. To make a long story short the man told his side of the story to the judge and the judge purposefully gave him just probation knowing that he would smoke and still grow weed. When asking me "What do you believe in," I found it pretty hard to narrow down m ....

.... it difficult for Hester to repent the sin of adultery. In the first scaffold scene, the author writes “Could it be true? She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at the scarlet letter, and even touched it with her finger, to assure herself that the infant and shame were real. Yes!-these were her realities-all else had vanished” (page 41) From this quote the reader learns that Hester is just beginning to deal with the shame of her sin. It is evident from this quote that she has not yet come to grips with her actions. She is in an utter state of shock, and it seems as if she is trying to find a way ....

.... my childhood understanding of what is plausible and what is not in the real world. In his Book, or a Hat, Sacks compiles a group of stories that appeal to the curiosity and compassion of a young boy through his close look at human experiences in the eyes of science, medicine and new technology. The chapters discussing “Losses” and “Transports” sparked my interest the most. The first story that caught my attention was about the sixty year old Madeline J. who was suffers from being “congenitally blind” and has “cerebral palsy”(Sack 59). She was a very bright and intelligent woman that gained all her knowledge and learning ....

.... to the forest are people who are outsiders from society. They are untainted by the views of the townspeople and can see beyond the lies and hypocrisy of the townspeople. The experiences of the people on the scaffold and in the forest lend themselves to a higher issue, reality vs. perception. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne shows how people create their own reality with what they see. The Scaffold is not only a high view point the in market place but a site where one can see beyond the restraints of town and even time. For one person, " . . . the scaffold of the pillory was the point of view that revealed to Hester Prynne the entire track which she had been treading sin ....

.... of this, Hamlet finds it difficult to decide how to proceed and which duty takes precedence, and Hamlet decides to gather evidence as proof of Claudius' guilt so that his revenge is justified to society and to himself. The 'unholiness' of murdering a king who is also a close relative is highlighted by Claudius and this allows the audience to better understand the conflict and the indecision facing Hamlet. Hamlet's duty as a son, in his social context and circumstances, is one which encourages him to seek revenge for his murdered father. For Hamlet to be perceived as a noble and worthy son, he would have to kill his father's murderer, and his actions would be supported by s ....

.... a dictatorship type of government, causing Ralph’s society to crumble and fall apart. William Golding believed that the defects of a society could be traced back to the flaws of the human nature. These societies were very different from each other because the individuals were very different. Ralph’s society was based on everyone having a say in the government. Ralph was kind and good to the people of his society. He let them have freedom and liberties which was not go for his society because they abused their freedom and became lazy and irresponsible. His society did not have their priorities in order because Ralph did not stress that the rescue fire and the ....