Win the Westing Game With These Detailed Chapter Summaries!
16 heirs try to outsmart each other and solve a web of clues in “The Westing Game,” a Newberry Medal-winning children’s book by …
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Examining the Plot and Conflict of the Book Sunrise Over Fallujah
Robin “Birdy” Perry had no idea what to expect when he shipped off for Iraq. Once there, he learns about friendship, trust, loss and fear. …
Continue ReadingAn English Teacher's Dream: Metaphors in the "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
King’s use of metaphors in his “I Have a Dream” speech sheds light on what accomplishing the American Dream means. We look at some …
Continue Reading"I Felt a Funeral in My Brain": Analysis of Emily Dickinson's Literature Classic
Emily Dickinson’s “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” was first published in The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Third Series in 1896.The poetess exemplifies the …
Continue Reading"The Kite Runner" Movie vs Book - Differences and Analysis
The movie, “The Kite Runner,” is as captivating and heart-wrenching as the book of the same title. However, as with most screenplays …
Continue ReadingAll Alone: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" Chapter Synopsis 1-15
The story of the Lost Woman of San Nicolas is told in this Newbery Medal winning book. The main character, Karana, is like a female Robinson Crusoe …
Continue ReadingFruitful Chapter Summaries on the Book "Trouble With Lemons" by Daniel Hayes
This is a clever little mystery in which an adolescent boy troubled with emotional and physical problems finds a dead body while swimming in a quarry. …
Continue ReadingRhythm and Meter in The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Poetry, like music, has a flow from one line to another and one stanza to the next. In Robert Frost’s classic poem, “The Road Not …
Continue ReadingStory Structure of "Lamb to the Slaughter"
By understanding how Roald Dahl is able to build the tension and conflict in “Lamb to the Slaughter” and how the tension falls afterward …
Continue ReadingThe Lottery By Shirley Jackson Analysis, Themes and Symbols
“The Lottery” is a story that is hard to ignore. Both loved and hated by many, this story is able to create emotion in nearly everyone who …
Continue ReadingThomas Hood's "Autumn": An Analysis of the Meaning of This Literary Classic
In Hood’s “Autumn,” the season is apostrophized as an enigmatic person devoid of shadow. It is just like silence that exists with …
Continue ReadingTop Quotes from the Twilight Saga Books
Vampires, werewolves, blood and romance: Twilight fans will enjoy this list of the best quotes from the Twilight Saga books from Bella, Jacob, Edward …
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