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Chris McCandless was a brave and fearless young man who took the fate of his life into his own hands. Instead of following social norms and living how society, his parents, and those around him told him to, Chris ventured out into the world on his own to live his life by his own rules….

The realistic fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about family, death, and promises. The character of Scout Finch is a young girl and is also the narrator of the story. The character of Jem Finch is Scout’s brother who is protective of Scout. The character Arthur “Boo” Radley is the neighbor…

Imagine someone was alone on a lifeboat, drifting in the middle of the ocean. This person has gone through traumatic and unspeakable horrors that resulted in the loss of his family. Now this person was running out of food and clean water without anyone to help him. If you were this person, do you think…

Over the years both books The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 have been attacked for many different reasons. Let’s start with how they dehumanize the citizens by ripping them of their individuality and taking away their ability to learn things on their own so that the citizens won’t overpower the government. They are caged in their…

The Outsiders: Johnny vs. Dally The Outsiders is a book by S.E. Hinton. The teens are part of two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs, who are split up by socio-economic status. Johnny and Dally are two of the main characters and are both East Side Greasers from the poor side of town. They are…

Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird is often seen as a great man and a great role model. However, some people question whether he is truly good role model. Atticus is often seen as believing that people are equal. He is also seen as peaceful and having good life advice. If these are looked…

Markus Zusak was born on June 23, 1975 in Sydney Australia. He came from humble beginnings as the son of a house painter and a maid. He is the youngest of four children and neither of his parents could read or write any English when they first arrived to Australia. Because Zusak’s parents were illiterate,…

Forever I will have the introduction “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,” (Poe, The Raven) engrained into my mind. Such an iconic writer that introduced a style of writing in which only gained fame upon his death. Edgar Allan Poe writing fiction based; Southern Gothic literature established a path for…

The terrible event of the Holocaust consisted of many Jews being seen and treated as less than a person, all because of their beliefs. Dehumanization is a key theme in Eliezer Wiesel’s book, Night, where he recounts his experience with his father in the concentration camps created by the Nazis. Throughout the book, Elie not…

A horrendous murder without motive. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood recounts the murder of four members of the Clutter family: Nancy, Mr. Clutter, Mrs. Clutter, and Kenyon. The book follows both the Clutter family as well as the two murders, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock (Dick). Additionally, Capote gives the reader information about…