Appearance - In the story, Tom was a horse veterinarian. This is why I chose to have a picture of a man with a horse. He was also thin and of the same build as the man in the picture. This is why I chose this picture to represent Toms' appearance.   Relationship - In the beginning of the story, Sally is in love with Professor Clyve. He is the youngest person, age 16, to ever graduate college with a medical degree. Sally is also into medicine and the codex is a book of over 2,000 old Mayan remedies that Professor Clyve can translate. Sally finds Tom and they fall in love, a stronger love than she has for Professor Clyve. This is why I chose a kissing couple on a beach because I represents their love.  

Conflict - One of the greatest conflicts that Tom had in the book is Man vs. Beast. He was strong and willing to go on even after the conflict, didn't have anything against himself, and had the motivation to find his father; this is why I didn't make his conflict Man vs. Self. He was attacked by a jaguar which was following him for days. After he was attacked and while trying to save Sally, he was jumped on by it, and it was lunging for his neck and he stabbed it with a machete. this is why I chose this as one of his great conflicts in the story.  

Quote - This quote: "I don't need the money, I'm happy as a horse vet." shows he is a great person and is not consumed by greed even though his father was rich. It also tells about his happiness in life and shows that he is neither poor nor rich.  

Transformation - In the jungle everyone in their group, including Tom, was transformed from modern back to primal. They learned to make hammocks from grasses and remedies from trees and leaves. Tom and the whole group realized they no longer needed modern technologies to live in the jungle and find Maxwell Broadbent. This is why I chose the picture of a man turning back into an ape, contrary to the ape to man picture.

I thought the projects where well done. They had lots of information about their topic, and always had supporting facts. The projects had lots of pictures as examples of the deformations and such. They had examples of real people, or history facts that stated what they where talking about. The projects where visually animated, which made them interesting to watch. Every topic was clear and very well explained. Some projects had compressions like the one about Freak shows; it had a section about the 19th century freaks and today's freaks. The project about the deformation diseases had examples of different diseases which caused the deformations. I thought all the projects where well made and presented, which taught me a lot.

Their father had left them a long time ago so they didn't have anybody to go back to.

Now Dicey, the eldest child in the Tillerman family, is charged with leading her brothers, James and Sammy and her sister, Maybeth back to their Aunt Cilla's estate. Along the way she has to figure out ways to make money so they can buy food and supplies they will need for their journey, and she'll meet with a few people that help them through major gaps in their road to having a responsible parent with them again-even if they don't know it!

Genre -

This book's genre is realistic fiction, meaning that the events described in this book could happen.

Point of Interest -

The book's allure is the first scene when the children's mother leaves them in her car and goes into the mall, never to be seen again by them. Now Dicey, the eldest child has to take care and make money to help them survive-- or else they'll run out of food to eat.

It is also very interesting because the story gives you a feeling like your in the team with them. Also the book is very illustrated, it paints a detailed picture in your mind that, for example, they poured the cool, rich, liquid down their throats. This scene is talking about milk the kids bought from the supermarket after they made money carrying bags for other people. Gradually the story presents new problems for the children and they pull through they get support from some sources that help them overcome the challenges that loom before the. At the end of the story it gives a feeling of relief and accomplishment that the kids made it through alright.

Main Characters -The main characters are Dicey; the eldest daughter of 13 years. She steers the rest of the children towards hope but deep inside she has her own doubts if they can make it. James: the second oldest child of 10 years. He helps Dicey in doing the tougher jobs that the younger ones can't handle. He seems to be throughout the story a somewhat mischievous person but he is smart and reasonable which makes him indispensable to the team. Maybeth: The second daughter at age 9 is a rather quiet member of the group. She doesn't seem to do much work at the beginning parts of the story, but starts helping out a little around the middle of the book. A little while into the book the children find Eunice, a daughter of Aunt Cilla and Maybeth goes to school and most of the teachers their think that she is retarded. Sammy: An incredibly stubborn six-year old, he does help out a little, but at the beginning of the story he wouldn't move from the car they were left in and therefore Dicey had to carry him on her back. But he gradually softens up to Dicey and starts to do what she says in the later parts of the story he helps out a lot though when he steals some food when the kids were hungry from a picnic table near a beach.

Recommendation - I would want to recommend this book to people who want to have sense of belonging into a team, and who like survival stories that leave the characters on their own and they must figure out what to do, and that pit's the characters against the world. It is also a pretty satisfying read for people who don't like the genre. Overall, I would give the book 4.5 stars out of 5.

In Lord Of The Flies hunting plays a huge part in the events that occur. Jack Merridew, a lead chorister, is the main hunter. From the moment he met up with the other boys it was clear that he wanted to hunt. Jack thinks that he should have been leader from the start. He says:

“I ought to be chief, because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.”

Jack shows at this very early point in the book that he clearly thinks he is superior to any of the other boys on the island and that he wants to be leader. You can tell what sort of leader Jack would be by the way he orders around his choir and they obey with “dreary” obedience. When Ralph is picked as chief instead of him Jacks face “disappeared under a blush of mortification”. You can tell that there will be a rivalry between these boys as it is clear Jack still wants to be the chief.

When picked as leader, Ralph gives control of the choir to Jack and when Jack is asked what he wants his choir to be, the suffusion is drained away from Jack's face when hunters are mentioned. This shows how much he likes the prospect of being a hunter and killing for food. This definitely shows what kind of character Jack Merridew is. Jack's aggression is also shown when the three boys, Ralph, Simon and Jack are exploring the mountain for the first time and they come across some candle bushes. Jack decides to draw his knife and slash ruthlessly at one of these bushes. However, when the three boys come across a piglet caught in creepers, Jack raises his knife, ready to make his first kill, but then he freezes with his knife in the air. The schoolboy inside him tells him that it is wrong to kill and he must realise that for the first time he is about to take life. Jack pauses long enough for the piglet to escape and run to safety. After the event Jack desperately tries to defend his pride by saying:

“I was choosing a place, I was just waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him.”

This shows the reader that Jack is ashamed of not being able to bring himself to kill the piglet and he feels weak because of it. He vows next time to make the kill.

Jack says to Ralph that his hunters will be in charge of keeping the fire at the top of the mountain alight. When Ralph and Piggy see a ship passing in the sea they immediately become ecstatic over the prospect of rescue. The two boys look up towards the mountain only too see that there is no longer smoke coming from the mountain. The fire had been let out and the ship had no chance of seeing the boys. Jack was so obsessed by the thought of getting his first kill and hunting that he and his hunters had forgotten all about the fire. This is a key point in the book because it shows that the hunters now value hunting more than being rescued and taken home. It is almost as if these boys do not want to be saved. When Ralph confronts Jack and the hunters about the fire Jack is so excited about making his first kill he is not at all bothered about the fire. Jack describes the event in detail to Ralph and listens to nothing he says about the fire. He says:

“We got in a circle-We crept up-The pig squealed.”

The last thing in Jack's mind at this time is the fact that the fire has gone out. The hunters also make up a chant about the killing of the pig. It goes:

“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”

This aggressive chant shows how much the boys who take part in hunting have changed in such a small amount of time, from middle class children to killers. It is also another turning point for the boys as now that they have made their first kill and broken that barrier there is now no stopping them to what they can kill, pig or human, as we find out when Simon and Piggy are both brutally murdered by the hunters.

As the novel progresses hunting turns from a secondary task after rescue to an obsession for Jack and the hunters. Jack especially seems to enjoy the buzz and feeling of hitting a pig with his spear or cutting its throat. You can tell this from the way he acts after a kill:

“I cut the pig's throat,” said Jack proudly.

This shows us that he feels good after killing an animal. He enjoys it so much that after the hunters' first kill he announces that they will go hunting everyday, emphasizing again how much he likes it. The hunters at this point are also laughing about the smoke, showing how much they care about it. Ralph says:

“You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig.”

The hunters disregard Ralph's comment and take no notice to it. When all the boys are eating the meat that the hunters have caught and cooked, Piggy is not offered any meat as he and Jack do not get along. When Simon offers Piggy some of his meat Jack takes great offence to it. I believe that this is because he takes so much pride in his hunting he is offended when people give away what he has worked to catch.

Later in the novel it is clear that a divide in the group is taking place. This divide is between the hunters and the non-hunters. They start to live separate lives on the island. The hunters trying to kill as much as possible, have feasts and have fun on the island without a care for rescue, and the non-hunters trying desperately to get rescued and saved from the strange and unknown life of the island. Eventually this split becomes so severe that it causes the group to split. In a fit of rage Jack asks who thinks Ralph should not be chief. When no one agrees with him he declares in total embarrassment he is going off on his own. He says:

“I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you.”

He takes off down the beach by himself but the next day is joined by some more, and then some more until Jack has a tribe of his own much bigger than that of Ralph's. His tribe have fun, cover themselves in paint and hunt. Things that are much more appealing to a group of boys than building a fire and waiting for rescue. I believe that overall it was hunting and the conflicts that it caused that led to the two groups splitting. It is not long until this group of boys having fun turn into killers. They have lost all basic human qualities and turn into savages. In my opinion it is again the hunting that changes these boys so dramatically and causes huge conflict on the island.

Overall hunting and the hunters play a very large part in Lord Of The Flies, taking the life of one pig changes these boys so drastically that within a short amount of time they can turn to killing humans. Hunting combined with the freedom of the island turns these boys into savages.

Hill does not rely on shock and gore to carry the narrative, but rather takes her time to lovingly develop each character. In other novels you would not be made to sympathise very much with the misfit victims beyond the fact that they met a terrible end. Not so with this book, where their pain is keenly felt. There is such a richness of plotlines and personalities in the story that it is very difficult to make any guesses as to what will happen next, much less about who the murderer is.

The somewhat slow pace may not suit more impatient readers, but for those who enjoy a well-woven story it will certainly deliver. The final twist is also unconventional, as the identity of the murderer is revealed earlier than in many thrillers, and the shock lies not in “who is he?” but in “what will he do?”.

The book stands comfortably alone, but it also makes you look forward to the next instalment. An intelligent and gripping read that will affect you long after you put it down.

Animal Farm is a short allegory that displays the conflicts of a communist, totalitarian government. Although considered a classic by the literary circles of America, Animal Farm reads like a children's book. Taking into account the talking, literate animals, this book touches on the borders of fantasy. George Orwell wrote this book about communist Russia, but now it has become a subtle rebellion agaisnt totalitarianism in general.

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Siddhartha covers the basics of Buddhism, enligthenment, and Nirvana in about 190 pages of easy reading. This adventure follows a man through life, while he tries different paths in an attempt to reach enlightenment. The writing is not difficult or long winded, but is written to be understood. The concepts of this book are some-what hidden, but they are not difficult to understand. The reader just has to look for the ideas as they appear in the text.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 is a great book that criticizes and condemns censorship. Although Fahrenheit 451 is considered a classic, the writing of the book is simple, with a descriptive nature that entertains the reader as he reads. Many great books lack the lyrical quality of a book like Fahrenheit 451. The concepts presented in this book are also easy to grasp, as the book does not posess any extended metaphors or allegory. This book contains a plethora of information, making it one of the easiest classics to write about.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men is a concise book that tells the story of two farmers in about 110 pages. Steinbeck is a highly regarded writer, considered one of the greatest American authors. This book is commonplace on high school curriculum and yet another easy read. If you're reading this book for a high school class, be prepared to write a paper about the importance of language in the book.

The Stranger by Albert Camus

This book is realistically for the "B" and above students. The Stranger is short novel filled with existenialist ideas and morals, which are subtlely showed with no obvious clues. One must be prepared to study and think about this book intently before any hopes of writing a decent paper amount. However, any paper that impresses a teacher about this book will get an "A" for sure. This book is on this list because it is an easy read, but the concepts are deep below the surface, and therefore the reader must be prepared to dive into this book headfirst.

McPherson has a likeness for Uncle Tom’s Cabin because of both its message and its impact on American history. In first comparing it to the romantic novel Gone With the Wind, he showed how Gone With the Wind glamorized the Old South and romanticized the Confederacy, while Uncle Tom’s Cabin helped shape attitudes that would deeply devastate both. Not only does Uncle Tom’s Cabin have its moments of comedy, drama, and appeals to the reader, but it also displays morality, a competition between good and evil. Uncle Tom’s Cabin showed the cruelties of slavery and how they could impact the domestic life. Since the 19^th century witnessed the rise of the middle class, people were horrified at the thought of separating families, since the family was considered sacred. McPherson also admired the fact that Harriet Beecher Stowe based the characters in her novel on people in real life. Stowe apparently knew more about slavery than people assumed, from being brought into contact with many fugitives fleeing into Ohio. One of her brothers lived in Louisiana and gave Stowe the material that brought about the image of Simon Legree and his plantation. Basically, McPherson admired Uncle Tom’s Cabin, praising it as one of the most influential novels of the 19^th century.

The importance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was truly significant to James M. McPherson. He enjoyed reading the literary work in high school in the 1950s and argued with his professors in college over its true significance. McPherson is determined to make Uncle Tom’s Cabin be seen by all as a global masterpiece, demonstrating the significant flaws in American government during the existence of a divided nation.

In the poem, the narrator is the father of a girl typing a story. As the father stands outside the shut door of his daughter's room, listening to her type, he wishes her luck on her journey. Then the daughter suddenly pauses and stops typing; there seems to be a stillness in the house. The father feels the stillness is a rejection of his wish for his daughter's luck. The daughter starts typing again, only to stop again seconds later. At this point, the narrator remembers how a bird was trapped in the same room in which his daughter is typing in. The father opened a window for the bird to fly to freedom, but had to take himself and his daughter out of the room to keep from frightening the bird. After attempting to get through the right window but striking closed windows, the bird finally finds his way through the right window and flies away.

Richard Wilbur relies heavily on figurative language in three extended metaphors to reveal the theme of the poem. The first extended metaphor is the daughter's life being compared to a ship's voyage. Examples of this metaphor are the daughter's life struggles being compared to “great cargo, and some of it heavy,” (line 8). Also, the father wishes his daughter a “lucky passage” (9), like wishes sent to passengers on a ship about to set sail. These expressions show how a journey at sea is like the journey through life. Another extended metaphor is when the daughter is writing a story. “Like a chain hauled over a gunwale” (6) refers to the sound of the daughter typing, but also relates to a ship about to set sail. The daughter's sounds of typing represents her about to leave, because the ship would be lifting it's anchor to set off. By the end of the poem, it's apparent that she's writing her own life story, which is an extended metaphor since the poem is titled “The Writer.” Also, the continuous pausing of the daughter's typing shows that she has struggles and stopping points in her life, just like she's having struggles writing some parts of the story. The last extended metaphor is the father remembering the starling and comparing it to his daughter. The father could only open the window for the bird and step away as he could only lead his child to the right path and hope she finds her way.

Another important element Wilbur uses is imagery. The first image that is apparent is the “window tossed with linden,” (line 2) which shows trees against the window, looking like the tossing waves of the sea. The waves are similar to the ups and downs of the daughter's life journey. The next image is the shut door between the father and the daughter typing. The father can't barge in the room and write the story for his daughter; she has to do it herself. The father also feels shut out of his daughter's life. The strongest images in the whole poem are those of the starling. The bird tries over and over again to get through the open window, like the daughter trying to get through life. The open window is like one of the many opportunities in the world.

Wilbur tells the theme connecting figurative language and imagery in a way that makes everything fit together perfectly. The father who shows his daughter the right path can only hope for the best as the daughter makes her own decisions. The poem comes to an end as the father realizes there's nothing more he can do to help his daughter, and he wishes her a lucky passage, “but harder” (33).

John M. Richardson, Jr. once said, “When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened” In the short story “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, we see what the future could be like if we as humans do not change our capitalistic way of life. Wells' main character, the Time Traveler, discovers that humanity evolves differently physically, socially, and intellectually into the Eloi and the Morlock because of the wide and unjust division between the upper and lower classes of society.

The division between the upper and lower classes of society lead the Eloi and the Morlock to develop differently physically. This can be seen when the Time Traveler comments on the Eloi's distinctive looks, “Their hair, which was uniformly curly, came to a sharp end at the neck and cheek…” (Wells 245). This observation shows that the Capitalists, or upper class, have evolved into curly haired humans. On the contrary, the Time Traveler describes the Morlocks, “…I saw a solitary white, ape-like creature running rather quickly…” (Wells 267). This description shows that the Labourers, or lower class, have evolved in to fast white apes far superior to the Eloi. The assumption can be made that due to the upper and lower class division, the Morlock have evolved into a separate species from the Eloi and dominate them. Thus, the separation of the classes changed the human species.

Socially, the Eloi and the Morlock develop differently due to the division between the upper and lower classes. This can be seen when the Time Traveler descirbes Weena, an Eloi, “[Weena] was exactly like a child.” (Wells 266). This observation shows how the Eloi do not understand basic human concepts above a child's level of understanding. The Time Traveler then goes on to relate the social differences to the division of the classes, “…social difference between the Capitalist and the Labourer was the key to the whole position.” (Wells 272). This remark shows that the Time Traveler understands why and how the human race developed into two separate species. The Time Traveler was clearly a smart man.

The Eloi and the Morlock develop differently intellectually because of the upper and lower class division. This is seen when the Time Traveler remarks on Weena's character, “But [Weena] dreaded the dark, dreaded shadows, dreaded black things.” (Wells 266). This comment shows that Weena, and all Elois, fear the dark, but do not have the intellect to understand why they fear it. What Wells is trying to say is that the Eloi are stupid, plain and simple. The Time Traveler goes on to comment on the Morlocks mating habits, “The male pursued the female, flinging flowers at her as she ran.” (Wells 271). This depiction of the Morlock shows that they are much smarter than the Elois because they know how to get a girl. Clearly, the Morlock are far superior in all aspects of superiority.

To conclude, through the characterization of the Elois and the Morlocks, one can assume that they have evolved differently physically, socially, and intellectually because of the division of the classes. Thankfully, this would never really happen in only eight hundred thousand years.

The poem nutting shows a progression of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood much like in the prelude. Both poems have an object which they cannot resist going into with the secret, untouched bower in nutting and the shepherd's boat in the prelude. In both poems the boy goes where no one has ever been before and ruins the feeling of the untouched atmosphere. In nutting he "dragged to earth both branch and bough" showing his recklessness, doing things without thought before he sees what damage he has done and regrets his actions. This is also shown in the prelude when his boat left "small circles glittering idly in the moon" as if polluting the clam, tranquil lake.

Wordsworth also mocks his boyish naivety as he sets off "tricked out in proud disguise of cast off weeds". Showing it was his first experience wearing clothes he'd never thought of wearing before as if it was a costume, showing a childlike impression of his experience. This same inexperience is shown in the prelude when he goes out in the boat without thinking, looking for adventure. In both poems it seems as if someone is watching him when he sees the "intruding sky" in the nutting poem looking down on him as if disappointed in what he has done wrong. This is also shown in the prelude when he rows up to the big cliffs which rose up "like a living thing" also as if nature is displeased with what he is doing.

Both poems are similar in the way that they follow a boys change from adolescence to adulthood. The protagonists in both poems are both naïve and reckless doing things without knowing what might happen and after their experience they have become more mature and realize their mistakes which they both regret.