… Missouri. She was born under the name Marguerite Johnson, but her brother, Baily, renamed her Maya. Her parents, Baily and Vivian Baxter Johnson, got divorced when she was very young. Maya grew up in a very racist town. There were many problems in…

… The Punishment From an early age we are told that knowledge is power and that it is our key to success and gainful experiences within this strange world. Many people also become obsessed with hobbies or goals within this modern time. It seems that…

… Shakespeare's tragic hero, Hamlet, can arguably be discussed, through his rare mix of witty intelligence, hostile impatience and dual personalities, as Shakespeare’s most interesting character. At times, Hamlet displays sheer brilliance,…

… his or her surroundings such as living environment and for family and friends. One may reflect on experiences from the past and present. All these things together form the writer’s style. Because of traveling overseas and living in Harlem, Langston…

… is also a participant in the action of the story. Behn uses the first person to tell the story however; she and the narrator exist as two separate entities. The narrator of Oroonoko is not important so much as a catalyst to the action of the story…

… can be appreciated on a multitude of levels: as an adventure story, a morality tale, a ledger sheet, a Puritan fable, a survival course, a defense of the ethnic of hard work as a way of salvation, a symbolic narrative recounting one man's quest…

… trip. All of the sudden a car pulls out in front of you. When you finally wake up, you notice that you were in a terrible accident. You see your friend lying inside the car. Your friend’s neck has been broken by the impact of the airbag on the passen…

… the wall/Looking as if she were alive. I call/That piece a wonder, now: Fra Pandolf’s hands/Worked busily a day, and there she stands.” In the first four lines of Robert Browning’s beautifully written poetic monologue, The Last Duchess, the reader…

… cookie! A small, hard, crunchy, semi-sweet and a wholly undesirable snack many would say. But, out of the many people that idly toss these pastries aside, how many just don’t realize the proportions to which it is entrenched in the world. This…

… there are two sides in one town. One side there is greasers. The other side there is socs. Both the greasers and the socs have a lot of conflict with each other. The greasers and socs even have rumbles with each other. The greasers are scrubby and not…