… Duddy Kravitz is based in Montreal, Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The key features of the work by Mordecai Richler that strikes me, is that during this period possessing land was very important to people in Canada.…

… curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, an innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger” (“Editorial Reviews”).…

… noted: “An essential aspect of the American-ness and the historicity of The Great Gatsby is that it is about money. The Land of Opportunity promised the chance for financial success.” (p. xi) The Great Gatsby is indeed about money, but it also explores…

… in some ways like myself. Mr. Shizuma is a person that is intrigued by many things and likes to see what reaction people have from any action. Throughout the novel he feels the need to go to different parts of the city and surrounding communities…

… the rest of the day, and that night and the next day, as if it were a constant reminder of how a piece of my being was no longer going to live on in life. I woke up that morning in a dripping sweet after having a horrible nightmare that I had…

… , is a novel set in World War I, and centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque's protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat broken-in…

… a strong theme involving the American Dream. It reveals in the end, the downfall of those who try to achieve this dream, largely at the hands of those who have already obtained it. For James Gatsby, this dream is to obtain happiness through wealth…

… a classic look at life in the rural United States in the early nineteenth century. This story is a tale of a man and his wife from a foreign country, and the differences of their cultures. Irony is very prominent in this story, and it helps to illustr…

… Americans. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of the culture and the mood of the 1920’s. Spendable income was at an all time high, while the “noble experiment” or prohibition was turning the common man into a criminal.…

… of the film interpreted the classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and produced a great film clearly showing his own interpretations of the story intended by Harper Lee. Despite the differences of the interpretation of the director and viewer, all…