.... the reader has with people in the book is in the passage in which the two hunters find each other. "The calls were in different tones, evidently proceeding from two men who had lost their way, and were searching in different directions for their path" (Cooper, p. 5). Bewley states that this meeting is symbolic of losing one's way morally, and then attempting to find it again through different paths. Says Bewley, "when the two men emerge from the forest into the little clearing we are face to face with... two opposing moral visions of life which are embod .....

.... wedding, she is dragged off screaming from her brother and his brides car because she wants to go away with them. Shortly after, she tries to run away from home, but her plan is thwarted when she is stopped by the police and brought back home. Much later, Frankie and her father move in to a house with her aunt, and uncle, because of her cousin’s death; and her cook quits. Frankie finds a sophisticated friend, in which she can relate to. The relevance of this theme is that change is a necessary part of life, and can’t be stopped from happening. Frankie cou .....

.... sold all the dogs including Buck to the Scotch half-breed man. The man beat all the dogs until one day they stopped at a bar and it was time to leave, but Buck couldn't move at all and the Scotch half-breed kept on beating Buck, then John Thorton went up and beat up the Scotch half-breed cut Buck free from the harness and the man left without Buck. Buck joined Thorton's team of dogs. They went to a bar; Thorton made a bet with a man that Buck could pull one thousands pounds of equipment by himself. Buck did it and Thorton won sixteen hundred dollars worth .....

.... father left you none; you ought to beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children like us and eat the same meals that we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense"(12). She receives no love or approval from her family. The only form of love that she does have is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed is a conventional woman who believes that her class standing sets her to be superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. As a result of Jane's tantrums, quick temper, and lack of self-control, society classifies her as .....

.... Montag’s wife, Mildred, does not care for books as much as Montag because she knows books are illegal and she fears for her life. Mildred tells Montag how afraid she is by saying, “They might come and burn the house and the family. Why should I read? What for?(pg.73)” Montag is upset when he hears this because he sees that there is a problem with burning books. Indeed there is a problem because books allow people to express themselves, learn, dream, and have fun. In a society such as the one found in , people are not allowed to experience any of these things a .....

.... Hester as she goes to Governor Bellingham's mansion. Light is reflected by almost every aspect of the extravagant dwelling. Through the narrator's words, we see the Governor's house as Hester sees it: "...though partly muffled by a curtain, it [the hallway] was more powerfully illuminated by one of those embowed hall windows..." (Hawthorne 101). One can envision the brilliant sunlight streaming though the immense window, slicing through the facade of the Governor's feigned sanctity. Is not simplicity one of the fundamental tenets of the Puritan faith? Yet .....

.... which hold a family together and the forces which cause it to disintegrate. He understands that family councils are an important part of the lives of the Joads." The major theme is the struggle and survival of the Joad family from the time they lost their home, to the unity they felt and soon were a part of a whole community, one big family, and one big soul. This theme is particularly exemplified by Ma Joad, who played a major part. The Joads encountered a constant struggle to keep the family going and intact. When Ma knew .....

.... understandable. When Mason Williams comes to dance with her, she describes dancing with a `nobody' like her was "as offensive to him as having to memorize Shakespeare." The narrator's school life was just as bad if not worse. She would never be sure of herself when she is called up to the blackboard. Her "hands became slippery with sweat when they were required to work the blackboard compass." She would also envision the worst case scenario, that she had her period prior to being called to the front of the class, even when impossible. This shows that her .....