.... of labor is always limited by the extent of market or, supply and demand. The first trading was dependent upon commodities. This led to "common" commodities being used for exchange such as cattle, salt, or sugar. Metals became the preferred common commodity because they were non-perishable and could be divided. Metals were first used as crude bars of iron or copper with richer nations using gold and silver. Eventually, the bars evolved into money as we know it today, stamped by public office known as mint. This first portion of Wealth of Nations struck .....

.... comfort and the company of others. There is bleakness in the dark, while the light calms the nerves. Unfortunately for the old man, this light is an artificial one, and its serenity is fleeting and deficient. Maybe the old man hides in the shadows of the leaves because he recognizes the shortcoming of his sanctuary. Perhaps he is drawn to the shadows so that the darkness of his own age will not be so visible as it would be in the full force of the electric light. His body is dark with effects of illness. Even his ears bring him a sort of shadows as they .....

.... comfortable, and without conflict or stress. However, it is a world without emotion, feelings, and problems. All these things are needed in order to make a person their own. Lack of Individuality Huxley describes a futuristic society that has an alarming effect of dehumanization. This occurs through the absence of spirituality and family, the obsession with physical pleasure, and the misuse of technology. In this world, each person is raised in a test tube rather than a mother’s womb, and the government controls every stage of their development, from em .....

.... Heathcliff in turn married Isabella, whom he did not love, for reasons unbeknownst to me, other than to tick Edgar off. He plotted revenge on his brothers, and friends in order to get both Thrushcross Grange and the story's namesake Wuthering Heights. When Heathcliff died, I imagine that he was very sad that his plan did not work out. I'm sure he would have changed his ways if he knew the outcome. Or maybe not. Maybe he would have taken great pleasure in knowing that he created a hellacious time for his victims. Maybe he would have loved knowing th .....

.... City, Kansas had twenty-eight, and twenty-six dust storm throughout their towns. The dust storms were often times massive and destroyed crops, houses and the lives of anyone living near it. By mid March, the storms had become commonplace in Amarillo and Dodge City. Residents began to accept them as a part of daily life. On April 10, 1935, a dust storm rolled through Texas and Oklahoma and on to Kansas. The storm lasted for over twenty-four hours, and set a record for intensity and duration of a storm. This storm came four days before the dreadful “black b .....

.... The “white elephants” showed something they didn’t want, in this case the baby. Even the smallest things, like the alcohol, symbolized old ways (beer) and something new (Anes del Toro) in the two peoples relationship. This story also gives you images of the happenings going on in the story. “The station between two lines of rails” gave you the image of a choice of which track or option in life they were going to take. Were they going to go the one direction and get the abortion (as planned) or were they going to choose t .....

.... you are not just an observer." (Christian Science Monitor) Although this novel was not very wordy, Segal manages to "Go into great detail about the character’s personalities and feelings towards one another." (J.Leavitt) Segal’s original style of writing allowed readers to laugh as well as cry with the characters as though they were along with them. Erich Segal begins his novel by informing the readers of the tragic death of a "twenty-five year old girl", who by the second page, readers can identify as Jenny Cavilleri, a "wisecracking Radcliffe music major". .....

.... Forreister, making herself the most beautiful woman in the party. She spends a wonderful time there, “danced joyfully, passionately, intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of nothing, but the moment, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, on cloud nine with happiness made up of all the admiration, of all the aroused desire, of this victory so complete and so sweet to the heart of any woman.” After the party, she discovered her necklace was lost. Since then, things change. There are no more beautiful words to describe Mrs. Loisel, no more d .....