.... I couldn't put the book down. In the Middle of the Night is about an accident in a theater where a balcony collapses on a number of small children, and kills them, and a few are injured. The owner of the theatre kill himself and everyone is out to blame John the usher who was investigating the noises from the balcony at the time. Today the usher has grown up and has a son. A victim, who died in the accident but came back to life that day, is out for revenge on the usher's son. The novel is hard to follow at first because there are jumps from one character view to another, to piece together a whole view of .....

.... he was in an argument and said he would sell his wife to the highest bidder and did just that. The second time Henchard and the furmity woman came into contact was quite a long time later when Henchard was leading a renewed life and was doing well. This time the furmity woman made her presence felt was in court one day when she was charged with misconduct for urinating in the street. Henchard happened to be filling in for someone else as judge that day. When Henchard charge her, the furmity woman told the court room about Henchard selling his wife and also sa .....

.... (p. 44) and he is "no good to himself" (p. 44). After Lennie kills Curley's wife, he's no good to George or himself. Carlson's luger, which is used to shoot Candy's dog in the back of the head, is also used by George to shoot Lennie in the back of the head. Slim had said earlier that he wished "somebody'd shoot [him] if [he] got old an' a cripple" (p. 45) and he also acknowledges that George has to shoot Lennie, telling him that he "hadda" (p.107). Both Candy's dog and Lennie are killed out of love. Candy feels that his dog no longer needs to suffer a .....

.... she punishes him. The young boy loved the sea, and would spend as much time going to the port to see the ships arrive and depart. He would invite his mother to go along with him. That is how his mother met the sailor, and they fell in love. MAIN PURPOSE: The young boy is happy and begin his friendship with the sailor, and soon found out that his mother has along fell in love with the sailor. Thinking that this is only during the time the sailor is on the port, the young boy did not mind. In fact, he tells his friends about the sailor. The sailor .....

.... have such thought. Furthermore, Finny being a carefree person does not even care about his own grades, certainly not Gene's grades. Gene does not realize this, perhaps he simply does not want to admit the truth. He has created an enemy o protect himself from acknowledging that he is not completely satisfied with his character, or lack of character and individuality. Gene soon realizes that Finny is not trying to be his rival. However, this realization only makes Gene angrier with Finny. He is irritated at the notion that he is "not of the same quality as Finny, .....

.... in serving their husbands and taking care of the children. There were no other options within the restrictive boundaries of marriage, and divorce was never an alternative. Women's lives were austere and self enrichment or self gratification were often times cast aside relative to the more mundane tasks of daily life. Most women accepted this but Edna did not. She figured that life was more than constantly doing for someone else. She wanted time for herself in order to figure out who she was. Some may see this as selfish but everyone is entitled to “me” tim .....

.... long for the sight of home.” As he plainly states, Odysseus greatly misses his home, and his tears show us just how much he misses it. In the duration of the story Odysseus has to make several sacrifices in order to get to the home he longs for so much. In Book 12, Circe foresees that Odysseus will have to let some of his men die. “The Ithacans set off. But Odysseus never reveals to them Circe’s last prophecy – that he will be the only survivor…” This shows how much he’s willing to do and sacrifice in order to get home .....

.... own. Jack demonstrates his dread towards losing control and power. Ralph handles the situation very efficiently and in a well-organized manner. Because of Jack's greed for power and his fear of losing it, the small community of young boys are not able to effectively and pragmatically plan ways to eventually be saved. When, having a gathering of all the children, Jack urges everyone not to listen to Ralph's reasoning but rather to listen to his own. This can be described as deleterious to all the children because now not only do they have to deal with ho .....