Eragon Author: Christopher Paolini A Review and Background of Eragon: A young, poor farmboy named Eragon finds a mysterious sapphire stone while hunting in a mountain range called the Spine. He soon finds out the blue stone is not really a stone, but an egg – an egg that hatches into a real live dragon. ...
Many works of widespread literature earned their notoriety due to the reader’s ability to relate to the context, yet Samuel Beckett’s Endgame describes the world from the perspective of the most dismal humans on it, or possibly beyond it. Clov embodies a horrible nightmare of static misery that hopefully exceeds the reader’s level of understanding. ...
Yest, the trilogy is over but the fandom goes on. Find out all the best websites and what’s new in the world of Tolkien. Lord Of The Rings www.lordoftherings.net Great sound effects on this site. You can go to the Lord of the Rings shop to buy items such as Aragorn’s ring, or Arwen’s silver ...
Some of the greatest works in literature provides the reader with layers to examine. In addition to the outer level of a story, authors who provide subtext that reveal plot profundity achieve success in that the reader is compelled to analyze the story in greater depth. An example of this, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall ...
As Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, Rebecca (1940) earned him is only best picture Oscar. This adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s chilling suspense novel of the same title compliments the story in a variety of ways. By adjusting this story to the fit the constraints of the cinematic screen, Hitchcock remained remarkably faithful to Du ...
Anne Bradstreet and Phyllis Wheatley are, respectively, the first and third published female writers in America. The surprise to those unfamiliar with these writers comes upon discovery that Anne Bradstreet was also the first published poet in the New World, and that Phyllis Wheatley was an African slave. These two women not only overcame the ...
There are many reasons why someone would want to forge an acceptance letter frog Hogwarts. It can be used to console yourself that you didn’t get into certain colleges, given as a gag gift at parties, slipped into strangers mailboxes, or just used to play a cruel joke on your 11-year-old cousin. Whatever your reason ...
William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, centers on a young Danish prince, Hamlet, and his quest to avenge his father’s murder. The tragedy begins when an apparition of his father, King Hamlet, appears to Hamlet and tells him the details of his death. The ghost tells Hamlet that his brother, Claudius, secretly poisons him while he was ...
**WARNING: POSSIBLE HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX SPOILERS AHEAD** This article discussing some of the differences between the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix book and movie, may contain spoilers for those few who have not yet read the book or seen the movie. You have been warned! I just ...
An Autobiography written by a man who was loved by many. Arness was an American Hero and an American Heartthrob. James King Arness, died today (June 03, 2011) at age 88 from what were termed natural causes, he was a legend from the beginning to the end. I would encourage you to read his book ...
