, by S.E. Hinton was about conflicts between the Socs and the Greasers. The Socs were the upper class with nice cars; the Greasers were the poorer community with leather jackets and hair grease. The whole story is through the eyes of Ponyboy, a fourteen year old greaser. The day after Ponyboy gets jumped by a group of Socs, he meets Cherry, who is...
In the Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. This classical play is about Blanche Dubois's visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister's brutal and arrogant husband, Stanley Kowalski, and the reveling truth of why Blanche really came. Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal an...
The Immigration Experience They are our grandparents, our relatives, our friends. They are the immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live where we want, to own property, to tak...
Canterbury Tales - Medieval Christian Church In discussing Chaucer?s collection of stories called The Canterbury Tales, an interesting picture or illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However, while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government, the church became corrupt ? this corruption also led to...
The best short stories have ? expressed in interesting ideas? One thought provoking idea, is expressed clearly in the story The weapon by Fredric Brown. The story suggests many themes, but the main one being the lack of respect humans have with power and their ignorance towards technology. A scientist, Dr James Graham is creating the ultimate weapo...