John Hope

the society she lives in. Margo wishes that people would not care about what other people say about them and act like who they really are. In Paper Towns, by John Green, the characters Q, Ben, Radar, and Lacey journey on an adventure to find their friend, Margo, who ran away. On their travels, they slowly uncover Margo’s real personality. John Green uses tone, theme, metaphors and other literary techniques to show his negative attitude towards Margo, the antagonist’s, behaviors and reactions to…

The author of the natorious novel Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan wrote many works in his time, and he developed new techniques to catch his readers’ attention. Like most of Bunyan’s works, he writes about God and His love, healing, mercy, and grace. Bunyan also writes about having faith and following God, against all odds. His life was full of trouble based on what he wrote about, but that he didn’t stop. He knew that the only way to get peoples attention to try and help them with their life…

One of these writers that has grown popular for one specific novel of his is John Steinbeck with the story Of Mice and Men. This tale revolves around the journey of two men and their attempt to gain a better life as poor ranch boys. The structure in this tale is obvious once the story is read, but until then all of the underlying tones will often times go over peoples head.In the structure of any literary work such as John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, there are three key factors to think about;…

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men the theme of friendship is regularly mentioned. It is hard not to recognize the strong relationship between the two main characters, George and Lennie. They live the lives of migrant workers who, in normal circumstances, would be in constant alienation, but they have each other to change that. George and Lennie’s friendship is a particularly unique one, one that sets them apart from others and helps them through their struggles. John Steinbeck’s early life…

In the John Hughes’ 1984 film, The Breakfast Club, there were a lot underlying social issues that are very relatable to teens in high school of that age range. The early 80’s film was centered around five teens who have in some way been stereotyped by not only their peers but also by their parents and other authority figures. The main theme for the film is to overcome stereotypes and develop a voice for one’s self. As we as self-confidence and self-acceptance. At the end of the film each…

Hopes and dreams play a role of great importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. The author, John Steinbeck, uses the motivation provided by the dreams of characters to keep the novel progressing. In many ways, the individual dreams of the characters and the so-called “American Dream” provides the basis for the novel. Towards the end of the novel, many dreams are crushed when the characters were actually finding real hope. George and Lennie are two men who dream of having their own land with a…

sestet. It explains the type of feeling the speaker is having with a main theme of death. The poem contains Longfellow’s self-reflective thoughts. He thinks about the passed time, past mistakes, his lost aspirations, his current situation and the hopes that he has for the future. He starts feeling as though he has not accomplished what he had hoped to by this point in his life, and he is somewhat regretful. He sees that he cannot change the past, and though he is as close to death as he has ever…

Christian would have no claim to eternity by the example of Christ. John 11:25 tells God’s children, “Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;”…

be through a powerful film, a solemn photograph, or a spirited song, art can capture the human soul and struggle. John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, masterfully portrays the plight of the more than 350,000 people displaced by the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. As any great piece or art, The Grapes of Wrath creates empathy and change in the minds of its readers by revealing the hope and resilience held by the “Okies”, and exposing the wrongs and sorrow they suffered. I believe it is great art…

rely on anybody they will feel trapped and scared. Many novels attempt to portray the loss of friendship within hard time periods. The characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife all display loneliness in their own way in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. First, Candy becomes lonely, losing much of his friendship and companionship in the book. Being the only elderly man on the ranch, it is difficult to make new connections. Initially, this does not prove to be much of an issue, as…