Book summaries and Characters

To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of Scout and Jem Finch, two children who grew up in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s. The book deals with themes of racism, classism, and gender roles. The novel was published in 1960 to great acclaim. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been made into

Set in the Jazz Age of 1920s America, The Great Gatsby is about mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love for beautiful Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of love, idealism, nostalgia, and betrayal. If you’re looking for a quick summary, video summary, or analysis of The Great Gatsby, look no further. This blog post

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island.  Their attempt to govern themselves is disastrous. One of the novel’s major themes is savagery vs. civilization; as the boys descend into savagery, they lose sight of what it means to be civilized. This eventually leads

Lord of the Flies is about a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island during World War II. They attempt to govern themselves with disastrous results. One of the things that makes Lord of the Flies so captivating is its utilization of symbols. Golding uses many objects and ideas in his novel to represent

Few poems are as famous and well-loved as Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” It’s a simple poem, with only four stanzas of five lines each, but it has inspired generations of readers. Perhaps its popularity comes from how it perfectly captures the human experience. We all face choices and wonder what our lives would