The Setting of the novel takes place in Boston, Back Bay on Sixty-three Fremont Street The characters are Susan Selky, Alexander's mother and a psychiatrist, Alexander Graham Selky Jr, a 6 year old boy, the son of Susan Selky, Graham Selky, the father of Alex, and the ex-husband of Susan, Joc...

Still Missing Author: Beth Gutcheon The Setting of the novel takes place in Boston, Back Bay on Sixty-three Fremont Street The characters are Susan Selky, Alexander's mother and a psychiatrist, Alexander Graham Selky Jr, a 6 year old boy, the son of Susan Selky, Graham Selky, the father o...

Everyone has heard the saying, "from rags to riches". What if you were in a situation where that saying was reversed? Would it change you forever? This is exactly what happened to Alex, the protagonist in the novel The Wild Children by Felicia Holman. This drastically changes Alex's l...

What can I say about my name it's Alex, that's my title, it tells you who I am. I was given this name by my mother when I was born. Many things can be said about my name. I personally like the name for instance, when you say the name Anthony it stands out for some reason I don't know ...

It is said that the happiest people on earth are those who do not fear change, but accept and embrace it. By looking at different texts, media-forms and everyday human life, this statement can be justified, as well as disproved. Sons and Lovers, written by D.H Lawrence, is a story about a young m...

Even though I am not a father, I can definitely relate to David Osbourne's Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood. On thanksgiving last year, my stepmother gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Alexander. While I was not the every-day caretaker of Alex, every once in a while I was asked to watch him. I...

"Is One not Enough?" Polygamy, or plural marriage is a legal practice in most countries where one man can have more than one wife at the same time. Elizabeth Joseph, the author of "My Husband's Nine Wives" can relate to such life style because she is part of a polygamy mar...

Falling Review... What a beginning it brought to see a young girls foot (Caitlin Medows) lost in an accident. What an impression I got of Lucas Beigne when he felt guilty. Could this be he executed this? When actually he was a hero? The future was present, but the past had diminished... Lucas wasn...

I feel that the ways by which death is discussed in children's literature are very important, as a large number of children are forced to deal with the death of a loved one each year. I think that many children turn to books as form of guidance and support and for this reason the ways death is...

I would be confident to say that everyone knows a working mother or two personally. Working mothers are quite the norm and touch every aspect of our modern day society. I am one of the many working mothers in the full time work force today. Personally, I would laugh at the term normal when used in t...

Calpurnia acts as a mother to the children since Scout was only 2 years old. She is disciplined and firm towards the children. Scout describes her as a "tyrannical presence" with a "hand as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard" – we see her use this hand to deliver scout a...

Being a single parent is quite difficult at times but it has been the most positive experience in my 24 years. I was raised in a single parent home and found nothing wrong with it at all and at times even thought it was considered "normal." When I started school, I learned otherwise, but ...

In comparing Dirt Music by Tim Winton, and Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller, both novels have numerous similarities and differences.  Winton and Miller have based both their novels in Australia.  The focus is on the journeys that the characters in each novel take. Winton's  journe...

Behavior without Discipline When is it a parent's duty to address their child's behavior? Is it in the toddler stage? Perhaps, during the adolescent years? While they are teenagers? Should it be continued throughout their lifetime? The New American Webster Dictionary defines discipline as...

Riding the Bus with my Sister, by Rachel Simon, is the touching story of Beth and Rachel, two deviating sisters who reconnect and learn from one another. As the pair ride the buses together, an onslaught of impacting messages are displayed, more specifically the tolerance of personal differences, th...