Accepting Differences The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and the short story, "Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, deal with male and female differences between characters. The characters of these stories experience tensions and complexities with dominance, gender, a...

George Orwell's 1984 George Orwell's 1984 was released in 1949, at a time when the world was still reeling from the effects of World War II. The Soviet Union had just exploded the first atomic bomb, setting off 40 years of the Cold War. Supports of capitalism thus latched onto the book a...

Louis L'Amour was born on March 22, 1908, in Jamestown, North Dakota. His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. Charles served as alderman of Jamestown's largest ward for many years as well as deputy sheriff, but he...