One major theme that runs through The Reader is to come to terms with the past. Michael, our protagonist in the novel, had to deal with his past with Hanna, his lover, his feelings for her, and him being the child of his parents who were involved in World War II. One quote that was [...]

Questions:
1. What are the themes of your novel? Explain.
One theme that I discovered in the novel is the importance of human dignity. In the novel, Shukov is treated not as a human being but as a machine or robot working in a factory; he is called not by his name but a number that he [...]

The author shows that a person you may think you knew is not really who they say they are. The theme of this novel is trust. Near the end of the book, it is revealed that there were four villains, they were known as the sign of four and these four villains were accomplices, however [...]

Book Review 2: That was then, this is now
By S.E.Hinton

Theme:
Freedom:
Freedom is one of the themes in this novel. The characters – Bryon, Max, Cathy and M&M – are free to do whatever they wanted most of the time without any parental supervision. Bryon and Max often went around the neighborhood picking fights with kids who [...]

The Restaurant at the end of the Universe by Douglas Adams, is the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy series. It starts off right where the first book ended. The crew of the Heart of Gold travel to the restaurant at the end of the universe to grab a bite of [...]

What are the themes in your novel?

Family

In this novel, its about a girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, So B. It. In fact, Heidi doesn’t know anything about her family except for her mother ‘s name. Her desire is to find out about her family: her father and her grand parents. [...]

*What are the themes of your novel? Explain.
*What literary devices are used in this novel and for what purpose?
*What did you learn from your novel?
The big general theme of this novel is racism.
The story took place in a plantation in Louisiana, USA. Jefferson, a young black man, was accused unjustly of murder. He was forced [...]

What are the themes in your novel?

GRIEF
In the novel Heroes by Robert Cormier, the main theme that is found through-out the whole book is grief. In the first paragraph it already explains about the main character having no face and later on, the next paragraphs leads to further explanations about [...]

Questions:
1. What have you learned from your novel?
In the novel, Shukov, the main character, is in Soviet labor camp which was a kind of a prison with very bad conditions such as cold weather, uncomfortable shelter, and bad food, and where he has to labor and get punished when he gets any reason for being unable to [...]

That was then, this is now
by: S.E.Hilton

Summary:
Two boys, one is big-built, buff, muscular and tall; name Bryon and the other, his adopted brother/bestfriend name Mark, is scrawny, small and short. Both of them are very close as if they were really brothers. The boys both like to get into fights, play pool for money (Bryon [...]