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Cliffs Notes: Homer's The Odyssey
By: Baldwin, Stanley P.
Published by: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc
The Odyssey is an epic poem that unfurls the story of Odysseus' triumph over Troy and arduous journey home to reclaim his kingdom. It has the elements of romance and adventure and the psychological development of character thousands of years before Freud. At 2,500 years old, it is one of the finest books ever written; as poetry, it sets the standard for comparison; and it serves as one of the foundations of the Western world's cultural heritage.
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Cliffs Notes: Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By: Washington, Durthy A.
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
The author, ex-slave Harriet Jacobs, speaks through her narrator Linda Brent to reveal a story of enslavement, degradation, and sexual exploitation. A book-length narrative, it is often cited as the counterpart to Frederick Douglass' An American Slave , Written by Himself. Addressing white women in the North about the bondage of black women in the South, it focuses on five distinct phases in Linda Brent's life.
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Cliffs Notes: Lewis' Babbitt
By: Carey, Gary
Published by: Hungry Minds
Shooting arrows at American business and the ethic of self-advancement, Lewis gives us Babbitt, a social-climbing, hopelessly middle-class oaf. By skewering the borgeousie, Babbitt gives us social criticism and a new type of character that reappears in American arts and letters.
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Cliffs Notes: Locke's Concerning Human Understanding
By: Patterson, Charles H.
Published by: Cliffs Notes
This concise supplement to John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.
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Cliffs Notes: Lowry's The Giver
By: Pavlos, Suzanne
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Jonas, the protagonist in Lois Lowry's novel The Giver , lives in what appears to be a safe, predictable, familiar community. Members of this utopia, which is void of disease, hunger, poverty, war, or lasting pain, have given up all emotions and memories of experience to attain Sameness and the illusion of social order. In the end, Jonas recognizes the hypocrisy on which the community is based and crafts a way to 'free' everyone from this Sameness.
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Cliffs Notes: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
By: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen
Published by: Hungry Minds
For every utopia, there's a corresponding dystopia. This tale of a bleak future depicts a time where women are valued only for their reproductive capacities. While the novel is horrifying, there are moments of poetic warmth and humor. It is a brilliant satire.
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Cliffs Notes: Miller's Death of a Salesman
By: Scheidt, Jennifer L.
Published by: Cliffs Notes
Miller's most famous play, it is the story of the American Dream gone awry when a small man is destroyed by society's false values. Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and continues to shine on stages throughout the world even today.
This concise supplement to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman helps students understand the overall structure of the play, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.
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Cliffs Notes: O'Connor's Short Stories
By: Dibble, Terry J.
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
This concise supplement to the stories of Flannery O'Connor helps students understand the overall structure of the works, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.
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Cliffs Notes: Orwell's 1984
By: Moustaki, Nikki
Published by: Hungry Minds
If your latest assignment has you so confused that you're actually beginning to think that 2 + 2 does equal 5, then let CliffsNotes on 1984 help you navigate the tumultuous waters of George Orwell's dystopian world of Oceania.
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Cliffs Notes: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo
By: Patterson, Charles H.
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
These four dialogues cover time surrounding the execution of Socrates. As he was charged, tried, and condemned to death, the four dialogues stand as final testaments to his credo of virtue. These are texts that have shaped thousands of years of thought on the meaning of life and personal conduct.
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