Please help, I don't have much time and Finals are due tomorrow, I have to get this done first before I can do them. 1. Describe the main characters and what they seem to want out of life. If you are reading nonfiction, who are the most important people involved in the events of the book, and what do they seem to want? Finally, if the book has no main characters, describe the main forces that are moving the events of the story forward. 2. Describe the messages or main ideas of the book. What concepts is the author trying to explore, or what opinion is the author trying to express? Which details from the book indicate this to you?

3. Describe at least three key events in the book. Why are these events more important than others? What impact do they have on the story, message, or main idea of the book?

4. Describe which concepts from the semester show up in the book. For example, if one of the lessons discusses suspense, what are the suspenseful moments in the book, if any? If no concepts from the semester show up in the book, explain why you think this is the case. What aspect of the book makes it so that none of the concepts from the semester play a role?

5. Describe a major difference or similarity between this book and another book you have read that explores similar ideas, has similar characters, or relates similar events. Back up your comparison with thoughtful details from each book.

The books to choose from.
Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice
Bellow, Saul: The Adventures of Augie March
Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre
Cather, Willa: My Ántonia
Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote
Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations
Dostoevsky, Fyodor: Crime and Punishment
Ellison, Ralph: Invisible Man
Faulkner, William: As I Lay Dying
García, Cristina: Dreaming in Cuban
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter
Hemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to Arms
Hurston, Zora Neale: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World
Lahiri, Jhumpa: The Namesake
Orwell, George: 1984
Melville, Herman: Billy Budd
Morrison, Toni: The Bluest Eye
Paine, Thomas: Common Sense
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front
Thoreau, Henry David: Walden
Twain, Mark: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Vonnegut, Kurt: Slaughterhouse-Five
Wharton, Edith: Ethan Frome
Woolf, Virginia: To the Lighthouse

Industrialization in europe changed the way people lived. the urban working class came into being, and with it came the drudgery of work. which two parts of this excerpt from franz kafka's the metamorphosis most closely reflect this impact of industrialization on people's lives? "what's happened to me? " he thought. it wasn't a dream. his room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. a collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. it showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad. "how about if i sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense," he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn't get into that position. however hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. he must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before. "oh, no", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that i've chosen! travelling day in and day out. doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them. they can all go away! " he felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. he slid back into his former position. "getting up early all the time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. you've got to get enough sleep. other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. for instance, whenever i go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts. i ought to just try that with my boss; i'd get kicked out on the spot. but who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. if i didn't have my parents to think about i'd have given in my notice a long time ago, i'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what i think, tell him everything i would, let him know just what i feel."