Natty Bumpo and Woodrow Call – Frontier Heroes
Nathaniel Bumppo (Natty Bumppo) is a fictional character and protagonist in James Fenimore Coopers pentology, The Leatherstocking tails. The Leatherstocking Tales compile of these five …
Elizabeth Bennet – A Proper Pride
The news that a wealthy young gentleman named Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park causes a great stir in the nearby village …
Don Quixote – The First of the Wannabes
Alonso Quixano, a less-than-affluent man of fifty, “lean bodied” and “thin faced, lives modestly in the Spanish country village of La Mancha with his niece, …
Robin Hood – The Outlaw Hero
For centuries, readers have enjoyed the tales of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws. These classic stories tell of the characters’ struggles against and …
Learning How to Learn – Barbara Oakley
In this chapter Oakley goes over the Pomodoro technique which is a little bit weird, it involves a time shaped like a tomato, sounds crazy …
A Short History of Everything – Bill Bryson
Chaper 3: In this chapter Bryson goes over The Reverend Evans Universe, which is about a man named Robert Evans (who is now a pastor …
Thor – A Very Human God
Odin always had a desire for knowledge and wisdom, and he consulted all living things to obtain them. He gained most from his uncle Mimir, …
Beowulf – A Hero with Hidden Depths
Beowulf is the longest and greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poem. The setting of the epic is the sixth century in what is now known as Denmark …
Cressida – A Love Betrayed
In the seventh year of the Trojan War, a Trojan prince named Troilus falls in love with Cressida, the daughter of a Trojan priest who …
Learning How to Learn – Barbara Oakley
Who is Barbara Oakley? Barbara Oakley is an American Professor of Engineering at Oakland University and McMaster University whose online courses on learning are some of the most …