Guardian of the lost children

From Wikipedia A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair in the mirror), and a broom (to sweep up his hair trimmings) Considering that the whole poin...

On the book of Joseph Conrad called Heart of Darkness, page 1, it says "between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea" The problem is that, as far as I understand, he never clarified that before. Have you noticed or have an answer for that sentence? Here an image of ...

I recently stumbled upon the 1948 English edition of Klaus Mann's Pathetic Symphony at my library and started reading it. This copy of the novel was shelved next to the 1935 German edition of the same. I have some basic knowledge of German, so when I put the novel back in place, I took the German...

In King Rat by Clavell 2 radios in the camp are found by the Japanese. The radio were found only because of a informer, who was the informer? For sometime I thought that it was Smeedel-Taylor, but my friends has proven to me that this makes no sense. Who was the informer? I can't add tags, nor...

Could someone be so kind and help me identify the structural points in Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James? Here is what I have so far: First Plot Point: She signs the contract. First Pinch Point: She sees his BDSM ''dungeon''. Midpoint: Second Pinch Point: Second Plot Point: I'm already...

The Founding and Manifesto of Zardulism* has several pages that are... filled with symbols without clear meaning. It's only ten pages long, but three pages (5-7) are dedicated to what looks like encoded text. Whether it actually encodes text, or if it's designed to look like it encodes text, is...

Hannah says the words "I'm sorry" and "Thank you" on sides A and B of tape 7. Why did she say "I'm sorry" and "Thank you"?

The Night Circus must have survived through the wars as the last chapter shows a business card with an email address. There is a commemorative plaque for Chandresh who died in 1932 (after the first World War). If the circus stopped I think problems would occur. How could they continue to run an...

The Grace of Kings is deeply concerned with the mechanics of power - who has it; how to get it; how to keep it; what price you pay for it. Through its course, the book surveys a great many rulers and would-be rulers. In each case, the book portrays power as a corrupting force, that turns rulers ...

Gertrude Chandler Warner's story The Boxcar Children became the first in a series of books that she continued writing until her death in 1979. She wrote a total of nineteen books in the series. But there are more Boxcar Children books dated years after that. For example The Castle Mystery, #36 ...