Eleven Themes

Coming of age stories tend to follow a similar formula: Protagonist starts out a child and through a series of trials and hardships, he or she becomes an adult. Just imagine the "taking the next st...

Milquetoast isn't a word that is thrown around a lot these days—which is a shame because it's awesome—but it's one that describes Rachel pretty well. She's passive, timid, and afraid to assert...

Shakespeare's tragedies have been in print for the last 500-some-odd years despite the fact that a lot of them are total downers. Why? Probably because sadness is a universal part of life and is so...

In some of the most sickeningly sweet lyrics ever put to music, Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles once asked, "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" Had either of the singers read "Eleven," they might have know...