Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, in which she describes the trials of her life as a Southern slave, and discusses her determination to win freedom for herself and her children.
Nora, resenting her life as a pampered wife, forges a signature in order to obtain money for her ailing husband, and the results of this act lead her to personal growth and to her resentment of being treated like a doll in her own home.
A Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.