My Antonia: A Review
.... Burden. He writes in the first person, and his use
of the pronoun "I" makes you feel his personal involvement. The point of
view is immediate and subjective. Looking back on his memories, he knows
what is eventually going to happen to the characters. He persuades you to
sympathize with all of them. His perception, being broad and persuasive,
sets the tone for the whole book. What is the purpose of having the story
told by Jim Burden thirty years later? From that perspective he can
present with grea .....
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Comparison Of Lord Of The Flies And All Quiet On The Western Front
.... the societal taboos placed on killing are still
ingrained within Jack. The next significant encounter in Jack's
progression is his first killing of a pig. There is a description of a
great celebration. The boys chant "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill
her blood." It is clear from Golding's description of the revelry that
followed the killing that the act of the hunt provided the boys with more
than food. The action of killing another living thing gives them pleasure.
The last stage in Jack's metamor .....
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Anne Of Green Gables: Narcissism
.... Cordelia, in Shakespeare's King Lear. In King Lear,
Cordelia will not give in to her father's (King Lear) narcissistic demands
for love and Anne identifies very closely with this heroine. Anne
substitutes her victimizing orphan situation for her imagination and
identification with heroines such as Cordelia.
Anne's first meeting with Mrs. Rachel Lynde lays the foundation for
a proper demonstration of vanity. Anne is offended by Mrs. Lynde's
comments about her appearance and this causes her to have a terr .....
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Diary Of Anne Frank
.... was Margot. As Anne's sister, she was
very nice and didn't speak out and was very proper. The Frank's weren't
the only ones in this attic, there were other people such as the Van Daans.
Mr. Frank let them stay because they needed a place to hide and since they
had helped him out so much in the past by actually teaching Mr. Frank
German, he felt it was the least he could do. The Van Daans had a son
which Anne later became interested in. Peter was the only person who Anne
could understand and knew tha .....
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The Scarlet Letter: An Analysis Of The Characters
.... an adulteress. He feels that the other guilty party
should be up on the scaffold with her. His deep want to find the guilty
party, leads him to disguise his identity, and he becomes, Roger
Chillingworth. Hester agrees to keep his secret. The novel takes us
through the seven years that Hester keeps quiet. A reader of the novel
finds out early that Arthur Dimmesdale is the man Hester is trying to
protect.
One notices, that even in the beginning, there is deep inner
conflict affecting Dimmesdale. On .....
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Norris' "McTeague": Themes
.... riches. When she is unable to find the gold
he becomes mad at her and slits her throat before killing himself. It is
possible that he put so much of himself into his greed that when he could
not quell it with the gold he felt his life was not worth living. Trina
shows how greedy she is when she wins the 5,000 in the lottery. She will
not spend any money where it is needed, and because of this the couples
standards of living decline. Although Trina and Zerkows' greed for riches
was almost identical, Zerko .....
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Cry, The Beloved Country: John And Stephen
.... his
own homeland. Msimangu describes John as having "not enough courage, for
he would surely be sent to prison"(39), showing his view that while John
may speak for a cause, he will not go as far as to be put in jail for it.
Later, the narrator of the story says:
There are some men who long for martyrdom, there are those who know
that to go to prison would bring greatness to them, these are those who
would go to prison not caring if it brought greatness to them or not. But
John Kumalo is not o .....
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Diary Of Anne Frank: Notes
.... often
argued with his wife and Mr.Dussel.
Mrs.Van Daan loved her son, Peter, and her husband, although they argued
most of the time. She clinged to one material possession, her fur coat
given to her by her father.
Mr.Dussel was a Jewish dentist that picked on Peter van Daan for every
little thing. He wasn't a very religious Jew, but he still wore the blue
star.
Mr.Kraler was one of the people that helped them survive in the lonely
attic. He with Koophuis was sent to the camps with the Jews for hous .....
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Elie Wiesel's Night
.... The-Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was
silent. What had I to thank him for?" (p. 44)
Although Elie is saying how he should not be blessing God's name
because he was silent when the Jewish people needed him most, he still is
reluctent to say that no God exists. Afterwards though, he does recite the
words of the Kaddish.
"Some talked of God, of his mysterious ways, of the sins of the Jewish
people, and of their future development, but I have ceased to pray. How I
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1984: The Party's Methods Of Controlling People
.... is always shown on the screen to make the people
believe that Oceania is winning the war. Big Brother is the leader of the
Inner Party, and Emmanuel Goldstein plays the role of keeping the citizens
fearful that they might do or say, or even think, something harmful to the
State and the Party. The telescreens attempt to control the intellect and
emotions of its citizens. The telescreens prove the emotional loyalty to
Big Brother, who alone has the power to create and to destroy anyone he
wants. The people k .....
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Five Days Of April: Notes
.... book is Jethro
changing from a boy to a man during the Civil War.
Minor Conflicts: Eb, Jethro's brother, fights the war for the
North's side, while his other brother fights war for the South's side. Their father, Matt,
is generally for the North. Southern Illinois
is divided, and the few people for the North
do not like the fact that Matt allows Tom
to fi .....
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The Odyssey: Summary
.... that
night.
Following Athena's advice, Telemachos visits King Nestor of Pylos
to get information about his father. Athena accompanies him disguised as an
old family friend, Mentor. Nestor tells Telemachos stories about Odysseus.
Telemachos continues his search on horseback with Nestor's son Megapenthes.
Telemachos and Megapenthes arrive at and are welcomed into the home
of Menelaos and Helen. Menelaos tells Telemachos of his travels with
Odysseus and that Odysseus is trapped on an island by .....
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Summary Of Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men" With Background About Steinbeck
.... George had three cans of pork and beans with him in his
backpack. They stayed there until morning to start walking again.
George told Lennie that he heard of a ranch that was four miles
ahead of them and they could get a job there. George told Lennie that if
he would get into trouble at the ranch, that he should come back and hide
in the bush. Sunrise had came and the two men began their walk to the
ranch. When George and Lennie arrived, they saw a huge long rectangular
building where the bunks were .....
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Of Mice And Men: A Review
.... Lennie is like Candy's dog. He is even
described by Steinbeck with animal-like qualities. His hands are described
as "paws" and he drinks water like a "horse". Lennie's passion for animals
makes him more animal-like as well. The death of the mouse, puppy, and
Curly's wife all help to foreshadow the death of Lennie.
When George finds out that Lennie has killed Curly's wife he knows
that Curly will seek revenge. George alone finds Lennie in the brush and
assures him that he is not upset about what he did .....
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Summary Of "Of Mice And Men"
.... to escpae after
hiding in a drain pipe that whole day. This incident greatly angers George
because it lost them their job and out their dreams one step further away.
Their goal was to own a shack and an acre of land that they can
call their own and to live of the "fat of the land' and Lennie wanted to
rasie rabbits. This telling of the their dream was greatly loved by Lennie..
especially and only when George told it to him (altough he knew it word
from word). George also blames his current situat .....
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