The Fountainhead
.... One telling passage occurs in a
scene where Keating and Roark are discussing architecture.
Keating: "How do you always manage to decide?"
Roark: "How can you let others decide for you?"
As two men on the extreme sides of conformity and independence, it is hard
for Keating to understand how someone could be so sure of himself, whereas
it is incomprehensible for Roark to believe that Keating could have so
little self-assurance and such a lack of resolve regarding the decisions he
choos .....
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The Last Unicorn: The Character And Nature Of Molly Grue
.... is a woman who has
compassion. Molly cooks and cares for a band of loud, crude, adventurous
men, otherwise known outlaws. Molly is extremely faithful to these men
because she could leave at any time but she didn't. She stuck with them
and served their every need. She feels so loyal to them that even though
she complains she will still do the job. Molly has been with these men for
such a long time that she has picked up some of their bad habits, and she
acts like a man. Still she changed to fit in, and .....
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The Children In "Sons And Lovers" By D. H. Lawerence And "What Maisie Knew" By Henry James
.... vicious hatred for each other. They use Maisie as a “vessel for
bitterness” (13). To Beale and Ida, Maisie was just a tool that they used
to hurt the other person. Eventually, Maisie figured out that they were
using her to be the bearer of brutily hateful messages. Consequently, she
learned not to deliver such messages. This made her parents very angry and
they decided that she had “grown incredably dull”. Thus, Maisie realized “
They had wanted her not for any good they could do her, but for harm .....
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The Summary Of Grisham's "The Client"
.... felt it
was his obligation. After Mark freed the hose from the cars exhaust pipe
several times he was caught by the man and dragged into the car to die
with him. In the car Mark learned the mans story. He was a Mafia layer who
represented the biggest and meanest Mafia man in the country “Barry the
Blade Mulando.” His client had killed a senator and buried the body so no
evidence would be found, only this lawyer and his client and now Mark knew
where it was buried. After a long while of being trapped in .....
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Prejudice In The Color Purple
.... with a brutal man whom she calls “
Mister.” Since her sister was taken from her, Celie's only true companion
was God whom she turns inward and shares her grief with.
The man Celie calls “Mister” gained a lot of power, strength, and
almightiness by playing the part of husband to her. He was always in
control of the situation and always had control over Celie.
Finally, the consequence of the prejudice in this novel were
uplifting. The black women finally take control of their own lives, mainly
Celie .....
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The Concubine's Children: An Analysis
.... a detached fashion, with the
narrator rarely reacting personally to the events, even when they recount
horrific events. This style of writing often cheapens the content of the
story, making it seems rather impersonal, even for nonfiction. The book
itself was written recently, using the author's grandfather's letters as a
guide. The author wrote the book in an attempt to better educate herself
about her Chinese heritage, and about a nation that seemed foreign to her,
a place "you'd find yourself if you .....
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A Review Of Dumas' "The Count Of Monte-Cristo"
.... working young man Edmond set sail in 1813. He returned two years
later as the appointed caption of the Pharaon . Upon arrival, Dantes
immediately attends to his father's needs instead of visiting his fiancée,
thus demonstrating unselfish love for his father. Edmond possessed ambition
balanced by a healthy respect for other human beings. Unfortunately, he was
not without envious enemies. Several of his trusted companions secretly
conspired to have Edmond thrown into prison. Within the dungeon of Chateau
D'I .....
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The French Lieutenant's Woman By John Fowles
.... trying to be fair
to all of the characters by including the various endings which satisfy all
of them. Fowles comments that the job of a novelist is "to put two
conflicting wants in the ring and describe the fight", which is essentially
what he has done. However it is hard to decide for whom to fix the fight in
favor of when one owns both fighters.
Fowles also briefly mentions allowing "freedom of characters" in his
writing. This concept is somewhat vague. To allow freedom of characters is
to essent .....
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Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults In The Creation
.... features as beautiful," (56)
to become something which the very sight of causes its creator to say
"breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"(56). He overlooks the
seemingly obvious fact that ugliness is the natural result when something
is made from parts of different corpses and put together. Were he
thinking more clearly he would have noticed monster's hideousness.
Another physical aspect of the monster which shows a fault in
Frankenstein is its immense size. The reason that Frankenstein .....
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Summary Of "The Death Of Woman Wang" And "The Classic Slum"
.... but some times took a few cycles
of reading through to get the part you were looking for.
The role of men and women of the sixteenth century are
defined in this book, a few of these examples are. On page nineteen were a
man refers to the way that married and unmarried girls should not stroll by
the river or ride up the hill in a carriage, but how they should stay home
and raise the children. It also refers to how men often rented out their
wives for money. On page sixty three it tells of how a man le .....
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Crime And Punishment And The Outsider: Self Discovery
.... men may break laws “if in his
own conscience it is necessary to do so in order to better mankind”2.
Raskolnikov believed that indeed, he was an “extraordinary man”3, but like
Meursault, his beliefs were untested. As a result, he murdered an old
pawnbroker women in order to prove himself. Meursault, as well, acted
against the social norm. For example, even though it was expected of a son,
he did not show sorrow at his mother's funeral4. He did not think this was
shallow, however, he just refused to .....
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"Evil Is The Underlying Element In Life Of A Living Creature" - How
.... the keeper of
John Merrick (the "Elephant Man"). Bytes continually beats Merrick like he
would an animal and he uses Merrick to gain money by performing at "freak
shows". Because of his appearance, society views Merrick as an outcast.
Furthermore, Bytes expresses his frustration towards Merrick by beating up
the "Elephant Man". Another character in the novel named Dr. Treves is a
kind, compassionate man. However, when he first meets Merrick, he chooses
not to associate with John because of his outward a .....
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Stoker's Dragula: Devices
.... built on the corner of a
great rock, so that on three sides it was quite impregnable, and great
windows were placed here where sling, or bow, or culverin could not reach,
and consequently light and comfort, impossible to a position which had to
be guarded, were secured." This description could also be an example of
foreshadowing, as I will explain later. Another example of imagery can be
found on page 54. This is when Jonathan was trying to escape and he ran
across the Count's coffin. Stoker creates t .....
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The Effects And Implications Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter
.... creep nigh enough to behold her plying her needle at the
cottage-window...and discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would
scamper off with a strange, contagious fear.” In addition to the physical
separation, a more intangible manner of exclusion also exists, in that
Hester becomes a pariah. She is subject to derision and malice from the
lowliest of vagrants to the most genteel of individuals of the community,
though many are often the recipients of her care and attention: “The
poor...whom she sou .....
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The Effects Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter
.... and that she deserves little, for she says,
"I have thought of death, have wished for it, would have even prayed for
it, were it fit that such as I should pray for anything." Throughout the
next years, the sin Hester committed changes her personality and identity.
Once a beautiful woman, Hester now looks plain and drab. Once passionate,
she is now somber and serious. She had contained a precious quality of
womanhood that has now faded away. Her plain gray clothes symbolize her
temperament and disposit .....
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