The Good Earth: Summary
.... Wang Lung
took care of him at first until he was married and then O-lan took care of
both of them until they could afford servants (toward the end of the book).
I liked the way the Chinese respected and treated their elders. I think we
should try harder to do this here in our culture too.
Wang Lung's uncle was a lazy and greedy man. Wang Lung did not
like him that much and wished that the Chinese custom of paternal relatives
living with their families did not exist. The only thing his uncle was
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The Good Earth: Success In Wang Lung's Life
.... and his uncle's son
caused him much grief by constantly pestering him for money, yet there was
nothing that he could do because is would be considered disrespectful for
one to be anything but considerate to an older generation. This was an
unfortunate occurrence, but Wang Lung was able to hook his uncle on opium,
thus making him a passive nuisance which could then be relatively easily
ignored.
A third thing to go wrong was when he had moved into the house of
Hwang. This was when his uncle's son returne .....
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The Great Gatsby: The Green Light
.... and
attitudes. The complexity of a symbol may be more intense than a sign
because it can have several meanings in different situations. (Beckson and
Ganz 207)
The green light is first mentioned in chapter one of the Great
Gatsby. Nick, the narrator of the novel, sees Gatsby curiously stretching
his arms out towards the water. Nick went to see what Gatsby was looking
at and all he could see was "...nothing except a single green light, minute
and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."
At th .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: No One Man, But One Common Soul
.... Steinbeck's fiction is not the most thoughtful,
imaginative, and constructive aspects of humanity, but rather the process
of life itself (Wilson 785). Steinbeck has been compared to a twentieth
century Charles Dickens of California; a social critic with more sentiment
than science or system. His writing is warm, human, inconsistent,
occasionally angry, but more often delighted with the joys associated with
human life on its lowest levels (Holman 20). This biological image of man
creates techniques and .....
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The Great Gatsby: Illusions
.... and has no true friends. He longs for companionship with Daisy,
and still can never have that. Gatsby's illusion surrounding him is
totally shattered in this book, partly through the actions of Tom who feels
that he must discredit his name. Tom, however discredits name to draw
Daisy away from him when he finds that Gatsby has become interested in
Daisy. When Tom confronts Gatsby, and begins to crumble his illusion,
Gatsby is as cool and confident as he always is.
Tom's voice, incredulous and in .....
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The Great Gatsby: Morals And American Idealism
.... Daisy, Nick's cousin and the wife of
Tom Buchanon, once knew Gatsby when they were in high school together and
they had a thing going. After a while they separated and Gatsby went into
the Armed Forces. Now, at the time when this story takes place in the
spring of the 1920's Daisy and Gatsby still have a thing for each other and
their growing romance develops throughout. Taking what he has got going
with Daisy for granted, like almost everything else he's got going for him,
he begins to loose what he wa .....
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Foreshadowing And Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
.... flashback.
Fitzgerald utilizes foreshadowing to the best of its ability to
help organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt
dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it
with trembling fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the
clock,' he said. 'It's an old clock,' I told him idiotically."
(Fitzgerald, pg. 92) This quote is the first use of foreshadowing which
is in chapter five. It pertains to all of the trouble Gatsby causes as h .....
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The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby - Shattered Dreams
.... a
tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble
swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden” (9). Once a “
penniless young man without a past” (156), he transforms himself into a
self-made millionaire and builds an extravagant mansion, all for the love
of Daisy Buchanan. He also strategically places the mansion across the lake
from Daisy's house. From his window, Gatsby can see the blue colored lights
of her house.
Starting from the first day that .....
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The Glass Menagerie
.... on the fire
escape. This also shows that Laura's fears and emotions greatly affect her
physical condition, more so than normal people.
Another symbol presented deals more with Tom than any of the other
characters: Tom's habit of going to the movies shows us his longing to
leave the apartment and head out into the world of reality. A place where
one can find adventure. And Tom, being a poet, can understand the needs of
man to long for adventure and romance. But he is kept from entering
realit .....
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The Great Gatsby: Time As A Key Dimension To One's Life's Theme
.... Daisy cannot be ideally perfect anymore now that
Gatsby's with her. Daisy is not pure and perfect like Gatsby thought she
was in the past. From Gatsby's illusions of the past preoccupying all his
thoughts, he forgets about the key dimension he exists in which is the
present.
Although Gatsby was persistent on reliving the past, Gatsby vaguely
lived for the present. This is apparent when he cancels his biology by
leaving home, changing his name, and leaving his heritage behind which was
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Of Mice And Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle Of All Men
.... OK to "the city" of Edmond after the Depression hit
and he took any job he could find to help out with the monthly income and
payments. Many people did not cope with the dust bowl or the Depression
very well. The younger generation had to change its way of thinking. They
also had just changed the styles of everything in the 1920's (Roaring
20's!).
The styles had changed a lot from the 1920's. The younger
generation had to go out and find jobs...jobs such as carrying ice,
newspapers, mil .....
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The Heart Of Darkness: Symbolism
.... acted
parallel with my discovery: In our deepest nature, all men are savages.
Marlow connects with the very backbone in which constitutes Conrad's theme
"The shade of the original Kurtz frequented the beside of the hollow sham,
whose fate it was buried presently in the mold of primeval earth. But both
diabolic love and the unearthly hate of the mysteries it had penetrated
fought for the possession of that soul satisfied with primitive emotions,
avid of lying fame, of sham distinction, of all the appea .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage And A Farewell To Arms: The Main Characters
.... Henry's goal of
returning a man from war has already marred his image of being a potential
hero because his thoughts are about himself and not about the welfare of
others. Also, the fact that he wants to impress people and appear heroic
is a selfish aspiration. Heroes act not to impress others but to help them.
Usually the actions of a hero are impulsive and not premeditated because
the hero does what he/she believes is right and what their heart tells them
is right and not what others judge is right.
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The Hobbit: Bilbo's Journey
.... plundering. Bilbo escapes the
goblins' terrible onslaught of rage and destruction through a big cave in
the side of the mountain, only to get lost deep within the massive walls of
the dark and dreary caverns!!!
The next barrier Bilbo has to overcome is his confrontation with
Gollum, Whom he meets after he escapes from the goblins. Way down deep in
the caverns of misty mountain, Bilbo finds himself telling riddles in pitch
darkness for his freedom. Now you may ask why was he telling riddles?
W .....
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The Hobbit: Summary
.... Gandalf obtains
the sword that killed the Goblin King. These weapons are the ticket for
freedom in many perilous situations presented in the story. Finally, this
is also where the story ends.
b) The Valley of the Elves - although in this place, their main reason for
staying was to resupply on provitions, they also obtained information that
helped them later on their journey.
c) Misty Mountains - the Misty Mountains is where the action really begins.
The first obstacle of the journey is expossed here .....
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