Camus's The Stranger: The Sun
.... when one would expect him to be mourning his dead mother. He says, "I was surprised at how fast the sun was rising in the sky."(16) which is a strong support for the idea that Meursaults thoughts weren't on his mother and his actions weren't concerned with that, but with the sun and his constant obsession with it.
One more example of the uses of the sun throughout this novel comes after Meursault kills the Arab. "I shook off the sweat and sun." (59) When the main character Meursault is explaining this a .....
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Catch-22 & One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Black Humor; A Satirical View Of The Institution
.... are actually very disturbing. The way in which these situations take on such a drastic change in meaning results in a type of emotional experience for the reader. At first, the reader is entertained, but then they realize the seriousness of the situation, and the reader realizes that the joke is on them. The author knew that they would laugh, and the author knew that the reader would be disgusted with themselves because of it. Consequently, the very nature of this process and the sense of personal guil .....
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Famous Mathematicians: A Book Review
.... throughout mathematical history because of his work on the Elements, which has been and will continue to be an important part of mathematics.
Archimedes was born in Syracuse in 287 BC and is thought of as the greatest mathematician, engineer, and physicist of ancient times. He was often asked by King Hieron to solve problems or assist in the safekeeping of Syracuse by developing different defense mechanisms. His mathematical works are concerned with many topics including plane geometry, cylinders, .....
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The Dark Tower, The Gunslinger
.... trestle, high above a black abyss. At a critical moment, Roland must choose between letting Jake drop and finally catching the dark man. Though it agonizes him, he watches Jake fall, Jake's last words echoing in his ears: "Go, then. There are other worlds than these."
Roland eventually catches the “man in black”. The “man in black” gives the gunslinger a vision, which nearly explains the cosmos to Roland. Then Roland has his future read with tarot cards. (You know those ones the physics use, hahahah .....
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John Cheever’s Portrayals Of Suburban Life
.... say that he is a “short story writer that failed at trying a novel”(Beacham 236). Some criticize his work for lacking a climax and plot making for an uneventful story line. Clearly one thing holds true. Cheever depicts life in American suburbs with humor and compassion in a way that no other can compare to.
Cheever is a self-expressive author who voices his opinion through writing quite effectively. In his novels Cheever creates his own idea of typical suburban New England life and characters. He kee .....
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Homesteading By Percy Wollaston
.... dryly funny, it has the ring of experience itself insisting of making itself manifest in writing. It tells the story of what now must seem a tragic episode in American history, but it tells it with artful reticence, withholding the tragedy, yet letting it impinge, by suggestion, on the narrative." This quote is very true. The book was very straight forward. There was not much humor, but it sure made the reader feel the frustrating times of the early twentieth century. Percy Wollaston was the main chara .....
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The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959
.... crossword puzzles in The London Daily Telegraph containing the key code words of the invasion; the mysterious ill-wrapped envelope which burst open in Chicago’s central post office dumping out the plans for D-Day and the decoding by an alert German intelligence officer of the actual Allied message to the French underground announcing the time of invasion.
The first half of The Longest Day is devoted to the allied preparations of attack and the German preparations for meeting it. This part of the nove .....
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“The Tale Of The Sangreal”: The Use Of Symbolism
.... bed, made from the Tree of Life. White symbolizes the innocence of Adam and Eve. White is again used while portraying Sir Galahad and Sir Percivale. Two white bulls symbolize the two knights, who are virgins, sinless, and humble. White once more represents purity and innocence.
Black can be used to symbolize death, evil, and hell as well as mourning, sickness, and sinfulness. Sir Percivale receives a black magnificent horse with supernatural powers. The black symbolizes evil and the devil because .....
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Theme And Summary Of The Color Purple
.... Color Purple is a story about a black girl named Celie who was raised into brutality and racisim. This brutality dosen’t only come from white people, but form her own family members. At the age of fourteen she is raped by her father who tells her that “…she better shut-up and git used to it.” She gets married to a amn that she does not love to escape the violence in her father’s house. This proved to only make things worse when it becmae appearent that her husband also was an abusive man. Th emar .....
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The Chosen: The Similar Desires Of David Malter And Reb Saunders
.... uniform. However, David on the other hand, was more relaxed and easy-going about his faith. How his son dressed or what his son was planning to do with his future was not of major concern to him. He enjoyed his son for who he was, whereas Reb was very focused on what he wanted his son to become.
Another major difference between Reb and David was their relationship with their sons. Reb had a very silent relationship with Danny, while David had a very communicable relationship with Reuven. Reb thou .....
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“Masque Of The Red Death”vs.“Fall Of The House Of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life Of Poe
.... is one of the dramatis personae.” ‘In The Fall of the House of Usher,’ the tragedy is so far from being either gratuitous or a matter of capricious volition that both family and mansion are foredoomed to destruction’” (Buranelli 74).
He had a difficult childhood and lived a very disturbed, lonely and sad life. Poe was the second of three children. He had a brother and a sister. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on January 19, 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold and his father was David Poe, .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nobody Is Really Happy
.... a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten…(39,40)
Gatsby did all of this for a woman he knew years ago. “…he half expected her [the woman he loved] to wander into one of his parties, some night.” (80) Finally, he arranged to meet this woman, named Daisy, at his neighbor’s house next door. They were excited to see each other again for it had been almost five years. Later in the novel, Fitzgerald explains that Gatsby had bought this man .....
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The Black Cat: The Narrator Is Crazy
.... of the narrators craziness is, after a while, the cat’s eye heals and naturally he avoids his attacker. This makes the narrator become even more enraged with the cat than before. So, he takes the cat out to the back yard and hangs him from a tree. This was the very same cat that, at the beginning of the story, he loved and cared for so deeply. After a short while, the narrator gets a second cat that resembles the old one, he decides he will love it immensely and not harm it in any way. However, .....
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Martin Luther’s An Appeal To The Ruling Class Of German Nationality As To The Amelioration Of The State Of Christendom
.... all men are equal no matter their class, and the popes, bishops, priests, princes, and lords are only people appointed to rule. Luther undermines the first wall, and further weakens the Church by striking the second.
The pope’s duty is to interpret the Holy Scriptures. The people follow the pope because he has a sincere understanding of the Bible. However there is no proof that the pope has the greatest understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Martin Luther believes that there may be other common .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: Ralph
.... wanted to hunt and kill rather than being calm and logical like Ralph.
“By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch.” (Golding 32) This quote was from the beginning of the book when Ralph started blowing the conch to call the meetings. This showed he was really a leader and not a follower. That is one aspect I really liked about Ralph.
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” “There was lashings of blood, ” said Jack, laughing and shuttering, “you should have seen it!” (Golding 69) This qu .....
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