To Kill A Mockingbird: Coming Of Age
.... identity of and becoming friends with the mysterious “Boo” Radley.
To Jem and Scout, Mrs. Dubose was a mean old lady who carried a pistol in her shawl and never had a nice thing to say about either of them. Mrs. Dubose would make snide comments to them because she assumed that they were trouble and were always up to no good. She would point out Scout’s unlady-like appearance with, “What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on t .....
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A Winter Dream: Judy Jones
.... a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “do every thing for me”. She knows that these men who such desire her will sacrifice life and limb for her, and she not only excepts that, but also usually makes them prove it. Judy looks out for herself only, and does anything that will benefit her. This is typical behavior from the Jazz Age, however it is taken to an extreme in this case.
Judy’s good look, and ability to manipulate men, comes with a pric .....
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Night: A Summary
.... death. The Jews of long ago following Abraham's example in the bible, would build a fire to offer an animal sacrafice to God. Originally Abraham was to sacrafice his son Isaac by fire. But God stopped him. I'm sure that as Elie moved forward in the line that he thought that the Nazis were using fire for something God hadn't intended. He was also angry at God for allowing them to use fire in such a horrible way. God daved Isaac, why couldn't he save them? Although Wiesel doesn't make note of it, several .....
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Jane Eyre: Somewhere, The Dark Sheds Light
.... occur between Jane and John Reed. John emerges as the dominant male figure at Gateshead. He insists that Jane concedes to him and serve him at all times, threatening her with mental and physical abuse. Mrs. Reed condones John's conduct and sees him as the victim. Jane's rebellion against Mrs. Reed represents a realization that she does not deserve the unjust treatment. Jane refuses to be treated as a subordinate and finally speaks out against her oppressors. Her reactions to Mrs. Reed's hate appear r .....
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Geoffrey Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales
.... quality gives the story-added life and is one of the reasons “The Canterbury Tales” has remained so popular through the centuries. When Chaucer writes about the Friar’s personality, he gives examples that allow the reader to really see how he lives his life. The readers saw that the Friar was,
“…Highly beloved and intimate with the County
folk within his boundary.”
The Friar also,
“…knew the taverns well in every town and
every innkeeper and barmaid too…”
With these vivid, detailed characteri .....
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The Piano Lesson: Characters
.... different approaches to overcoming prejudice in America. Although their strategies differ greatly, both Berniece and Boy Willie both find ways to combat the problems associated with living in a racist culture.
Slavery is still fresh in the minds of many blacks and whites during the ‘30s and so are many harsh feelings. Berniece and Boy Willie tackle the racism of their time in the same way their parents did. Bernice’s personality is very similar to her mother’s, Mama Ola. She chooses to avoid conflicts .....
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The Mayor Of Caterbridge: Important Characters
.... wife to the highest bidder and did just that.
The second time Henchard and the furmity woman came into contact was quite a long time later when Henchard was leading a renewed life and was doing well. This time the furmity woman made her presence felt was in court one day when she was charged with misconduct for urinating in the street. Henchard happened to be filling in for someone else as judge that day. When Henchard charge her, the furmity woman told the court room about Henchard selling his wif .....
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Epstein’s Welfare In America
.... family breakdown and how it can dispel the governments’ ideas of reducing welfare to those in the greatest need. He quotes, “family dissolution and non-marital births account for a large amount of the reliance upon Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…forty-two percent of all new spells on AFDC are associated with an unmarried mother becoming a head of household.” (Epstein 111) To prove that inequality exists in society we need to define the conflict theory and compare and contrast it to the pr .....
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Touch Wood: Rene
.... to find a freer, better life. They settled in France and thought they¹d be safe. Then Adolf Hitler, a German man who hated Jewish people, started trouble all over again. First, seven synagogues were blown up. Then, the Germans created a curfew prohibiting Jews to go during certain hours. Any Jew caught in the street after curfew would be taken as hostage. Also, all Jewish people must wear a Star of David on their shirts. An ordinance is created requiring all Jewish firms to be registered. Then the J .....
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The Joy Luck Club: Differences In Generations
.... was their only joy. The mothers grew up during perilous times in China. They all were taught "to desire nothing, to swallow other people’s misery, to eat [their] own bitterness." (p. 241) Though not many of them grew up terribly poor, they all had a certain respect for their elders, and for life itself. These Chinese mothers were all taught to be honorable, to the point of sacrificing their own lives to keep any family members’ promise. Instead of their daughters, who "can promise to come to dinner, bu .....
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Animal Farm Vs. Marxism
.... 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. The working class in Russia, as compared with the barnyard animals in Animal Farm, were a laboring class of people that received low wages for their work. Like the animals in the farm yard, the people is Russia thought there would be no oppression in a new society because the working c .....
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Character Personalities In The Canterbury Tales
.... my tales; I show bulls of popes, cardinals, patriarchs, and bishops; and I speak a few words in Latin, to give color and flavor to my preaching, and to stir them to devotion." (Chaucer, 339)
To think that anybody would bluntly tell of their deceitful ways to people that confided and believed in everything they said is another tactic used by Chaucer to exaggerate what he is trying to get his audience to see. He provides many exaggerated examples of the Pardoner deceiving, fooling and lying to the .....
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Getting Rid Of George: A Gothic Story
.... George is a well written gothic story.
Along with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, Arthur uses the element of aberrant psychological states of mind to add to his gothic story. An example of irrational behavior is shown when Laura becomes outraged and spontaneously murders George. We thought, as well, that when Laura suffers a fainting spell is also an example of this psychological state of mind. Evidence of this is found when Arthur writes: “Harry held Laura until the nausea within her subsided. .....
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The Great Gatsby: Importance Of Daisy
.... Tom Buchanan which in a way drives him away to Myrtle which destroys Mr. Wilson’s life. Then she gets Gatsby killed by killing Myrtle in the car accident leading Mr. Wilson to believe that Gatsby was driving the car which hit Myrtle and killed her. So Mr. Wilson kills Gatsby as revenge and then commits suicide. Daisy just can’t find real love so she dates many men and wishes that someone will decide who she loves for her as the following quotes prove, page 151 "suddenly she again keeping half a dozen dat .....
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Victor Frankenstein: An Unpredictable Character
.... natural philosophy and chemistry. Victor is an obsessive compulsive person. When he gets involved in something, he engrosses himself in it. He began to study all the time and was, for the most part, unsociable.
He became intrigued by the human frame and what gives it life. He began to read books on the human body. Once again, he could not just simply study the human body, he engrossed himself. It was not enough to learn, he wanted to create. He turned his apartment into a laboratory, where he lo .....
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