Death Of A Salesman - "The American Dream: What It Means To Me"
.... America is not the only one. I wish more people in America would have these type of dreams. Instead, people are slaving for companies for more than half of their lives only to retire and be too old to hike Half-Dome in Yosemite, or play softball with their children.
Willy Loman was too wrapped up in getting ahead of the next guy. This philosophy of getting ahead is what makes up America and compromises the dreams of man. Sometimes this greed can draw man to great things, sometimes it can draw man to rui .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Women Liberation
.... with the "decent" folk, Hester, having come to terms with her sin, is inwardly reconciled to God and herself. Hester does not isolate herself from the Puritan town; instead, her isolation is inflicted upon her. Hester tries to establish a normal and honest relationship with many of the characters in the story, but sometimes it becomes very difficult.
Pearl, Hester's daughter, becomes so closely associated with the "A" on Hester's chest, becoming, as Hawthorne says, "the scarlet letter in anoth .....
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A Lesson Learned In “A Sailor Boy’s Tale”
.... is displayed. The boy purchased himself an orange. His plan was to travel to the top of a bluff and devour the succulent fruit. On his way to the bluff, he encountered a girl who was near his age. She admired his piece of fruit. The boy at once decided to do the manly thing and offer his prize piece of fruit to the young lady. In turn she offered him a kiss. Once again establishing the “what goes around comes around saying.”
The next situation that portrays this saying is when the man tries to st .....
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The Ironies Of 1984
.... brother is one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the case with 1984's Big Brother. The Big Brother in this novel completely watches over every move a person makes keeping them controlled with fear.
The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or a sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the opposite of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general health. From the beginning of the book, it is shown how ho .....
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Is Gimpel A Fool?
.... He also made a commitment to this woman for his life, and even when she cheats repeatedly, he sticks with her. He loves her for her good and not her flaws.
When Elka had her children, Gimpel loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn’t let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it’s like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn’t want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn’t perfect. He .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado: Lyman
.... between the brothers. When reading the story, one is led to believe that these two brothers have very little in common other than their blood. Upon the purchase of the vehicle, however, they are brought together by a common interest: the car. Once the bond is formed, for some time the brothers are inseparable. For a whole summer the boys stay out in the car having adventures, meeting new people and furthering the bond that the car has created.
When they return from their trip, Henry is sent to w .....
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The Flies: Ideal Of Authority
.... Electra is leading a life of servitude, brought about by the death of her father, and the acquired power of gisthus. Electra has many dreams and wishes that she is unable to fulfill due to her low status in society. One of these dreams includes the reappearance of her brother Orestes, who disappeared from the city and their father was killed. Orestes does in fact return to Argos, and at one point offers to take Electra and leave town, yet Electra refuses to go. Possibly, Electra has become to .....
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A Literary Analysis Of Jack Kerouac's On The Road
.... down apartment, the reader shares the experience. The way that Kerouac is able to create a detailed portrait of every situation shows that he is a master in the use of imagery.
The main contributor to this imagery, however, is Kerouac's use of extensive, though necessary, detailed description. The magnitude of the imagery in this story could never have been attained without the use of the vivid details that brought every place and situation to life. Sal's experience in Mexico, for example, uses .....
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Nick Carraway: A Good Narrator
.... belong to either East Egg or West Egg, his opinion did not give any advantages on either side. This made the story more interesting for readers.
Second, the advantage for Nick to be the narrator of the story is he was Daisy Buchanan's cousin. Daisy was the only woman who was the protagonist's, Jay Gatsby's, love. Because Nick hadn't seen Daisy for a long time, he brought up the questions about the relationship between Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan. This let all the readers realize that Tom had .....
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“Changes In M. Lantin’s Perspective”
.... has nor does he realize what a vital role that his wife plays in his well being.
Without his wife he is not able to function properly. After his wife dies of pneumonia, he is caught up in despair and within one month his hair turns white (15). He becomes desperate and is on the verge of both a mental and financial breakdown. After leaving her things the way she had left them for some time, he finds himself penniless. He realizes that he could sell her “worthless” trinkets for six to eight francs a .....
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Gulliver's Travels: Political Satire
.... this time, he was recognized as an ingenious and witty man for his age. He originally was a member of the Whig party but in 1710, he decided to become a Tory due to differences with the Whig party. The Tory party leaders at the time were Edward Harley and Bolingbroke. (source 6) His main duty with the Tories was writing pamphlets defending the Tories administration. These pamphlets are where Swift got his start writing satires against the organizations that he did not like. In 1715, the Tories fell f .....
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Character Analysis Of Metamorphosis
.... complains about "the trouble of constant traveling, of worrying about train connections, the bed and irregular meals, casual acquaintances that are always new and never become intimate friends." (296) He often dreams of the day when he is able to quit and rid himself of this tiring job. Even though he greatly dislikes his job, he continues to work for them because this job pays well and he believes that his family is in debt. Is Gregor's boss really his father' creditor? Perhaps at one time, his boss was b .....
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The Great Gatsby: Capturing The American Dream
.... she might show up at one of them. He does not attend his parties but watches them from a balcony or distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want.
Later, as we see, Gatsby still .....
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The Right Stuff
.... would take over with the X-15B’s own 75,000 pound engine, make three or more orbits around the earth, reenter the atmosphere and land on a dry lake bed at Edwards like any other pilot in the X series." This sentence shows many technical aspects about the craft. The sentence did not seem overloaded with details because they are spaced out. Tom Wolfe’s writing helps the reader better understand the technical aspects.
Another device used to keep the reader's attention was the intertwining plots .....
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Summary Of Walden Pond
.... statement " A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone" means that rich refers to having the opportunity for spiritual and intellectual gains and afford refers to the self-actualization rather than to cash in the bank. Those are just some of the materialistic terms that Thoreau uses to refer to non-materialist values, making fun of the capitalist in the process.
Thoreau uses the opportunity of the first chapter to discuss the issue of how we spend our time a .....
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