The Red Badge Of Courage: Henry Fleming
.... prove to himself that he would not run from a battle" (Crane
16). Henry faces doubts and has to make a conscious effort to believe he
will not run. In addition, as Henry's regiment moves closer to the actual
battlefields, soldiers running from the battle render information to the
regiment. Henry's thoughts change after hearing the words of the fleeing
soldiers. "He resolved to get a view of it, and then, he thought he might
very likely run better than the best of them" (54). Henry assures himself
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The House On Mango Street
.... and return, the lure of romance and the dead
end of sexual inequality and oppression.
The House on Mango Street is also a book about a culture—that of Chicanos,
or Mexican-Americans—that has long been veiled by demeaning stereotypes and
afflicted by internal ambivalence. In some ways it resembles the immigrant
cultures that your students may have encountered in books like My Ántonia,
The Jungle, and Call It Sleep. But unlike Americans of Slavic or Jewish
ancestry, Chicanos have been systematically exclud .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale's Suffering Of Pain And Guilt
.... he, with piercing earnestness, “in
the name of Him, so terrible and so merciful, who gives me
grace, at this last moment, to do what -for my own heavy sin
and miserable agony- I withheld myself from doing seven years
ago, come hither now, and twine thy strength about me! Thy
strength, Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God
hath granted me! This wretched and wronged old man is
opposing it with all his might!- with all his own might, and
the fiend’s! Come, Hester, come! Support me up .....
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Joy Luck Club: Conflicts Faced By June And Her Mother
.... mother because she
does not know about her tragic past and t he pain she still feels from the
memory of it. Because Suyuan lost two daughters in China, and her entire
family was killed in the war, she leaves this place behind her and places
all of her hopes in America and her family there. She wants the very best f
or her daughter June. Even her name, Suyuan, meaning "long-cherished wish,"
speaks of this hope for Jing-Mei, meaning "the pure, essential, best
quality younger sister." Suyuan tells her daug .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Books And Symbol Of The Phoenix
.... compared to as birds throughout Fahrenheit 451. “A
book lit like a white pigeon in his hands. In the dim wavering light, a
page hung open and it was like a snowy feather….The men above were hurling
shovelsfull of magazines into the dusty air. They fell like slaughtered
birds.” (page 37) In Montag’s view, the burning books were seen as dying,
hopeless birds. Somehow, Montag saw the books as a sign of happiness and
freedom. He realizes the light in books, and he even pities them for being
burnt without merc .....
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Theme Of “Richard Cory”
.... because we think just the opposite as we
are reading the poem.
The second way the author illustrates the theme is imagery. The
fact that Richard Cory was viewed as quietly arrayed makes the reader think
that he has no problems and that everyone wants to be like him. Also, the
poem states that he is “richer than a king” so the audience gets the
feeling that this is a happy man who is happy with his success in life.
When on the other hand he wants to kill himself. Moreover, the workers on
the pavement say t .....
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1984: Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
.... a ruin now. It's in the middle of the street
outside the Palace of Justice.' That's right. Outside the Law Courts. It
was bombed in-oh many years ago'" (Orwell 83). This reflects Orwell's own
life experiences as a citizen in war torn England and how he uses this in
1984. George Orwell is famous for two major novels which attack
totalitarianism. The first is Animal Farm a satire describing the leaders
of the Soviet Union as animals on an animal farm. The second novel is 1984
a story of dictators who .....
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The Miracle Worker
.... was when jimmy was dying. Another one was
when Jimmie was telling her he wanted her to stay for ever and ever. She
also had flashbacks of when she was a child. These are the flashbacks
Annie had in the story.
Durring the story Annie had many strugles with Hellen. One of them
is when Hellen hi annie with a doll. Another one is when Hellen locked
Annie in the bathroom. She alos had trouble getting annie to eat with a
spoon and sit at the dinner table properly.sh kept stomping her feet and
being a little .....
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Alice Walker's Everyday Use
.... reader in Everyday Use. I
understood why some characters were unsure of themselves. I was puzzled by
why some did not feel surer of themselves and their heritage. I was also
surprised that some had the pride that could carry them through any
situation.
Maggie is a classic example of poor self-esteem. She has little
pride in herself. She is not as pretty or smart as her sister is. She was
also scared in a fire. She has spent her entire life playing second fiddle
or at least feeling like it. Dee wants t .....
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Hawthorne's Use Of Symbolism In Young Goodman Brown
.... used are the Salem witch trials
and the killing of Indian non-combatants. This may be Hawthornes way of
dealing with guilt he might have felt over his own forbears' actions during
those times. Brown goes on to say that he could not bear the shame of
betraying his faith while the Devil is naming people known and respected by
Brown to try to show him that it wouldn't really be that bad if Brown
joined the witches' coven. When Goody Cloyse is encountered, Brown learns
how she truly feels about him; also, Go .....
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Warriors Don’t Cry: Integration In Little Rock's Central High School
.... in a white school. Soon enough, she found out what it was like.
She attended one of the best schools in the country, where the upper-class
children of Little Rock went. Melba was always abused and picked on at
school. Her grandmother told her to be a warrior and not to cry, because
warriors don’t cry.
In the South, people were not treated equally in the 1950s. Jim
Crow laws stated that people were “separate but equal”, but that was not
the case. Finally the government decided that separate was not equal. .....
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Wuthering Heights Summary
.... to Cathy that he really is. Cathy and
Nelly leave, promising to come back the following week.
Edgar is dying, and Cathy doesn’t leave his side until the day of
her appointment with Linton. Edgar tells her to go, even though she doesn’
t want to leave him. Linton once again acts cold and ignores her, and
Cathy demands to be told why he keeps begging her to come if he doesn’t
really want to see her. He confesses that he is a traitor, and that
Heathcliff will kill him if she leaves. He refuses to te .....
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The Old Man And The Sea
.... fins. It was a marlin.
Santiago had hooked a marlin. He knew he had caught a big fish, but wasn't
sure what type. He did not real the fish in right away. Santiago feared
that the line would break because the size of the fish. He thought about
increasing the tension so it would hurt the fish and it would jump out.
But the line had been taut up to the very edge of the breaking point.
Then with his right hand he felt the difference in the pull of the line
before he saw the slant change in the water. .....
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Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family
.... “
forgiveness sets one free”, through the characters Beth and Conrad. Both
are unable to forgive themselves for similar reasons, but Conrad comes to
terms with his guilt while Beth cannot.
She is furthermore, a perfectionist. "Everything had to be perfect,
never mind the impossible hardship it worked on her, on them all." Conrad
is not unlike his mother. He is an overachiever, an "A" student, on the
swim team and a list-maker. His father tells the psychiatrist, "I see her
not being able to forgive him. .....
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In What Way Is Lizzy Newberry A Highly Unusual Woman For Her Time?
.... her time to be doing, because it would usually have been men that
would do all the smuggling.
Lizzy realises that Mr.Stockdale is very surprised, and tries to
defend herself by saying ‘’Smuggling is carried on here by some of the
people,’’ and ‘’It has been their practice for generations, and they think
of it as no harm.’’ Then to astonish Mr.Stockdale even more, she begins to
show him how to extract the liquor from the barrels, by tapping one of the
hoops around the barrel, forward using an awl, then ma .....
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