To Kill A Mockingbird: A Summary
.... is Mayella's father. He is out for revenge
on Atticus for what he did to him and his daughter. Mayella is Bob's
daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor is the
Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because he
has the main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The decision
being whether to defend or not to defend Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an im .....
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The Battle For Your Mind: Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public
.... Hypnotists
Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the tape carries a copyright to
protect it from unlawful duplication for sale by other companies, in this
case, I invite individuals to make copies and give them to friends or
anyone in a position to communicate this information.
Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many local and
regional radio and TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication appears to
be blocked, since it could result in suspicion or investigation of the .....
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The Lord Of The Flies: A Complex Web Of Symbolism
.... because of isolation
from the rest of the world. He designed the island to his symbolic
purposes, giving it a beach, platform, jungle, mountain, and cliffs, each
of which can be used to represent human abilities and dreams. According to
historic documents, the boat shape of the island is an ancient symbol of
civilization. The boys were forced to look to themselves to solve the
problems of their own little society. “Nobody knows where we are. We may
be here a long time.” Piggy’s awareness to the reality .....
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Hard Times By Charles Dickens - Irony
.... the idea that if it is
not fact, then it is false. He was emotionaless as were his children
because they were brought up only knowing what they were taught by him.
Eventually, as Gradgrind’s children became older, what they were taught
began to turn sour in their minds. Tom, Grandgrind’s son, began to despise
his father and all he was taught and thus began to rebel. He took to
smoking and gambling, which eventually led to his downfall. Tom had grown
up to become a sycophantic, self-absorbed parasite. He h .....
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The Storm Within
.... and deluge them there.” This refers to the storm outside and their
emotional state. They were feeling this need and desire for each other and
it was beating down all the barriers they had set up within themselves to
resist this temptation. Their feelings were so dangerously close to the
surface that they could hardly hide them any longer.
The storm was raging on and the drama of the lightning was very
shocking to them. They could almost feel its electricity. “The playing of
lightning was incessant. A bol .....
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A Separate Peace: Antagonists And Gene
.... War II. When Finny found out about Gene
joining the war he wasn’t supportive of his decision to enlist. That
slowed down Gene’s maturing because in order to mature you can’t back down
on your decisions just to please another person.. However, Finny isn’t the
only thing that affects Gene and his maturing process.
The war acts as an antagonistic force toward Gene because it forces
him to mature too fast. When Genes friend, Leper is recruited from Devon,
Gene realizes that the war is real and it does .....
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The Member Of The Wedding: Summary
.... her brother and his brides
car because she wants to go away with them. Shortly after, she tries to
run away from home, but her plan is thwarted when she is stopped by the
police and brought back home. Much later, Frankie and her father move in
to a house with her aunt, and uncle, because of her cousin’s death; and her
cook quits. Frankie finds a sophisticated friend, in which she can relate
to.
The relevance of this theme is that change is a necessary part of
life, and can’t be stopped from happening .....
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1984: Satire Of The Middle Class
.... things are taken for granted today. George Orwell devilishly
illustrates the brutality that man can be capabel of when he is given such
power. The people of Oceania are forced to love Big Brother. There is
possibly no one that loves Bill Clinton, besides his family. there are
several that love to makes fun of him, but on the political mainstream love
is not involved as it is in Oceania. The setting in itself is an extremely
important part of the novel. Winston lived in a "dark, gray drab jungle."
Posters .....
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The Great Gatsby: Nick Carroway Was A Good Narrator
.... go to Gatsby's funeral.
I called up Daisy half and hour after we found him,
called her instinctively and without hersitation. But
she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and
taken baggage with them.
Therefore, Nike Carroway's analysis was right by these clear
observation.
However, Nike Carroway is a good narrator, he sees everything
happen and does not trust everybody easily. So during the people discuss
about something at a time, he .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Society And Nature
.... his son’s
money. The reason Huck turns to the river in the first place is to escape
from his drunken abusive father. Huck finds much more happiness on the
river than with his father or at the Widow’s home, where he is supposed to
be living. On the river, Huck is free to go wherever he pleases and to be
whoever he wants to be. He doesn’t have to look for adventure, adventure
finds him quite easily.
The shore, on the other hand, represents civilization and
persecution, which is what Jim and Huck want to a .....
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Wuthering Heights: Friendship Or Passion - The Chemistry Between Heathcliff And Cathy
.... for Catherine. Catherine is devoted to Edgar and his money,
yet was in love with Heathcliff. Nelly explains this situation when Cathy
told the maid Edgar proposed to her. “You love Mr. Edgar, because he is
handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you.”1 (Pg 80)
Catherine later admits her true love for Heathcliff and how Edgar never was
a match for her.
“That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've
no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in
heaven; .....
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The Thief's Journal: The Prince Of Thieves - Genet
.... in the sharing of lice between himself and Salvador.
Salvador took care of me, but at night, by candlelight, I
hunted for lice in the seams of his trousers. The lice
inhabited us. They imparted to our clothes an animation, a
presence which, when they had gone, left our garments
lifeless. We liked to know -and feel- that the translucent
bugs were swarming; though not tamed, they were so much
a part of us that a third person's louse disgusted us. We
chased them away but with hope dur .....
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The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker
.... she cheated at her first big golf tournament. This creates Jordan to
be a foil of Nick, because he tells himself, “I am one of the very few
honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 64). Jordan connects
Nick to Gatsby by bringing him to one of Gatsby’s parties with her, where
Gatsby introduces himself to Nick. Jordan leads a careless life, one
incident proving this is the scene where Jordan is driving Nick. Nick
tells her, “You’re a rotten driver, either you ought to be more careful or
you o .....
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1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
.... bad thoughts about the government of Oceania, a
crime punishable by death. By employing literary devices such as diction,
foreshadowing, and symbolism, Orwell composes a novel "1984" which proves
to be a gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism.
Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism.
Orwell's word choice drives the plot of the story in that they introduce a
new dimension, a world where everything takes place in a modern controlled
society. The phrase "Ne .....
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The Infinity Mirror
.... her bare hands.
She leaves the killing to exposure to the elements, enying herself a look
into Tularecito.
Franklin adopts Pancho's demon, and Tularecito transforms into a
disadvantaged who has been gifted with talent. Tularecito becomes a man at
the age of six, "The boy grew rapidly, but after the fifth year his brain
did not grow any more," To Franklin, Tularecito is grace, and graceless.
He is talented in all things of any physical strength, and well proficient
in the creation of beauty, and an arti .....
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