Anthem
.... that she should be something better then she was. Gaea loved Prometheus and had pride in him and sinned when she followed him into the forest in order to gain her own knowledge. Just the same Adam loved Eve and had pride in her and sinned when she betrayed him and he ate of the fruit that was forbidden.
I believe that Ayn Rand wrote Anthem based on the story of Adam and Eve given that the word anthem means a sacred composition set to words from the Bible. I think that the comparison of there sins for .....
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Atticus Finch
.... fun of him. Jem and Scout thought that they just had about enough when their neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, had said to the children that "your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for! "(102). They tried to ignore her, as their father had said, and walked away. One day when the pressure got too much for Jem, he went into Mrs. Dubose's yard and destroyed all her flowers. When Atticus discovered what Jem had done, he was furious and punished him by making him go read to Mrs. Dubose everyday. He .....
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A Lesson Before Dying
.... “niggers”. If society believes in the negative label of “nigger” it will decrease a black person’s opportunity to receive education, employment, etc., therefore perpetuating their lack of status within society.
Grant’s teacher also said that to survive in a white man’s world, you basically have to adapt in their culture and do everything a white man does. Grant’s response is “My only choice is to run, then?” This means that the only thing .....
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Animal Farm
.... ways as well. Squealer continues, “ ‘The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us…. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples’”(42). Finally, he convinces them with fear. “ ‘Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back!’” (42) Here, Squealer frightens the animals into submission with the threat of the return of Mr. Jones, the abusive farme .....
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Beowolf
.... scared of dying and was glad the worm was dead.
In conclusion by definition a hero is willing to do many things. For example he is willing to risk his own life for the good of others, faces danger and does not run away from it, and lastly pursues the danger until it is conquered. Every fight that Beowulf fought showed him doing all three of the characteristics a hero consists of.
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Beowulf 2
.... to live by his own. Thinking only of that which gives him pleasure, he attempts to destroy everything good and kind. Beowulf is like a parent and Grendel is like a child whom he chastises.
The characters of Beowulf and Grendel are represented in stories throughout history. They represent the classic struggle of good and evil. There will always be the hero looking for fame and glory. There will always be a "monster" that, acting like an overgrown child, throws a temper tantrum insisting on havi .....
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Beowulf Good Vs Evil Analysis
.... In contrast, the characters of Grendel, Grendelıs mother, and the dragon, represent evil throughout the poem. Grendel is the main representation of evil in the epic poem. He is a man-eating monster who haunted the halls of Herot for twelve years. Grendelıs mother attacks Herot out of grief for her son. Beowulf was called upon again to free Herot from the evilness of Grendelıs mother. The dragon was up roared by a common thief who stole a cup from his fortune. He in return haunted Beowulfıs people. .....
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Billy Budd
.... Indomitable. For this reason we are never shown Vere's emotional reaction to the decision to kill Budd. The only reaction we get is immediately before the death, when Billy cries out, "God bless Captian Vere!" At this moment, Vere "stood erectly rigid as a musket in the ship armorer's rack." Melleville accounts for Vere's emotion at this point by describing it as "stoic self control or a sort of momentary paralysis induced by emotional shock." Either Vere is completely indifferent, or he is overcome by .....
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Black Boy Analysis
.... had to leave a good job because those racist co-workers would “kill” him. When the principal at Richard’s school had asked Richard to give a speech to a large audience of white and black people, Richard refused to read the principal’s prepared speech. By reading the principal’s speech, Richard was saying what the white power wanted him to say and to Richard this would be giving in to the very thing he hated so much. Richard was willing to leave school without a diploma i .....
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Black Like Me
.... American friends. “Please… Don’t mention those names on the air. I’d be afraid their lives would be endangered, and they were my friends” (Griffin 149). In addition, he was a man who never gave up. He insisted on remaining among the black people despite how he was looked down upon by the whites.
Griffin was very civilized. He would not use violence to solve the problem, even if he were treated badly by the whites. He gained success after conquering over .....
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Bless Me, Ultima
.... gave Tony faith that as long as his father was around, he would be protected. Antonio's mother made home a loving and caring place to be. She would always baby Antonio and give him the affection he needed whenever he needed it. The morning after Tony had seen Lupito killed, Ultima tells Tony's mother not to be too hard on Antonio; he had a hard night last night. His mother puts her arms around Tony and holds him saying he "is only a boy, a baby yet" (Pg.28). The Virgin also makes the atmosphere of Ant .....
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Book Report On Of Mice And Men
.... working on the farm for many years. He also had an old dog. It was so stiff with rheumatism it could hardly walk.
A few minutes later, someone else walked into the bunk. His name was Curly and he was the boss’s son. Curly was extremely hostile towards the newcomers,especially Lennie. George predicts Curly will present future problems and advises Lennie to keep out of Curley’s way. George is trying to keep Lennie from getting into trouble again, so when they meet Curley’s flirt .....
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By The Waters Of Babylon
.... not grow food and had no signs of life and were called the forbidden zones. The main people in charge did not allow people to go into these so-called forbidden places. In the story by the waters of Babylon the people in charge were called the high priests. In the movie the planet of the apes the main people in charge were the elder apes and Dr. Zayus. In both stories their reasons for having the forbidden zones were similar they wanted to hide the past from them so they do not do it again. One last .....
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Beowulf
.... always been identical. With the coming into being of written word, these stories could now be put down for people to read and serve as a reminder of their folklore. Not only to them, but to future people who come to read these documents. We have been lucky in the fact that over the last few hundred years, we have recovered many works from all over the world, dating back through years that had been long forgotten to many of us. In a great many of these works we have come into contact with many tales of hero .....
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Beowulf 3
.... gets the best of Beowulf, he "...seized all his neck with his sharp fangs: he was smeared with life-blood, gore welled out in waves" (Norton 62). Wiglaf, then, summons his wits and they killed the dragon: "The wound which the dragon had dealt him began to burn and swell; at once he felt dire evil boil in his breast within him"(Norton 62). Our hero is finally defeated. Even though he is seriously injured, he still had the strength to break the fifty-foot dragon in half. He knows that his life has ended, an .....
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