Glass Menagerie 2
.... the class and has been out walking every day. Amanda sits down with Laura and asks if “she ever liked a boy”?, Laura points to a picture in her yearbook. Later that evening Amanda and Tom argue, she does not understand why Tom goes to the movies every night. Tom states that he hates working for the family as he has been doing and leaves for the movies. He returns late that night drunk and after losing his key Laura opens the door for him. Tom tells her about the movie and of the magic show .....
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Glass Menagerie Symbolism
.... harshness of the outer world which can (and does) shatter so easily” (Stein 110-111). Glass itself, being so fragile, is the perfect item that can symbolize Laura. Just as it can shatter so easily when exposed, Laura can too. The glass being translucent also symbolizes Laura’s struggle to become her own person and to let her inside feelings know to the world. Though it is learned that Laura has a physical handicap, and emotional handicap lies within her also. It enables her to lead a norm .....
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Go Tell It On A Mountain - Sum
.... be sent to school, fed more, and treated more specially. For this reason, Florence would resent her brother; she wanted to learn far more than her brother ever did. The story jumps back to John and what he sees in church for a brief moment, then goes in to talk about Florence’s husband, Frank. He’s the alcoholic type that would waste all his money on useless items. Florence did not seem to have a good relationship with him for the 10+ years they were married. One incident was described whe .....
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God And Heaven In A Lesson Bef
.... Grant Wiggins’s responsibility to teach Jefferson how to change his attitude and gain the courage to stand and reach salvation. Grant becomes responsible to help Jefferson walk towards death like a man, and does not have to do anything about his soul. It is through the close relationship that Grant and Jefferson develop through their conversations that finally deep down in their hearts they believe in heaven and God’s promise about heaven. They learn about the world and its difficulties a .....
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God V. Man In Antigone
.... or leave his body unprepared for death as Kreon wished, she chose to obey the wishes of the gods and bury him. At the time of the drama, the Greeks believed that a decent burial was essential for the soul to be at rest. Kreon accused Polyneices of fighting against his own country and forbade all citizens of Thebes to prepare his body. Instead, it was left to decay on the field on which he was killed. When Antigone first hears this news, she immediately reacts by telling her sister, Ismene, that .....
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Good And Evil In The Crucible
.... people, and contributed to the tragedy in Salem. The state of mass confusion in Salem created a society of individuals who were only concerned with what was good for them, so that they would not be the next one implicated in the witchery scandal. This situation is clearly evident after Hale becomes privy to the true story of what happened in the woods. Abigail abandons Tituba, and accuses her of “sending her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer”(pg.41), and Abigail also says T .....
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Good Country Irony-good Countr
.... aren’t enough good country people in the world”. Seeing that he has found Mrs. Hopewell’s weakness for “Good Country People,” Manley proceeds to play up his being a country boy. “Not even from a place, just from near a place.” Then in what I believe to be just another attempt to gain sympathy, Manley tells Mrs. Hopewell that he has a heart condition and may not live long. This gains him an invitation to dinner, which he gladly accepts. Yes Manley Pointer is a f .....
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Governmental Flaw ( Gullivers
.... that they feel is not right. Liliput's greed for dominance is one part of England's flaws that Swift tries to exploit.
The feudal government is based on an exchange of tribute for protection. Brobdingnag's government is a form of feudalism except it tries to become a utopian society running without dispute. In the movie, Gulliver learns that there is no form of taxation, governmental brutality, or violence. This sounds strange to him because the society he comes from excepts all of those. This sa .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
.... for the benefit of the family. She understands the inner need of each individual member. Ma is to the family as pillars are to a building; if the pillar is weak, the building will soon collapse when anything afflicts it. Even until the end the whole family eventually does fall apart, she still stays strong. It is not because of her weakness that the family falls apart, it is because she allows them to live their own lives according to the way they want to and does not restrict them.
Grandma is .....
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Grapes Of Wrath 2
.... he is more concerned with the welfare of the people. Then finally his thinking had shifted to trying to do what is best for all the migrant people by helping them organize into striking. Casy also had foreseen trouble along the way, but the family still pursued west. When Casy states “I’m all worried up. I been watchin’ the cars on the road, them we passed an’ them that passed us. I been keepin’ track” (Galati 36). You can tell that Casy is having second thoughts about l .....
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Grapes Of Wrath 4
.... chapter. The ‘intercalary’ chapters are what serve to show the migrant’s struggling, and the big picture of what times were like.
Genre: The Grapes of Wrath is considered a protest novel to many. Steinbeck originally wrote it to ask California farmers to have sympathy for the migrating ‘Okies’. However, today recognized as a classic, this would most likely fall under the genre of drama.
Notes: As you read The Grapes of Wrath you must take into consideration that .....
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Grapes Of Wrath 5
.... it was, "Them goddamn Okies got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human" (Steinbeck 301). Ironically the Joads are the most kind and caring people in the novel.
The actions of the rich contrast greatly with the actions of the poor. Roy Simmons pints out that the "actions of the rich leave the poor unaided by humanity" (Simmons 53). The rich are constantly trying to cheat the poor. The junk dealers, knowing that the farmers must sell their possessions, buy at very cheap rates. The car dealers .....
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Grapes Of Wrath In Times Of De
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I chose Leo, the lion for Tom. The lion is an icon of strength. I think his character represents the strength and knowledge. Shown through his psyichal fights and hard crop work in the novel. Also because he had the strength to push on for his family. To keep goin through the hardest times, and overcome his obstacles. He also represents knowledge from his experiences with fixing the truck, and keeping things under control at the government camps. Another example of personal and mental strength, as .....
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Great Expectations 2
.... He sees that he cannot control Estella and that life is not fair, and he develops a bitterness towards it.
Pip’s dream of becoming a gentleman comes true when his old friend Magwich comes back to become his benefactor. As his benefactor he funds Pip in his academic studies and makes Pip a gentleman. Through this Pip’s dream becomes true and he starts to act like a snob even though he truly isn’t. His attitude changes and he becomes “Stuck up” and the exact opposite tha .....
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Great Expectations 3
.... her face. Her mother had always told her that she was beautiful, but mothers are bias! She was jerked from her thoughts by the phone ringing, it was a long distance ring and she prayed that she had put the phone back in the cradle before she had left.
She had, “Hello” she answered,
“Hi darling, how was your day?” It was her mother and there was nothing more comforting and soothing then her voice. It was her mother that always stood by her. It was her mother’s voice t .....
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