Huckleberry Finn: Review
.... chairs, and perfectly sound, too-not
bagged down in the middle and busted, like an old basket"(111). It is
apparent Huck is more familar with busted chairs than sound ones, and he
appreciates the distinction.
Huck is also more familiar with flawed families than loving, virtuous ones,
and he is happy to sing the praises of the people who took him in. Col.
Grangerford "was a gentleman all over; and so was his family"(116). The
Colonel was kind, well-mannered, quiet and far from frivolish. Everyone
wan .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism Of The Forest In Puritan Society
.... wilderness where all signs of
civilization vanish. This is precisely the escape route from the strict
ordinances of law and religion. It is a refuge where all humankind, can
open up and naturally be themselves, and here that Dimmesdale openly
acknowledges Hester and his undying love for her. In the forest, Hester
can also do the same for Dimmesdale, such as the time when she revealed
her actual relationship with Chillingworth to Dimmesdale- "O Arthur, cries
Hester, "forgive me! In all things else I have .....
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Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
.... process, though,
he ends up murdering his uncle and is eventually caught. The truth about
him is let out and Tom is set into slavery and "Valet" de Chambre" is set
free.
The issue of slavery comes up throughout the novel. The reality of
slavery is shown in many places in the novel. There are two main aspects
of slavery dealt with most realistically in the novel: sex, and violence.
The reality of sex between slaveholder's and slaves is a main point in the
novel due to the fact that "Roxy", a black sl .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Now And Then
.... major changes in children’s lives today is the
break up of the nuclear family. When Salinger wrote this novel back in
1951, the average family consisted of one mother, one father, and one or
more children. Today this is rare and far from normal. Today’s “normal”
family is undefined. If one were to look at the average family it would
probably consist of a single parent with children. Today in the U.S.,
there are over 8 million single-parent homes (Holzman). Forty years ago,
single-parent homes wer .....
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The Great Gatsby - Daisy's Role
.... company. Daisy becomes radiant and personable. When everyone has gone,
she is a bored housewife, of no importance to the world wondering aloud
what she is going to do with the rest of her life. She appears to be bored
yet innocent and harmless. Yet her innocense is false. Simply a
materialistic young girl and has little mind of her own is underneath all
of that covering. Daisy rediscovers her love with Gatsby because of his
nice shirts and large house. Daisy has been well trained in a rich family.
She .....
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The House On Mango Street: Esperanza
.... records, shoes. Out the window and the door locked.
But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window.
Then he is sorry and she opens the door again. Same story ” ( pg. 85 ).
Minerva finds herself forgiving without truly seeing that her husband is
sorry. She used marriage as a way out from her undesirable life, yet her
married life still carries the same characteristics. And so, without
fighting for a satisfactory life she settles with the hand she is dealt.
Furthermore, Sa .....
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Reverence
.... Design presupposed God. In his
autobiography he urges his children to continue to look at the wonder of
life that exists within the wonder of the universe with "reverence and awe".
Chambers was led through his own reverence back to his Christian roots. He
began working with Time magazine in 1939 and rose to the level of senior
editor. Over a decade later he was brought to court on account of his past
Communist connections. He identified former State Department official
Alger Hiss as one of the Com .....
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"Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
.... the cold bathroom with the grimy zinc tub..." His
school was described with having "bare floors and naked walls".
Paul's uplifting arena was either glaring up at the actors, divas,
or performers at the Schenley Hotel or at the works of art at Carnegie
Hall. Even though he had spent numerous days fantasizing at masterpieces
and stage plays, Paul "had no desire to become an actor, any more thatn he
had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of these things;
what he wanted was to see, to .....
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Cyril Falls, "The Great War"
.... declaration of war
from Germany to Russia.
Chapter II, Plans-Armies-Leaders:
Shortly after the declaration of war to Russia, Germany took advantage of
her quick acting. The Kaiser agreed to the "Schlieffen Plan", which said
that Germany has to knock out France first to avoid a two front war so
that the bigger strength of the Entente would be compensated.
The numbers at the beginning of the war were:
Russia 114 divisions
Germany 87 divisions
French 62 divisions
Austria 49 divisions
Britain .....
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The Sound Of A Voice
.... A Voice” gives you the sense that life without the sound of
another human being can be desolate. Further examples are given when the
women feels days have no meaning without sound. She doesn’t believe anyone
should be left in silence. She feels lonely when she’s without sound. She
feels sad and abandoned when it is quiet. She speaks of how lonely it is
when no other living thing is around. The woman never really had a
permanent companion. Everyone that had visited her, left for some reason
or anot .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Light And Dark Imagery
.... (115).
Martin shows how good can shine on the physician, yet his evil still
remains in the darkness. Even Pearl, an innocent child who does not know
Chillingworth, refers to him as a dark person. When speaking to her mother,
she says, "Come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will
catch you" (Hawthorne 123)! The "black" in "black man" refers to
Chillingworth's evil, which is clearly acknowledged by even a small child.
Guilt is also acknowledged by others through the dark imagery. It .....
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Anselm's Definition Of God
.... nothing else for his
existence, he is uncaused. Therefore, his existence is timelessly-eternal.
This means that God cannot stop existing. On the other hand, contingent
beings (such as ourselves) depend on something else for their existence.
One example of this is, that as a child we utterly depended on our parents
for food, clothing, and shelter. Contingent beings therefore can begin to
be or cease to be at anytime. They can, unlike God, be here today and gone
tomorrow.
Anselm uses the definition of .....
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Beloved: Sethe And Her Daughter
.... whether or not
Sethe acted out of true love or selfish pride? The fact that Sethe's act is
irrational can easily be decided upon. Does Sethe kill her baby girl
because she wants to save the baby from slavery or does Sethe end her
daughter's life because of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery?
It can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children
and not herself. Sethe kills her baby because her children are the only
good and pure part of who she is and must be protected from t .....
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Social Class Distinction In Madame Bovary: A Way Of Categorizing People
.... belong. “Madame Bovary” is about a sense of
self, a search for personal identity and reality versus illusion. The
symbolism throughout the story is clearly indicative of this fact (Barron’s
5).
To what social class did the characters belong, in reality, in appearance?
Did they move from one class to another during the story? In the following
pages I will respond to these questions. Charles Bovary moves between two
classes: working and middle. He comes from a middle class home but he does
not seem to car .....
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Mary Shelley’s Self-help Guide To Life
.... sets vital examples for
being content without being overly ambitious, taking responsibility for
actions, having loving relationships with people, and enjoying life and
nature through Victor Frankenstein and his monster’s actions.
Mary Shelley begins by telling of the dangers in being overly-
ambitious through Victor's obsession with creating life. As Victor toils
on a physically and mentally laborious project, he completely neglects the
other significant areas of his life, such as his family and .....
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