A Woman On A Roof
.... he knew what the woman on the roof was like. In his dreams "she was kind and friendly" (705). White symbolizes Tom¹s fantasy of the woman on the roof.
When Stanley flirted with Mrs. Pritchett, Tom felt that his "romance with the woman on the roof was safe and intact" (706). What romance? Tom has based his opinion on fantasy rather than reality. Fantasizing "himself at work on the crane, adjusting the arm to swing over and pick her up and swing her back across the sky to drop her near him" (704) .....
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Go Ask Alice
.... The second reason that I dislike Jan was because she gave Alice a Coke (Coca-Cola) with LSD in it without even warning her. Another reason I really dislike Jan is because she was going to baby sit a young child while she was high. She could have killed that young infant because of her stupidity and that really annoys me.
The part of this book that was particularly effective was when I saw how drugs led Alice into a mental hospital. When I heard that she was high and started ripping out her hair and go .....
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The Lottery: Theme And Irony
.... is ironic because when one thinks of a lottery it is looked on as an amusement to test one’s luck in order to win a prize.
Tessie’s death is seen as another irony. Tessie could not restrain from stoning another person but when she found out she was to be stoned she threw a fit. Tessie could not wait to go to the drawing. It was a major event and tradition in their village and many other villages. When Tessie remembered it was the twenty-seventh she ran to the village. Ironically she was running to .....
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1984 And The Handmaid's Tale: Lives Of Dystopia Can Be Changed
.... watched while she sleeps, and even though she is constantly being watched, her face cannot be seen. She wears white wings on her face so that no one can see her and the only way she can see out is by sneaking short peeks at the outside world.
In both of these books, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, the main characters know that the controlled lifestyle that they are living is wrong. At the beginning, they think that this is the way they have to live, and accept things the way they are. As we read furthe .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Oppression
.... shows that women were not taken serious and their opinions were merely laughed at. One part of the house that could be misinterpreted in this story is the window in the nursery. In most cases, a window symbolizes a view of hope. In this story though, the window has bars on it, symbolizing imprisonment or oppression.
An additional symbol of the narrator’s oppression is her husband, John. He is considered to be “a physician of high standing” (p.630). This along with the fact that he is her husband ma .....
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Book Report: Bless Me, Ultima
.... death stays with Tony throughout the novel and causes him to think about the difference between good and evil and forgiveness.
Narciso- An honorable man who tries to protect Ultima from harm. Because of the loss of his young wife, Narciso begins to drink and is known as the town drunk. Through his garden, Narciso makes magic by growing beautiful flowers and plants. He is later killed by Tenorio in cold blood while trying to warn Ultima of harm and is buried as the town drunk instead of the hero .....
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For Water Like Chocolate And The Handsomest Drown Man
.... cried, “He’s ours!”(7pgh).
In For Water Like Chocolate the young woman gives birth to Tita. When she does this the baby cries “enough to fill a ten-pound sack”(pg.6). This is an example of magical realism, which allows the reader to go beyond the normal story and expand their imagination. When Tita grows up she falls in love with man named Pedro. On the eve of his wedding night to Tita’s sister, Tita bakes the cake and tears fall into the batter. At the reception the next day, all those who eat .....
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To Kill A Mocking Bird: Tom Robinson's Trial
.... frame. We learn more about the mutual hatred between African Americans and ‘whites’ in a legal sense. Groups like the ‘Idler’s club’ and the Mennonites enjoyed seeing a Black man’s freedom taken away from him.
Tom Robinson was found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell, in the face of very strong evidence that his accusers were lying. One reason why he was convicted was because it was a white man’s word against a black man’s one. Tom, who is black, would be denied justice because of this. Atticus reinforces .....
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Aspects Of The Narrator In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
.... from his alcoholism; and he agrees that from this sole vice, he has “…experienced a radical alteration for the worse” (Poe 894). The alcohol transforms the narrator into a demon like creature, and because this downfall is so very relevant to many of our own society problems, the story takes on an eerie, human reality twist. Slowly, over time, his personality alters from once a loving, caring, and nurturing man, into a mad, spontaneous killer. It is while the narrator is intoxicated that he inflicts the .....
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Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo's Life
.... Supporting his family at a very young age, Okonkwo made up his mind. He would not, could not be weak like his father Unoka. He would become everything that Unoka was not.
Unoka was a peace loving man, who hated the sight of blood. Unoka never stood for any unnecessary killing, and was reputed for being "weak with his machete" (18). He would rather wield away his time playing on the flute than watch a battle or wrestling match. Because of this, Okonkwo loved to fight. He had a quick temper and was always .....
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Stand By Me: Loyal Friendships And Families
.... the family situations bring Gordie and Chris closer together. At most times, Chris is Gordie’s father figure, only because Gordie’s true father treats him as if he is nothing. Gordie’s father makes him feel like he should have been the one to die, instead of his brother, Dennis. At the times when Gordie needed somebody the most, Chris was there to comfort him and talk to him. This was first significantly shown when Ace and his friend had taken Dennis’s hat. Dennis was Gordie’s deceased brother that .....
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Huckleberry Finn: On The Surface…
.... has been called racist trash, derogatory for its use of the word nigger and its stereotypical portrayal of blacks. Helen Steele, a member of 100 Black United claimed, “Anything that's going to harm any kid - white, black, Hispanic, anything - needs to be removed from required reading… We try to teach them every day not to be racists”(Simmons 1).
This means then, that books that discuss racism to its fullest (fullest including the language of the period) are inappropriate for students to read. Honestly .....
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The Themes Of Great Gatsby
.... of each other. Even Gatsby, lacks the insight to understand what is happening. He never truly sees either Daisy or himself, he is so blinded by his dream. The only characters, who see, in the sense of “understand,” are Nick and Owl Eyes. The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg seem to reinforce the theme that there is no all seeing presence in the modern world.
The past is a central importance in the novel, whether it is Gatsby’s personal past, his affair with Daisy in 1917, or the larger past to which Nick re .....
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A Farewell To Arms: Experiences And Their Influences
.... Hemingway uses imagery such as “the troops were muddy and wet in their capes” to permit the reader to comprehend what World War 1 was like and expand their understanding of how the world was during times of war. Hemingway ends the first chapter with an understatement that when winter came there was an epidemic of cholera in the army, but “only seven thousand died.” Only. Hemingway’s cruelly flattened language paints a picture of genuine horror. All of this sets the scene for tragic happenings to come .....
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How Is Tension Built Up In “The Monkeys Paw”
.... Also Sergeant Morris says; “I warn you of the consequences.” Clearly here, however innocent the wish, Morris knows that it will end badly. “Don’t blame me for what happens.”
The major coincidence centres around the two hundred pounds. “How could £200 hurt you?” says Mrs White ironically, she will find out! There are two real climaxes in the story – one is how they get the two hundred pounds (and the fact that Herbert’s death is a shocking mutilated death) and the second climax is the tension associated wi .....
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