Breaking Down Racial Barriers
.... work, just because of the color of their skin.
The thing that I found most enjoyable about this book, was the author’s own bravery. He risked his comfortable lifestyle and everything that he had to research something that he truly believed in. Here you have a white man who turns his skin black. He wanders around places he has never been, trying to figure out how to not stand out, how to “fit in”. He faces new problems and fears with each passing day. He gave insight into something that most of us wo .....
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Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave
.... me study the beasts and birds, . . . and-with the dead deer-I learnt about the organs and bones of the body. . . The map Galapas showed me was a copy from a book by Ptolemy of Alexandria." (The Crystal Cave, Pgs. 59-60) Galapas also helps Merlin to put the meanings of his periodic visions of the future and of events far away into action. "'Go? But if I go back, they'll kill me, or shut me up. . . Won't they?'. . . 'You can no more be hidden now, than your merlin could go back into its egg." (The Cry .....
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A Heritage Denied
.... mother) “chooses” to live she (Dee) will manage to visit (Walker 73). Although Dee indicates that she will visit, shame prohibits her from revealing what she considers an inferior home life to her friends. Her mother realizes Dee’s embarrassment and knows “she will never bring friends [to the house]” (Walker 73). Unfortunately, the manner in which Dee chooses to alleviate the shame of her heritage, seemingly with no regret, causes her family to suffer.
Shame motivates Dee to conceal parts of hers .....
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Lord Of The Flies - A Symbolic Interpretation
.... applied to literary symbols would only be recognized by thows who have read the book. Therefor literary symbols are created by the author for the purpose of enhancing the complexity of his or her book, and are only applicable in the context of that book. The book Lord of the Flies is filled with literary symbols. William Golding used the symbols that he created to develop his theme. He did this by changing the importance of symbols throughout the novel. There by changing the way someone would interpret .....
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Loneliness And Friendship In Of Mice And Men
.... and George camped out in the forest George said, “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” What that quote means is George and Lennie are not alone; they got each other to care for one another. Next, when George was talking to Slim, a person working at the ranch, he said, “ ‘Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.” What that quote is saying is that even .....
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Candide: Cause And Effect
.... Candide searches for his love, Lady Cunegonde, never able to obtain her. But by the end of the book Candide got what he always wanted by making her his wife. This shows that his belief in things happening for best is a true statement. He declares that one is responsible for there own actions. People are in control of their own lives, and it is not God’s job to decide it for us. God created the universe for us to live in. We live though him each day, make our own choices and live with the outcome tha .....
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Joy Luck Club: Symbols
.... the swan is ripped from her arms she is only left with a single swan's feather to symbolize all her hopes and dream for the future. When June was a child her mother encouraged her to pursue many different activities especially the piano. Suyuan was obsessed with June becoming a child prodigy because she wanted the best for her, not just because she was jealous of her best-friend, Lindo Jong. When June refused to play, her mother insisted and forced her to sit at the piano and play. June was unable to u .....
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The Functions Of Setting In “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
.... but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference” (141). He quickly establishes the fact that it late at night and most people have either fallen asleep or have at least headed home for the night. From this one sentence it is also evident that the café is lit by an electric light that is bright enough to casts a crisp shadow over the last, lonely occupant of the establishment. One old man was remaining a .....
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The Cask Of Amontillado
.... in himself as Satan would is the characteristic of being sneaky. Montresor displays this in the cunning way he lures Fortunato into the catacombs to “taste” the Amontillado. This intrigued Fortunato’s senses because Montresor knew that Fortunato “prided himself in the connoisseurship of wine”. Montressor nonchalantly replies to Fortunato concerning the wine, “I have my doubts”. In other words, he blatantly blows Fortunato’s ego here by doubting his ability to detect Amontillado, this fine wine. T .....
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Munro's How I Met My Husband: Edie's View
.... with someone meant. She thought it was kissing. This shows Edie’s immaturity and the fact that she didn’t totally understand relationships. This is another way of setting insight with out her coming straight out and saying it.
Once again we jump ahead in the story to her waiting on the letter. Edie says, “The mail came everyday except Sunday, between one-thirty and two in the afternoon, a good time for me. Because Mrs. Peebles was always having her nap. I would get my kitchen cleaned and then go .....
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"The Big, The Good, The Ugly"
.... his life.
Another scene that helps out with the similarities of the two titles is C.D.'s and Cyrano's living conditions. Cyrano lived with the soldiers in the quarters, and had very little spending money. C.D. lived with the Firemen most of the time, he also as a fireman did not make that much money. The contrast of the living styles helps out with the reader and viewers point of views because most people who are "ugly" can still do very well in life in terms of opposite sex relations if they have .....
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A Freudian Turn Of The Screw
.... imaginative soul or who finds it easy to rise above the mundane restrictions of everyday life would probably argue that Peter Quint and Miss Jessel are ghosts, where as a more logical thinker with a literal sense of mind would probably search out the explanation in psychopathology. The decision is really left up to the reader.
Henry James use of symbolism in The Turn of the Screw seems to be the easiest way to sway the reader’s opinion toward the psychological theory. There are several types of symbolis .....
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The Catcher In The Rye
.... solve his problems. He feels more depressed and lonely. He walks around in the rain soaking wet, he is sure he is going to catch pneumonia. But before he leaves this world he wants to visit his little sister, Phoebe, to say good bye. He admires her a lot and they communicate very well.
Holden realises that there are things he cannot solve by him self, and decides to rejoin his family.
The style of the book is very unusual because it is told by a sixteen-year-old boy. It can give you some problems beca .....
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The Gift Of The Magi: Themes
.... in that position. The same happens when Della sees Jim no longer has the watch making her gift just as useless. If the characters had become angry, their love would not be displayed as strong. Yet, they are very much in love and play a part in expressing the theme.
Again, symbolism gives this story a much deeper plot. The two most treasured possessions are Della’s hair and Jim’s pocket watch. Of course, the two could live without these possessions and they ultimately do. The possessions each symbol .....
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Silas Marner
.... thinks that there is no meaning to life. Due to this small accusation, the life of Silas has changed in a way that can never be restored. No longer believing in God, he isolates himself from the outside world. Silas finally realizes, as time passes, that he must move forward in life. He has a new hope, an inspiration that has motivated him to extend beyond himself and communicate with others living in his town. He still denies religion and its teachings, but he knows that it is not his fault. At the .....
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