Of Mice And Men: Mini-Critique
.... It is a story about two farm-hands, George Milton and his
large retarded friend, Lennie Small. George and Lennie are on their way to a
farm that has harvesting jobs available. While camped along side a river George
and Lennie talk about their dreams of someday owning a farm with rabbits for
Lennie to take care of. The next day George convinces the farm boss to hire
Lennie and him. Lennie's Love for feeling soft things becomes a problem when he
is playing with a puppy and accidentally kills it. Th .....
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Old Man And The Sea
.... the great DiMaggio would stay with a fish as
long as I will stay with this one? I am sure he would and more since he young
and strong. Also his father was a fisherman. But would the bone spur hurt him
too much?"(68).
"But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who
does all things perfectly, even with a bone spur in his heel"(68), this
particular quote from the old man shows that the image of Joe DiMaggio works in
fulfilling its role in the old man's challenge of catc .....
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Like Water For Chocolate And Master Harold: Oppression
.... name of Sam. Now Hally is starting to grow up
and he is noticing things which he did not notice when he was younger. He
realized that where he lives white people have certain rights over black people.
Hally owns a cafe and he has got two black men working for him, one of which is
Sam. Hally walks in one morning and finds Willie and Sam dancing, preparing for
a dance contest. "Hally- Think you stand a chance. Act your bloody age! (Hurls
the rag at Willie) Cut out the nonsense now and get on with your work. .....
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The Pearl: Prequel
.... well as horrible
experience for all the oysters. Triumph and defeat lurks around all corners. The
contending oysters must run the test and those standing at the end must do it
again until one oyster stands. This was the first time in history that more than
three tests had to be run. It came down to Chuck the clan favorite and Tinagel
the outcast. Finally with a little cheating and a lot of dishonesty Chuck took
the pearl to gain its power till the coming year when he would relinquish
control of the pearl .....
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The Playground Of The Gods
.... descriptions of his haste purchase of his Island paradise shows a man for
whom their is no boundaries. His arrogance is further displayed in his building
of his compound.
Spellman's voice of reason comes from a spiritual Mexican couple who are
Thoros's servants. They not only warn but predict of many consequences to the
ignorance to which nature is being shown. “Nature will not permit alteration on
such a scale.”(Emilio, 114).
However, these warnings are ignored by the men who do not .....
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Invisible Man: Plot Summary
.... give to people in New York. He moves to Harlem and delivers the letters.
He finds out that these letters were not recomenation but rather advisments
against hiring him. The seventh reciever of a letter gives him a job in a
paint factory. He does not derform well there and evetually causes he own
dismissal by ignoring hes work and getting knoked out by an explosion that is
his fault. He joins a black power group called The Brotherhood and is sent out
to spread the word of the group. He meets a man .....
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Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado: Themes
.... forever.
Irony first appears in Fortunato's name, once we are made aware,
in the second paragraph, that he is going to be killed, but it ( the irony )
continues present during all the short story as something to call our attention
to what is really happening.
In the second paragraph Montressor states that in spite of his
decision of killing Fortunato, he continued smiling in his face ( Fortunato's ),
but he adds: "...and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of
his immolation." .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice In Maycomb
.... “So Jem
received much of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford...”( Lee, TKAM 11
). Miss Stephanie explains a erroneous rumor about Boo. “As Mr. Radley passes by,
Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg...” ( 11 ). Tom Robinson is
prejudged by many people, some include: Scout, Mr. Gilmer, and Bob Ewell. For
example, when Scout says, “Well, Dill, after all he's just a Negro” (199).
Maycomb people are the sin of all prejudice in Maycomb.
Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are mockingbirds. .....
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Raising In The Sun: Walter Younger
.... From day one Walter had one thing on his mind and one thing only; himself. But
things started to change once many variables started coming into effect. Walter
starts to change and chagnes for the good of the family.
Walter is an ambitious man. He has always wanted to be a rich man, but his
dreams have been shot down by his family. No one believes in him. Only he does.
This is wny he is the way he is. He is selfish. Always me me me. He lost
all the money his family and his mother had intrusted .....
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Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes
.... is October, the month of
Halloween, and in this strange year Halloween came early. A lightning rod
salesman, come to the town predicting a humongous storm that is coming this way.
The clouds speak their own words, telling the same. Jim Nightshade and William
Halloway, neighbors and best friends, one born a minute before October thirtieth
and one born a minute after October thirtieth, both lay there in Jim's front
yard. The salesman stopped and told them that the storm was coming and it was
coming for th .....
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Canterbury Tales: The Knight
.... North Africa, and Asia Minor where he always
"won the highest honor". Amazingly, even though he has had a very successful
and busy career, he remains an extremely humble man: indeed, Chaucer maintains
that he is meek "as a maiden". Moreover, Chaucer claims the Knight has never
said a rude remark to anyone in his entire life. Clearly, the Knight possesses
an outstanding character, and Chaucer gives to the Knight perhaps one of the
most flattering descriptions in the General Prologue than any other charact .....
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The Great Gatsby: Realism
.... them all have realistic outcomes (such as Gatsby's demise), rather than
your typical story book endings. It is mostly thanks to Fitzgerald's descriptive,
poetic style of writing that allows him to realistically portray the many plots
of The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's realistic construction and development of plot
is extremely dependant apon the setting of the novel in which it take place.
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses realism to clearly depict the setting of the Great
Gatsby. This incredible use of re .....
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Released From The Grip Of What He Carried: Freedom Birds
.... seen
with Jimmy Cross, some men even went to a profound obsession. As mentioned
early in the work, Jimmy Cross carries letters and two pictures from a friend
named Martha. The story tells how "he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands
under a canteen, unwrap the letters and photos, hold them with the tips of his
fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending, he would imagine romantic
camping trips…" (275). One picture is a black and white picture of Martha
standing against a brick wall. It is tol .....
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Religion In Jane Eyre
.... not live here with gentlemen's children
like us and eat the same meals that we do, and wear clothes at our mama's
expense"(12).
She receives no love or approval from her family. The only form of love
that she does have is the doll she clings to at night when she sleeps. Mrs. Reed
is a conventional woman who believes that her class standing sets her to be
superior, and therefore better than a member of her own family. As a result of
Jane's tantrums, quick temper, and lack of self-control, society cl .....
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The Celestine Prophecy
.... the monotone authorial voice," says Moyle. A major problem I had
with reading The Celestine Prophecy was keeping track of who was who; the
characters have little or no distinction between them, and it was a bit
confusing because he keeps encountering the same people in different situations.
Another thig is Redfield repeats himself and the insights, and I'm assuming
he does it on purpose but it gets monotonous. Moyle calls it "considerate," but
I think it's just plain repetative. The only way I go .....
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