Herman Hesse's Siddhartha
.... that would supposedly bring him
happiness.
Another of the people who Siddhartha obtained knowledge from was the rich
merchant Kamaswami. Kamaswami taught Siddhartha the secrets of making money
and living the life of a rich man. While working for Kamaswami many of
Siddhartha's values stayed intact but, slowly these values began to slip away.
In many ways Kamaswami taught Siddhartha the dark side of life.
As the days went on Siddhartha began hating himself more and more. He
viewed his riches .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Recalled To Life
.... is given another chance at life ,and therefore was
"recalled to life."
The last and most significant instance of someone being "recalled to
life" is found in the last chapters of this book. Sydney Carton has recently
switched places with his look alike, Darnay, and is awaiting the guillotine.
While Sydney awaits his death he thinks, "It is a far, far better thing that I
do, then I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I
have ever known." Through these words Sydney recogniz .....
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Gustave Flaubert And Madame Bovary: Comparisons
.... for her hand
in marriage. They end up getting married and everything goes fine, just like a
normal couple, for awhile. They did things with each other, went out, and were
extremely happy. Although, this love and passion for life shortly ended when
Emma's true feelings began to come about. We soon come to realize that “the
story is of a woman whose dreams of romantic love, largely nourished by novels,
find no fulfillment when she is married to a boorish country doctor” (Thorlby
272).
This is c .....
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Murray Davis' Smut, Erotic Reality/Obscene Ideology
.... pornography. Hard-core
pornography describes "sexual behaviour" which involves more of the act of sex
rather than the characteristics and feelings involved with sex. (Davis, p.
xix) Although Davis admits that the vocabulary of sex is changing (Davis, p.
xxv), he also states that hard-core pornography uses considerably more vulgar
terms that are associated with lower-class activity, such as, "prick, fuck, and
suck" (Davis, p. xxiii). Davis believes that hard-core pornography, induces
imaginative be .....
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Sex In Ragtime
.... between Mother and Father is one that seems to be held together
purely by sexual desire. The first reference to this is at the very beginning
of the novel. Doctorow writes, "On Sunday afternoon, after dinner, Father and
Mother went upstairs and closed the bedroom door"(p 4). Their marriage is happy
as long as they continue to have a good physical relationship. Whereas in the
beginning of the novel Mother and Father's relationship was good, by the end of
the novel "He felt it had been stupid to leav .....
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Sweat
.... It has not been
known for the people of the Jewish faith to be insulted by the Bible which tells
their stories. In fact, they use it as a way of life. It serves as a learning
tool that proved how strong they were and how much suffering they had to endure.
When they are faced with problems they relate back to stories, just as this, to
find that strength once again.
Mrs. Hurston, being a African American herself, should have the right to
tell a story of her heritage without being persecuted. The fact t .....
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Animal Farm: The Animals' Bad Memories
.... just for themselves. Just like when the pigs had
taken the milk and apples for themselves, they said that they only took it was
because they needed it and that if they did not have it they would not be able
to help operate the farm, he also added that the pigs did not actually like the
milk and apples but they had to eat it. They rest of the animals believed them
because they did not know what else to think. The pigs where also able to
convince them that they had not changed the commandments and that .....
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
.... the characters created by Steinbeck and how even the
smallest facets of their person lead to a much larger meaning. The first goal
that Steinbeck had in mind, was to appeal to the common Midwesterner at that
time. The best way to go about doing this was to focus on one of the two things
that nearly all migrants had in common, which was religion and hardships.
Steinbeck creates a story about the journey of a family and mirrors it to that
of biblical events. The entire family, in themselves, were like th .....
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Prince Henry And Dr. Faustus: The Trials Of Becoming A Hero
.... plan on changing their
ways; Hal for the better and Faustus for the worse.
Faustus has risen to a great point in his life. He was born to "parents
base of stock (line 11)," but still has managed to gain a degree from the
University of Wittengberg, thus acquiring much respect from the professional
world. From the onset though, Faustus has his mind set on other things; such as
magic and necromancy. Hal, on the other hand was born to a high society. Even
though he does all of these mischievous th .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Summary
.... in the novel, Jack leaves the group of kids to be on his own.
Simon: Quiet, out-spoken by everyone, Simon is one of the hardest-working of
them all. He helps Ralph with the shelters and the little ones with fruit. He is
later killed in the novel.
Sam ‘n Eric: Sam and Eric are twins. They help in various problems during the
novel and survive until the end of the novel. Neither of them play a vital role
in the novel.
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1- In the first chapter, the time is right after the plane h .....
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1984 By George Orwell: Character Sketch
.... instant, before the scenery of his mind
changed. He saw five fingers, and there was no deformity. Then everything was
normal again, and the old fear, the hatred and the bewilderment came crowding
back again. But there had been a moment – he did not know how long, thirty
seconds, perhaps – of luminous certainty, when each new suggestion of O'Brien's
had filled up a patch of emptiness and had become absolute truth, and when two
and two could have been three as easily as five, if that were what was needed .....
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Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials And Tribulations Of Everyday Life
.... of intervention could be, and possibly find some
solutions to making the South Bronx a healthier and safer place for these
children and others to live.
Problem Identification
The environment in which we study these people can only be defined by
first taking a look at possible reasons why the people have problems. Some of
the problems discussed in Amazing Grace have festered throughout the United
States for some time now. The high numbers of drug users in the community, the
high amounts of gang-re .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage Of Atticus Finch
.... willing to charge Jem with Bob Ewell's
death. He risked the loss of Jem in the process. He also risked the chance of
Jem getting mad at Atticus, and never talking to him. Also It was courageous of
Atticus to teach his children not prejudge others until they really know what
they are really going through. There is a quotation that Atticus said “Never
judge anyone, until you have been in their shoes, and walked around in them.”
(86). When saying that to Jem, and Scout he risked the chance of them not
listen .....
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Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress Of A Young Society
.... Chicano Literature.
The novel by Rudolfo Anaya Bless Me, Ultima, was printed in June 1972,
but won the first price in the Second Annual Premio Quinto Sol Literary Award in
1971.
The main characters of the novel are Antonio, his father, mother, two
sisters, three brothers, Tenorio and his three daughters, and Ultima. The
argument presents how a child, (Antonio), matures in one year, thanks to the
different episodes that he goes through. Antonio, a seven year old child,
narrates in first pe .....
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Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen's "Six Years In Hell"
.... Purple Hearts,
Presidential Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two Oak Leaf
Clusters, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Oak
Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Service Medal with 14 Bronze Campaign Medals, Air Force
Longevity Award (for over 24 years), Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hour Glass
Device (for 20 years), Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Vietnam Cross for
Gallantry with Device, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. All these
decorations and the ti .....
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