A Separate Peace: Finny - How Things Change
.... resentment towards
him. Gene thought that everything Finny did was perfect, which just upset Gene
all the more. Finny was so perfect that he didn't care what others thought,
like when Finny wore a pink shirt as an emblem after the bombing of central
Europe. " '...Pink! It makes you look like a fairy!' 'Does it?' He used this
preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something more interesting than what
you had said." One time Finny and Gene were at the swimming pool when Finny
noticed that a boy .....
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As I Lay Dying
.... obsessed with burying her there. Even after Addie had been dead over a
week, and all of the bridges to Jefferson are washed out, he is still determined
to get to Jefferson.
Is Anse sincere in wanting to fulfill his promise to Addie, or is he driven by
another motive? Anse plays "to perfection the role of the grief-stricken
widower" (Bleikasten 84) while secretly thinking only of getting another wife
and false teeth in Jefferson. When it becomes necessary to drive the wagon
across the river, he pro .....
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The Great Gatsby: Structure Of Novel Influenced By Foreshadowing And Flashback
.... Fitzgerald utilizes foreshadowing to the best of its ability to help
organize the novel. "Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at
the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling
fingers and set it back in place. 'I'm sorry about the clock,' he said. 'It's
an old clock,' I told him idiotically." (Fitzgerald, pg. 92) This quote is the
first use of foreshadowing which is in chapter five. It pertains to all of the
trouble Gatsby causes as he tries to win Daisy .....
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Black Rain: Reader Response
.... Something else that
Mr. Shizuma wants to do is remember every little detail about what happens to
everything from what angle the house was on after the bomb to what his wife
cooked for dinner with the food rationing. He even likes to write how people
cured themselves of radiation sickness and what the burns and other injuries
look and act like. These things are like myself in the fact that he does not
like to forget what things are like, wants to see first hand what the effects
are, and is very intereste .....
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Brave New World: Huxley Predicted Many Events Of The Future
.... activity." Many believe that each
time medicine reduces the risk of unwanted diseases and pregnancies, society,
on the whole, will increase its sexual activity. Huxley's prediction of
promiscuity is based on his iron law of sexuality:
"As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends
compensatingly to increase." A current example of Huxley's belief is China.
China is the last remaining communist regime, it also suffers from having one
fifth of the world's population within its border .....
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"By The Waters Of Babylon"
.... that the man and all the
men in the Place of the Gods were just normal people. He realizes they are more
advanced humans, but they were just like he was.
V. What events make up the story's falling action?
The falling action is when John goes back to town to tell his father
what he saw. He then went to his father to be praised an purified. His father
told him that "You went away a boy. You come back a man and a priest." He
started to go to the Dead Places to retrieve books and magic tools .....
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Call Of The Wild
.... stealthy work he will
survive. A second example occurs when Thorton owns Buck, and Spitz, the lead
dog, constantly watches the team in a dominant manner. Buck, if insubordinate,
runs the risk of death. He lays low, learning Spitz's every tactic. Buck
adapts to circumstances until finally he strikes against Spitz in a fight for
the dominant position. By killing Spitz, he gains a supreme air, and in turn
an adaptation against the law of the fang. A third example surfaces during
Buck's leadership. .....
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Call Of The Wild: Character Sketch - Buck
.... sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of
a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was going, Buck's pride
was severely damaged, if not completely wiped out by men who used tools to
restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he would just be
choked into submission at the end. When Buck arrived at his destination, there
was snow everywhere, not to mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck was
thrown into a pen with a man who had a club. This is .....
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Canterbury Tales: Chaunticleer; Behind The Rooster
.... had a vision in a dream and the dream came true.
He may have been making all the stories up in order to win the argument with
Pertelote, but, this seems unlikely because he does not take heed to his own
advice and stay away from the fox that encounters him later. He is educated
enough to know these supposed quotations but not intelligent enough to
understand the real meaning of them. It is if he simply brings because they help
him win the argument with his spouse and not because he actually believes what
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Alice In Wonderland: Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
.... girls was Alice
Liddell, who insisted that he write the story down for her, and who served as
the model for the heroine.
Dodgson eventually sought to publish the first book on the advice of friends
who had read and loved the little handwritten manuscript he had given to Alice
Liddell. He expanded the story considerably and engaged the services of John
Tenniel, one of the best known artists in England, to provide illustrations.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through The Looking Glass .....
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The Lack Of Comprehensive Speech In Catch 22
.... wants to know when Clevinger said that he could not be punished.
He now wants to know when Clevinger did not say that he could not be punished.
Clevinger quickly rebuts and states, "I always didn't say you couldn't punish me,
sir." Finally, the colonel is satisfied with that answer even though
Clevinger's statement did not answer the question and has no meaning.
Major Major often spoke with a lack of meaning. He simply did not make
sense. For instance, he told Sergeant Towser, his assistant, .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And World
.... to be a rough tough boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one
o'clock or so, getting drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see straight." (pg.
150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He drank, cursed and criticized life
in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits. I myself have
found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to fit in to a
group and do things similar to what others do in order to gain acceptance by
them. I smoked a cigar once with two friends .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: First Person Narration Is Critical
.... extent of his plans are to "take a room in a hotel.., and just take it easy
till Wednesday."
Holden's excessive thoughts on death are not typical of most
adolescents. His near obsession with death might come from having experienced
two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on Allie, his brother's,
death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious that he loves and misses Allie.
In order to hold on to his brother and to minimize the pain of his loss, Holden
brings Allie's baseball mitt along .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caulfield's Perception And Gradual Acceptance Of The "Real" World
.... and holiday splendor, yet, much to Holden's despair "seldom yields
any occasions of peace, charity or even genuine merriment."3 Holden is
surrounded by what he views as drunks, perverts, morons and screwballs. These
convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily during only one particular
scene in the book. The scene is that with Mr. Antolini. After Mr. Antolini
patted Holden on the head while he was sleeping, Holden jumped up and ran out
thinking that Mr. Antolini was a pervert as well. This is the .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden And Modern Teenagers
.... why Holden does well in his English class. I
do not read much and therefore I have problems in my grammar.
The family background of Holden and I are fairly similar, both of us come from
opulent families. Holden and I are both very lucky to be studying in eminent
institutions. Unfortunately, Holden does not take this advantage. Holden's mind
is elsewhere in a reverie, day dreaming how to save the virtuous children from
the evil. While studying away from his family makes Holden's relationship with
his fam .....
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