Pygmalion: Professor Higgins' Philosophy
.... and in good times with Pickering is well mannered. This apparent
discrepancy between Higgins' actions and his word, may not exist, depending on
the interpretation of this theory.
There are two possible translations of Higgins' philosophy. It can be
viewed as treating everyone the same all of the time or treating everyone
equally at a particular time.
It is obvious that Higgins does not treat everyone equally all of the
time, as witnessed by his actions when he is in "one of his .....
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The Repressive Governments Of Zamiatin's We And Orwell's 1984
.... The British author Eric Blair, better known by his pen name George
Orwell, and the Russian born Eugene Zamiatin both attempt to address these
questions in their respective books 1984 and We.
These novels depict, ". . . mechanized societies whose citizens are
deprived of freedom through physical and psychological conditioning." (Bloom 17)
The amazing thing about these civilizations is that the majority of the
citizenry, at least publicly, applauds the government's totalitarian actions.
Both Zam .....
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Mildred Taylor's "Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry": Hardships Of The Logan Family
.... that the Logans owned the land and they
would try to do anything within their powers to take the land from them,
"because he's [Mr. Granger] one of those people who has to believe that white
people are better are better than black people to make himself feel big"(p.276).
When T.J., a friend of the family, gets into serious trouble with the
law, Cassie watches her family's strength defy Mississippi racism. "I cried for
T.J.for T.J.and the land."
I enjoyed the story because the character see .....
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Rosemary Well's When No One Was Looking: Ambition
.... out ruth is dead, people accuse
Kathy of it, and kathy even blames herself. Kathy proves she was at the ball
game the night of the murder. She regains her confidence, and works her way up
to the top.
Julia and Kathy have been best friends since they were in first grade.
Because of Julia's wealth, she is different, and is treated just that way.
Kathy would defend her when she used to get picked on. Since then, Kathy and
Julia are inseparable. They have such a good relationship, that they would do
anything .....
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Lives Of Saints: Christina's Strength In Resisting Society's Demands
.... independence of spirit is the reason. As well, Cristina's
father does not see past the cloud which has slowly been built up in Valle del
Sole. The cloud which prevents most people from seeing how the failure to be an
individual rules the town, and how anyone with the nerve to be unique is
ostracized. Cristina's father's failure to understand this leads to the decline
and eventually their total destruction of the family structure.
In many ways, the story of the character Cristina in the novel is simila .....
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Catch 22: Satire On WWII
.... family problems and Gold's struggle to write a book
on the contemporary Jewish society.
Throughout these two novels, Catch-22 and Good as Gold, Heller
criticizes many institutions. In Good as Gold it is the White House and
government as a whole, and in Catch-22 it is the military and medical
institutions.
In Catch-22 the military is heavily satirized. Heller does this by
criticizing it. Karl agrees with this statement by offering an example of the
satire of both the military and civilian institutions .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Unavoidable Truth
.... She
tries to loser herself in past memories, but reality rears its ugly head. A few
moments later, her mind jumps back to reality. In astonishment, she clutches
the child and places her finger on the scarlet letter. This shows that reality
is unavoidable, even though we try to escape from it sometimes.
This courageous journey to reality won my admiration and understanding.
When I was eight years old, I distinctly remember the time when our family
celebrated the Chinese New Year. Since I wa .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The Harsh Puritan Society
.... It is here
that Dimmesdale can openly acknowledge Hester and his undying love for her. It
is here that Hester can do the same for Dimmesdale. It is here that the two of
them can openly engage in conversation, without being preoccupied with the
constraints that Puritan society places on them. The forest itself, is free.
Nobody watches in the woods to report misbehavior, so it is here where people do
as they wish. To independent spirits like Hester Prynne's, the wilderness
beckons her: "Throw off .....
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Paradise Lost: Milton's Approach To Lust, Sex, And Violence
.... yet,
he deplores concupiscence and warns against the evils of lust, insisting lust
leads to sin, violence and death.
From the beginning, Satan, like fallen humanity, not only blames others; but
also makes comic and grandiose reasons for his evil behavior. Yet, despite his
reasoning to seek revenge against God, "his true motivation for escaping from
hell and perverting paradise is, at least partly, something more basic: Satan
needs sex" (Daniel 26).
In the opening books of the poem, Satan is cast i .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue And Ishmael's Incompatibility
.... Hatsue because of his feelings for her, even after he gains the
knowledge that it is extremely improbable that he could ever be with her.
Hatsue is much more logical and rational with her feelings. She saw her love
with Ishmael for what it was. She realized she did not really love him and that
she was still learning what love really is. She moved on with her life, whereas
Ishmael could not.
Ishmael's view of love did not change throughout the novel. He met
Hatsue as a child, and formed the idea that .....
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Some Dreamers Of The Golden Dream: Imagery
.... but hard to buy a book." (p.4) It is a society where anyone
with money can buy a devotion to God with the dialing of a number. The usage of
religion as a money-making business defiles the sanctity of societys most sacred
and cherished belief. However, money is made so morals and ethics are ignored.
Another example of this immorality is Edward Foley, Lucilles Millers attorney.
He says, "We dont want to give away what we can sell," (p.27) referring to
information about Lucille Miller and the deat .....
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The Pearl: Evil
.... in the face and she fell among the boulders, and he
kicked her in the side...He hissed at her like a snake and she
stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a
butcher. (742)
Juana saw through the outer beauty of the pearl and knew it would destroy them,
but Kino's vision was blurred by the possible prosperity the pearl brought. The
malignant evil then spread to a secret cult known only as the trackers. This
corrupt band of ruffians attacked and destroyed .....
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The Pearl: Summary
.... make him rich
and enable him to provide security for his family. But Kino discovers otherwise.
The pearl stirs envy in the villagers, and that night Kino is attacked in his
hut by a thief. The following day, he tries to sell the pearl to buyers in town,
but he is offered only a small amount of money for it. The buyers all work for
the same man. They know the pearl is worth a fortune but hope to buy it cheaply
by pretending that it is worth little.
Kino says he will sell his pearl in the capital city, wher .....
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The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
.... what she would have seen would have been a
mirror image of her reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of
mirrors, and they were all shattering one by one. In the night he heard a
"sound so soft that it might have been simply a thought..." and quickly attacked
the trespasser. This is where the problems for Juana and her family began. The
fear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over his actions. Soon
even Juana who had always had faith in her husband, had doubted him .....
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Stephen King's The Stand: Summary
.... lady named
Abigail, in Colorado. This lady is kind and loving and promises to protect
them from the evil. In the dreams there is also a "Dark Man". He is always
there lurking, waiting to attack.
Harold admits to himself that he is in love with Fran and goes crazy
when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the
newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots
to separate them, even if it means murder.
Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, bu .....
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