Summary Of "A Raisin In The Sun"
.... those who are black. Travis who is stay in dismay and is
confused waits at home while Walter goes over to the neighbors house to
talk to them about what has happened. Walter is, in good reason, very angry
and annoyed by the racist whites. He goes over and at first tries his best
to stay calm over the situation. The white father then says, "Listen, if I
ever see your son with mine, I will througth that little black spoiled brat
back into your yard." Walter becomes enraged and hits the man directly in
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"A Rose For Emily": A Review
.... her. If the story would have been told
in first person we would not have been able to relate to Miss Emily. The
reason for that would be, if she would have been the narrator we would have
understood the story in a hole different manner. Faulkner used third person
narration and from that we were able to find out many things about Miss
Emily's past. For instance the death of her father, the love she had for
Homer, and how she felt the need for affection. Those ideas she would have
kept to herself, if .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View Of The Old South
.... hurt he
said "no'm. Killed a nigger." When she shows no emotion in her reaction
it shows us how many southern whites looked at blacks. We also see at many
times during the novel that Huck and Jim have a true friendship. The go
out of their way at many times for the welfare of eachother and they
develop a relationship to which they both contribute. Huck teaches Jim
about diversity, priests and rulers in chapter fourteen when he reads to
him about Solomon and Frenchmen. Jim also teaches Huck an importa .....
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A Separate Peace: Three Symbols
.... (68). When Gene starts a
fight with Quackenbush and falls into the Naguamsett because Quackenbush
calls Gene "a maimed son-of-a-bitch," Gene surfaces from the Naguamsett
feeling grimy, dirty and in desperate need of a bath (71). Much like the
clean, refreshing water of the Devon and the ugly saline water of the
Naguamsett, Gene's carefree attitude of the summer session vastly differs
from the angry, confused attitude of the winter session.
Likewise, the two sessions, the summer and winter, give a .....
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A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
.... anyone, he just wanted to do it for
himself. Gene and Phineas of campus to the ocean to swim. They have a drink
at the bar, the spend the night on the beach, and Phineas tells Gene he is
his best pal. Gene is not sure if he feels the same.
Chapter 4: Gene and Finny (Phineas) wake up and head back to Devon. Gene
fails his trigonometry examination for the first time. Finny tells Gene
that he studies too much. Gene thinks Finny is jealous. Gene wants to earn
the Scholastic Achievement Citation to get even .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Characters Are "Recalled To Life"
.... Darnay 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
rec .....
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Attitudes Toward Marriage In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
.... in
astrology and Absalon's refusal to accept offerings from the ladies, as
well as the behaviors of both with regards to Alison. Still, Alison does
what she wants, she takes Nicholas because she wants to, just as she
ignores Absalon because she wants to. Lines 3290-5 of the Miller's Tale
show Alison's blatant disrespect for her marriage to "Old John" and her
planned deceit:
That she hir love hym graunted atte laste,
And swoor hir ooth, by seint Thomas of Kent
That she wol been at his comandement .....
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So This Was Adolescence, By Annie Dillard: Author Writing Style
.... wood,” which would symbolize her
longing for an escape from her monotony.
The second style is visualization. Dillard utilizes this style well.
When reading such lines as “I was a boulder blocking my own path,” and “
...a live wire...shooting out sparks..,” the reader can visualize her as
the boulder or the live wire out of control. This style makes the story
easier to follow and lets you feel as the character does, like you were
there with them. When Dillard describes herself “--whipping the bed wit .....
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A Violent Illumination Of Salvation
.... either excessive
pride or aggressive evil traits. The price of redemption is high.
O'Connor violently shocks her characters, illuminates their shortcomings,
and prepares them for redemption as seen in: "A Good Man is Hard to Find,"
"Revelation," "The River," and "The Lame Shall Enter First."
Walters reasons, "The instruction of pride through lessons of humility is,
in each story, the means by which the soul is prepared for its necessary
illumination by the Holy Spirit" (73). The grandmother in "A G .....
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"A White Heron" And "The Beast In The Jungle": A Comparison And Contrast Essay
.... situation for her to handle any other way. Rather, it handled
her. The grandmother was most receptive and hospitable. Over the course
of the short stay, Sylvy realized many things. The hunter offered money in
exchange for help in finding the heron's nest. Not only was his offer
tempting and attractive, but a curiosity awakened in her as he was most
attractive as well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each
moment and each step one at a time, carefully, slowly. Sylvy seems to .....
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Bless Me Ultima: The Growing Up Of A Young Boy
.... home to warn Ultima, a kind
whitch about Tenorio, whose desire is to destroy her spirit, he realized he
or Ultima could both be exterminated. During the run, Tony thought of the
future, which he hardly thought of before this event. Almost every child
Tony's age was preoccupied with activities, such as playing and horsing
around, and certainly not thinking what the future could pertain. This
proves Tony understood the aknowledgement of reality, unlike most of his
peers. When Florence, his freind, ques .....
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Morrison's Beloved: A Review
.... so
deserved. Future leaders of known fame will be Malcolm X and Martin Luther
King which will carry on this battle begun by the abolitionists.
Baby Suggs, is Halle's mother and Sethe's mother - in - law, and is
an important character in the story in that she brings about many aspects
of self-pride and versatility. Suggs lived through the "slavery" and came
out of the ordeal with strength of her character alone. Slavery at the
time broke down the slaves making them have low self- esteem and low .....
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"Beware Of The Fish" By Gordan Korman: A Review
.... Macdonald Hall
dive headfirst into, the headmaster at the girls school next door thinks
that the boys at Macdonald Hall are 'hooligans terrorizing my poor girls'
(whoare actually on the boys side. (Even if the guys tried to terrorize
them,they'd beat them to a pulp.) And poor Mr. Sturgeon has no idea whats
goingon. If you think that's weird, wait'll you see what Bruno does next.
I think that this book is a really crazy book with really funny
characters. A few other books are also written about Bruno and .....
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Biblical Allusions And Imagery In Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
.... His writings spoke out against those who
kept the oppressed in poverty and therefore was branded as a Communist
because of his "voice." Although, it did become a bestseller and receive
countless awards, his book was banned in many schools and libraries.
However, critics never attacked The Grapes of Wrath on the artistic level
and they still consider it a beautifully mastered work of art. More than
any other American novel, it successfully embodies a contemporary social
problem of national scope in an .....
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Billy Budd
.... among
his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members
of the crew look up to him and love him. He is "strength and beauty.
Tales of his prowess [are] recited. Ashore he [is] the champion, afloat
the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost"(9).
Despite his popularity among the crew and his hardworking attitude,
Billy is transferred to another British ship, the Indomitable. And while
he is accepted for his looks and happy personality, "…hardly here [is] he
th .....
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