Examination Of Puritan Philosophy In Bradford's "On Plymouth Plantation"
.... condemning the poor
people in their sickness and cursing them daily….he didn't let to tell them
that he hoped to help cast half of them overboard before they came to their
journey's end". But, "it pleased God before they came half-seas over, to
smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a
desperate manner, and so was himself the first that was thrown overboard".
Bradford believes that the sailor died because God was punishing him.
According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and mi .....
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Hemingway's "The Old Man And The Sea": An Analysis
.... gave or withheld
favors. She was unpredictable beacuse "The moon affects her as it does a
woman." (p.30) The sea was like a second home for the man, who fished
every day. La mar provided the man with food, a living, an enemy, and a
friend.
When he was out on the sea fishing, he was at home. The sea, la
mar, was like his mother. The fish in the ocean were like his brothers and
sisters. When he heard the dolphins playing in the night he thought, "They
are good...they are our brothers like the flyin .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Our Society Suppresses The Evil That Is Presented In All Of Us
.... for being rescued, because all he wanted to do was
kill pigs. The number of hunters kept on growing and he began to get other
kids to hunt with him. They soon had a routine (the dance) and whenever
they did thad they had to kill, because they got so pumped up when they did
it. Jack then began killing as if it were a luxury. They became savage
hunters as evil took over; they killed almost as if it were a sexual
performance for them.
As this adventure began, Jack was the leader of the choir. He was
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Fahrenheit 451: Books - A Part Of Our Past
.... and then
everything after that, which is only about fifty years. But without the
recordings of Einstein and all the other famous scientists, television
probably would not be invented that early.
In our day and age people are watching too much television. We
figure that everything that is in books is on the television. If we need
to learn about something we rent a movie about it or watch a show on it.
No one reads books anymore just for the fun of it, or so they can read the
paranormal, science fiction .....
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Fahrenheit 451: The Meetings Between Montag And Clarisse
.... Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a
dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse
explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the
dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're
not in love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but
realizes that he is not in love and not at all happy.
In the third meeting, Montag begins to feel that he has known
Clarisse forever. Montag states " Y .....
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The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities Of Life
.... "never had a man spoken in so wise,
so high, and so holy a spirit, as he… nor had inspiration ever breathed
through mortal lips more evidently than it did through his" (167).
Dimmesdale had risen through the ranks of the church and had the utmost
respect of the people of Boston. Dimmesdale's "eloquence and religious
fervor had already given the earnest of high eminence in his profession"
(48). Hawthorne pointed out that Dimmesdale was a very influential and
powerful speaker, whose soft spoken words, "af .....
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Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms": Henry - A Man Of Action, Self-Dicipline,
.... at the
newcomers. The others were looking a the colchel. I ducked down, pushed
between two men, and ran for the river, my head down. I tripped at the
edge and went in with a splash" (Hemingway, 214). Henry witnessed the
gruesome executions of the officers before him and knew he was not going to
die without a fight to preserve his precious existence. Being a man of
action rather than words, was the determining factor which helped him
survive this unfortunate confrontation with death. Regardless of the
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The Fellowship Of The Rings
.... them to seek
the wisdom of another wizard. With Strider and the remaining party they
traveled the broad expanse if terrain. Where they would befriend new
adventurers along the way. Many a time would they be tempted to misuse the
ring. But Frodo's will held strong. Up unto the climax of events, when
the ring raids came to take what once belonged to them. In a moment of
weakness, Frodo placed the ring on his finger. He vanished from his
party's sight. "Take the ring off Frodo!", they yelled. B .....
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Feminism In Jane Eyre
.... gave them little option in life: either become a
house wife or a governess. Although today a tutor may be considered a
fairly high class and intellectual job, in the Victorian era a governess
was little more than a servant who was paid to share her scarce amount of
knowledge in limited fields to a child. With little respect, security, or
class one may certainly feel that an intelligent, passionate and
opinionated young woman such as Jane Eyre should deserve and be capable of
so much more. The insecu .....
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Davis' "Fifth Business": Death Of Boy Staunton
.... granted
his inner most wish, and lastly, Boy Staunton himself.
It can be observed that childhood experiences play a very important
role in the stableness of ones soul. One mishap in childhood can create a
devastating blow to ones true happiness in later life. This was exactly the
case in Boy Staunton's life. Once, when he was little, he got in an
argument with Dunny which led to snowballs being launched at Dunny from an
aggravated Boy Staunton. The last snowball concealed a rock, and hit
Dunny's neighbor .....
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"Fighting On Two Fronts": Henry Fleming In Red Badge Of Courage
.... rest. This warm feeling faded when they reached the
camp. Here life was boring for Henry. The only thing his company did was
drill day in and day out. All of the experienced soldiers told war stories
every night by the campfire. Henry could only listen because he was still
'wet behind the ears'. He felt left out and often sat alone wondering
about battle. War was like an illusion to him. He couldn't imagine people
slaughtering each other. "Aren't we too civilized to massacre ourselves?"
he ofte .....
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Stephen Coonts' "Flight Of The Intruder": Summary
.... craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be court-
martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings
anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next
mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This
plane only carried antiradiation missiles to destroy the SAMs and their
radar. But, as they were approximating (approaching, advancing on) the
first SAM surface gun destroyed most of the plane. The crew ejected within
the midst of .....
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The Fountain Head: Individualism
.... and through the newspaper, was not able to manipulate Howard into
his way of thinking. The general public who read the Banner had been
convinced that Toohey new what he was talking about on all subjects. His
plan to manipulate the public and gather them as a whole was directly
countered with every move that Howard made. One of these major moves was
the building of the Stoddard Temple. With the temple, Roark had the
freedom to build whatsoever he choose. This gave him a medium to express
his vie .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
.... at his work. If there is another monster there will be twice the
power and possibly twice the evil, which could hurt or kill his family.
When and if Frankenstein commits the moral sin of creating another monster
he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I
will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt
monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor,
if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a chanc .....
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Frankenstein: Good And Bad Choices
.... made his being, he made a choice to "animate lifeless clay and
body-parts", to become a being. The choice he made would haunt him for the
rest of his life. When Zeus finds out that Prometheus has stolen his fire,
he took Prometheus to a top of a mountain and chains him to the mountain.
Every day an eagle comes down and rips him open and eats his insides.
During the night Prometheus would recover during the night.
After Victor Frankenstein created his being, he called it pure evil,
but i .....
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