Great Expectations: Pip's Personality Change
.... to himself, "She was not
beautiful--She was common and could not be like Estella..." (p 600)
Estella's beauty had made Pip blind as to what was really important in a
person. No matter how coldly Pip was treated by Estella, he went on loving
her only because of her astounding beauty.
As Pip progressed in life, he became increasingly ungrateful to the
people that had raised and cared for him as a child. His disrespect was
most strongly shown towards Joe. Having not seen Joe for a number of years,
Pip sho .....
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Great Expectations: Pip
.... Magwich is a sensitive and charitable man.
John Wemmick, one of the books openly good people, lives two lives.
The "London Wemmick" has a mouth like a "post box," and follows the
business procedures learned from Mr. Jaggers. The "Walworth Wemmick" is
calm, good-natured, and kind. He is entirely faithful to his father, the
"Aged Parent." He is the man who hands out Pip's allowance when he is young,
under the orders of Jaggers. Also he is one of Pip's friends helping him in
time of need with his "Wal .....
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John Gardner's "Grendel": Good Vs. Evil
.... absolutely no hostile intentions towards these "ridiculous" (ch.2,
pp.24) creatures that "moved by clicks." (ch.2, pp.24) The thanes do not
understand what Grendel is and are very uneasy about the whole situation.
Like animals they are frightened of anything that is different from what
they are used to. When Grendel attempts to communicate they show their
ignorance and simple-mindedness. Instead of taking the time to understand
the anomaly in their world they panic and decide to destroy it .....
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Guilt And How It Is Handled
.... still feels guilty, and since time has passed can not face the
truth. A situation that creates guilt can also illustrate how people deal
with difficulty.
Guilt does not only appear in literature, but also in daily life.
A famous case is the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Whether he committed the
crime or not, O.J. has shown no signs of guilt. This can be interpreted as
meaning that he either did not commit the crime, or he did so but is hiding
the guilt. If the second situation is true, then he h .....
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Summary Of Gulliver's Travels
.... trees are only six feet
tall, and the largest building, the palace of the king, was tall enough for
Gulliver to leap over, although he would not dare do that, for he must be
very careful not to crush anyone or break the buildings. The country of
Lilliput is in the process of a war with Blefescu, the neighbor island to
the north east. Gulliver becomes aware of the complexities of human ways
and our helplessness.
After returning home for ten months, Gulliver sets sail on another
trip. After a few complic .....
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Hatchet
.... hunt.
Hatchet is just one book in a trilogy of which I read all of. I found that
hatchet was not the best book in the trilogy. I found the most enjoyable
book to be the last one in the series, “Hatchet: Winter.” One of the good
things about hatchet winter is that you did not have to read the the second
book in the trilogy, “The Return”
All in all I found that "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen was a very enjoyable book
which I would recommend to all teenagers.
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Heart Of Darkness: Heart Of Controversy
.... such deference is
more serious, but turn-of-the-century England was sure to expect far
harsher. Educated people reading Conrad's novel should understand the
differences between the past and the present, and be forgiving of his
language.
The deeper the expedition progressed into the center of the
continent, the more isolation was felt by the crew. In a sense, Central
Africa IS the antithesis of Western Europe -- it lacks not only the hectic
urban structures but also the Social Darwinist attitudes .....
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Heart Of Darkness And Apocalypse Now
.... the mighty big river…. resembling an
immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving
afar over a vast country and its tail lost in the depths of the land"
(Dorall 303), he hears rumors of Kurtz's unusual behavior of killing the
Africans. The behavior fascinates him, especially when he sees it first
hand: "and there it was black, dried, sunken, with closed eyelids- a head
that seemed to sleep at the top of that pole, and with the shrunken dry
lips showing a narrow white line of th .....
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Reivew Of Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"
.... forced to do meaningless, pointless exercises.
Marlow is shocked by this total subjugation of the Africans and the
completely pointless work which they are forced to perform.
Prior to 1807, the Europeans directly enslaved the Africans. After
1807, Britain, and eventually most European countries, banned the slave
trade. However, this did not stop the Eldorado Exploring Expedition, whose
members Marlow described as "reckless without hardihood, greedy without
audacity, and cruel without courage," from usin .....
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Hemingway's Portrayal Of Nick's Consolation
.... the actions of Dr. Adams and Nick.
According to Jackson Benson, after the row with Dick Boulton in "The
Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," Mrs. Adams only attempts to second guess
Dr. Adams.
Instead of backing her husband up or sympathizing with him, Mrs.
Adams scolds her husband and expresses the suspicion that it was Dr. Adams
who caused all the trouble. Her tone effectively reduces the doctors
status to that of a little boy. Her further refusal to believe her husband
after patronizingly urg .....
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The Outsider: Meursault
.... lines "Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I
don't know" This indicates that either he does not care or he had no
comprehension of what had happened. An additional illustration of his
detached attitude is after his mothers funeral when he goes to see a
humorous "Fernandel" film with Marie, his girlfriend, and then he takes her
home and sleeps with her just hours after his Mothers funeral. This
indicates that aswell as having a detached viewpoint that he has no
perception of morality. A section of t .....
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Heroic Qualities In The Hobbit
.... does get lucky.
Another example of Bilbos' luck in a heroic situation is in chapter 9.
Bilbo is very lucky when he is able to first escape the elves. He is again
lucky when he is able to explore the elven palace at such great length.
Yet another example of his luck is when extremely potent wine comes in
barrels,and ends up putting the chief guard asleep who is in sole
possession of the keys which can unlock all the dwarves prisons. So with
all these examples of how luck can be a factor in heroism I am .....
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Hesiod's "Works And Days" And Virgil's "The Georgics": Working The Land
.... homage to these gods. The overall
frame of mind held by Hesiod can be seen in lines 456 through 481. This
passage begins with the work ethic held in such high esteem by Hesiod when
he writes, "When ploughing-time arrives, make haste to plough."(pg. 73 l.
456) Constantly, Hesiod is making references to work ethic, describing
idlers as men who will "wrestle with ruin all their days."(pg. 72 l. 407)
The concept of idlers suffering at the hands of the gods surfaces
frequently, as the lazy man is despised by .....
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Hesse's Siddhartha As It Parallels Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs
.... others but that
it must be experienced empirically. Siddhartha therefore rejects the life
of a Brahmin to become a Samana (a wandering person who gives up material
possessions for his faith). After he tires of this life, he moves on to
learn the art of love from a woman named Kamala and the art of business
from a man named Kamaswami. He lives his new life for many years but then
begins to feel that his mind has become stagnant and that he needs
something new in his life. He abandons the surroundings h .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Hester Pryne Lived An Important Life
.... then
got married and started a new life. In the book, Pearl was always the
smartest character portrayed by Hawthorne. Had Hester been put to death
because of her sin, Pearl might not have been as successful as she became.
Hester was a very admirable person. After committing her awful sin
(awful as seen by the townspeople), and losing the respect of most of the
townspeople, Hester was able to turn her life around for the better. Her
turn around, however, happened slowly. It took Hester and Pearl .....
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