Fahrenheit51 4
.... later hits this . They only need understanding, to know how the wheels run. Need to know the history of the profession."(53). Montag disagrees with him and meets an old retired English Professor named Faber who helps him understand the books. "The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way an average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book."(80). In doing this he gets wiser and learns more about famous poets and writers. This changes his out look on lif .....
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Fools And Kings In King Lear
.... by heavenly compulsion." (I. ii. 32)
for the sole purpose of illustrating his wickedness. Edmund realizes that his evil is self-taught. This soliloquy shows the audience Edgar's foolishness in his belief that malevolence is the force that drives one to greatness or prosperity. It also illustrates the bastard's mistaken belief that by fooling his father, he might be able to eliminate Edgar, the competition for Gloucester's title, and possibly rid himself of his father in the same
act. This is a .....
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Frankenstien And Neuromancer
.... of technology, in both Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and William Gibson's Neuromancer, is the historical context in which the two were written. Whereas Frankenstein was written in a period of dramatic change - that of the Industrial revolution, in Neuromancer, Gibson echoes the opinion of economists who believe that we are currently experiencing the beginning of a profound economic revolution, due to the breakthroughs in information and communication technology, and which some believe is equal in magnitude .....
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Battle Royal
.... for coins as if money is more important than dignity-proving the white men's beliefs to be true.
While the narrator lives up to the expectations placed upon him by the white race, he consequently loses sight of his role as a black man. As he looks back at his life he says,
"All my life I had been looking for something and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too,
though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory"(174). He has l .....
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Frakenstien
.... am solitary and abhorred"(106). Yet by creating him, he had pulled himself into the same path of loneliness. His powerful use of knowledge of creation has in turn role reversed the approval between leader and suppressor.
The creature's monstrous build and frame has made him strong and evil. His dislike for mankind has created a path of destruction and he now over powers Frankenstein. "Slave… remember that I have power… you are my creator but I am your master; obey!"(122). He now takes the domina .....
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Fahrenheit51 4
.... from the home of their last burning.
Montag doesn't talk to Mildred about his unhappiness with his job. But Beatty knows of Montag's unhappiness, and makes a visit to his house. He gives Montag a pep talk about his curiosity about books. He tells him that all firemen have a curiosity about books sometime. He says that books are merely stories, only fiction. He tells him that books make people unhappy, but books can be burned with fire. Montag concludes that Beatty is afraid of books. After Beat .....
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Fate, Mayor Of Casterbridge
.... for her. This of course is the beginning of the break down of his family life and his role as a father. Henchard is upset when he sobers up the next morning. There are other instance where Henchard's temper destroys his relationships.
The next episode in the story is when Farfrae's idea for the fair works better than his own. In a fit of jealous rage, Henchard fires his good friend. This alienates Farfrae from both Henchard and Elizabeth-Jane. It also distances Henchard from Elizabeth-Jane and .....
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Frankenstein
.... to play god. Frankenstein gets obsessed with the power to master nature and create a new life. In creating life, and ultimately the creature, Victor Frankenstein seeks unlimited power to the extent that he is taking the place of god in relation to his creation. "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me"(52).
Frankenstein believes that there may be little end to his power. "I might in process of time renew life where death .....
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Death Be Not Proud
.... protested during the entire course of his
illness. He always obeyed the doctors' wishes and followed their
instructions to a "T" because he wanted so desparatly to get well.
Although he realized that eventually his life would end, he still
never gave up the hope that perhaps he could outsmart his fate to die,
if just to steal a few extra hours.
Each day, until his last, the determination Johnny had to get
well, live a normal life, and even maintain his schoolwork was
ph .....
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Battle Royal 2
.... The blind folded boxing in the story, I believe, was a representation of the blind hatred of the blacks at the time the story took place. By blind hatred I mean the ignorance of the people of the time who could hate a person for the color of their skin. The boxers in the ring wailed at each other not knowing whom they were hitting or why, just that they had to fight. This was true in the white American society of the time because they didn’t know the black people, they blindly sent blows of se .....
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Death Of A Salesman
.... in his head and it was the image he let everyone else know about. In truth, Willy was a senile salesman who was no longer able to work doing what he's done for a lifetime. When he reaches the point where he can no longer handle working, he doesn't realize it, he puts his life in danger as well a others just because he's pig-headed and doesn't understand that he has to give up on his dream. He complains about a lot of things that occur in everyday life, and usually he's the cause of the problems. When he .....
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Death Of Salesman
.... judged himsel and those arround him by theit
material accumulation, as is demanded by capitalism and the protestant
work ethic. The ethic demands accumulation and work as signs of favor
in the eyes of god. Thus in order to please god and himself he had to
accumulate wealth and objects. The consumer oriented society in which
Willy lives will not allow him to live the American Dream. Willy is
fascinated by accumulating things. His desire fior goods makes him
want objects that he nei .....
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Dickens And His Stucture Of Ha
.... creates a firm
character basis with. The opening chapter emphasizes on Thomas Gradgrind Sr., and his students
fittingly referred to as “vessels before him ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them
until they are filled to the brim” (Dickens 12). Gradgrind’s methods of education are employed to
show Dickens’ view on the evil of the educational system. Among the “vessels” are Bitzter and
Sissy Jupe. They exemplify two entirely different ideas, serving Dickens for allegorical pur .....
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Death Of A Salesman - Analysis
.... same time where the Lomans were happy. Starting with Biff’s football days in high school. The music in those scenes would make anyone feel like they were on top of the world, just like Biff and Willy felt. Then comes Ben. Ben is Willy’s savior. Always acting like a parental figure, Ben was Willy’s answer to everything. A pure, fast paced song represented Willy’s hopes. The emotions involved in this type of music were mainly enthusiasm, confidence, and courage. Biff’s example of when he decides to go .....
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Describe The Elements Of Death
.... moves back henry
sees a line of injured soldiers including his friend Jim
Conklin,who is badly wounded and another friend called “the
tattered man”. Trying to make up for deserting his friends, Henry
tries to help Jim Conklin who is dying.After Conklin dies, the
tattered man probes deeply into Henry’s conscience by repeatedly
asking “where ya hit”(Bowers 132). Henry deserts the tattered
man.
When Henry stops another soldier he asks him the novels most
important question which is “why” Th .....
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