The Bistro Styx
.... Analyzing the poem farther we can see that Dove uses her views on home to further alienate from our familiar picture of that typical suburban home. She seems to be talking about the house in a manner that would indicate it is a photographic negative; this emphasizes race as an alienating factor. Dove’s writing usually charts a sense of displacement and this seems to be the case in "The Old Neighborhood". In My Mother Enters the Work Force Dove does not use her home theme, but in The Bistro Styx .....
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The Black Cat
.... is bitten in the hand by the cat. Because of this bite, "the fury of a demon instantly possessed" the man, and he "knew [himself] no longer" (347). Since the black cat, associated with evil, bit the narrator, he now has evil inside of him. After this attack, the narrator first shows signs of mental illness. His saying he ‘knew himself no longer’ and that his soul has "take[n] its flight from [his] body" implies that he is not in control of his body and an outside powe .....
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The Black Cat
.... newspapers, which periodically carry true stories of murders committed under just abnormal psychological pressures as those described in "The Black Cat" (Buranelli 76). This story begins with the narrator ,who is about to be hung, confessing what he has done in some type of
repention for his soul. The narrator step by step describes how he began drinking and then to neglect his dearly beloved cat and his wife. One day when he is maddened by the actions of the
cat, he cuts out its eye and l .....
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The Black Cat - Symbolism
.... is symbolic of the narrator’s evil heart and there are many ways one can prove this. Black cat one started out in the story as the narrator’s favorite pet and playmate named Pluto,which is the name of the God of the Underworld. And one night, after returning home much intoxicated the narrator’s love for the pet seem to fade away. That night in which the narrator is intoxicated, black cat one avoided him. This bothered the narrator to the
point where he would pick up the cat and frighten it. Afraid .....
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The Blue Hotel
.... forward, and a human body…. was pierced as easily as if it had been a melon" (786). The Swedes limp body fell to floor beneath the bar where he had been drinking. The theme of death in "The Blue Hotel" is present throughout the novel. Crane’s use of color, character flaws, and plot help strengthen this theme. Crane uses the Swedes fear of death to be his death. Had the Swede not been drinking he more than likely would not have become so aggressive and in turn he would not have started the fi .....
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The Bluest Eye
.... What did we lack? Why was it important? And so what?. . . And all the time we knew that Maureen Peal was not the Enemy and not worthy of such intense hatred. The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us."(74) Claudia and Frieda are engulfed in the mindset of this "picture perfect" girl all of the parents and friends ogled over. They allow this incident to not only let Maureen rise above them with her power of snobbish beauty, but to shrink their self-esteem into wh .....
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The Bluest Eye
.... get out of her house, Pecola\'s eyes were fixed on the \"pretty\" lady and her
\"pretty\" house. Pecola does not stand up to Maureen Peal when she made fun of
her for seeing her dad naked but instead lets Freida and Claudia fight for her.
Instead of getting mad at Mr. Yacobowski for looking down on her, she directed
her anger toward the dandelions that she once thought were beautiful. The
dandelions also represent her view of her blackness, once she may have
thought that she was beautifu .....
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The Bluest Eye
.... to society and how does the theme of beauty and ugliness linger throughout the story. With this in mind, how does this make Pecola a victim of society and a victim in herself?
If any person can be credited for creating the obsession of beauty that Pecola builds it is Pauline (Pecola’s mother). Pecola experiences many insecurities and it can definitely be said that many of these are because of the way that Pauline acts in society and around Pecola. It was stated in the story that Pauline w .....
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The Bluest Eye
.... the tooth just fell out. "I was sitting back in my seat, and I taken a big bite of that candy, and it pulled a tooth right out of my mouth. I could of cried. I had good teeth, not a rotten one in my head. I don’t believe I ever did get over that" (122). After trying so hard to become beautiful and things going bad the harder she tried , she just gave up.
Pecola strived for beauty throughout the whole book, she knew that people though she was an ugly child. So she thought .....
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The Bluest Eye
.... for blue eyes by showing the great interest she had in Shirley Temple, who was known for being a pretty white girl. Claudia then goes into a series of stories and descriptions of what type of environment Pecola must live in at her own home. She describes the abandoned store in which the Breedlove family lives in and the terrible condition of the furniture, which reflects the type of family the Breedloves are. Whether it was Claudia or another unknown third person narrator, a specific situation is .....
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The Bluest Eyes
.... people would finally love and accept her. This idea of beauty has been imprinted on Pecola her whole entire life. Many people have inscribed this notion into her. Her classmates also have an effect on her. They seem to think that because she is not beautiful; she is not worth anything except as the focal point of their mockery. As if it were not bad enough being ridiculed by children her own age, adults also had to mock her. Mr. Yacowbski as a symbol for the rest of society\'s norm, treats her as if .....
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The Bluest Eyes - A Search For Identity
.... beautiful, people would finally love and accept her. This idea of beauty has been imprinted on Pecola her whole entire life. Many people have inscribed this notion into her. Her classmates also have an effect on her. They seem to think that because she is not beautiful; she is not worth anything except as the focal point of their mockery. As if it were not bad enough being ridiculed by children her own age, adults also had to mock her. Mr. Yacowbski as a symbol for the rest of society\'s norm, treats her a .....
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The Book Of Judges
.... name of the book is very deceptive, because there weren’t any judges at all, nor any judges notified of this book been written. The word Judges was actually a translation for the hebrew word "Shofet" which signifies a ruler or a great military ruler, which through out the book, influencial people such as Samson and or even Joshua are described as the Judges. The book of judges is supprisingly part of the book of prophets, because many prophets are mentioned and reported apon. The stories s .....
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The Book Of Matthew
.... for Christendom. Matthew was a Jewish tax collector who obeyed Christ\'s call and became one of the original twelve apostles.
Matthew\'s name means, \"gift of God.\" Jesus gave him this name in place of his given name, Levi when he joined with Christ..
The Gospel of Matthew is the perfect link between the Old and New Testaments. Matthew wrote especially to the Jews to prove that Christ is their promised Messiah and the eternal King of kings and Lord of lords. Therefore, Matthew is .....
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The Book Of Sand
.... Borges asks the man what year it is, the man answers 1918, even though it is 1969. It is then that the narrator figures out he is talking to the person whom he was fifty-one years earlier. He then tells \"the other\" him of the future, after which they part, knowing they will never meet like this again.
This story deals with time. The author is very nostalgic and lives for his memories. It also is a philosophical story where Borges expresses his doubt that we all may \"just be an image of a greater b .....
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