The Inconvenience Of Convenience
.... life. It is convenient because of its
quickness to end tough situations. My cousin recently used this excuse.
Convenience is not a bad thing, it usually is for the best, but it appears
that to modern humanity, the importance of convenience outweighs
everything from how many leprechauns you see per day to life itself.
There are countless ( actually it is more convenient to just say
countless than to actually count ) little household items that seem to be
convenient until it wants to create havoc f .....
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The Theme Of Evil In Literature
.... material" (Shakespeare III.1) to Macbeth.
Of course Macbeth wasn't the only one who began his reign of evil with
selfishness. Jack, in Lord of the Flies also begins tearing the island
apart when he becomes extremely selfish. "I'm not going to play any
longer...not with you" (Golding 127) is what he said to the group, right
before he broke away and formed his own clan, where he was the unchecked
ruler, and could perform any task he pleased. One of Jack's other
intolerable acts was the tying up and tor .....
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Symbolism In "The Mask Of The Red Death"
.... of
royalty in this story. This character's speaks of wealth and happiness.
Prospero's wealth was so vast that he was easily able to support one
thousand of his royal comrades, hundreds of servants, and a seemingly
endless number of parties. However, it is very ironic that the prince of
prosperity was the first to die. He was murdered by the main character of
the story "The Red Death" itself. I believe this was to show the reader
that one can not turn their back to society's problems without feeling th .....
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Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place": The Concept Of Nada
.... that the cafe isn't enough
to combat the nada. It is not even a place but an artificial, man-made
building that tries to fight against this real idea of nada. If one has
the internal qualities, cleanliness and inner vision, they can cope with
the nothingness even outside of the cafe. The old waiter is a prime example.
At times the old man lacks these qualities thus not being able to cope
with the darkness. On the other hand, the young waiter has no concept of
this idea thus making him not even realiz .....
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The Painted Door: Summary
.... a role in its success. The themes
essential in making the protagonist's adultery understandable are the
landscape, her isolation, and the feelings of betrayal and guilt that she
experiences following the central act of the story.
A great deal of this story is spent describing Ann's environment,
both inside and outside her house. The story takes place in the past,
before automobiles or telephones. Ann and her husband are settlers in a
largely uninhabited and desolate area of North America (perhaps
Sa .....
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The Perfect World
.... a small family computer.
In addition to being faster than today's computers and having more memory,
computers in the perfect world also have many more capabilities. There
would be almost no limits to what a computer would be able to do. In
general, computers in a perfect world be a lot better than computers of
today, and the amount of people who would use computers would be much
larger.
The shared interest of all people in computers would allow for a
much more technological world. With the demand .....
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The Point Of Point Of View In Capote's "My Side Of The Matter" And Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
.... I know what is being said about me and you can take my side
or theirs, that's your own business. It's my word against
Eunice's and Olivia-Ann's, and it should be plain enough to
anyone with two good eye which one of us has their wits
about them. I just want the citizens of the USA to know
the facts that's all (p.189).
Already the reader is aware that this is a one sided story and that the
narrator has certain bi .....
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Marquez's "100 Years Of Solitude" And Allende's "The House Of The Spirits": Satire
.... century, as a result of the assassination of the popular Liberal
leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, in 1948. His novels examine in his words "…
motives for that violence." The importance of politics in the Novel is
reflected in the choice of title 100 years of solitude which correspond to
the 100 years between the formation of Colombia, in 1830 to 1930 when
Conservative homogeny ended. Allende on the other hand was the niece of
the first Socialist president in Chile who was killed following the Coup.
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O'Brien's "If I Die In A Combat Zone", Hasford's "The Short-Timers", Moore's
.... all this: I had neither the expertise nor
the wisdom to synthesize answers..." (Combat, 29), the character simply is
paralyzed by fear, and because of this, gets on the draftee bus without
really having made a decision.
It was an intellectual and physical stand-off, and I did not have the
energy to see it to an end. I did not want to be a soldier, not even a
observer to war. But neither did I want to upset a peculiar balance
between the order I knew, the people I knew, and my own privat .....
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A Review Of "The Rattler"
.... to
character who enjoys nature. The author then uses first person point of
view to produce a likable main character. The man says that “my duty” is
to kill the snake to protect the women and children of the farm he is
working on. The author creates a man who thinks not only about himself but
about other people, and this creates an image of an admirable, likable
person. All the characteristics the author uses to produce a likable man
is related to his major theme of life being dear, when he creat .....
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Layton's "The Role Of The Teacher": A Review
.... to get across to the reader. The reader now has a mental reference
or link to what is being described so he can now better understand what he
is reading. This stylistic device is used effectively in this essay.
"Knowledge spills over like a water from a seemingly inexhaustible
fountain."(p146) This is a good use of imagery. By applying this
description of endless knowledge to a fountain or waterfall the reader can
make a mental picture better allowing him to comprehend exactly what the
author is .....
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Chopin's "The Storm": Summary
.... approaching, although she is married and has a
child, she is unaware of the sexuality and passion within her.
As Calixta is gathering up the laundry, Alcee Laballiere enters the
yard, seeking shelter from the coming storm. My first impression of Alcee
is that he is pretty well off in the world. Although I see Bobinot as a
simple man. There is a mutual attraction between Calixta and Alcee, and
this attraction is not new. Calixta has not seen Alcee very often since
her marriage, and never alone. The a .....
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The Threat Of Nuclear War
.... was peace time and no one's finger poised
over the "button". During a crisis, peoples high levels of stress create
suspicions where there shouldn't be, and as a result many safe guards are
removed that are in place to prevent an accidental launch. It is feared
that under these circumstances it would be quite easy for a flock of geese
to set off a nuclear war. Another fear is that a smaller nation, such as
recent Korea, could gain control of, and utilize nuclear weapons, and
trigger a war between the sup .....
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The Triumph Of "Gorsh The Cellist"
.... of his music and with it the
realization of the healing and soothing properties of music upon the soul;
fantasy- as a real event of the mind. Kenji writes of fantastical
wonderful things with a nonchalance that makes it almost believable
especially through the eyes of a child; and best of all: open-mindedness-
to believing in the best of all things in strangers and other creatures.
Every child, and thus, the child in us, loves to be stimulated by
the experiences of Gorsh and if one learns the lessons alo .....
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The Ugly Tie
.... colors
and getting better in putting together articles of clothes.
Vividly, it can be imagined that such a tie is not suited with the
nineties decade. It is neither a complementary colored garment nor a
fashion statement. Because some individuals cannot tell the difference
between "slick" and "sanguine," they wear appalling combinations of
clothing like tuxedo coats and surfer shorts. Unless a person was in
desperation to wear such a conglomerate garb, he would only humor others.
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