A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
.... he knows what it is like to be old and lonely. The waiter says, “I am of those who like to stay late at the café, with all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.” The waiter knows that the café/bar is a very nice place for people at night, especially the old, because it is clean and well lit. He says, “Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the café.” This probably includes him, as he is old, and most likely that is .....
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A Deeper Look At Gimple The Fo
.... up an elaborate scheme to top all schemes. They talked Gimpel into marrying the town's whore and convincing him that if he didn't marry her then the rabbi would fine him for giving her a bad name. Gimpel, with the thought, "They're set on making me their butt. But when you're married the husband's the master, and if that's all right with her it's agreeable to me too", set out to fetch his wife (Singer 1072). Although Gimpel faced tricks everyday, this one was one that was to affect his life foreve .....
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A Personal Utopia, Analysis Of
.... to serve happiness.
Other people’s—not mine.” [235], or by serving stability instead of collapsing the fragile social structure. At the beginning, Bernard was willing to give up his position in the new world so he could further his studies in finding a society more suited to his needs; but, in the end, he did not want to give up his rank and failed in finding an ideal society.
It becomes apparent that anyone who will not give up a major part of themself will fail in their quest for a .....
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Atwoods Theory Of Canadian Sho
.... wants to marry Mr. Hathaway, so after the storm clears she proclaims to Mr. Mears that she'll "have to say [she] bundled with [Mr. Mears] in a hut in the
woods."(21), and of course "bundling was an invention of the devil."(22). Therefore Kezia cannot declare her bundling with Mr. Mears to Mr. Barclay or Mr. Hathaway for fear of being punished. Kezia then offers herself as wife to Mr. Mears, thus getting her out of an undesired marriage and no longer being a victim to that arrangement. She demonstra .....
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A Bird In The House
.... It is evident in the story "Horses of the Night" that Vanessa does not open up to Chris because she is worried about the age difference between them; "[Chris] was twenty-one. The distance between [them] was still too great. For years [she] had wanted to be older so [she] might talk with him, but now [she] felt unready" ("A Bird in the House," p.140). This holds her back from getting close to him and understanding him better. Vanessa later realizes that when she went camping with Chris he had wanted to o .....
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A Separate Peace
.... make him sound or feel better about himself. An example of this is the incident where the boys are asked their height and Genes says he is 5’9 and Finny corrects him by saying, “no your five foot eight and a half, the same as me.” This quote shows the honesty that Finny possesses and that Gene lacks. Gene refuses to admit that he isn’t tall while Finny openly admits it. Gene refuses to admit that he isn’t brave or that his motives for injuring Finny where entirely false. Gene cannot face what he is and .....
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A Dolls House - Norma As A Dol
.... that one of Nora's duties as his wife is to physically pleasure him at his command.
Torvald also does not trust Nora with money, which exemplifies Torvald's treating Nora as a child. On the rare occasion when Torvald gives Nora some money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and pastry. Nora's duties, in general, are restricted to caring for the children, doing housework, and working on her needlepoint. A problem with her responsibilities is that her most important obligation is to please T .....
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A Separate Peace
.... withered and lifeless. Phineas had absorbed it and taken it with him, and I was rid of it forever.”
These are the three stages the book are written in, each representing a different feeling that Gene feels. INSECURITY, IMITATION, and INDEPENDENCE. All these feelings are based on the type of relationship that Gene and Finny had at each particular time in this book.
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A Man For All Seasons 2
.... court."(Bolt, p 59).
More is a man of principles and he will not compromise these principles. According to Sir Thomas if a man is prepared to take an oath then he must stand by that oath. However, in this case the signing of the oath would compromise these principles and therefore he can not sign. He displays this view when he says, " When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water..." (Bolt, p 140) More goes on to explain that he can not doubt his soul. If .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
.... of his pre-enlistment days, in order to mature. His new society, then, becomes the company, his fellow trench soldiers. They are a group who understands the truth as Baumer has experienced it. A period of leave when he visits his hometown is disastrous for Baumer because he realizes that he can not communicate with the people on the home front. His military experiences and the home front settlers’ limited, or nonexistent, understanding of the war do not allow for a discussion. When he arrives h .....
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Atticus Finch In To Kill A Moc
.... seems very important to him.He was very committed to his profession. He was dedicated to Tom's case even though the choice that Atticus made to defend Tom was not publicly favorable.
Atticus kept a lot of pride during the trial. He never was ashamed for defending a person of another race or a person who was not well liked. He kept a lot of strength in his heart and was going to have the pride to go back again to defend Tom.
Atticus is a good lawyer because he had the wit and intelligence for the law .....
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A Critical Analysis Of William
.... knowledge that she is lying. The narrator’s calm tone evokes confusion: he is not angry with the woman, nor does he seem at all embarrassed to make such an illogical statement. The fact that he states “I do believe her,” rather than simply “I believe her,” combined with the caesura that follows this statement, serves to reinforce his belief in the eyes of the reader, though his reasons for this are as yet unclear. However, they are answered in the final lines of the stanza. Wh .....
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A Land Rembered
.... Ishmael beats him and the MacIveys got the deed.
The MacIveys begin to make drives often where many events take place, such as Tobias and Zech meeting the Indians in the Everglades, Zech meeting Glenda, his wife, and Tawanda, his Indian lover, and the beginning of Tobias’ citrus empire. The first generation MacIveys acquire land and prosper but eventually Emma dies, and Tobias soon follows. The second generation involves Zech, Glenda, and their son Sol, who concentrate on citrus and acquire valuab .....
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A Mortals Sense Of Immortality
.... one of tranquility, happiness, and perfection. He is humble before his Lord God, with whom he shares the unique relationship of aiding him in His creation of all things. Adam’s life is full in this passive innocence and he has no need for anything more until something forbidden and mysterious is presented to him. Gilgamesh, on the other hand, as in a state of unrest. He seeks to justify his existence through the attainment of widespread fame and unmatched power. Nothing is said of his though .....
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Absinthe Vines
.... had been rather one sided, but hell, he'd seen Cocktail, he could fake it.
Usual customers didn't demand this kind of improvisation, anyway. Beer was the word of the day. Draft, light, and others came straight from the keg, and they emptied as fast as he tapped them. However taxing this was on him didn't matter. He had cash.
"Excuse me?" Travis said, speaking also with his eyes, which brooded quizzically over the dark hollows of his sockets.
"Absinthe," whispered the boy sitting at the .....
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