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- 1211: Heart Of Darkness
- ... 105.) The supposed purpose of the Europeans traveling into Africa was to civilize the natives. Instead they colonized on the native's land and corrupted the natives. "Africans bound with thongs that contracted in the rain and cut to the bone, had their swollen hands beaten with rifle butts until they fell off. Chained slaves were forced to drink the white man's defecation, hands and feet were chopped off for ...
- 1212: Heart Of Darkness
- ... 105.) The supposed purpose of the Europeans traveling into Africa was to civilize the natives. Instead they colonized on the native's land and corrupted the natives. "Africans bound with thongs that contracted in the rain and cut to the bone, had their swollen hands beaten with rifle butts until they fell off. Chained slaves were forced to drink the white man's defecation, hands and feet were chopped off for ...
- 1213: Greek Gods
- ... dont believe in Zeus?" SOCRATES: "Zeus? Whos Zeus?" STREPSIADES: "Zeus who lives on Olympus, of course." SOCRATES: "Now really, you should know better. There is no Zeus." STREPSIADES: "What? Well, who sends the rain, then? Answer me that." In General the Greeks respected and feared their gods because they understood that they were superior creatures, but they usually felt differently about different gods depending on that Gods personality ...
- 1214: Great Gatsby
- ... though God may watch over His people, he is being ignored in this novel, which is symbolized by the decaying billboard: "his eyes, dimmed a little by many paint less days under the sun and rain" (28). George Wilson is the owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes. When Nick first meets Wilson he describes him as a "blonde, spiritless, man" the description fits him well because Wilson ...
- 1215: Grapes Of Wrath - Allusions
- ... homes. In the novel, the Joads and the Wainwrights gather their belongings onto a platform and wait out the flood, much like Noah and his family gather on the ark for forty days until the rain stops. These situations show again the importance of unity and helping one another to make it through troubles. Last Steinbeck alludes to Christs teachings in the Bible to reveal his theme of coming together ...
- 1216: Ethan Frome
- ... also find the storm which had appeared to continue all night to be a symbol reflecting Ethan. A storm can be defined as an atmospheric disturbance in the form of strong winds usually accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and sometimes accompanied by lightning or thunder. There is a disturbance overwhelming Ethan constantly. Ethan cannot overcome this storm. Ethan is, indeed, not content with his marriage with Zeena. Ethan's ...
- 1217: Cry The Beloved Country
- ... true. A prime example of the reality of this poem is the condition of our cows. They are extremely poor and hungry, but this was not the result of something that happened overnight. Lack of rain caused lack of grass, and therefore, our cows are hungry. This poem can be applied to any other form of ruin that can be found.
- 1218: Crumbling Is Not An Instants Act
- ... true. A prime example of the reality of this poem is the condition of our cows. They are extremely poor and hungry, but this was not the result of something that happened overnight. Lack of rain caused lack of grass, and therefore, our cows are hungry. This poem can be applied to any other form of ruin that can be found.
- 1219: Catcher In The Rye - Holden
- ... was too old to take part in such an activity. When he takes Phoebe to a carousel later in the book, he decided not to ride on it, or even stand on it during a rain storm, because he felt "too old" to get on. Holden also had another one of his childish fantasies for his future. He wanted to go and be a deaf mute somewhere in the west, so ...
- 1220: Catcher In The Rye - Chapter Summaries
- ... ll just watch her. Then she asks if he's going to come home and he tells her he is for real this time and phoebe gets on the carousel and holden sits in the rain and cries out of joy and because he is such a confused boy. Chapter twentysix: *Holden says he isn't gonna tell us anymore, but he could tell us about what school he's suposed ...
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