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- 1091: Heart of Darkness: The Journey into the Soul
- ... The fear of the unknown represented in Heart of Darkness deals with the journey into the unknown in search of the soul. "Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing night journey' into the savage heart of Africa, only finds his dark and evil soul." "The wilderness had patted him on the head, and, behold, it was like a ball-an ivory ball; it had caressed him, andlo!he had withered; it ...
- 1092: Robinson Crusoe
- ... God blessed him for being the lone survivor of the entire ship. Daniel Defoe shows that if you believe in yourself and in God, you can overcome any obstacle. After Robinson Crusoe sets sail to Africa in search of slaves, his boat is crushed in a huge sea storm. He is then knocked out of the boat and almost drowns. Luckily, he is washed ashore by waves. Robinson Crusoe now has ...
- 1093: Hawaii by James Michener
- ... is founded upon a historical person who accomplished much in Hawaii." Blake was a teacher at the school that the Kee children attended. Char Nyuk Tsin finally decided, after a lot of debate, to send Africa, one of her sons, to Michigan to become a lawyer. The importance of an education was not underemphasized in Hawaii. "Among the people of oriental or mixed background, most of whose parents or grandparents were ...
- 1094: The Eyes Have It
- ... undead creature, had the plan to take over all of the Yeomanry. The Yeomanry is where the story takes place, and is a huge continent where many different races and cultures live (like Asia and Africa put together with some aliens and snow thrown in.) the Spider Queen had the notion of destroying all this good for her own, and turning it into her black domain. She did. She casted a ...
- 1095: The Intentional Death of Francis Macomber
- ... a lot to the imagination. At the end of the story Margaret Macomber kills her husband by accident, in order to save him from being mauled by a large Buffalo while on a safari in Africa. The mystery is whether or not this killing was truly accidental, or intentional. If it was to be considered intentional, there would certainly have to be evidence in the story suggesting such, with a clear ...
- 1096: An Analysis of "Heart of Darkness"
- ... yacht in the Thames estuary as darkness fell, reminding his audience that exploitation of one group by another was not new in history. They were anchored in the river, where ships went out to darkest Africa. Yet, as lately as Roman times, London's own river led, like the Congo, into a barbarous hinterland where the Romans went to make their profits. Soon darkness fell over London, while the ships that ...
- 1097: The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch of Chaucer's Knight
- ... change his clothes. The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of [great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that he is "modest ...
- 1098: Uncle Tom's Cabin: An Analysis
- ... Cassy, and Emmeline continue on to Montreal, where George Harris and Eliza are now living with Harry and their baby daughter. The reunited family moves to France, where George attends the university, and then to Africa, where he believes he can do the most good for his people. This story had a great impact on it's readers and it went on to play a sizeable role in our nation's ...
- 1099: Wise Blood: Whose Deformity is the Most Serious
- ... at the root of his lack of friends, and recovers his body with the ape costume. Following this transformation the narrator describes Enoch with this statement, " No gorilla in existence, whether in the jungles of Africa or California, or in New York City in the finest apartment in the world, was happier at that moment than this one, whose god had finally rewarded it. " Perhaps the narrator is correct by saying ...
- 1100: Two Themes That Affect Marlow and Kurtz In Heart Of Darkness
- ... s journey into self. The importance of restraint is stressed throughout Heart of Darkness. In the novel Marlow is saved by restraint, while Kurtz is doomed by his lack of it. Marlow felt different about Africa before he went, because the colonization of the Congo had "an idea at the back of it." Despite an uneasiness, he assumed that restraint would operate there. He soon reaches the Company station and receives ...
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