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- 241: The Black Cat By Poe
- ... only Poe himself ever knew were in his writings. Furthermore, Poe s plot development added much of the effect of shocking insanity to The Black Cat. To dream up such an intricate plot of perverseness, alcoholism, murders, fire, revival, and punishment is quite amazing. This story has almost any plot element you can imagine a horror story containing. Who could have guessed, at the beginning of the story, that narrator had ...
- 242: Jack Londons Apparent Conflict
- ... era he was living in. ( Ward 321 ) London again shows mans flaws and the inner conflicts they have among them in John Barleycorn. In this story, London writes about himself and his own struggles against alcoholism. This story about his own personal wars within him shows why he writes about so many different conflicts; he is constantly in conflict within himself and displays these conflicts in his stories. (Walcutt 41). In ...
- 243: Demien Realism
- ... spiral is quite contrived. All of a sudden after just seeing a girl in the park Emil is able to completely change his life around. People work hard for years in rehabilitation centers to fight alcoholism and still even after beating it cannot have another drink in their life but Emil sees this one girl in the park and is instantly changed. Also Emil is so completely changed that later on ...
- 244: Appearance Versus Reality In T
- ... social status. Individuals who have achieved the materialistic American Dream give the appearance of perfection. However, for many, their lives are not as ideal as what they seem. Issues such as sexual abuse, mental illness, alcoholism, adultery, greed and restlessness, affect the lives of even those who appear to live the American Dream. In F. Scott Fitzgerald s novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, the characters Daisy Buchanan ...
- 245: A Farewell To Arms Is A Classi
- ... a breaking point is a human story that all can sympathize with. The ageless symbolism that compares the loss of a baby, or hope, with the beginning of the American economic depression is profound. The alcoholism in the story reflects the careless attitudes toward life by the people living at this time. The irresponsible attitudes, such as the decision to desert the army, only leads to heartache. Life is nothing but ...
- 246: A River Runs Through It By Nor
- ... spreading a pall over the family for years (Eastman 101).” When he finally did receive news of his beloved wife’s death, Norman was in the hospital battling one of his bouts of depression and alcoholism. The times to follow were not any better. His daughter Jean explains, “‘The five to seven years after my mother died were incredibly tumultuous [for my father],’ Jean admits, ‘when he was down as far ...
- 247: The Cast Of Amontillado
- ... Poe’s life remains one of the most disputed and slandered in the pages of American biography, despite conscious attempts to revise the story and rehabilitate the life. Decadence and immorality, in the form of alcoholism, opium addiction, and his relationships with women, and prolific production, as a journalist, editor, poet, reviewer, critic, and fiction writer, have been emphasized as characterizing his brief life” (Lent 3). Poe’s many writings were ...
- 248: Sons And Lovers
- ... uneducated, illiterate, and, like most coal miners, drank to excess (Baron’s, 1993). He was not an ambitious man, instead resigning himself to a life in the mines (Stewart, p.96). In spite of his alcoholism, Arthur Lawrence was a hard working man who did his best to provide for his family. Lydia Lawrence (nee Beardsall) was attracted to Arthur Lawrence’s good looks, and this led to their marriage (Stewart ...
- 249: Jack London’s Apparent Conflic
- ... era he was living in. ( Ward 321 ) London again shows mans flaws and the inner conflicts they have among them in John Barleycorn. In this story, London writes about himself and his own struggles against alcoholism. This story about his own personal wars within him shows why he writes about so many different conflicts; he is constantly in conflict within himself and displays these conflicts in his stories. (Walcutt 41). In ...
- 250: The Black Cat By Poe
- ... only Poe himself ever knew were in his writings. Furthermore, Poe s plot development added much of the effect of shocking insanity to The Black Cat. To dream up such an intricate plot of perverseness, alcoholism, murders, fire, revival, and punishment is quite amazing. This story has almost any plot element you can imagine a horror story containing. Who could have guessed, at the beginning of the story, that narrator had ...
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