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- 8181: 1984
- ... slightly gross to him- particularly the huge woman with the laundry. He sees the underclass as the hope for the future, yet recognizes that they have neither the brains nor the means to start a revolution. What's more, he doesn't like them well enough to join them, or even enough to disappear among them. Why doesn't he run away to the ghetto? BECAUSE HE IS NOT LIKE THEM ...
- 8182: The Devil's Shadow
- ... Differences in Society: By reading this story, I learned about the class differences in the society of Salem in the late seventeenth century. The fact that all of the blame was put on an African American slave woman from the start shows that the higher class people tended to blame the lower class people for their problems. Also, people accused of witchcraft instantly became looked down on in society. This relates ...
- 8183: Antoine Lavoisier
- ... firm, which became a target during the Terror. When the Reign of Terror erupted in France, Lavoisier fell victim to its tyranny and France lost one of her greatest scientist. The leaders of the French Revolution arrested Lavoisier in 1793. In spite of his achievements, Lavoisier was found guilty of conspiracy with the enemies of France because of his involvement in tax collection. Nov. 24, 1793 Lavoisier and his 27 other ...
- 8184: "Managemment of Grief" and "A Pair of Tickets": Women's Images
- ... was too much the well brought up woman. I was so well brought up I never felt comfortable calling my husband by his first name" (Mukherjee 537). For a person who grew up in North American society this revelation may seem to come from an oppressed female, but later on in the story we learn that protagonist could stand up for herself and for other women, like in the airport incident ...
- 8185: To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout's Development
- ... most important influence in her development is clearly her father, Atticus. Unlike almost all other adults in Scout's environment, he is not in any way prejudiced against the black population of Maycomb, a small American town in the 1930's in which all the novel's happenings take place. He tries to instill his beliefs of the equality of all people in his daughter and his son, Jem, in many ...
- 8186: Ethan Frome
- Entrapment or Cowardice in Ethan Frome? Corey James Haygood American Studies Honors, Periods 3 & 4 Ms. Gossard 3/3/2000 Throughout Edith Whartons novel Ethan Frome, Ethan is forced to make crucial decisions that affect the outcome of his life and others lives. He ...
- 8187: Heart Of Darkness
- ... the beginning of the novel. As Marlow begins narrating his story he and the crew are waiting onboard the Nellie for the tide to turn. The turning of the tide represents the turning of the revolution which is taking place in the African Congo. The white men are continually trying to colonize the jungle so that they can easily get the ivory out and make wealth off of the land which ...
- 8188: Arthur Clarke
- ... career as being known to only a select few to becoming widely known. He appeared on "The Today Show" that same month. He also meets Robert Bloch "Psycho" and E. E. "Doc" Smith at the American Science Fiction convention. In June of 1953 Clarke is married to Marilyn Torgenson. This marriage lasts only until the Christmas of the same year. This is portrayed through the marriages in his books showing fluctuations ...
- 8189: Tolstoy
- Tolstoy was one of the great nineteenth century realists. Realism was a revolution about liberating the individual. In a realistic novel you find real names, a unique individual, and a lot of description. Very specific detail on everything is found in a realist novel. For a specific character ...
- 8190: The Great Gatsby: Realism
- ... well known for its deeply entangled plots and sub-plots. At first Fitzgerald used realism to develop these plots by choosing plots that would be beleivable to readers. For example, the main plot of "The American Dream" (Jay Gatsby's dream of becoming rich and succesfull in order to impress Daisy) is easily believable and is still a quite common dream today. Smaller plots, such as Tom Buchanans affair with Myrtle ...
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