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- 1441: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... duos intrigue. It is easy to identify with the "smart guy" who helplessly tries to cope with and control his irrational, dumb and, yet, spontaneous, child-like partner as they lurch from one self-inflicted crisis to another. Steinbeck uses that classic comic routine so that the reader warmly identifies and recognizes the relationship. Steinbeck's narrator establishes and characterizes George's lording of power and control over Lennie early in ...
- 1442: Song Of Solomon A Search For A
- ... ghost and with a sixth sense, "feels" situations. Pilate uses her unsophisticated, uncomplicated knowledge of uncharted waters to guide her family through "unknown places, intricate affairs, etc." (Barnhart et al 919). Pilate has no identity crisis. She knows who she is and accepts herself. After all, her identity hangs in a snuffbox, on her ear. Reba has no identity other than Hagar and she wants no other. Her only accomplishments are ...
- 1443: Siddhartha
- ... in 1877. *Herman was the son and grandson of Protestant missionaries who had served in India. *He was expected to follow in their footsteps by preparing for the ministry. *He tried, but experienced a religious crisis, fled the seminary and attempted suicide. *Hesse's first major novels displayed some major themes that were to absorb him throughout his career -1st Theme The dichotomy between the two worlds, the drab mundane external ...
- 1444: Semiotics And Intertextuality
- ... Film differs in many ways from his Weimar writings, the specter of the Holocaust and Nazism, shaped Kracauer's views on film) Kracauer views film as both the perfect medium for the representation of the crisis of modernity and the modern subject as well as holding out the possibility to suggest and encourage new perspectives and constructs in which to change its condition. Now that Theory of Film is once again ...
- 1445: The Life Of Charles Dickens
- ... woman could be. In keeping with the theme of the mockingbird, Tom does not make any effort to physically push Mayella away from her approaches, but rather chooses to flee in the midst of the crisis, not harming Mayella or Bob Ewell in any way. By running away from the scene, as opposed to staying and asserting himself, Tom makes it possible for the Ewells to make whatever claims they wish ...
- 1446: The Sound Of A Memory
- ... uses a fast pace to parallel the speed of the bike, and he uses yet another simile to compare his situation to that of one of the three musketeers. The escape from the real-life crisis, to the fantasy world of Porthos, doesn't have a desirable outcome. So it's safe to say that it offers readers little hope for Rudman's situation. However, Rudman is an old man, reflecting ...
- 1447: The Scarrlet Letter
- ... isolationism is unique to her, and convinces us that an average colonial woman could not survive under these conditions. At this point in the book Hester has shown her independence in dealing with life s crisis, and in her style of living. The best way to understand a parents personality is to examine how they raise their children. This idea holds true when one examines closely the techniques Hester uses to ...
- 1448: To Kill A Mockingbird Essay
- ... woman could be. In keeping with the theme of the mockingbird, Tom does not make any effort to physically push Mayella away from her approaches, but rather chooses to flee in the midst of the crisis, not harming Mayella or Bob Ewell in any way. By running away from the scene, as opposed to staying and asserting himself, Tom makes it possible for the Ewells to make whatever claims they wish ...
- 1449: The Worries Of Aging
- ... express any kind of affection or attraction toward her is awkward and difficult for him. Lines 79-80, Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? reflects how he suppresses an urge to express affection. The narrator has tenderness in his regard for her, but cannot bring it upon himself to physically say it. His apprehensiveness is very troublesome for him ...
- 1450: Oedipus The King 4
- ... Speak out, speak to us all" ("Oedipus the King" 1. 105-106), as Oedipus demands. Creon's attempt to have a meeting in private with Oedipus suggests that Creon understands; that in a time of crisis, one must determine the impact of the truth before revealing it publicly. Moreover, it is clearly evident that disclosing an unpleasant truth, such as Oedipus's birth, could cause panic, rash behavior, and ultimately destroy ...
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