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- 1871: The Picture of Dorian Gray: Evil
- ... was more of a directly harmful influence on Dorian. Within the couple of minutes in which he lectured Dorian about youth and living, he developed a whole other side to him. He had such a big cynical impact on Dorian and yet he did not realise it. It was because of him that Mr. Dorian Gray decided that he would like to remain young and exquisite. He is also the one ...
- 1872: Dandelion Wine
- ... Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths, Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John ...
- 1873: Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments
- ... survive. Most of the crimes that took place in London were crimes that involved stealing. Pickpocket gangs and street gamblers were a regular sight when walking down a major London street. Prostitution was also a big money maker on the streets, done by both girls and boys. But crimes though out the middle class and rich were mostly property crimes and disputes which made up 90% of all crimes committed by ...
- 1874: Conflict in "The Child By Tiger"
- ... his madness. This conflict is stopped when the mob catches up to him, and he surrenders in soldier-like fashion. The hint of the conflict lingers, however, when the mob leader brags about killing a big one. The third and most interesting and complex type of conflict in this story is the intrapersonal conflict within Dick. He shows two very distinct sides which seem to intertwine at times. In the early ...
- 1875: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a Doctrine
- ... an influence on Stephen's life is the Church. Women and sexuality conflict with the Church and its beliefs, and that is one of Stephen's major problems thus far. Stephen is having a very big identity crisis, from being a God fearing Catholic to a very hormonal teenager. As Stephen sits at the "adults" dinner table for the first time, his father, Mr. Casey and Dante are fighting about religion ...
- 1876: The Awakening: Casting Shadows
- ... naivetι affected her in such a way that she neither knew love and it's limitations nor the experience it took to make it through a relationship. This showed Edna's immaturity which was a big issue in this story. This shown as the woman inside who had been asleep all those years. Her relationship with Leonce was what she sought to find happiness in. After six years of marriage to ...
- 1877: Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist or Communism?
- ... many believe the author purposely placed the Thomas family in a small, run-down home . The book shows this right from the start . Bigger and his family had to sleep in the same room, and big rats were running around the house . This shows the Thomas family represented the lower class, a trademark of Capitalism . I could not even imagine living there, especially with that huge rat .The house must have ...
- 1878: A Town Like Alice: Discussion
- ... are no sharp limit between them. An example from the book is the Australians, whose culture is rather close to the English, but there are few Englishmen who would have liked the loneliness in the big country Australia, and even fewer Australians, (I think), would feel comfortable in the crowded England. Another example in the book that is more about religion and culture is the Japanese soldier who walked with the ...
- 1879: Animal Farm: Utopia
- ... fourth commandment saying anything about sheets. The pigs were also seen eating in a kitchen and playing in the drawing-room, even though Napoleon was against all of this in the beginning he became a big part of these activities. From this scene some animals are starting to notice their "Equal and Perfect" world is becoming not so equal any more. As the years pass by there are more incidents that ...
- 1880: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: An Epic Hero for Modern Times
- ... spear, and I detest horses." Yet in Morte d' Arthur Mordred and Arthur fight and before Arthur kills him, Mordred wounds Arthur badly. In Malory's work, I got the feeling that Mordred was a big, burly, knight that loved a good fight. Yet in Camelot, Mordred is a devilish-looking, puny, scheming, young man who turns down Arthur's offer of knighthood because he's just not "that type." Mordred ...
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