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- 1901: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Symbolism
- ... a pace where they do not have to worry about the evil of society. It is a place where they can drawback from society and just relax. “ It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big river, laying on our backs looking at the stars...” As they travel down the river, Huck and Jim develop a loyal friendship that is very great. The river is a place out of society where ...
- 1902: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Superstition
- ... touching a snake skin with bare hands will give you the worst bad luck, are all examples of some of the superstitons found in the book. "Miss Watson's nigger, Jim, had a hairball as big as your fist, which had been took out of the fourth stomach of an ox, and he used to do magic with it. He said there was a spirit inside of it and it knowed ...
- 1903: Summer of the Monkeys: Jay Berry and His Conflicts
- ... always is a bad thing when there's a good thing. Some of the outer forces that were aligned against Jay Berry's success was of course the monkeys, and the natural environment played a big part in hindering Jay Berry. The monkeys were the main protagonists aligned against Jay Berry. The monkeys hindered Jay Berry with their intellectual abilities and also their physical attributes. Jay Berry did not know what ...
- 1904: The Great Gatsby: Realism
- ... just after World War 1 the eastern United States were flourishing with people and business. As depicted in The Great Gatsby, during the 1920's jazz music was all the rage. Large, fancy homes and big parties (such as Gatsby's) were also quite popular. Fitzgerald realistically demonstrates the inexistence of the middle class at that time. For example the contrast between Tom Buchanan and Mr. Wilson shows vast difference between ...
- 1905: The Playground of The Gods
- ... Playground of The Gods is an exuberant novel which deals with murder in a remote tropical paradise but can further be read as an illustration of man's ignorance and invasion of nature. "Do it big, or stay in bed."( Larry Kelly). These are words that Thoros Gagarian lives by. He is one of the wealthiest men in the world and when picking his private paradise, only one place on earth ...
- 1906: Mark Twain and His Masterpiece: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... key and beat his way back from inicipent tragedy to the comic resolution called for in the original conception of the story. But this approach emphasizes the structure of the novel, and structure is a big part, but it is also a mechanical part of the story. "Robert Miller believes that the conclusion can be defended in the very area where it seems the most vulnerable, characterization. If the final chapters ...
- 1907: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolism
- ... s jacket. The driver of the truck works for a large company, who tries to stop the migrants from going west. when the driver attempts to hit the turtle it is another example of the big, powerful guy trying to flatten or kill the little guy. Everything the turtle encounters tries it's best to stop the turtle from making its westerly journey. Steadily the turtle advances on, ironically to the ...
- 1908: Lord of The Flies: The Evil & Primitivism in Man
- ... on the existence of a beast, culminate when Jack decides to separate from Ralph. When the groups separate, neither of them profit from it, only Ralph and Piggy realize this. Ralph's group is not big enough to keep the signal fire going, and Jack and the hunters do not have Piggy's glasses to make their own fire, to roast their pigs. Since most of the boys have lost the ...
- 1909: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
- ... result of this unfair bet, McMurphy wins money from the other men, but loses much of their faith in him (256-257). However, McMurphy eventually regains their trust and the inmates join him in the big party on the ward. Because the party involves breaking hospital rules, the inmates are forced into a situation in which they will have to defend themselves. This is McMurphy's final attempt at leading the ...
- 1910: Uh-Oh: Some Observations From Both Sides of The Refrigerator Door
- ... to show it off. I also love that when I finish reading one of his books it's like I've just been sitting right next to him for about 4 hours and had a big conversation. But that's not all of what his book is. He's a minister, so in his writings you can see traces of church lecture here and there, and there's also an element ...
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