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- 1931: Antov Chekhov's "Misery": All Gray
- ... with his horse. At the beginning of the story Anton Chekhov sets the environment for the story. "The twilight of evening." (30) While reading this story, I envision the scenery by what Anton Chekhov wrote. "Big flakes of wet snow are whirling lazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thin soft layer on the roofs, horses' backs, shoulders, caps." (30) The picture portrayed is ...
- 1932: Accordion Crimes: Dismal Reality Checks
- ... of oppression that worked against him because he was Sicilian. “… The accordion maker saw the approaching men with searing clarity, the loose thread on a coat, mud-spattered trouser legs, a logging chain in a big hand, the red shine of the engorged faces, a man with one blue eye and one yellow eye. Even then he hoped to be saved. He was innocent! Pinse held his revolver loosely in his ...
- 1933: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Overview
- ... they finally make an attempt to capture it, it disappears beneath the depths of the ocean. One of the most suspenseful and mysterious parts of the book was when the characters were thrown into a big room inside the submarine that seemed to have no doors. At this point in the book the characters have no idea what was going on, neither does the reader. The only thing that happens during ...
- 1934: The Secret World Of Walter Mitty: Walter Mittys Life Sucks
- ... him. She want's him to be at her feet. And she wants him to think she's superior. The lady on the street thought he was crazy. She probably thought he was a sick, big, wimp, and a loser. Maybe she thought that that was a guy who never scored in his life. To put it in another word he was just a funny looking, crazy, sick, loser of a ...
- 1935: The Great Gatsby: Symbolism in Colors
- ... was lit only by a yellow light in a swinging wire basket overhead" page . Wilson her husband was in a dazed state, and kept referring to his car only as the "Yellow car" (Page157) "That big yellow car" (Page141). That car led to Gatsby's demise. Just before Gatsby was shot by Wilson, Gatsby decided he was going to take a swim in his pool. He had not used it all ...
- 1936: Scarlet Letter: Who Should Punish A Sinner? Religion, Society, or Individuals
- ... Religion punishes her with the Scarlet Letter, society ostracizes her as punishment, and individually she was able to move on in life but still returned to her haunting past where she died. Religion plays a big part in the Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne wore the Scarlet Letter to remind her of the mistake ahe made. Instaed of taking Pearl away the people wanted her to wear the "A" for adultry. Hester ...
- 1937: Cultural Literacy According to E.D. Hirsch
- ... United States no matter what race, gender or religion? Hirsch responds by putting the emphasis on the other side of the hyphen - the American side. When reading Hirsch's book, I strongly agreed with his big picture of cultural literacy and agree that it is important to establish a common body of knowledge for students consisting of important facts. However, I think Hirsch takes it a step too far by comprising ...
- 1938: The Catcher in the Rye: Creative Writing Assignment
- ... Creative Writing Assignment Why the hell do so many people's lives revolve around some stupid football games played on a Sunday afternoon. I mean, do people actually enjoy watching a bunch of overgrown morons bang into each other for 3 hours? There are sometimes when I am amused by what happens in the game, but I can catch the highlights in five minutes on the news instead of wasting my ...
- 1939: Brave New World: The Perfect World?
- ... Brave New World participate willingly in their manipulation by the government. They happily take the wonder drug Soma, "the wonder drug." In contrast, in 1984 the people seem to sense they are being controlled by Big Brother, but here the domination is imposed on them by the government.
- 1940: The Catcher in the Rye: A Bridge from Innocence to Adulthood
- ... to home, and he did so with the intent of showing himself, as well as his parents, how he could rebel against the forces that tie him to childhood. Staying away from home was his big test of not only himself, but to the world. Yet despite his brave brave facade, the real reason he does not return home is because he is overcome by guilt and shame over his expulsion ...
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