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- 1941: Characterization in Clancy's Red Storm Rising
- ... in England, the reader imagines what is happening to Lt. Edwards in Iceland. The reader molds the characters into what he wants them to be. The pieces of plot and characterization all turn into one big yeast-filed pile of dough that just seems to grow by itself. The reader wonders what intelligence break Toland will discover next, and more importantly which unknown quality about him will discover it. However, we ...
- 1942: Brandy's "I Want A Wife": An Analysis
- ... Mothers have to amuse there children when they're feeling down by bringing them to the park, playing games with them or just reading them a book to them every night. Furthermore, schooling is another big responsibility that a mother has to take seriously. Mothers have to make sure that their children are prepared for school, by registering them. In many other cases mothers have to sacrifice time in order to ...
- 1943: Symbolism of the Scarlet Letter
- ... gold thread..."(50-1). Many people there to see her when she reveals the A on her chest. Most of the town people are astonished and startled on her beauty still shone. Even though the big red letter on her chest stood for adultery. As the novel progressed the meaning as the "A" made a change for the better in Hester's life. In chapters before of the novel the letter ...
- 1944: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Thoughts and Feelings
- ... fondness for children can be inferred when he tells her that, at some time in the future, he wants to be the only grown-up with "all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all." He'll stand on the edge of a cliff and catch anybody who starts to fall off the edge of the cliff. He got this image from his misinterpretation of ...
- 1945: The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby Is Set Apart From the Common Man
- ... family in the Middle West, San Francisco, and he was educated at Oxford. Supposedly after his family had all died he lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe collecting jewels, hunting big game, painting and doing things for himself. (66) During the war he was apparently a promoted major that every Allied government gave a decoration to. (66) However, the medal he received seemed to be either ...
- 1946: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: Summary
- ... always remember that. If I could continue the story I would have Tom, and Huck in a old shack with the other boys of Tom's gang at midnight planing to sneak on the steamboat Big Missouri in the morning. So early in the morning Tom, Huck, and Tom's gang got on the steamboat, and then Pirates came on board, and took over the steamboat then robbed, and killed everyboby ...
- 1947: An Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper
- ... women are more settle when men are watching over them. Under their pressure, they don't dare to rebel against them. Her wife sees images moving around on the dark side. That brings up a big contradicting point comparing this to our present society. Back then, woman does not have much freedom. They are under man's hands. Secretly they tired to struggle through this strangle. But they failed after all ...
- 1948: Summary of Lord Of The Flies
- ... Afterward Jack and the hunters reenact the killing, one of the boys pretending to be the pig. Again the fear of the beast is mentioned, and the littlest boys cry about their nightmares while the big ones fight about the existence of the beast. Simon says that perhaps the beast is "only us," but the others laugh him down. Their fears mushroom when the twins, Sam and Eric, see something that ...
- 1949: Summary of Terkel's My American Century
- ... now . I know what's happenin'. I found this story to be very touching and extremely moving. This story to me is the true tale of succeeding in life. Mr. Ellis didn't make it big financially, which is unfortunately how many people measure success these days. Instead he went from some of the worst conditions you could possibly be born into, to being a well respected man in his community ...
- 1950: Symbolism in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... his cross examination. He continually calls Tom "boy," which is racist when referring to a black man. He also adds to the non-human, bestial representation of Tom Robinson by referring to him as a "big buck." Racist symbolism is mixed with bitter irony during one of Aunt Alexandra's missionary circle meetings, as Mrs. Grace Merriweather talks about the Mrunas in Africa. She tells about how they live in "poverty ...
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