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- 4031: The Day The World Ended
- ... older brother William and his mother. Paul appeared to be jealous of this, and it wasn t until William moved away that Paul s mother noticed him. William was offered a job in London, the big city in comparison to their town. When he left, it was almost like a part of his mother had left too. She was crushed, very upset, and very unstable. It wasn t until Paul came ...
- 4032: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... can t. Holden sees himself as being a catcher in the rye. 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. Which means he will catch any child who ...
- 4033: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... that black nigger yonder ruttin on my Mayella (Lee 173). The use of the word ruttin makes it seem as if Bob thinks black men are animals. Also his use of the word boy and big buck in reference to Tom, continues this non-human representation. Even though there is proof that shows he did not commit the crime, Tom is a black man who will be denied justice. Atticus reinforces ...
- 4034: Themes Of Unity In The Grapes
- ... with his family s plight, but even into the beginning of the family s journey, he still has individualistic thoughts that consume his ideas. When Jim is trying to get Tom to think of the big picture, to get a worldly view of the effects of the hundreds of thousands of people moving west, Tom says, I m still laying my dogs down one at a time, and I climb fences ...
- 4035: The Yellow Wall Paper
- ... of depicting of emotion through peoples hands. Just like when you re reading the story, if you try to use your emotions you understand it that much better. Carson McCullers uses small descriptions to describe big things. She could see her fingers sinking into a blur of piano keys said Bienchen (1842). This is one of the first signs that she is not all there. She can still play the same ...
- 4036: The Violence In The Catcher In
- ... himself out the window. Holden explains, but he still wouldn t take it back, old James Castle. And you should ve seen him. He was a skinny little weak-looking guy, with wrists about as big as pencils. Finally, what he did, instead of taking back what he said, he jumped out the window. (Salinger 170) Likewise, Holden is a small guy, and would like to be as courageous. In addition ...
- 4037: The Untouchables
- ... police forces from the corruptment it had been in. Eliot Ness helped to establish police training programs, and was a said hero in Chicago for his fight against the mob there. Al Copone made a big impact on history. He set up what came to be the most notorious Mafia ever in our history. He helped in making Italian traditions popular and profitable in the States. He played a large role ...
- 4038: The Old Man And The Sea
- ... of its creatures. This is also noted in another quotation from the book, "The iridescent bubbles were beautiful. But they were the falsest thing in the sea and the old man loved to see the big sea turtles eating them." Santiago finds pleasure about everything in the sea, even after going a disappointing eighty-four days without a fish. All of these are examples of how much the old man appreciates ...
- 4039: The Lottery 2
- Controversy and Conflict Hits the Lottery The short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is very well known because of the tradition of the village. Tradition is a big point issued to the people throughout their lives. The title The Lottery sounds as if something good is being given away. As you know after reading the story, that isn t the case at all ...
- 4040: The Influence That Hsi Yu Chi
- ... nonsense. The book next tells of exploits of the overly ambitious monkey who is named Wu K'ung, his attempts to subdue the emperor of Heaven and his ignorance. Eventually, Wu K'ung becomes too big headed for his own good and is subdued by Tathagata Buddha who traps him under a mountain. As I get into about the twelfth chapter, I get the impression that The Journey To The West ...
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