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- 3471: Oliver Twist
- ... settings, such as the pickpocket's hideout, the surrounding streets, and the bars, are also described as dark, gloomy, and bland. Even while his life was in danger while in the hands of Fagin and Bill Sikes, two conniving pickpockets, he refused to participate in the stealing which he so greatly opposed. All Oliver really longed for was ³to escape from harsh living conditions and evil surroundings which he had grown ...
- 3472: Oedipus The King - Compared To Things Fall Apart
- ... state, they were not allowed to vote or even to compete in the Olympic games" (The Goddess Online). That means women in ancient Greek, they were also trapped by the publics; they had no equal rights as men. "Oedipus the King" and "Things fall apart" are both tragedy which is "form of drama, central to Western literature, in which a person of superior intelligence and character, a leader of the community ...
- 3473: Grapes Of Wrath 4
- ... farmers. He starts to realize that in order for the migrant workers to survive and succeed they must unite. He knows that if they band together as one, they can demand that their God-given rights under the constitution be honored. They can begin to gain respect from their fellow man. After Jim is killed, Tom takes up the cause of his people. He plans to work with them. Just as ...
- 3474: Obasan
- ... cells, rushing from trouble spot to trouble spot with her medication pouring into wounds seen and not seen." (34). Emily is never scared to express herself, she speaks her mind and fights diligently for the rights of Japanese Canadians. From Emily's character, we discover the influence that Canadian society has had on her compared to Obasan. This being the adaptation to complete dialogue in english and communication skills. Naomi gives ...
- 3475: Lysistrata
- ... similarities that arise with our culture today. Even though today women are not treated as bad as they were. It is sad to say that even in the year 2000 women dont have equal rights and dont get equal treatment. Women still make .70 cents to the dollar as men. Their role is still to be the homemaker. And they hold such a small percentage of any policy making ...
- 3476: Lies My Teacher Told Me - Book Report
- ... of course had been around prior to 1492 however, the new world seemed to nurture and propagate it. Even after slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, the black man still had no rights as a 100% citizen. Even today blacks feel that racism is alive and well in America. In the late 19th and early 20th century blacks seem to have the hardest time being accepted by the ...
- 3477: Les Miserables
- ... nation in the world has some sort of outcasts in their land. In America, this theme can be related to the blacks. In the beginning of the twentieth century they did not have as much rights and oppurtunities as the whites. Another example of how this theme can be related to America is how a person with a southern accent is perceived as less intelligent, which is a false misconception. The ...
- 3478: Leda And The Swan
- ... who cannot escape the awesome forces of the swan. The poem provokes appalling images of a naive girl being maliciously violated by a vicious swan. The scene is remarkably vivid: "her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast" (lines 3-4). The poem asks the question, "How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?" (lines 5-6). This notion ...
- 3479: Langston Hughes
- ... not help his race, and that his legacy was to be forgotten. For his entire life he had been writing about racism, slavery, and inequality. And yet in this final poem, even after the civil rights movement had peaked, Hughes is left feeling worthless. The bitterness he faced during his lifetime built up to a dull apathy that appears in this piece. Despite the fact that Hughes is ³...among the most ...
- 3480: Jilting Of Granny Weatherall
- ... and she says "I wont see that boy again. He just left five minutes ago." (p.1490) Later on, she continues her denial when Cornelia calls on a priest to offer Granny her last rights. When the priest arrives, she would not speak to him. She said, "I went to Holy Communion only last week. Tell him Im not so sinful as all that." (1491) As Grannys life ...
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