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- 12141: Contaminated Motives
- ... he could never marry Daisy until he gained financial and social stability. His feelings for Daisy are so strong that he practices many illegal acts he learns via Meyer Wolfsheim who even, fixed the 1919 World Series . Dan Cody and Wolfsheim showed Gatsby how to make a fortune by way of illegal business, and it appears they lead him to believe it was acceptable to carry out these deeds as long ... of making money, climbing the social ladder, and getting Daisy back in his life. Gatsby thinks he is succeeding when he meets Dan Cody and Wolfsheim, yet is actually tarnishing his image by entering the world of illegal trades and bootlegging. Furthermore, he jeopardizes his inner character by regarding Dan Cody as a role model, and aspiring to be him. Dan Cody lived on a boat, and drank himself into an ... with Gatsby. Both were brought up poor and did not have much to show for themselves. Because of this, they used their mediocrity as a means of motivation to rise to the top of the world and create a distinct advantage over others. Tupac asserted himself through gangs to get somewhere in life; much like Gatsby did with Dan Cody and the illegalities he stood for. Throughout his life, he ...
- 12142: Oedipus Rex
- ... philosophers have expressed their views about how the life of man is ultimately defined in their works. The Greeks have played their part in this quest. One of the great plays of the ancient Greek world that led the way for others was Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. In this play, Sophocles shows us a chapter from the life of man. Throughout the book, he hints at the idea that life poses a riddle for man to solve thereby being a quest for the answer. He also hints to us that life is seemingly predetermined by the gods’ desires, giving rise to a fated world. Finally, Sophocles also believes that life is filled with paradox and irony. Given these difficulties, Sophocles regards the life of man with utmost respect and admiration. In Oedipus Rex, it is Oedipus who represents Sophocles ... universal for all men to live through this cycle, Oedipus’ dealings with riddles also plague him with tragedy, ignorance, and innocence. This makes him more of an inspiration to man. In Oedipus the King’s world, it was the gods who set the fate for all. Both Oedipus and Laius had consulted oracles, which are derived from the gods without human intervention. Here, Sophocles seems to show us that life ...
- 12143: Obasan - Book Report
- I decided to read the novel by Joy Kogawa entitled Obasan. The novel was written in 1981 and told the details of how the Japanese were discriminated against during World War 2. The author’s main purpose was to educated the reader on how hard life really was for her family and other Japanese Canadians living in British Columbia, and especially in Vancouver. Joy Kogawa ... Park, and also a political aspect of why this was happening to these people. All and all I would have to say this novel helped me a lot in understanding what happened during the Second World War. Before reading this novel, I would have to admit that I really did not even know this happened in Canada, which is really sad. I did know though that the Japanese in the United ... were sent from the west coast, but did not realize that it reached the west coast of Canada. Obasan is a very good novel for anybody who did not know what happened during the Second World War. I would recommend this novel to all Canadians, but especially to British Columbians. Obasan was on the most part well written and gives an excellent account of the Japanese reviews. Obasan was a ...
- 12144: Lysistrata
- ... wonderful intellectual break-throughs but we have also done very stupid deeds. Its amazing how a creature of such great intelligence could separate, segregate, discriminate, dehumanize, and enslave members of its own human race. The world as we speak is existing because of gender issues. Going back to days of Adam and Eve. When God asked Adam not to eat from the apple tree, it was Eve, with her feminine lure ... need is a man on their journey. A man basically just for protection. But the two girls decide to dress up Rosalind in drag for their trip. This issue of crossdressing brings out a whole new perspective of the play. The issue of crossdressing is a prominent feature in the plot of AYLI. The reason the issue of crossdressing has such influence on the plot is because most of Orlando’s ...
- 12145: Lord Of The Flies - Summary And Background Information
- ... and rocky and rugged mountain ridge which extends out of the ocean. Judging from the predicament and dialogue in this story the date in which it takes place is probably the mid 1900's during World War II. The mood created in this story is very complex and rapidly changing. It changes from that of a scary, recessive mood to a light, and cheery one. The way in which the story ... his superiors. Exposition The story starts with a large group of boys crawl on to the beach of a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Their plane was been shot down, and World War II has begun to take place. The boys figure that civilization, as they know it, may no longer exist. Ralph is elected as the leader of the group and Jack decides to be the ... who takes pleasure in the reading of a good adventure. About the William Golding was born near Newquay, Cornwall, SW England, UK. He studied at Oxford, became a teacher, and served in the navy in World War II. Then he returned to teaching until 1961. Poems (1934) was followed by his first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954), widely considered to be one of the greatest English-language novels of ...
- 12146: Lord Of The Flies - Book Report
- ... Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the ... As a matter of opinion though I would recommend Lord of the Flies to anyone. Bibliography Allen, Walter. "The Modern Novel," Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Baker, James R. William Golding New York St.Martin's Press, 1965. Burgess, Anthony. "The Novel Now: A guide to contemporary Fiction" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Dick, Bernard F. "William Golding" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale ...
- 12147: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the ... a matter of opinion though I would recommend Lord of the Flies to anyone. Bibliography Bibliography Allen, Walter. "The Modern Novel," Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Baker, James R. William Golding New York St.Martin's Press, 1965. Burgess, Anthony. "The Novel Now: A guide to contemporary Fiction" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Dick, Bernard F. "William Golding" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale ...
- 12148: Lord Byron
- ... in his time and often deemed "perve ed" or satanic," among other things. The fact that he was often discontent and unhappy, combined with a constant desire for change meant that he created an unstable world for himself, though he never gave up his individual freedom to choose his own pat and his own destiny. In 1811 Byron embarked on a Grand Tour through the Mediterranean, and the experience was to ... heart." (Neurotic Poets P. 1-2 http:/ sers.ids.net~bdragon/poets/byron.html) Brilliant, reckless, debauched, extravagant, handsome, Lord Byron was in the words of Matthew Arnold the "romantic hero at odds with the world and calling on all sympathetic readers to view the pageant of his bleeding heart. "Famous/infamous in his own time, he left England after divorcing his completely respectable and entirely incompatible wife never to return ... in his youth. I feel there is a good possibility he would have never written a single poem He would have had a different profession altogether along w h an entirely different life style. The world was blessed with the many poems of Lord Bryon but only through the suffering of another human being.
- 12149: Critical Analysis Of Young Goo
- ... loss of hope. Literary critic Mark Van Doren states: Young Goodman Brown means exactly what it says, namely that its hero left his pretty young wife one evening to walk by himself in a primitive New England woods, the Devil s territory, and either to dream or actually to experience (Hawthorne will not say) the discovery that evil exist in every human heart Brown is changed. He thinks there is no ... it is not He had stumbled upon that mystery of sin which, rightly understood, provides the only sane and cheerful view of life there is. Understand in Brown s fashion, if darkens and sours the world, withering hope and charity, and perverting whatever is truly good until it looks like evil at its worst: like blasphemy and hypocrisy. (Van Doren 234) McKeithan says that Hawthorne is saying that in every human ...
- 12150: Life Of Ma Parker
- ... poverty and loneliness, Ma pities the gentleman she works for. At this point she does not stop to think of her troubles, of her grief, of her hard life. While Miss Brill lives in a world of her own creation and is a mere spectator of life (much like the literary gentleman Ma Parker works for), Ma Parker is an active participant in the cruel and difficult reality of her time ... Parker’ Is Not So Simple: Preclosure in Issue-bound Stories". Studies in Short Fiction. 33.4 (1996): 475-86. Mansfield, Katherine. "Life of Ma Parker". The Garden Party and Other Stories. Ed. Alfred A. Knopf. New York: 1922. pp. 140-150. (taken from the web-site: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mmbt/women/mansfield/garden/parker.html) Mansfield, Katherine. "Miss Brill". pp. 330-336
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