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- 12371: Summer of the Monkeys: Jay Berry and His Conflicts
- ... that helps him on his way is his confidence. For anybody to achieve a certain goal they have to feel confident about what they are trying to achieve. Jay Berry is always confident about his new scheme to catch those extraordinary circus monkeys. Jay Berry displays this when his Grandfather comes up with another brilliant idea, and he is so confident that he will catch the monkeys with the latest plot ... always an inner forces that hinder you along your journey. Two of the inner forces that hinder Jay Berry is his fear of the monkeys and over confidence. There is not one person in the world who does not have a fear of something, whether it may be a fear of heights or snakes. After that incident with Jay Berry, Old Rowdy and the monkeys where the monkeys took it to ...
- 12372: Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization
- ... culture of this time has its roots in Ireland. He states, Ireland, at peace and copying, stood in the position to become Europe's publisher. The Saxons had blocked routes to the English mainland. A new, illiterate Europe was rising from Roman ruins... Ireland would reconnect Europe with its own past by way of Ireland's scribal hands. (Cahill, 183) These monasteries become centers for learning, presumable the predecessor of modern ... thought of Augustine in the manner Cahill portrays him, the dark versus bright side of Chrisitanity. Augustine becomes self-conscious, the man who cried I... (Cahill, p/ 39) He wanted truth. We see the classical world through him. Patrick on the otherhand is a Christian convert, an escaped slave, who returns to Ireland to save it. He brings the Roman alphabet and Roman literature with him. He also brings a more ...
- 12373: Invisible Man: Plot Summary
- ... the begining of the body of the book. In the prologue, Ellison tells of the main characters invisibility. It is not a physical invisiblity, but rther he is not recognised, and therefore persieved, by the world at large. This is coupled with the fact that he is constantly trying to be someone else, other than himself, creates for his a complete loss of identity, and he becomes a man without a ... care while visiting the school fell ill and is taken to a local bar to get some alchohol. He is given seven letter of what he suposes to be recomendation to give to people in New York. He moves to Harlem and delivers the letters. He finds out that these letters were not recomenation but rather advisments against hiring him. The seventh reciever of a letter gives him a job in ...
- 12374: Harrison Bergeron
- ... but it would never work out that way. If the government was allowed to impose handicaps on the naturally gifted, how could civilization ever make advancements? The great thinkers would not be able to envision new ideas because of the mental handicap radios they had to wear in their ears. Technology would come to a stand still with the gifted not being able to finish a complete thought because of the ... the morning and wait for it to warm up. Many jobs would have never been created if there were not any cars. Without technological advancements, the economy would also come to a stand still. If new goods and services were not being produced, the economy could not survive. Monopolies would eventually form and eliminate competition because new and improved products would not be replacing the old and obsolete products. The formation of these monopolies brings the nation one step closer to communism. When you look at it, the perfect society is ...
- 12375: Gulliver's Travels
- ... novel in such a way that, as his aspersions harshen and intensify, so do Gulliver's actions and attitudes. For instance, in book one, "A Voyage to Lilliput", when Gulliver finds himself lost in a world one-twelfth the size of his own, he proves himself to be quite naive and impressionable. Although he is simply too large to perceive them in detail, Gulliver judges the country's inhabitants he meets ... himself banished that Gulliver realizes how cruel and deceitful the Lilliputians truly are and his personality begins to transform. In book two, "A Voyage to Brobdingnag", Gulliver faces quite an opposite situation, for in this world everything is twelve times its expected size. Somewhat hardened by his unfavorable experiences on Lilliput, Gulliver approaches the Brobdingnagians from the outset with some degree of suspicion and contempt. Although it is apparent to the ... at fault. By the end of book four, both Gulliver and the direction of Swift's novel have been utterly transformed. In this part, titled A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms , Gulliver becomes trapped in a world where horses represent civilization and reason, while men, indignantly referred to as Yahoos, run wild, savage and ignorant. As the horses, called Houyhnhnms, make him realize how truly corrupt his untruthful and immoral race ...
- 12376: The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's Illusion of Himself
- ... novel that embodies America in the 1920s. In it, the narrator, Nick Carroway, helps his neighbor Jay Gatsby reunite with Daisy Buchanan, with whom he has been in love with since 5 years before, during World War I. The affair between the two fails, however, and ends in Gatsby being shot and killed. The reason that this was inevitable is that Gatsby created a fantasy so thoroughly that he became part ... not enjoying herself, he discontinues them. Gatsby, however, cannot plan for reality. While he and Daisy are driving in his car, Daisy accidentally hits Myrtle Wilson, a woman who lives above a service station in New York. Her husband, George, thinking that Gatsby was driving, comes and shoots him in the pool. This, however, is merely symbolic of reality crashing down on what Gatsby had created. Firstly, his fantasy could not ...
- 12377: Gatsby's Dream
- ... He wants to claim his objective by the use of his assets. He thinks that his money will give him happiness in life through love and his personal belongings. Even the richest man in the world can't have everything. Material wealth could provide many things for Jay Gatsby but not the thing he most desired. Although his wealth drew Daisy closer to him, he never truly could have possessed her ... Jay Gatsby's belief in the American dream keep him from realizing reality. He believes that if he worked hard enough and made enough money that he could have anything. He wants to perceive the world as a place where sufficient wealth would enable him to recapture and recreate the past he desired with Daisy. Gatsby began planning for his dream when he was young. This can be seen from his ... was discovered by Mr. Gatz. His attempt to accomplish his dream with cars and shirts could not have been successful. The American dream cannot be accomplished, money is just one factor towards happiness in this world.
- 12378: The Scarlet Letter: Evil of Isolation
- The Scarlet Letter: Evil of Isolation In the New Testament it states that "the wages of sin is death." Though the penalty of sin in The Scarlet Letter is not a termination of life, the evil of isolation can be a physically, morally, and ... s ostracism from society and the tortuous nature of her shame, Hester is stripped of all passion and humanity. Since society acknowledges Hester's sin, she becomes an exile in her own town. "All the world Ha[s] frowned on her," and Hester must bear the brunt of her shameful isolation. When Hester walks through her town "a sort of magic circle [forms] itself around her." Devoid of any social contact ...
- 12379: Dune
- ... the universe without actually having to move. The House of Attreides gets destroyed by the House of Harkonnens in the fight over the spice. But on the planet of Arrakis, the local people of that world known as Fremen had had a prophecy that one day a savior would come and make peace where there was war on the planet of Arrakis. The duke's son of the House of Attreides ... leader because of his great knowledge. He learned to control the giant sand worms and use them to his own advantage. The Fremen were determined to get rid of all the Harkonnens that ruled the world for one reason: the spice. The Fremen made an attack and ended up destroying the Harkonnens using the sand worm's help. And once again, "The Fremen had the world." (pg. 488) In the end, the title of the book had more to do with the story than anything else. The plot and resolution well summarized the story and pulled everything together. The book ...
- 12380: Ceremony by Leslie Silko
- Ceremony by Leslie Silko The novel Ceremony, written by Leslie Silko deals with the actions of a Native American youth after fighting, and being held captive during World War II. The young mans name is Tayo and upon returning to the U.S., and eventually reservation life he has many feelings of estrangement and apathy towards society. The novel discusses many topics pertaining ... figments of Tayo's stressed mind. Many of these situations occur throughout the book, some are very clear and others have hidden meanings. On a whole I believed what Tayo had to say about the world from his shoes. There are certain instinces that I know what Tayo is seeing is completely impossible. In Ceremony one must decide why and how the women's perspective is of importance. I believe the ... a reader actually learn? Well I learned many things that I found to be interesting, and that I had not known previously. One of these many things that I learned was the fact that during World War II, white America actually "accepted" Native Americans into its culture. White women slept with the Native Americans, as if they were any other military personnel. Even the elderly of society (who are often ...
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