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- 12381: A Review: The Day of the Jackal
- ... the Jackal, written by Fredrick Forsyth, is a fictional novel that displays the author's brilliance by setting a mood and connecting you with the characters. The Day of the Jackal takes place in post World War II in France. The Jackal is a professional assassin, whose name is not revealed, who is hired by a French terrorist group to kill Charles de Gualle, the President of France. This terrorist group ... earlier, but the way the armorer talks about the mechanics involved with making a gun in which the Jackal described shows that he is one of the best in the business. Forsyth takes characterization to new level with the Jackal. The reader gets to know the Jackal with a detached understanding of him. Forsyth keeps him a mysterious being with no past and, as far as the rest of the characters ...
- 12382: Book Review: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... and seems to know exactly how to handle himself in the situation. The book, so far, is believed to be set in Spain as everyone speaks in Spanish and is set around the time of World War II ('carbine': gun used about that time). The main character of the book is a man named Robert Jordan. He is the soldier or 'partizan' (Russian word for guerrilla) who is sent to take ... little overwhelmed by what he is ordered to do but he knows so much about the way people work and think that he can spot when a man is about to fold. He is very brave and cunning from what has been read so far and is very skilled at his job. Jordan's guide in the jungle is a man of 68 years named Anselmo. Anselmo is very agile and ...
- 12383: A Comparison and Contrast In Both A's Worn By Hester and Dimmesdale
- ... interpretation by each character; also the appearance of the A's is directly correlated between the consequences each character receives because of their sins, both Hester's and Dimmesdale's punishment is introduced through a new character and some sort of isolation. The new character's are a form of abstract contrasting where each new character is an extension of the sinner's "A" itself. Where as Chillingworth is a doubled extension of Dimmesdale's consciousness; Pearl is a contrast to Hester's creativity, patience, and composure. Dimmesdale's ...
- 12384: Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City: You are the Coma Baby
- ... He manages to accomplish this through the help of his use of cocaine, to which he is powerfully addicted. Throughout the novel McInerney employs the use of the Coma Baby, a current story in the New York Post, a local tabloid, as a symbolic representation of the main character. The Coma Baby has been residing in its mother's womb after the mother suffered a car accident and entered a coma ... McInerney as both dialogue and narration, is strong support for the concept that like the Coma Baby, the main character wants to avoid facing the harsh realities of life and continue living isolated in his world of narcotic-induced pleasure. The author uses the interaction of the main character and the Coma Baby as proof that the main character will not realize the fallacies of his ways until he has hit ...
- 12385: To Kill a Mockingbird: Summary
- ... Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. The story begins during the summer when Scout and Jem meet a new playmate named Dill who has come from Mississippi to spend the summer with his Aunt Rachael. Dill is fascinated by the neighborhood gossip about "Boo" Radley. Egged on by Dill, Jem and Scout try to ... that he was a good man all along. She has learned a lesson about understanding and tolerance. And through the sheriff's action she sees that sometimes there can be justice and compassion in the world. The title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird is a key to some themes in the novel. The title is first explained in Chapter 10 at the time that Jem and Scout have just ...
- 12386: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: An Analysis
- ... Lucy. During a war in London they were sent to a professor's house outside London. Lucy, while exploring with her brothers and sister, found a secret passage through the wardrobe to Naria,a secret world. In Naria there are other characters. One of them is the White Witch,also known as the Queen of Naria, who was like a tyrant. If anyone disobeyed her she turned them to stone. Another ... in the snow because there it was always winter. Although it was always winter Christmas never arrived. After they awoke the next day they saw Father Christmas who gave them gifts.Mrs. Beaver received a new sewing machine. Mr. Beaver's dam was fixed and finished. Peter was given a shield and sword. Susan received a bow, arrows, and a horn. Lucy's gift was a bottle of healing juice and ...
- 12387: The Hobbit: A Review
- ... woods). It is hard to believe that the characters can exist in reality since they cannot, and they are not supposed to since it is a fantasy book. Setting The story occurs in the imaginary worldMiddle-earthcreated by the author, it is appropriate since creatures that are found in the book (e.g., goblins and dwarves) do not exist in our world. Since the story happens in many places over Middle-earth the author gives a deep description only in places where important things to the plot happen but in other places he gives a more general ... occur. It starts at the spring and ends in about the same time the year after. Parts of the story take place in every time of the day (and night). The mood is of fantasy world, where everything (like magic and huge treasures) can appear and happen. The words used in the book are not very complicated, but there are some words that are not longer in use, or used ...
- 12388: The Fifth Child
- ... eight or perhaps even ten. However, something was different this time. Early in the pregnancy, she began feeling ill. She had been keeping herself very busy in order not to feel the "demands" from the new being. It was unlike anything she had known before. At five months the pain was so intense that Harriet began taking tranquilizers. Even during her pregnancy, Harriet began referring to Ben as the "monster." During ... before for her other deliveries, this time she insisted. This shocked everyone, especially her husband David. Ben was not your typical baby. "A real little wrestler," said Dr. Brett. "He came out fighting the whole world." (p. 48) Ben was eleven pounds at birth. None of the other children were more than seven. He was heavy-shouldered and hunched over. His forehead sloped from his eyebrows to his crown. Even his ...
- 12389: The Glass Managerie
- ... escape is a good example of symbolism for Tom, but there is also the portrait of father. Another example of symbolism is the portrait of father. Tom's father left the family to travel the world and never came back. In scene 7, Tom says: I'm like my father. The bastard son of a bastard! Did younotice how he's grinning in his picture in there? And he's been absent going on sixteen years! The above quote shows Tom wants to escape from home. he wants to be like his father, go travel the world and experience adventures and never come back. This example shows Tom wanting to escape by using his father's portrait and how his father never came home ever since he left. It shows son should ... to escape. The portrait of father is a good example because Tom wants to escape. The portrait of father is a good example because Tom wants to be just like his father and travels the world. The movies is the most important because Tom goes to the movies every night to find adventures. Tennessee Williams successfully used variety of symbols show the character Tom like to hide the truth and ...
- 12390: The Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... for his own. Cassie, the husband of the soon-to-be-expecting, Rose of Sharron, decides that life was too complicated for him and just disappears one night, never to return to his wife or new family. Accepting this "small loss" the Joads continue looking for work and a decent life, while Rose of Sharron becomes severely depressed from the loss of her husband. At this camp, yet another member of ... him again when he is murdered. Finally the family comes into some good fortune at a cotton-picking site, and is at last making a path for themselves in life. They have money, full stomachs, new clothes, and happiness for once in a long time. But it is at this time that Tom must leave them. He was in a fight at the last camp and assaulted an officer. He, now ... they then had no one to help then for the only family members left were, Pa, Ma, Uncle John, Rose of Sharron, Winfield, and Ruthie. He agrees, but makes his vow that he and his new wife are going to leave as soon as they can. Finally the last loss to the family comes at the end of the book. A family member that was not even "part of the ...
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