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- 12471: Ernest Hemingway - "The Lost Generation"
- ... the Twentieth century who centers his novels around personal experiences and affections. He is one of the authors named "The Lost Generation." He could not cope with post-war America, and therefore he introduced a new type of character in writing called the "code hero". Hemingway is known to focus his novels around code heroes who struggle with the mixture of their tragic faults and the surrounding environment. Traits of a ... the typical Code Hero qualities; while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. Jake Barnes, the narrator and main character of The Sun Also Rises, is left impotent by an ambiguous accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound, however, transcends into an emotional one by preventing Jake from ever consummating his love with Lady ...
- 12472: Rollin Down the River: The Uniting of Theme and Plot in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... that Twain uses to expose the hypocrisy, racism, greed and injustice of society develops along with the adventures that Huck and Jim have. The ugly reflection of society we see should make us question the world we live in, and only the journey down the river provides us with that chance. Throughout the book we see the hypocrisy of society. The first character we come across with that trait is Miss ... to think for yourself, running right next to the constraints made upon you by society. Somewhere deep within the story Twain is making a powerful statement, a wish for all humanity, that we can be brave enough to break with what others assume is correct and just, and make decisions for ourselves and the ability to stand on our own and do something about it. We are that mob that stood ...
- 12473: Master Harold: Differing Influences on Fugard
- ... in South Africa. The final discussion between Sam and Hally about their experiences during the day and the dance championship that Sam and Willie are going to participate in demonstrates the political tensions in the world during Fugard's lifetime. Sam points out to Hally that people are "bumping into each other all the time" (1317) and nobody "knows the steps and there's no music playing" (1317). Sam said, "I ... get it right, the way we want life to be" (1317-1318). Sam uses the dance to represent the hope that was held by people in Fugard's lifetime about the political future of the world by looking at these six couples' success. He convinces Hally that the world does have hope for political stability because Hally states that "maybe there is some hope for mankind after all" (1318). Sam uses all of these examples about their experiences during the day and the ...
- 12474: Mordecai Richler`s Solomon Gursky Was Here
- ... leads to L.B. treating his son with contempt. On one occasion, Moses, home from school at Balliol, tells LB that he submitted a short story, which LB said "showed promise"(p.129), to "the New Yorker. L.B. belittled Moses for his attempt which he suspected to fail and demanded that he be given the mail upon it's arrival, to open it in private. When the package from "the New Yorker" arrived, L.B. opened and read it in private, then later invited Moses into the room. L.B. proceeded to tell Moses that he also had been rejected by "editors who print crap, so ... tell Pushkin from Ogden Nash."(P. 132). Moses later learned that the magazine had accepted his story and had sent it back requesting a few small revisions. He, supposedly, ha d written back saying "'the New Yorker' regularly prints crap so long as it is written by their friends, they couldn't tell Pushkin from Ogden Nash, and he was withdrawing his story." (P. 309). This filial relationship is typical ...
- 12475: Animals In The Eyes of The Dragon
- ... rest of his life. The reader is introduced to the dragon at the beginning of the novel when King Roland and others are hunting and ire-breathing creature. The young dragon is killed when the brave King nocks his arrow, draws, and fires. Roland makes a direct hit in the spot under the dragonΖs throat where it takes in air to create fire (King 13). The dragon dies immediately. Otherwise called ... The reader must reread the novel for any further confirmation. In conclusion, one can now acknowledge that animalsΖ effect on how something takes place is important to everyday living as well as important to the world of literature. Written by Michael Peebles in Hoover,AL contact at: BeerAMid@aol.com Word Count: 1231
- 12476: Comparison of "Queen of Diamonds" and "Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters"
- ... and partying until it catches up with her and she decides to take her own life. The other book, "Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters", is about a lady who feels out of place in the world because she is Indian, and she lives in the land of white people. Aunt Parnetta and Chrstine's problems are similiar, in that, they are both caused by pessimistic attitudes towards life. "Queen of Diamonds ... good story with almost the same theme as "Queen of Diamonds". The story is about a Indian lady who's refridgerator broke. The refridgerator was a symbol, in the story, of the lady in a world of different people. The refridgerator was surrounded by Indians that were nothing like it, a lot like how Aunt Parnetta was in world surrounded by white people. Aunt Parnetta saw this, and revolved every thought about it. She was overcome by the idea that she was living out of place, and could not bear it. Aunt Parnetta ...
- 12477: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... these stories the children considered him to be evil. Boo Radley becomes a game for the three children, over the summer they act out scenarios, that they believed to be true. Over time they create new parts of the story: they even include Mrs. Radley into the story and portrays her as a poor woman, whom later married Mr. Radley, lost her teeth, her hair, and her right forefinger (Lee 39 ... by what others said about them. The mockingbird symbolizes Boo Radley, since he is innocent, and would never harm anyone. He just stays inside because he does not want to face the corrupt and prejudice world outside. One of the more prevalent symbols has to do with Jem who decides to make a snowman. There wasn t enough snow to build a whole snowman so he made a foundation out of ...
- 12478: Humanity's Fall In "The Garden of Eden"
- ... convention when writing Book two and in doing so convinces the reader to believe that evil is poised to triumph over good. The fall in the Garden of Eden marks humanity's entry into a world of sin forevermore. It is because of the severity of this sin that evil is portrayed in a much more convincing manner than good. When writing this poem Milton sought to coerce people into believing ... a non bias way, instead he forces his view on the reader as if his opinion is the way it is. Works Cited Milton, John. Paradise Lost. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, New York: Norton, 1996.
- 12479: Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
- ... Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman, a sixty-year-old salesman in the America of the 1940's, who has deluded himself all his life about being a big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda, who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear, out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life, but there ... had had together, which all involve handyman's work Willy had done on the day. Charley adds to this that "he was a happy man with a batch of cement" (p.110). This adds a new dimension to the tragedy, because it all indicates that Willy was, just like Biff, a man who enjoys physical work. If this was the case, then Willy could simply never admit to himself, like Biff ...
- 12480: 1984: The Control of Reality for Control of the Masses
- ... ability to control history through a process called revisionism. This work is done in the Ministry of Truth, in the Records section, were Winston is engaged. Daily, people like Winston, destroy old documents and create new ones to cover policy changes. In addition, everything printed before 1960 has been destroyed by the Party. A good example of this is the work which Winston has to do in the Minitru one day ... He is a face on the wall, a voice on the Telescreen. According to Goldstein, the Big Brother will never die and is the guise in which the Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world. Big Brother is a god under the control of the inner party. He can be made to say anything and what he is made to say directly propagates the Party's own agenda. Big Brother ...
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