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- 13991: 1984: Lack of Humanity
- ... the words. The old language, appropriately called Oldspeak is compared to Newspeak as, “… [Oldspek] with all its vagueness and its useless shades of meaning…Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year? Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?” (Syme, Pg.46) While reducing the range of thought is part of ... of Oceania is an imbecile that has been brainwashed exclusively with Party slogans, and is capable of believing everything the Party says. O’Brien said it best, “We may be obliged to give him a new identity. His face, his movements, the shape of his hands, the color of his hair-even his voice would be different.” (O’Brien, Pg. 143) Somebody could switch identities like that, and no one would ...
- 13992: The Hobbit: A Review
- ... adventures made The Hobbit interesting, but the main plot of the story is still the dwarves attempting to reclaim their lost treasure from the dragon Smaug. This book is full of adventure in a fantasy world. It should not be read by any kind of realist. Realism would take all fun and enjoyment out of The Hobbit. I think an imaginative person with a taste for action would thoroughly enjoy this ... and Gollum. The riddle war is both very amusing and impressive. Bilbo Baggins is a character that is hard to forget. As with many fantasy or adventure books, this story does not bring out many new appreciations or good lessons, but even this cannot take away from the book. In conclusion, I think this book should stay on the summer reading list.
- 13993: Epic Heros In Beowulf and Roland
- ... into shame reflects not only on oneself, but on one's family and nation. The field on which the epic hero performs is grounded in socio-political and historical 'reality'. Charles Moorman writes that "the world in which Roland lives and fights is ... a very simple world, rigidly, and comfortingly, described by the laws of the Church and Emperor". Although elements of 'the miraculous' appear in the epic, they result in no more than a heightening or aggrandizement of reality. The epic ... life for the future. The heros have succeded and now we live in a free nation, the heros if today still work for a similar goal, to improve life styles, and to create a better world.
- 13994: Fahrenheit 451: Predictions
- ... out. This was possible because of houses having a thin plastic cover on them so that they were made to be fireproof. Due to the shortage of the need for firemen, they were given a new job, burning books. When a call would come in all the firemen would rush to their trucks, only though to enter a house a search for illegal books to burn. At the time though all ... and help collect evidence against them. Although Fahrenheit 451’s predictions proved inaccurate the book still provided an influential social criticism of censorship and it’s effects. Which would be a very fake and unhappy world.
- 13995: Silent Spring: Abuse of Pesticides
- ... awareness of the abuse of pesticides in the 1960’s. She told the stories of how deadly pesticides could be to the environment, wildlife, and even humans. There were very few regulations on all the new chemicals that were widely used after World War II, and not enough time was spent on researching the possible harmful affects. After she made the country aware of the dangers, the government had to change the way they regulated pesticides. DDT was ...
- 13996: I Am . . . ?
- ... struggle dealing with his label as a “no-no boy.” Being a full blooded Japanese born in America was not an easy life. Especially considering the time period in which the novel takes place: Post World War II. Many Japanese-Americans were forced to make a choice at this time: Fight and possibly die for a country that would show them no respect anyway, or choose not to fight and be ... Okada 187). A major negative influence on his life and his perception of himself faded away with the death of his mother, and he could dissolve much of his anger. In essence, he became a new man. If a Japanese American refused to fight in the war, he was labeled a “no-no boy, ” and he was shunned by most of the American community. Ichiro Yamada faced this same predicament, except ...
- 13997: The Storm by Kate Chopin
- ... the church. As Calixta is gathering up the laundry, Alcée Laballière enters the yard, seeking shelter from the coming storm. The reader's immediate impression of Alcée is that he is a man of the world; this contrasts sharply with the author's presentation of Bobinôt in the first section. He is seen as a simple man, an intellectual equal to his four-year old son: "Bobinôt... was accustomed to converse on terms of perfect equality with his little son" (p209). There is a mutual attraction between Calixta and Alcée, and this attraction is not new: "She had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone" (p209). Their acquaintance with each other is explained in another Chopin story, "At the 'Cadian Ball" (1892), but in this earlier story ...
- 13998: The Real Thing
- The Real Thing Webster`s Third New International Dictionary defines pride as the quality or state of being proud. Pride is a valuable quality of human beings, some are born with it, while some acquire it through growing up. Conceit can be ... and position. In order to gain the respect and love of people, she would go to any mean possible to do so. We have seen a prime example of her visiting sick children in third world countries, holding them in her arms. Sitting on the floor with crying mothers who are tending to their children offering them comfort, trying to be part of them. Bridging the gap of rich and poor ...
- 13999: A Tale of Two Cities: Love or Hate
- ... he married Lucie it would be for the worst. Still this love that he carries with him drives him on, even after she marries Charles Darney. Later when Darney is about to be executed Cartons new nature shows itself. Carton’s love for Lucie persuades him to save Darneys life, even if it means that he must die. When Carton dies, people may say that it is sad, but really it is what needed to happen. By dying Carton proves his love and overcomes the hate of the people who are doing the killing. Before Carton did this noble, brave, valiant deed he was a nobody, a drunken, but now people will remember him as a wonderful guy. A man filled with so much love and caring that he was willing to give up his ...
- 14000: Young Goodman Brown / The Masque Of Red Death
- ... many different aspects. Both stories deal with dreamy situations. In Young Goodman Brown Goodman Brown was in a dream he was in an unreal universe but when he finally woke up and entered the real world he just acted as if he were in his own unreal dream like world. In The Masque Of The Red Death the rooms that the prince decorated were all decorated as if you were in a dream. Each room was a different color where every decoration all the tapestries ... because he couldn't deal with reality. The dream that he had changes his mind and made him believe in things that were fake but when he woke he couldn't deal with the real world. He believed what happened in the dream was reality and what ever happens in reality goes against what he learned in his dreams. So whenever normal actions occurred in real life he questioned it ...
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