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- 14001: The Prediction of 1984
- ... FREEDOM” of having no laws became the “SLAVERY” of having no rights. ‘IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH’ is the last of the three party slogans that demonstrates Oceania’s totalitarian society. The government of Oceania , created a new language called ‘Newspeak’ that’s purpose “was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world view and mental habits proper to the devotees of”7 Oceania’s society, but in order to make all other modes of thought impossible.” Because of the limited language, ignorance was widespread and people could ...
- 14002: Comparison: Mary Reilly and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- ... finally he performs an atrocious murder. His saner self determines to curtail those alternations of personality, but he discovers that he is losing control over his transformations, that he slips with increasing frequency into the world of evil. Finally, unable to procure one of the ingredients for the mixture of redemption, and on the verge of being discovered, he commits suicide. Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, is a powerful and moving ... The character Hyde is represented more vividly in the book Mary Reilly, this is because you come face to face with Hyde's rage and evil. In Mary Reilly Hyde is at first the mysterious new assistant to Jekyll who is not describe in any length. However, as the book progresses more and more is observed about Hyde, ultimately Hyde is represented as a brutal young man of indecisive origins and ...
- 14003: Hester Prynne: Learning and Changing
- Hester Prynne: Learning and Changing Hester Prynne is as ripe a protagonist as any for learning and changing throughout the course of a novel. She is a new mother and a publicly condemned and ostracized woman in a highly moral and tight knit Puritan community. Her very position in life, first child in hand and scarlet letter on bosom, demands that she learn ... truth, life and love it brings, so that she is finally a "comfort[er] and counsel[ler]" (263) of those who bring to her "all their sorrows and perplexities." (263). Citations are from the 1990 World's Classic Paperback edition.
- 14004: The Sun Also Rises: Thoughts of the Lost Generation
- ... whenever Jake interacts with Brett Ashley, he loses his previous ideas of romanticism being absurd. Since their previous relationship of being lovers had failed they now tried a relationships of being best friends. As this new relationship develops, Jake and Brett draw back when the other becomes too emotional. “The street was dark again and I kissed her. Our lips were tight together and then she turned away and pressed against ... is the mature strength to hold it together and this strength Cohn does not possess. He loses eventually, his wife, most of the fifty thousand dollars his father left him. Consequently, Jake ultimately develops a new stern behavior for himself and it excludes Cohn’s educated small talk, his adolescent behavior, and his passivity. Jake Barnes, as the narrator and supposed hero of the novel, fell in love with Brett some ... reality, but failed. Jake is frustrated by Brett's reappearance into his life and her confession that she is miserably unhappy. Since Jake can never be Brett's lover, they are forced to create a new relationship for themselves, perhaps one far more dangerous than that of mere lovers, they have become best friends. This presents a great difficulty for Jake, because Brett's presence is both pleasurable and agonizing ...
- 14005: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- ... to be happy. Money can have many effects on people and society but money cannot buy happiness. The 1920's were an age of a consumer boom that was needed to keep up with the new materials and goods that came from production lines after World War I. The same beliefs and standards still exist today. Materialistic attitudes are a result of the free-market economy in this country. Consumers are led to believe they need to have all the things ...
- 14006: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- ... work naturally reflected the Romantic movement. Radical and exhibiting knowledge beyond their time, Shelley's parents were considered social monsters or even "one of the greatest monsters exhibited in history." Her book is filled with new ideas generating a time of strong emotion and intuition where misery and passion are explored throughout the story. These are vibrant characteristics for the time along with it the mysterious. An example of mystery in ... ought to cherish a nobler ambition, and by their abilities and virtues exact respect." The romantic age had an attachment to nature and unknown foreign countries. In Frankenstein the setting is placed in an obscure world different to that of the audience. This focuses the theme and makes it more alluring as a horror story. Scotland was an important place to most romantic writers. This is where Mary Shelley felt freedom ...
- 14007: The Power and the Glory
- ... out wretchedly, smelling of the brandy which he has failed to drown his fear, with an enormous sense of anticlimax and a feeling that he has “missed happiness by seconds at an appointed place”. The world ends- it is the only conceivable ending- “not with a bang but with a whimper.”...(193) This quote, though long, shows exactly why we pity the priest, and why pity is the main theme of ... no publishing information due to the pages being ripped out. McEwan, Neil “Modern Novelists: Graham Greene.” General editor: Norman Page. The Macmillisn Press Ltd. London, 1988 Pryce-Jones, David. “Graham Greene.” Oliver and Boyd LTD New York 1967
- 14008: Mononucleosis 2
- ... of mono there are ways to treat it without leading to death. Works Cited 1. Beers, MD Mark H., and Robert Berkow, MD, ed. The Merck Manual Of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th ed. Whitehouse Station, New Jersey: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999. 2. Cassidy, Jo. What s in a Name? Mononucleosis. Current Health 17: 9 (1990): 14-15. 3. Dinamoor, Robert S. When Mono Attacks Take It Lying Down. Current Health 20 ... Saunders Company, 1998. 1646-1650. 6. Schooley, Robert T. Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Mononucleosis). Ed. John E. Bennett, MD, Raphael Dolin, MD, and Gerald L. Mandell, MD. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 4th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1995. 1364-1373. 7. Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia Silverstein, and Robert Silverstein. Mononucleosis. Hillside, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1994.
- 14009: The Cat In The Rain: Self Control and Communication
- ... self control lies in everything that you do and must be frequently be assessed and revised. In order to revise your self control you must be able to communicate honestly with yourself and the outside world. Communication is crucial in the success of the growth and development of your self control, and how it inflicts with your surroundings. This middle aged man in the speed boat was not aware of his surroundings. He was detached and jaded from not only the world but his daughter as well. She sits directly behind him desperately trying to communicate to him the agonizing fright that the speed boat is pounding into her. Her father completely neglecting his self control creates ... just human nature. Do we as humans cause pain to our loved ones or family members at least once in our lives? I would have to believe that from reading these stories and observing the world around that their is a defiant negative force in every family or close relationship. This negative force doesn’t necessarily over ride the positive but it lies some where in the same pool and ...
- 14010: Essential Writings: Review
- ... Not only is the style choppy, but some of the paragraphs lack any sense of development or coherence. Here's an example: Yet for many the threat to the Hindu way was greater under the new "de facto sarkar" (ruler) than under the "ancien" "regime". Muslims settled in India; the English only colonized. Later in "Settlement in India by Europeans" (1832) Rammohan argued that the benefits to India of controlled settlement ... That is why I can't help but agree almost completely with the editor when he asserts that "His writings and the story of his life belong to the syllabus of every student in the world today, from elementary school to university." Works Cited "The Essential Writings of Raja Rammohan Ray". Edited by Bruce Carlisle Robertson. Oxford University Press, 1999, 299pp., Rs 495.
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