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- 7301: Their Eyes Were Watching God 4
- ... of Janie s unhappiness in marriage. At first, Janie looked at Joe as a man who would offer her an escape from her loveless marriage with Mr. Killick. She saw a promise of her a new lifestyle, adventurous and fun. But Joe, as with Nanny, was so obsessed with materialism and status. His success in re-building Eatonville to become a prosperous town made him the mayor of that town. People ... humiliation Joe had done to her. She defied her husband, who would then die with a broken spirit. With the death of Joe Starks, Janie who is a very attractive and wealthy widow starts her new life with a new kind of freedom. She soon entered into the most rewarding relationship of her life with Tea Cake who only can offer her his guitar, his songs, and jobs in the muck of the Everglades. ...
- 7302: The Cause of the War Between Britain and America
- ... the Quartering Act. The act gave British troops the right to stay at any colonist house. Colonist where not only to house the troops, but provide food as well. British General Thomas Gage asked the New York assembly to convince colonists to agree to these terms. The assembly refused the General's request. "If England had the right to pass tax laws for them, it could pass any other sort of ... April 19. The seventy Minute Men stood their ground, outnumbered by about six hundred. "A sudden out burst of firing takes eight American lives" (McDowell 09) . The shot was called "The shoot heard round the world". It is unknown of what side fired first. British soldiers would say that Americans hide and ambushed them. Americans said that the British were like animals and attacked violently. The Minute Men were pushed back ... the introduction, the preamble, the indictment of George III, the denunciation of the British people, and the conclusion. The Declaration of Independence summarizes the philosophy of "self-evident truths". It announced the birth of a new nation. It brought a new philosophy of human freedom. The Declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress. "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on protection of divine Providence, our ...
- 7303: Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
- ... s important to know that her narrative is in italics. The italics signal a break from normally motivated narrative. when the narrators shift to italics, they show almost a quantum leap to the perception of new relationships, giving new facts (Serole 2). There is now a desire for the reader and the narrator to unravel the truth. Miss Rosa's section seems to be a dream. The dreamlike qualities in her recollection of the ... of data and cumulative response was probably true enough for them. What Bon thought and knew and did during his alleged courtship of Judith and his attempt to gain his father's acknowledgment acquire a new insistence when Shreve momentarily ceases speaking (333). The narrator slips Shreve and Quentin into the roles of Henry and Charles. Shreve and Quentin believe that they have constructed and are experience Bon and his ...
- 7304: All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
- ... process, the earth is shredded and blown asunder. It is during this melee that many of the companies' horses are wounded, and begin to bellow terribly. "It is unendurable. It is the moaning of the world, it is the martyred creation, wild with anguish, filled with terror, and groaning." The bombing subdues, but the bellowing continues. "The screaming of the beasts becomes louder. One can no longer distinguish whence in this ... it is everywhere, between heaven and earth it rolls on immeasurably." Remarque is none too subtle in using the dying horses as a metaphor for the Earth's own anguish. As the men face a new horror, nature is revolting against the damage being done to it. Remarque will return to this usage of the nature motif, with war being anomalous and unnatural in the "natural" world. At the first sign of war, a disturbance in the Earth's eternal peace, nature rebels. "...it is the earth itself raging." The next passage is found in Chapter Six, where the protagonists have ...
- 7305: The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
- ... but that doesn't count because the author doesn't have freedom either so why should his characters). "The chief argument of fight fixing is to show one's readers what one thinks of the world around one". The author must fix the fight in favor of one side to make the writing a novel, to create the story with one's views on the world implanted into it. Fowles however did not live in the world he is fixing the fight in and can only know about it from other readings or indirect information. Fowles describes a story that has supposedly taken place over a century ago, and shows several ...
- 7306: The Study Of Violence In Ernes
- ... liked to write about wars he had seen and made pronouncements about other writers. He was always a legend, and liked to write about himself. He was one of the most famous people in the world. He was literally material to people who had seen him once in a restaurant. In Hemingway s book, The Snows of Kilimanjaro he talks about violence and hunting. Hemingway talks about various guns and pistols ... of living, but survived by being rescued by a search team. He shot himself, like his farther did in 1928 with a macabre rifle in Ketchum, Idaho splattering his brains all over the room the world was shocked and stunne. Jose Luis Castillo-Puche is the author of Hemingway in Spain. He spoke of Hemingway, he said people thought Hemingway was a man blessed by fortune, he was a great vital ... he liked to write about wars he had seen and pronouncements about other writers. He was a legend, and he liked to rite about himself. He was on of the most famous people in the world, he was literary material t people who had seen him once in a restaurant, always conscious of himself as he was, as he had been as he still wanted to be. He read everything ...
- 7307: The Scarlet Letter; Rev. Dimme
- ... energy, and hurried him town ward at a rapid pace. (p. 197) After this interview , he becomes stronger and more energetic. His energy is comparable to the energy he had when he first arrived in New England. It was the observation of those who beheld him now that never, since Mr. Dimmesdale first set foot on the New England shore, had he exhibited such energy as was seen in the gait and air with which he kept his pace in other procession. There was no feebleness of step, as at other times; his ... ominously upon his heart. (Page 217) Even though he regained his strength, he was doomed to die anyway. In death he summoned his newfound energy to do the right thing. He announced to the whole world that he was the father of little Pearl. Perhaps the noblest and best thing he has ever done. Hush, Hester, hush! said he with tremulous solemnity. The law was broke! -The sin here so ...
- 7308: Prince Henry and Dr. Faustus: The Trials of Becoming a Hero
- Prince Henry and Dr. Faustus: The Trials of Becoming a Hero Hero worship has existed in this world since the beginning of time, from the Jews honoring Moses, to the Germans honoring Adolf Hitler. Becoming a hero is a very difficult thing to accomplish. One must be successful in gaining the reverence of ... great point in his life. He was born to "parents base of stock (line 11)," but still has managed to gain a degree from the University of Wittengberg, thus acquiring much respect from the professional world. From the onset though, Faustus has his mind set on other things; such as magic and necromancy. Hal, on the other hand was born to a high society. Even though he does all of these ... are that he hangs out with, they do not have an influence on him: Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wondered at By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapors that did seem to strangle him. (line 152- ...
- 7309: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... of people and their "machines" would come (Abbey 50-51). Most people see progress as a good thing. Abbey proclaims. "I would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world (Abbey 60)." "Prog-ress n. forward motion or advance to a higher goal; an advance; steady improvement (Webster's)." Is progress really all of that? How can you improve on mother nature? Progress actually detracts ... the parks. They will only find the stress and chaos that they sought to leave at home (Abbey 59). There is a minority though, that prefers to be able to get away from the modern world completely, and travel throughout the parks on foot, bicycle, or horse. With these vehicles they can travel on quiet trails that are impassable by automobiles. These trails will lead them to places where progress has ... PLEASURE OF YOU AND ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. PARK YOUR CAR, JEEP, TRUCK, TANK, MOTORBIKE, SNOWMOBILE, JETBOAT, AIRBOAT, SUBMARINE, AIRPLANE, JETPLANE, HELICOPTER, HOVERCRAFT, WINGED MOTORCYCLE, ROCKETSHIP, OR ANY OTHER CONCEIVABLE TYPE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLE IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PARKINGLOT BEHIND THE COMFORT STATION IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR REAR. GET OUT OF YOUR MOTORIZED VEHICLE, GET ON YOUR HORSE, MULE, BICYCLE OR FEET, AND COME ON IN. ENJOY YOURSELVES. THIS HERE PARK ...
- 7310: Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
- ... s important to know that her narrative is in italics. The italics signal a break from normally motivated narrative. when the narrators shift to italics, they show almost a quantum leap to the perception of new relationships, giving new facts (Serole 2). There is now a desire for the reader and the narrator to unravel the truth. Miss Rosa's section seems to be a dream. The dreamlike qualities in her recollection of the ... of data and cumulative response was probably true enough for them. What Bon thought and knew and did during his alleged courtship of Judith and his attempt to gain his father's acknowledgment acquire a new insistence when Shreve momentarily ceases speaking (333). The narrator slips Shreve and Quentin into the roles of Henry and Charles. Shreve and Quentin believe that they have constructed and are experience Bon and his ...
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