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- 2281: Stylistic Analysis of the Opening Page of Dracula (Children’s Version)
- ... opinion between the ages of 8 to 12. My reasoning for this is that the language used requires quite a wide vocabulary and reading ability to understand, but is probably too challenging for a young child to understand on their own, so it is possibly designed to be read with parents. Older children (i.e. around 11 to 12 years old) would probably be able to understand and read many of ... This version of Dracula is laid out in a series of two-page spreads. This breaks the story into smaller sections which are easier to absorb than a continuous piece of writing, particularly for a child. Each spread is laid out with the text in the middle of the spread, surrounded by colourful pictures relating to the writing, small quotes and sidebars containing factual information, again relating to points in the ... the layout of the text, which is especially geared towards young children, is that the text is not fully justified – the lengths of each line vary, and do not line up. This variety helps a child to read, because they are less likely to lose their place in the text. This prevents them from getting confused and frustrated because they keep losing where they are in the text. The text ...
- 2282: Joy Luck Club: Symbols
- ... can be found in the relationship between Suyuan Woo and her daughter June. Suyuan came to America with high hopes, similar to the other mothers, and a swan in anticipation that she could teach her child to strive only for the best opportunities that America can offer. Jing-Mei states "America was were all my mother's hopes lay (141)." Suyuan fled to America after she had lost all her possessions ... not lose hope. When the swan is ripped from her arms she is only left with a single swan's feather to symbolize all her hopes and dream for the future. When June was a child her mother encouraged her to pursue many different activities especially the piano. Suyuan was obsessed with June becoming a child prodigy because she wanted the best for her, not just because she was jealous of her best-friend, Lindo Jong. When June refused to play, her mother insisted and forced her to sit at ...
- 2283: The Count Of Monte Cristo
- ... Villefront, Monte Cristo slowly reveals to Villefront that he knows about a love affair that Villefront had long ago with Madam Danglars. He also revealed to him, by hints, that he knows about the illegitimate child whom he fathered, a child whom Villefront had believed to be buried alive. The child lived, however, and was now engaged to Mademoiselle Danglars, who is really his half-sister. Ironically, Villefront's wives proves to be more villainous than her husband, for she poisons her parents and her ...
- 2284: The Count Of Monte Cristo
- ... Villefront, Monte Cristo slowly reveals to Villefront that he knows about a love affair that Villefront had long ago with Madam Danglars. He also revealed to him, by hints, that he knows about the illegitimate child whom he fathered, a child whom Villefront had believed to be buried alive. The child lived, however, and was now engaged to Mademoiselle Danglars, who is really his half-sister. Ironically, Villefront's wives proves to be more villainous than her husband, for she poisons her parents and her ...
- 2285: The Gift: Review
- ... and alone and also pregnant. But very soon they became supportive of Tommy and his love for Maribeth because they realized how good-hearted she was. Tommy's parents soon decide to adopt Maribeth's child, knowing that this was another chance to share their love with a child, knowing that this child was a gift from God, and that Maribeth was sent to them for a reason. During this novel, after Maribeth had gotten pregnant, she seemed very unsure of what she was she going to ...
- 2286: The Color Purple - Compared To Macbeth
- ... is shown throughout the novel as this main character is even ignorant towards her own rights. Celie does not understand that there are other ways of living life than getting beaten and treated like a child by her own husband. She is ignorant towards the fact that she does not have to take this abuse. Furthermore, Celie is uneducated and because of this "[she] is too scared to open [her] mouth to people" (212). This deficiency of education is something that is needed to survive in the world and Celie ...
- 2287: The Color People
- ... drastic turn in her realm of thinking. Celie starts out in the beginning of the novel as the "slave" to her father. First allowing herself to be raped and bearing his children and taking his abuse. Then on to the abuse that her "husband", Mr.____ shows towards her. Celie takes all of this treatment in stride, this is the only life that she has known. She thinks that since she is only a woman this is ... They just stood there and hugged and hugged and emersed themselves in the love that they felt for each other. This is how the novel ends. It ends on a happy note. All of the abuse and all of the bad, unforgivable incidents, are forgiven. Everyone is happy and together. The theme of "Love redeems" is fulfilled. Everybody is redeemed from there love of another person. The story line is ...
- 2288: Wuthering Heights: Negativity in Domesticity
- ... social class. Without the ability to read and write, Hareton was imprisoned in Heathcliff’s reciprocate world of domestic life. Heathcliff’s pain and anger caused him to leash out against domesticity and captivate and abuse his tenants at Wuthering Heights. Cathy married Linton out of love, but the duty that went along with marriage forced her into a state of domesticity. Before Cathy’s marriage she was an outspoken character ... and servile obedience, and supported altogether in her weakness by the pre-eminence of his fortitude” (Ruskin 78). Through Cathy’s marriage to Linton she was forced by Heathcliff to domestically change from an independent child into a subservient woman that has been altered to believe her role is to be an object owned by a man. Emily Bronte’s character’s proved that the domesticity that existed was more detrimental ...
- 2289: Catcher In the Rye: Holden's Love FOr Children
- ... and keep them innocence. He demonstrates this when he gets very upset because he sees that someone had written a curse word on the stairs in Phoebe’s school. He can’t imagine that a child could have written such a word and decides that a teenager must have come in and written. He quickly rubs the word off. Holden also portrays this feeling that he must save children in this ... He is frightened to face his approaching adulthood and often thinks of killing himself so he doesn’t have to. He often thinks of his deceased brother Allie who will always be remember as a child, and he realizes the price one has to pay to remain a child is death. Holden’s fear of growing up and his love for children is an important aspect of this personality and cause of some of the problems he has to deal with
- 2290: The Bluest Eye
- ... both characters try, the worse things get. Pauline strived for beauty because she wanted to attention and wanted to be beautiful. Pauline seemed to have just worse case of bad luck, when she was a child she stepped on a nail and she was left with a limp forever. "The wound left her with a crooked, archless foot that flopped when she walked….." (110). She tried to put that behind her ... trying so hard to become beautiful and things going bad the harder she tried , she just gave up. Pecola strived for beauty throughout the whole book, she knew that people though she was an ugly child. So she thought if she had blue eyes , things would be different and she would be recognized and become beautiful. Pecola, being a child, did not know that her wish was just not possible. But she was a kid and didn’t know any better. She figured that if she had blue eyes like Maurine Pie, she would ...
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