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- 4801: The Return Of Martin Guerre
- ... much trying they have one son. In 1548 the rich peasant disappeared from the village of Artigat after a family dispute over his stealing some grain from his father. Martin Guerre left his wife and child behind without a trace. In these days a wife could not marry in the absence of her husband unless she has proof of his death, even if he has been gone for twenty years. Bertrande ...
- 4802: The Reality Of Huckleberry Fin
- ... one, and the Duke and the Dauphin and Huckleberry Finn's father are evil. Huckleberry Finn has no strong feelings for his father except that of resentment. His father abandoned him when he was a child and come backs to town once in a while. His father would beat Huck many times usually because he was drunk. This is not unusual for someone drunk to do if that person is a ...
- 4803: The Raven By Poe
- ... and nothing more." He becomes afraid of the rapping at the door, and although he is not getting he suddenly feels terrified, And he keeps repeating to himself, It is just a visitor, like a child reassure itself that there are no monsters under my bed. But still he does not answer the door. " Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I " or Madame, truly your forgiveness ...
- 4804: The Plague 3
- ... known as, and commonly called, "Honest Iago." He even says of himself, "I am an honest man...." (II,iii,245) Trust is a very powerful emotion that is easily abused. Iago is a master of abuse, in this case turning people's trust in him into a factor towards his own goals. Iago slowly poisons people's thoughts, creating ideas in their heads without implicating himself. "And what's he then ...
- 4805: The Mountain And The Valley
- ... Prologue, Ellen is the artist and David is her apprentice. He does not realize that he too can be an artist, that there are other forms of art. He is looked at as an odd child because he is so smart, but he is not odd, he just wants more out of life. He does not realize his calling in life until the end of the novel, when he decides he ...
- 4806: The Moral Evolution Of Pip
- ... but guilt and fear altered Pip's thoughts into believing so. Later, Pip's fear of authority is further shown in his response to Mrs. Joe. The fear of being misunderstood and also of physical abuse leads Pip to lie about his encounter with Miss Havisham at Satis House.Pip feels guilty and confesses to Joe. To change into a true gentleman, Pip will first have to mature and develop a ...
- 4807: The Human Comedy
- ... mature. For example, Homer told his mother All of a sudden I feel different not like I ever felt before. (Pg. 33) Delivering telegram message changed everything for Homer because he was no longer a child. Furthermore, delivering death telegrams made Homer sick. At the age of fourteen, when Homer had to deliver death messages, this made him realize that one day he is going to die himself. At the end ...
- 4808: The Dark Half
- ... happened too. George Stark, the "villain" of the story, was Thad's penname come to life. Stephen King made that seem possible with his explanation that Thad had a brain tumor when he was a child. It was not, however, a normal brain tumor. The doctor removed an eye, some teeth, some fingernails, and parts of a nose. These pieces were what George Stark was. When Thad Beaumont stopped writing novels ...
- 4809: The Crucible 2
- ... act when Putnam goads Proctor about taking lumber from his grounds. It is Putnam s failing of greed, vengeance and ambition that lead to the hangings of many in the community as the day his child called out on Jacobs, he said she d given him a fair gift of land. . The trials have brought out many human failings that have initiated conflicts and grudges within the town. we are only ...
- 4810: The Contempary Enlightend One
- ... sickened by the fakeness, and cruelty of the world. An example of this would be in the Catcher in the Rye, when he goes in to the museum he notices an obscenity written with a child s red crayon on the wall (121 bloom). Holden says in the novel That s the whole trouble, he realizes. You can t ever find a place that s nice and peaceful, because there isn ...
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