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- 5501: Anselm's Definition of God
- ... existence is timelessly-eternal. This means that God cannot stop existing. On the other hand, contingent beings (such as ourselves) depend on something else for their existence. One example of this is, that as a child we utterly depended on our parents for food, clothing, and shelter. Contingent beings therefore can begin to be or cease to be at anytime. They can, unlike God, be here today and gone tomorrow. Anselm ...
- 5502: Reverence
- ... that would hamper his more important work. Therefore, abortions were commonplace in party life. Chambers looked upon abortion with "physical horror". His wife got pregnant and she begged him not to have an abortion. The child was born and they named Ellen. That was the first moment in his life that led him to lose faith in the Communist ideology. The second decisive moment occurred when his daughter was seated in ...
- 5503: Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
- ... realistically in the novel: sex, and violence. The reality of sex between slaveholder's and slaves is a main point in the novel due to the fact that "Roxy", a black slave woman, conceives the child of an influential white man. This almost certainly was a reality in the ante-bellum south. For evidence of this one has to look no further than one of the country's first presidents, Thomas ...
- 5504: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Fall From Innocence
- ... profanity away himself. Another example of Holden's attempt to shelter innocence is the fact that he never does call Jane, possibly for fear that she will scar his memories of her as an innocent child. The title of this novel presents this theme to the reader in that Holden wants to be "the catcher in the rye" (p. ) so he can catch all of the children that sway to close ...
- 5505: Themes in Ellen Foster
- Themes in Ellen Foster The title of the novel Ellen Foster is self explanatory. Ellen Foster was the main character in the book. It is a story about a child, Ellen, who has many experiences with deaths of members in her family. This causes her to move from house to house looking for a final, stable environment to live in. She is belonging to no ...
- 5506: Mother-Daughter Tradition in The Joy Luck Club
- ... since she had failed as a mother to her first babies she had failed as a person. When she made June take piano lessons June thought that she was trying to make her become a child prodigy like Waverly, but her mother did this because she knew it would benefit June for the rest of her life. Because of the death of her mother, June was forced to take the place ...
- 5507: A Review on Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg
- ... now and again. Still, the image of her mother haunts her. As she tries to grow up, she also longs for a time when she could cuddle up in her mothers arms as a younger child.
- 5508: Native Son: Various Personality Elements Of Bigger
- ... another mans rules. This idea expands to note that when Bigger himself defines the rules, he makes himself free. Interestingly serial killers in our society have multiplied, a common trait that they all possess is abuse in their early lifetime. Perhaps they act out of the same misguided need for freedom that Bigger found when committing murder. Bigger, his family, and Bessie all feel the affects of separatism and oppression. Richard ...
- 5509: The Miracle Worker
- ... if not the most was when jimmy was dying. Another one was when Jimmie was telling her he wanted her to stay for ever and ever. She also had flashbacks of when she was a child. These are the flashbacks Annie had in the story. Durring the story Annie had many strugles with Hellen. One of them is when Hellen hi annie with a doll. Another one is when Hellen locked ...
- 5510: Joy Luck Club: Conflicts Faced By June and Her Mother
- ... a genius, or greatly wealthy in order to be successful. Another important theme is that we need to make our own choices in life and find our own life's importance. When June was a child, her mother was constantly pushing her to try different things that she had no interest in. Because she did not care about any of these things, she did not really try to be successful, and ...
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