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- 5671: Silko's "Ceremony": Summary
- ... suffering. . The reasons behind why she feels ashamed of her sister and her nephew is rather ironic however.. She feels ashamed because her sister was with a white man and had a white man's child, but at the same time she wants her son Rocky to be part of that White society that she has looked down upon in Tayo. Rocky, who is a full breed Indian, does not believe ...
- 5672: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: Romantic Style of Writing
- ... At the end of the Puritan's journey his transformation is a symbol of what happens to people when faced with the realization that no individual is sinless. This situation is similar to when a child discovers that its once loving and all knowing parents have flaws, it goes through this transition and it too looses its innocence. Through this gloomy allegory filled will elaborate symbolism Hawthorne conveys his ideas on ...
- 5673: The Sound and the Fury: Summary
- ... unusual about the format of this section and is, comparatively, easy reading. He hates Caddy, her actions, and those associated with her. He is a bitter individual who tended to stay by himself as a child and is isolated as an adult as well. He serves his literary purpose by acting like he would normally act - bitter. His perspective is one of cruelty and hatred toward Caddy and disgust toward the ...
- 5674: Lord of the Flies: The Setting
- ... of the island is a big influence on their daily life. Their life basically revolves around the things that live and grow on the island. They need to be responsible and caring enough not to abuse their resources. They also need to make smart decisions, so that it doesn't get destroyed. For example, the littluns would just use the bathroom anywhere they want and make the island dirty and smelly ...
- 5675: Wuthering Heights: Themes in the Novel
- ... Hindley is a detestable substitute-his conduct to Heathcliff is atrocious. " (25) Hindleys hate toward Heathcliff is so deeply felt, that upon the news of Hindley receiving a son, Heathcliff sets out to torment the child as part of a plan to punish the Earnshaws. The cruelties of Hindley toward Heathcliff produces vengeance. Heathcliff feels the need to take revenge, and zeros in on Hareton Earnshaw son to Hindley. Heathcliff's ...
- 5676: Themes in "The Stranger" and "Waiting for Godot"
- ... pointless. They assume a role that their "Godot" would give to them without living their own life. Although Vladimir and Estragon seems lifeless, they do possess some emotion that are a sign of life. Their abuse of one another shows their impotence and dependency to each other just like any human being is dependent on someone else such as their parents. They would not hang themselves unless they both are able ...
- 5677: Summary of To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... this bad apple is truly good. He is always leaving little trinkets in a tree for the boy to find and when that same boy gets his trousers caught in the fence the supposed disturbed child mends them and hangs them over the fence for the boy to find again. This book is critically acclaimed and has won several accolades including the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961, the Brotherhood Award ...
- 5678: To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage
- ... such as when she has stood up for her brother, and also when she hasn't. Overall, Scout has just as much courage as any of the adults, but it is the courage of a child. Tom Robinson is different from any of the other characters. He does,however, show his fair share of courage. He has the courage to say I felt sorry for her to the jury about May ...
- 5679: Summary of To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... read very well as in the other hand I had been reading for years. Dill came from Meridian, Mississippi. Dill's mother worked for a photographer and she entered Dill's picture into a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars. Dill spent it all on entering the contest twenty times. Jem, Dill, and I always tried to find out why Boo Radley (Arthur Radley) was always stuck in his house ...
- 5680: Brave New World: The Use of Distortion
- ... and outraged. Huxley is trying to warn society that its lack of commitment and endurance will eventually be its downfall. Lack of the experience of pregnancy severs the emotional ties of the woman and her child. An emotionless society feels no guilt. In addition, Lenina, when accused of lack of promiscuity by Fanny while in the locker room, religiously denies it. Monogamy requires commitment, pain, and work. Huxley is predicting humans ...
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