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- 6981: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
- ... especially food, commenting, You waste life when you waste good food. (p.609) She also reminds her children not to lose things because it is bitter if they do. Many of the life challenges her child will encounter will be overcome by the wisdom passed on. Her negative experience through being jilted early in life results in a disillusionment that lasts until her death. Because Granny is eighty, she believes that ...
- 6982: "Evolution of a Naturalist": The Biography of Charles Darwin
- ... Darwin, naturalist who discovered the theory of evolution. Darwin had many fine character traits that helped him achieve his goal. One of these traits was the need for adventure. Darwin was a lazy as a child and if something were to interest him, it would have to be an adventure. As he got older, he traveled to many places that helped him discover the theory of evolution. One of these was ...
- 6983: A Portrait of Stephen Dedalus as a Young Man
- ... Young Man A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is above all a portrait of Stephen Dedalus. It is through Stephen that we see his world, and it is his development from sensitive child to rebellious young man that forms the plot of the novel. There are many Stephens, often contradictory. He is fearful yet bold, insecure yet proud, lonely and at the same time afraid of love. One ...
- 6984: The Beauty Myth: Themes
- ... are standard in the affluent West today, perpetuated by the culture of female caloric self-deprivation (191). This is what causes so many health problems. Low calorie intake and not eating much at all. Women abuse their bodies because of wanting to please other people. They do not think of the results before they do that to their bodies, they just do it, which is very unhealthy. The fifth main idea ...
- 6985: Billy Budd: A Story of True Goodness
- ... in its most purest form. Innocence is an exploitable commodity. While this is universally recognized, there are many different ways people confront it. Some people choose to embrace and protect it. While others choose to abuse it and corrupt it. Those who choose the latter are evil plain and simple. By making this choice they are reflecting not upon the innocent, but upon themselves. This reflection is humanity in its darkest ...
- 6986: Herland: The Use of Character Development
- ... book Charlotte Perkins Gilman portrayed an all-female society in which the women are able to serve each other and their daughters (produced through parthenogenesis) without anyone being "sacrificed" in the process. Herland is a child-centered society of mothers in which the lines between the so-called private and public realms have been radically redrawn. The women of Herland are at ease in the halls of justice and centers of ...
- 6987: Significance of Dewey Decimal System With To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes a southern community in the south during the 1930s. The great detail that is given the characters is rendered through the reflective eyes of a child named Scout. She describes the people and their place in the community in great detail. Each person has his or her niche in the community. This can be compared to the Dewey Decimal System of ...
- 6988: The Scarlet Letter: Dimmesdale As The Greatest Sinner
- ... not keeping in touch with Pearl and Hester. This was a very sinful thing to do. When Pearl asks him if he will stand with them on the scaffold he says no, just crushing the child. And Hester does nothing cut encourage this behavior by saying that one day he will stand with them. The last reason that Dimmesdale is the greatest sinner in the Scarlet Letter is that he died ...
- 6989: The Color Purple, The Bell Jar, Franny and Zooey, and Ethan Frome: Internal and External Forces On The Character's Lives
- ... be educated, as were the white women of her community. Because of her race, however, she was denied the same rights and opportunities that were granted to whites. This deprivation caused Celie painful internal conflict. Abuse and rejection from her father and later her husband created a low self-image and a poor self-esteem. She was unassertive with her friends and family because she felt that she had nothing to ...
- 6990: Jane Eyre: The Preserverance of the Personality
- ... energy (as one of the servants observed: "Did ever anybody see such a picture of passion!" ), which like a volcano erupts at times in the form of revolt against the "tyrants". It seems that the child's most burning question is what kind of role she plays in the Reed house: if young John is her "master", she consequently has to be a servant, yet, she is regarded less than a ...
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