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- 6991: Pudd’nhead Wilson
- ... the townsfolk’s fingerprints. Eberhard Alsen wrote, “While his interest in palmistry and finger printing further convinces that he is indeed a fool, Wilson establishes is ‘records’, a collection of fingerprints of every person and child in the town.” People thought him even dumber than before; for taking fingerprints. Wilson would take fingerprints when he talked to that person. Every so-many years he would take a fingerprint of that person ...
- 6992: The Great Gatsby: Nobody Is Really Happy
- ... people do not live the great “life” that most people assume they do. Throughout the novel, many of the characters possess a good fortune and live rather extravagant lives. On the contrary, many times drinking, abuse, and adultery take place. Towards the end of the novel, Fitzgerald shows that nobody is really happy especially the characters who have a good deal of money. Jay Gatsby, for whom the novel is named ...
- 6993: John Cheever’s Portrayals of Suburban Life
- ... also plagued with this same sorrow. He falls violently in love with Renee only to be left behind and forgotten about like an old undershirt. The compilation of this and his daughter carelessly leaving her child on the shoulder of the highway leaves Sears stressed and worried. Cheever uses his understanding of the surfaces of suburbia along with actual suburban experiences to recreate a story line that is somewhat improbable yet ...
- 6994: Medea Is A Tragic Feminist Text
- ... still wreak her vengeance on Jason and they imply that a woman’s weakness is her children and "Happy the childless, happy those who have never given birth….They never need to know if a child is blessing or curse. Such ignorance spares much pain."(p.37, Medea). After this observation, the achievement of Medea’s plan to kill the princess and the king is announced the killing of these people ...
- 6995: Theocracy and Guilt and Punishment in The Scarlet Letter
- ... Hester and Pearl are in the town, she is looked down upon by the town citizens. Hester is seen as corrupt. Governor Bellingham and Reverend Wilson think that Hester is too corrupt to raise a child with a proper Christian upbringing. Hester does feel guilt for her actions and she does feel she needs to pay penance for them, but her guilt isn’t very strong. Her guilt can be seen ...
- 6996: To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus' Determination, Persistence, and Intelligence
- ... Mr. Ewell. This shows that Atticus is smart enough not to start a fight or anything with Mr. Ewell. Atticus knows that Mr. Ewell came to fight so Atticus restrains himself and just takes the abuse because if he didn't take it he knew that Mr. Ewell would probably take it out on May Ella. In conclusion I think Atticus has a lot of good qualities and is looked up ...
- 6997: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... the use of physical and physiological force. One of the most visible ways the government of the United State is able to control the thought and actions of its citizens is by the use and abuse of a system by which each member of society receives a number at birth instead of given a name (Goldstein 54). The numbers are assigned according to sex and occupation. For example, D-503, the ...
- 6998: Great Expectations: True Goodness In A Person
- ... he felt he was better than them. When he visited Pip was actually embarrassed by him, one of the few people who loved him most and cared for him so much when he was a child, and Pip just turned him away. He even did the same to Magwitch, a person who had dedicated his life toward helping. When Magwitch finally revealed to him that he was Pip’s benefactor all ...
- 6999: Savage Inequalities: Conditions of Poor Schools
- ... It was established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The program is aimed at preparing poor children for elementary school. The Head Start program is set up to meet the individual needs of every child in the classroom. Head Start provides medical services to low-income families, to prevent health problems to go on undiagnosed. Head Start encourages parent involvement inside and outside of the classroom. Head Start also provides ...
- 7000: “The Cariboo Cafe”
- ... t think she took him she honestly believed that Macky was Geraldo. Sonia was also there the woman didn’t really notice her. After finding Macky she cares for him as if he was her child. One day she takes Sonya and Macky to the cook’s cafe and the cook calls the cops. The cops chase the woman because she tries to flee with the children. The woman is really ...
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