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- 6141: Literature And Its Affect On S
- ... society obsessed with television and movies is because people have stopped desiring to cultivate their minds through intellectual thought and hard work. America would not have the literary past and social changes, such as the Civil Rights movement, if it were not for the genius abilities of authors like Ginsberg and Kerouac, and the desire of the American public to read. On the average, a person living in the United States ...
- 6142: Lord Of The Flies 7
- ... ambitions began at the young age of seven. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University in 1935. His novels explore characters and situations. In Lord of the Flies, it is a time of war. A group of English schoolboys are on a plane, when they are attacked and they have to evacuate their aircraft. They find themselves on a remote island, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, without any adult ...
- 6143: Kurt Vonneguts Slaughter House
- ... Earth. Vonnegut says so in the part where Billy discusses the problems about wars with the Tralfamadorians (p.117). They tell him that everything is structured the way it is and that trying to prevent war on Earth is stupid. This means that there always will be wars on Earth, that we, people, are "designed" that way. There might be people striving for eternal peace, but those people must be very ...
- 6144: Biography Of John Steinbeck
- ... and The Grapes of Wrath (considered to be his masterpiece) focus on the California laboring class; he wrote a screenplay entitled The Forgotten Village; he studied marine biology and wrote Sea of Cortez; when World War II came, Steinbeck wrote Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team; he published a nonfiction account of his travels through America with his dog, Charley; East of Eden, published in1952, is a saga based ...
- 6145: Lord Of The Flies - Fixed
- ... to those who are still in touch with reality. The island is much like earth; we are trapped on it just like the boys are on the island. To the boys it's as if war has destroyed civilization and they are the only survivors, just like us we think we are the only life in the galaxy and maybe we might be wrong.
- 6146: Lord Of The Flies 4 -
- ... s writing style was fairly appropriate for this story. The biased focus on Ralph could have been eliminated to further prove the authors point that their actions are no different then that of people at war. A less biased opinion on Ralph would have showed me that point quicker and more vividly. I enjoyed the time free approach at telling the story, because it leaves more to your imagination. V. PERSONAL ...
- 6147: Julius Ceasar 3
- ... s equals until the 20th century. Calpurnia was the wife of Caesar. She ordered Caesar to stay home and not go to a Senate meeting that was that day. She stated that she had seen war, blood, and ghosts in her dream and she interpreted that as being a bad sign. She also felt that the dream meant that something was going to happen that day and that Caesar should not ...
- 6148: Jane Eyre 7
- ... are her problems. Unlike her experiences at Gateshead and Lowood, Jane handles herself in a much more dignified manner when she arrives at the Moor House. Jane proves the housekeeper wrong by answering in a civil manner when the housekeeper believes Jane is a beggar. Jane learns to accept responsibility for herself and her actions. Rochester changes after the fire and he now turns to God and has begun to say ...
- 6149: Joy Luck Club 3
- ... taken this, this is mine, and nobody can touch this. This may sound barbaric or like animals fighting for their food. This kind of thought was probably brought about because through out history we had war many times this means that only the strong people who have lots of food survived. American people all want to share everything that they have. They think that if I give something this time, I ...
- 6150: Ibsens Roles
- ... earned by her own merits alone. Success and control over one s own life can only be accomplished if these women educate themselves outside of home. More plainly said, "Burning dinner is not incompetence, but war." A woman s ability to tend her family rather than herself should not be used as a measure of her personal worth. A woman needs to show that her abilities can surpass those needed to ...
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