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- 6421: A Farewell to Arms: Style
- ... of lefts and rights coming at us without pause. Take the following passage: We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last country to realize they were cooked would win the war. We had another drink. Was I on somebody's staff? No. He was. It was all balls. The style gains power because it is so full of sensory detail. There was an inn in the ...
- 6422: Accordion Crimes: Dismal Reality Checks
- ... a barber shop window where it is bought by a young Mexican boy named Abelardo who goes on to have four children, three of which learn to play the accordion, while the fourth died at war. The daughter, Felida, ran away from home at 17 and became one of the best folk accordionists ever. Chris loved to play the accordion but was killed in a courtroom by a furious father-in ...
- 6423: The Outsiders
- ... not occur. The only problem to deal with is gender as females do not tend to dominate in gang warfare, they are considered as the prize of a gang or a reason to cause a war.
- 6424: Summary of The Heart of Darkness
- ... jungle. They pass a French gunboat firing shells into the dense, black depths of the jungle. Marlow is told that there are enemy natives hidden there, but it is struck by the absurdity of this war with the darkness and its invisible forces. Finally, the steamer reaches the mouth of the Congo and Marlow disembarks. Here, he boards another steamer, commanded by a Swede, and starts on his first leg of ...
- 6425: David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- ... what it was like, how things went on from things we'd study, but how could we do that without original thought? Our representations of these ancient lands are more than just superimposing a Roman war helmet or an Egyptian headdress onto our own society, as in a compound. So, from where would these notions come, if not original in some aspect? We have no pictures or people to describe these ...
- 6426: Sir Launcelot
- ... Launcelot along with his followers attempted to rescue her. He succeeded, but in the process he unintentionally killed the brothers of Sir Gawain, Sirs Gaheris and Gareth. Gawain swore revenge on him, thereby inciting a war between King Arthur's knights and his former knights who chose to defend Launcelot. One death led to another until virtually the whole kingdom had been destroyed. In a succession of events, almost all involving ...
- 6427: The Catcher in the Rye: A Bridge from Innocence to Adulthood
- ... is filled with all the unknown wonders of the world. The other world is the world of childhood which is comfortable and protected from all the impurities in the world. This sort of tug of war between the two worlds is not only mentally imposed on a being, but physically, socially, and morally as well. With all the mentioned above, often times an adult will discourage an action of an adolescent ...
- 6428: Animal Farm: The Corruption in Humans and The Character Napoleon
- ... by manipulation and fear inducing means. It would be extremely helpful to take a look at the time era in which this book was written. This book could possibly have made reference to the World War that was taking place at that time period. A parallel is drawn between Napoleon and the historical figure Stalin. Stalin used an ingenious method to accomplish his own ends. He aimed at the young because ...
- 6429: John Jake's Homeland: A Review
- ... life and work. Jades utilizes the character of Paul to introduce the reader to the fledgling business of moving pictures. Paul is fascinated with this new "art form;" which involves him in many adventures including war, a brush with death, and marrying his first love. This first novel of the Crown series does a creditable job in setting the stage for future adventures of Paul Crown and his budding new family ...
- 6430: The Medea: Women's Rights
- ... for a huge price. How they are not treated well by their husbands who are not always faithful. Women are not recognized for the hard pains of labor that are more painful then fighting a war. At first glance this can seem to be the beginning of a plea for liberation. Then Medea ruins it by getting personal and shows her selfish side. She states that it is twice as hard ...
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