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- 7861: The Great Gatsby
- ... at Oxford. Supposedly after his family had all died he “lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe collecting jewels, hunting big game, painting and doing things for himself.” (66) During the war he was apparently a promoted major that every Allied government gave a decoration to.” (66) However, the medal he received seemed to be either fake or borrowed. The fantasy world that Fitzgerald gives Jay Gatsby ...
- 7862: The Red Badge of Courage: Fear of First Battle
- ... that he is scared about fighting. He is also the only one not to run away from the first battle even though other people were. When Henry sees him walking in the road after the war he has been shot and is hurt bad. Jim is afraid of lying in the road and being run ober by the artillery wagons. He decides to take off running across a field and up ...
- 7863: The Chosen
- ... adolescence to adulthood. They face many conflicts, and through those trials the author makes his readers think more deeply into life’s true meanings. The novel was set in New York during the Second World War. Since the main characters are Jews, this period of time is very significant. Not only were the Jews persecuted during WWII, but New York was also close to a military base, which made it a ...
- 7864: A Time Of Prejudice
- ... continue to decrease. Back when blacks were still not really accepted, most people would not have the guts to stand up for them. Now most people have realized from the women’s movement and the civil rights movement, that judging people on what you can just see is bad. People who have realized this have opened their minds. Those ignorant people will maybe even someday miss the chance to meet the ...
- 7865: Say A Prayer for the Youth of America
- ... has a one room house, and doesn’t even have an “inside the house” toilet. As the story progresses, Ellen’s opinions twist and turn until she reaches the conclusion “If they could fight a war over how I’m supposed to think about her then I’m obligated to do it.” This is evidence for her evolution as a person, or growing up. Her views of the world mature at ...
- 7866: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- ... society but money cannot buy happiness. The 1920's were an age of a consumer boom that was needed to keep up with the new materials and goods that came from production lines after World War I. The same beliefs and standards still exist today. Materialistic attitudes are a result of the free-market economy in this country. Consumers are led to believe they need to have all the things that ...
- 7867: A Century Of Dishonor, a Triumph or Tragedy?
- ... more into details than necessary to show the repeated broken faith of the United States government toward them. A full history of the wrongs they have suffered at the hands of the authorities, military and civil, and also of the citizens of this country, it would take years to write and volumes to hold” (Jackson 29).The novel was then reviewed in the New York Times sixteen years after her death ...
- 7868: Billy Budd
- ... didn't care it. Billy had a fair life with what he grew up with and an average education compared with everyone else around him. Later on in his life he decided to go to war. Fighting against the French with one of the unorganized ships around but still one the friendliest ships around. Billy being in good physical shape and having a positive towards life. Captain Vere decided to take ...
- 7869: The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn
- ... family, he experienced the cruelty of humans through fighting and death. The family was good to him, especially their young son, Buck. Buck's death made Huck realize how fragile life is and how awful war is. He found the feud made a boy his own age yearn to kill when he asked Buck what a Shepherdson had done to him to make him want to kill him and Buck's ...
- 7870: The Lord of the Flies: The Evil of Mankind
- ... reveals is that of Piggy and Ralph, and although they feel bad, decide to pretend it never happened. As the book ends, and the boys have lost every tie with civilization, they are having a war. Piggy is dead, symbolizing the elimination of intelligence. This is necessary in order for a complete shift to chaos to occur. The conch is destroyed, and along with it, any sign of civility and rule ...
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