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- 13061: Great Expectations
- ... of this book indicates the confidence of conscious genius. In a new aspirant for public favor, such a title might have been a good device to attract attention; but the most famous novelist of the day, watched by jealous rivals and critics, could hardly have selected it, had he not inwardly felt the capacity to meet all the expectations he raised. I have read it as it appeared in installments, and ...
- 13062: Great Expectations
- ... to act in the presence of Pip when he is a gentleman. Joe's speech and use of words illustrate his plainess and accent Pip's aristocracy. Decisions never came easily for Joe and he'd much rather someone else make them for him rather than have to choose on his own. Being uneducated, Joe never felt sure of himself that he could make an appropriate decision, anyway. When asking for ...
- 13063: HDTV
- ... ways. Hospitals are taping surgical procedures and corporations are using HDTV for presentations. Dale Cripps, publisher of the on-line newsletter HDTV Today says, "HDTV is slick. If I were a corporate executive today, I'd never consider putting my best foot forward on anything but HDTV." The director of the New Video Technology Project Baylor University, Cory Carbonara says, "HDTV truly defined has 5 times the visual detail and 10 ...
- 13064: Great Expectations
- ... social status. It is because he feels a new feeling at Satis House, rather than the repetition of an old one, that he identifies his great expectations with MH and Estella. ¡¥That was a memorable day to me for it made great changes in me.¡¦ (72) The scene in VolIIChXI, in which Trabb¡¦s boy makes savage fun of Pip¡¦s new clothes and new manner, wonderfully catches the seer unfamiliarity ...
- 13065: Canterbury Tales
- ... be guilty of them. He wore older clothes. They were not as fancy as he could have worn. He portrays the chivalry element of the bunch. He is religious and also courageous:Who from the day on which he first began / To ride abroad had followed chivalry,Truth, honour, generousness, and courtesy. (44-46) He traveled many places over great distances to fight at almost all of the important battles. Chaucer ...
- 13066: Great Expectations
- ... straight after that, she had all the clocks stopped. Miss Havisham was heartbroken and turned into a bitter, cold woman. She stayed indoors, stopping the clocks and leaving everything the way it was on the day she was to be married. She stayed in the darkness, not seeing any sun or anything outside her mansion called Satis House. Satis stood for "enough". As if to imply that any who resides in ...
- 13067: Candide
- ... it is a melancholy sight to see beggars and their children on the street. The sarcastic paradox in this statement is whether it is a melancholy object for him, having to see homeless people every day, or for the beggars lifestyle? Upon first reading this one may be led to believe that Swift is a compassionate writer attempting to feel the pain of the beggars. But as the story continues, a ...
- 13068: Grapes Of Wrath: Jim Casey As A Christ Figure
- ... for the entire migrant population of the Great Depression era. One such character is that of Jim Casey, a former preacher and long-time friend of the Joads. In this story, Casey represents a latter-day Christ figure who longs to bring religious stability to the burgeon of migrant families facing West. Steinbeck manages to give Jim Casey the exact initials as the historical savior (J.C.), which allows the reader ...
- 13069: Comparing Events In History To
- ... were persecuted and others were repugnant to them. It goes to show that these two immigrants were innocent because “in 1977, the Governor Dukakis of Massachusetts proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti innocent and declared a Memorial Day for them.” (Miller J. et all, 38) This relates to “The Crucible” in the way that not enough evidence was provided and they still were convicted and ended up dying. In “The Crucible” many people ...
- 13070: Uncle Tom; A Synopsis
- ... life in our own country, the United States of America, is unbearable. The idea that there are inferior and superior human beings is absurd. Nevertheless, this still goes on in our country to this very day. Reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin has made me more alert of my actions, not only toward people of the different races, but people of the opposite sex as well. I think that Uncle Tom’s ...
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