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13191: The Hobbit: ... It takes the story about a year to occur. It starts at the spring and ends in about the same time the year after. Parts of the story take place in every time of the day (and night). The mood is of fantasy world, where everything (like magic and huge treasures) can appear and happen. book are not very complicated, but there are some words that are not longer in use ...

13192: Bartelby The Scrivener: ... unnatural. Hawthorne correlates this quest for perfection with Aylmer’s intentions of formulating an elixir of life and mastering the art of alchemy. Maybe Hawthorne is drawing a parallel here between the scientists of his day trying to control nature and by the failure of scientists to do this in the past. Aylmer’s attempt to control nature leads to the death of his wife which is unnecessary, she is quite ...

13193: Bananafish: ... You could also say that they are the same character in different stages of development. Whatever the case may be, the "reasons" for the suicide shift slightly in emphasis as the character changes. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" attempts to symbolize that the bananas in See More Glass’s story represent all of the things which are taken in along the journey to adulthood. If pursued with too much zeal, these ...

13194: Lovely People Do Stupid Things: ... Logan reminded her of her family's reputation, hoping to hurt her feelings. Turning to these drastic of measures blew Janie into a frenzy and she left with a smooth-talking gentleman that very next day. Janie chose to leave Logan for Jody because he revived her dreams of love in marriage. Her first marriage had taught her that marriage and love do not go hand in hand. However, she still ...

13195: Babylon Revisited: ... they could just not have. Most love, some courage, and some money, but the key here is that humans are driven by want. Money can buy a safari, or trip to Paris, or maybe a day on the links, but money can not buy happiness and money can not buy love. That is why all of these characters and all of us are desperate to feel wanted and loved because it ...

13196: Beauty And The Beast: ... names to Beauty and the Beast. This famous fable has been passed down and integrated into our culture time and time again, each time adding different lessons that were thought to be important in that day and age. What has changed over the years? How have the fairy tales of Beauty and the Beast affected the children of yesterday, today and tomorrow? I hope to show how fairy tales, more importantly ...

13197: A Tale Of Two Cities: ... Manette had save him, but it wasn't enough. Barsad would always seem to find a way to get him back to prison and was able to give him the death sentence. Although the final day of his life came and it turned out a happy one on his part. "The door was quickly opened and closed, and there stood before him face toface, quiet, intent, upon him, with the light ...

13198: 1984: ... Brotherhood, is the most dangerous man alive, but Winston doubts the claim. He spends his evenings wandering through the poorest neighborhoods in London, where the proletarians, or proles, live relatively unimpeded by Party monitoring. One day, Winston receives a note from the dark-haired girl that reads, "I love you." Her name is Julia, and they begin a covert affair, always on the lookout for signs of Party monitoring; they rent ...

13199: A Tale Of Two Cities: ... inkling the reader may have that the treatment of the prisoners is fair. Capital punishment is also used as a social commentary by showing how people cling to the popular attitudes and beliefs of the day. People are quick to adopt the guillotine as their new savior. Dickens articulates the common attitude towards this when he writes, "[the guillotine] was the sign of the regeneration of the human race. It superseded ...

13200: A Streetcar Named Desire: Analysis Of Blanche Dubois: ... teaching career. Blanche is an escapist who says, "I don't want realism". She hides from bright lights, just as she hides from the truth. Her delicate nature simply cannot bear the reality of present-day existence; she finds it too painful. She, therefore, convinces herself that she has remained pure because "inside, I never lied". She knows that her soul, or inner self, remained uninvolved in her physical encounters. As ...

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