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- 1961: Handmaids Tale Vs. Fire Dwelle
- ... who means well, but shows her no love. And four children who she feels are being ruined by her every action. She feels that life has much more to offer than the tediousness of every day routine. The nature of Offred s lost identity is very drastic. Before the new religious group of Gilead took over the world she was a very normal every day woman. She did what was expected of her time and continued to do so after the take over. She had a husband and a daughter who she loved very much. But the new society which ... wives. They would be sent away to special schools where they were taught how to give birth; and also to obey their masters without question. You can always practice, said Aunt Lydia. Several sessions a day, fitted into your daily routine. Arms at the sides, knees bent, lift the pelvis, roll the backbone down. Tuck. Again. Breathe in to the count of five, hold, expel (p.66). The woman s ...
- 1962: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- ... last she granted him her love and swore by St. Thomas that she would leave the Carpenter when she had a chance. She told him how jealous he was. Then it fell on a holy day that this goodwife took her to the church to work on Christ's own works. At the church there was a clerk named Absalom. He had curly hair, rosy cheeks, and his eyes were gray. Absalom, who was so pretty and fine, went on this holy day with a censor, trying to get the goodwives of the city. He then noticed the carpenter's wife and he thought she was so neat and sweet. That night the moon was shining and Absalom went to the carpenter's house and sang in the window. The carpenter woke up and asked the wife if she heard him singing and she told him yes. From day to day Absalom wooed her till he couldn't anymore. She loved Nicholas though and all the wooing Absalom gave was wasted. She used Absalom. Then it fell that the carpenter was gone out ...
- 1963: Master Harold: Differing Influences on Fugard
- ... his father. A final and the most noticeable example of the racial tensions in South Africa is made by Sam when he informs Hally about the reason why he didn't stay with him the day they flew the kite. Sam tells Hally that the bench he had sat on was a "Whites Only" (1325) bench and Sam wasn't allowed to sit on it. All of these examples are used to represent the racial tensions that were present in Fugard's lifetime in South Africa. The final discussion between Sam and Hally about their experiences during the day and the dance championship that Sam and Willie are going to participate in demonstrates the political tensions in the world during Fugard's lifetime. Sam points out to Hally that people are "bumping into each ... playing" (1317). Sam said, "I've bumped into Willie, the two of us have bumped into you, you've bumped into your mother, she bumping into your Dad_(1317). Sam is using their experiences that day to represent how countries are in constant conflict. He points out to Hally that "America has bumped into Russia, England is bumping into India, rich man bumps into poor man" (1317). Sam says that ...
- 1964: The Irony in "The Lottery"
- ... be ironic. The situations in "The Lottery" are ironic. The author's use of words keeps the reader thinking that there is nothing wrong and that everyone is fine. The story starts by describing the day as "clear and sunny"(309). The people of the town are happy and going on as if it is every other day. The situation where Mrs. Hutchinson is jokingly saying to Mrs. Delacroix "Clean forgot what day it was"(311) is ironic because something that is so awful cannot truly be forgotten. At the end of the story when Mrs. Hutchinson is chosen for the lottery, it is ironic that it ...
- 1965: Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
- ... of all time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and directing. Orson Welles, its young genius director, lead actor, and a co- writer, used the best talents and techniques of the day (Bordwell 103) to tell the story of a newspaper giant, Charles Kane, through the eyes of the people who loved and hated him. However, when it came out, it was scorned by Hollywood and viewed ... immediately began to revolutionize everything about their respective papers. Kane literally moved in to the office so that he might be constantly around his paper, constantly able to redo it at any hour, night or day. He makes it quite clear that, from now on, The Examiner was going to do more than just report what the current editor considered "newsworthy." It was going to report all news, large or small ... what C.F. Kane did. As Gettys left, Kane flew into a rage and screamed, "I'm Charles Foster Kane, and I'm going to send you to Sing Sing, Gettys, Sing Sing!" The next day, the papers were filled with the story, and Kane lost the election. (Citizen Kane) Hearst, on the other hand, was defeated by the president himself and people using his own newspapers against him, but ...
- 1966: Arab-Israeli Wars
- ... delayed withdrawal, insisting that it receive security guarantees against further Egyptian attack. After several additional UN resolutions calling for withdrawal and after pressure from the United States, Israel's forces left in March 1957. SIX-DAY WAR (1967) Relations between Israel and Egypt remained fairly stable in the following decade. The Suez Canal remained closed to Israeli shipping, the Arab boycott of Israel was maintained, and periodic border clashes occurred between ... on Syria in the north. In a little more than two days of fierce fighting, Syrian forces were driven from the Golan Heights, from which they had shelled Jewish settlements across the border. The Six-Day War ended on June 10 when the UN negotiated cease-fire agreements on all fronts. The Six-Day War increased severalfold the area under Israel's control. Through the occupation of Sinai, Gaza, Arab Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Golan Heights, Israel shortened its land frontiers with Egypt and Jordan, removed the ...
- 1967: The Jγtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice", and "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice"
- ... and pulls his way out by grabbing a branch. In the end, the Buddha explains that he was the merchant named Wise. In "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice," the Bodhisatta is a young hare. The day before fast day, he tells his friends (a monkey, a jackal, and an otter) how to observe the holy day. (p. 952) He tells them to sacrifice their food to beggars, and the one who honors this will be rewarded. On fast day, the otter steals seven fish that a fisherman had buried while ...
- 1968: The Natural: Fate
- ... falls on them unless they act G.K. Chesterton, Generaly Speaking Some people think that fate is something you are born with, something that follows you around for the rest of your life until the day you die. I think that fate is something that exists in your sub-conscience, therefore making it nothing more than your conscience. In the book The Natural by Bernard Malamud the main character Roy Hobbs ... their is a naked woman in my bed mabey I should turn on the light and ask her what she's doing here No, he just jumps into bed and runs the bases. So one day Bump dies and Roy thinks that Memo's all his, boy is he wrong. This new found passion totally messes up his train of thought and guess what? Yup, you guessed it another woman falls ... life. Strike two! The woman is a very attractive....grandmother???? Her name was Iris who he meets at a baseball game standing in the crowd. So he decides to go after her and one fine day he forgets his rubbers and gets her pregnant, but he still is in love with Memo. While Memo and Roy were talking one day she said that she needed a man that would buy ...
- 1969: Summary of The Scarlet Pimpernel
- ... fool the real guards by giving them order to chase after an empty cart. On the other hand the Scarlet and his crew rescue the Duc de Chalis family. Another diversity happen in the same day with the Scarlet disguise as an old hag with her son who she(the Scarlet) said that the son has the plague. But what the gates keeper didn't know was the cart contain the Comtesse de Tournay and her two children. So all in a day works save a few lives which will be put to death under the guillotine by the over thrown citizens. The main character of this book is the Scarlet Pimpernel or known as Sir Percy Blakeney ... man. No one will ever suspect that The Scarlet and Sir Percy was the same person. Trouble coming fast for Percy. His eager to save Armand and his loving trust for Marguerite. Soon, only a day after Percy fled to the North to Calais. Marguerite felt lonely and went roaming the big house. She however, never get a chance to explore many secret room that Percy do not allow anyone ...
- 1970: Fahreheit 451
- ... lying on the bed with an empty bottle of sleeping pills next to her. He calls the emergency hospital and an ambulance comes, pumps her stomach, and replaces her blood with clean blood. The next day Mildred remembers nothing about overdosing on the sleeping pills. After breakfast, Montag goes to work at the fire station. Over the next seven days, Montag talks to Clarisse more and more. On the eighth day, Montag doesn t see Clarisse. He goes to work that day, and the alarm sound for them to go to a decayed old house. Montag finds hundreds of books in the old lady s attic, and one falls onto his hand. He unthinkingly hides the ...
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