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- 3701: Essay On Telemachos In The Odd
- ... we go crazy. We scan every moment of our teenage lives for a chance at manhood and in some form or other we all get one. Usually it isn't an extravagant adventure as we'd like, but some menial task we have to settle for. For Telemachos, on the other hand, it's the quest of a lifetime. To sail off in search of his father, to protect his home ... break me myself to pieces.' " p.33 lines 250-251 Obviously Telemachos is still too young to take charge. So Athena suggests he go sail and seek word of his father's condition. The next day he calls a meeting of the town council and asks for help. He receives none. This is the decisive moment when he chooses to go out and be a man. So Telmachos decides to do ...
- 3702: Educating Rita
- ... when Rita comes back from after summer she says that she was dead scared when she arrived a summer school. She didn't know anyone and she was going to come home on the first day but she didn't, she had acquired a confidence in herself. The old Rita would have left straight away. A few lines on she mentions that a tutor had approached her and asked her about ... its bad for him, this way it seems a subtle way of saying stop drinking although Frank is objectionable saying that Rita cannot reform him. "It'll kill y', Frank...just that I thought you'd started reforming yourself." Frank replies, "Under your influence? Yes Rita-if I repent and reform, what do I do when your influence is no longer her?" Another time is when she tells Frank to oil ...
- 3703: Munro’s Trademarks
- ... spent in junior high and high school the memory of my grade eight-math class stands out. Math was never my favorite subject; therefore, I never really enjoyed math class. I remember clearly the first day I set my foot in my grade eight-math class I thought to myself how awful it was going to be to spend another year studying math. Little to my knowledge, all of my negative anticipations about math were about to change. My change of heart about math came about because of my teacher. From the first day of class I found myself fascinated by my teachers method of teaching, her attitude and the way she treated us the students. I immediately felt a strong bond with her a bond that I had ... afterwards denied it. Also he used to caught me and tied me up in the barn and tortured me.” (Munro, p. 84) Del hadn’t seen her Uncle since she was so young, but one day when they were still living in Jubilee, while Del was shoveling, she saw a stranger came out of the car right towards her, “He kissed me on the cheek. A sweetish sour masculine smell; ...
- 3704: Existentialism In The Invisibl
- ... Differing, however, are the lives of such characters as invisible man adopts an existential way of life to realize self-worth while Meursault s natural existentialism prevents him from realizing his mistakes until his execution day. The concept of existentialism can be broken down into several correlating ideas: 1. Man has his own free will 2. With this free will he has the power to make decisions 3. Few of his ... At his trial he confesses as to having no remorse for what he had done. Of course, I couldn't help admitting that he was right. I didn't feel much remorse for what I'd done I would have liked to have tried explaining to him cordially, almost affectionately, that I had never been able to truly feel remorse for anything. 4 He is incapable of justifying his actions, even ...
- 3705: Magic
- ... the references available in our school library were pretty easy to find; such as the Roget’s Thesaurus, the Unabridged Dictionary, and surprisingly the Book of Quotations and the Concordance to the Bible. On one day there, at the St. Paul library four were down and there were four to go, which wasn’t too shabby for the first day. I figured I was doing well getting half of my list taken care of before Christmas vacation, and then during vacation I would finish the job. Well as any normal teenager would agree the plan of doing work during vacation vanished as soon the final bell rang to start vacation. On the first day back to school I took a trip to a local library near my house. I already knew that I wouldn’t find everything that I needed, but I checked it out any ways. I ...
- 3706: Eating Gilbert Grape - Respons
- ... to Betty Carver. He delivers not only groceries, but himself. Their affair permits the audience to hear the older woman's comments about Gilbert: she manages to compliment yet insult him with "I knew you'd always be there" implying he is dependable and stable. Her last words to Gilbert were "If my boys turn out anything like you, that would be nice" demonstrating her high opinion of him and how ... we as the audience can see the anguish and guilt portrayed by Gilbert's facial expression. It could be described as an innocent child's face who has been caught opening a Christmas present a day early. The average person would have no worries shopping somewhere else, yet Gilbert is especially regrettable as he already told Lamson that he would "rather die" than shop at FoodLand. Mama Grape's death is ...
- 3707: Dizzy Gillespie, His Life.
- ... He would come home and beat his children every week for what they must ve done while he was gone .As a child,John became fascinated with misic and played trombone in his band.One day his neighbor got a trumpet for christmas.He begged to try it when it wasn t in use.When he was 17,he had earned enough money from his job that he could move 50 ... in the Cab Calloway band.He played 3rd trumpet,but was mainly an arranger for the band.Back then ,arrangers would often hand-write parts so they didn t have to pay a printer.One day the band was reading a chart and john couldn t read the misic.The band started calling him the Dizzy cat because he couldn t read the parts.On a gig one time,he was ... that a huge rivalry to began between Miles and Dizzy.But he was too worried to care.He was still having a hard time getting by financially.But he had made an interesying discovery.One day someone fell on his trumpet,bending the bell upwards.He liked the was it sounded,because I can hear the notes faster .His popularity was growing into the mainstream,and soon he was an ...
- 3708: Only Yesterday
- ... the signing died down and people began to face the realities that followed a post war nation. Troops were still marching into Germany and there was still a casualty list that added new names each day. America faced other problems. Workers began to form Unions in order to gain more wages and benefits. One of the most notable strikes was the one by the Boston Police Department. The Police force went ... flocked to see college football games. Also the first beauty pageants were being held. Men had the opportunity to view the first installment of the swimsuit segment of the pageants. Although the swimsuits of the day were much more modest than those of today they still turned a lot of male heads. With the advancement of technology came a revolution of morals. Prior to the 1920's there were distinctive class ... prices of shares began to decline in late October and by the 29th they had plummeted to an all time low. October 29, 1929 will always be known as "Black Tuesday". Black Tuesday was the day when many American dreams were destroyed. Middle class as well as affluent members of society went into debt. Banks began to call on loans but the people were unable to pay. Virtually billions of ...
- 3709: Othello
- ... money as well as helping his evil plans, “ Roderigo: I am changed: I’ll go sell all my land. Exit. Iago: Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gain’d knowledge should profane, If I would time expend with such a snipe, But for my sport and profit. “ (Pg. 665) Simply put Iago explains that if it wasn’t for his plans and his desire ... passed for rank by Cassio is evident from the beginning of the play “ Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-capp’d to him: and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place: But he, as loving his own pride and purposes, Evades them, with a bombast circumstance horribly stuff’d with epithets of war; And in conclusion , Nonsuits my mediators; for ‘Certes’ says he, ‘I have already chose my officer.’ And what was he? Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine,. “ (pg. ...
- 3710: Death Of A Salesman- Overview
- ... most serious blow he takes in the entire play, because of his pride in his work. In fact this is such a big hit, that he is transported back to what was probably the happiest day of his life. Biff was going to play in Ebbets field in the All-Scholastic Championship game in front of a crowd of thousands. At this point Willy couldn t be more proud of his ... time around he had a bad trip , this could be a side effect of his overuse. This time he is brought back to one of the most disturbing moments in his life. It s the day that Biff had discovered his father s mistress. This happened while Willy on a sales trip. Biff came to visit him regarding his return to come back, and negotiate with his math teacher to give ... not take a hit of the old miracle drug, memories . The way he overuses his vivid imagination is sad because the only thing it s good for is enabling Willy to go through one more day of his piteous life. Full of bitterness, confusion, depression, false hopefulness, and a feeling of love which he is trying very hard to express to his sons who seem reluctant to accept it. The ...
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