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- 3901: Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea": An Analysis
- ... a woman that gave or withheld favors. She was unpredictable beacuse "The moon affects her as it does a woman." (p.30) The sea was like a second home for the man, who fished every day. La mar provided the man with food, a living, an enemy, and a friend. When he was out on the sea fishing, he was at home. The sea, la mar, was like his mother. The ... just eaten a fish to get his strength back when he said, "How do you feel, fish? I feel good and my left hand is better and I have food for a night and a day" (p.74) Seeing a bladder of a Portuguese man- of-war floating near him, he said, "Agua mala, you whore" (p.35) The bladder was keeping the fish away from the boat. As well as ... life, the sea, along with the fish. This idea can be summarized with one more quote from the story. "Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you before this day ends."(p.54)
- 3902: Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism of Death in "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- ... forty. These tragedies might be the answer to why Poe wrote in a way that confuses most of his readers. "Abandoned, misunderstood, and broke throughout his life, few would have predicted that Poe would one day achieve the fame and respect now offered him in literacy circles in America and Europe particularly France" ("The Fall of the House of Usher" - Analysis, 5). Poe is grouped with other writers in the Romantic ... his work. Bibliography 1. Abel, Darrel. Introduction. The Science Fiction of Edgar Allen Poe. By Edgar Allen Poe. Penguin Books, 1976. 2. "death". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 1992 edition. 3. Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. The Viking Press, 1964. 4. Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. Supernatural Horror in Literature. Dover Publications, Inc., 1973. 5. Poe, Edgar Allen. "The Fall of the House of Usher". CD-ROM ...
- 3903: The Scarlet Letter: Do You Dread Guilt?
- ... reason for his concealing, he wants to remain silent so that he can continue to do God's work as a minister. Hester Prynne handles her guilt in another way. Instead of worrying about it day after day and letting to fester, she makes it outward. At the beginning of the book she wears the most awesome clothes and shows the world she's not guilty for what she has done. An example ... take long walks into the forest, and even get in a secret interview with Hester. His final output to the world was to tell them all on the scaffold of his great sin on election day. Roger Chillingworth handles his guilt by not showing he had any. Ignorance played a big part for Roger and in the end he also tells and notices what a great sin he has caused. ...
- 3904: With Which Literary Character Do You Most Readily Identify? Why?: Alexei in Dostoevsky's "The Gambler"
- ... character that Fyodor Dostoevsky created is similar, in a lot of ways, to myself. I find myself the object of addictions in general. I used to smoke cigarettes and feel helpless against it. Sure, I'd stop for a day or two here and there but once I forgot about the misery cigarettes brought me, I would light up another. I feel better now that I stopped smoking but I am scared that it won ...
- 3905: Dandelion Wine
- ... age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was never in the way of his older brother, in fact they liked being together. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that. Dandelion Wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois. In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on ... had past for new ones to occur. Only the scense of it was left in there heads, "and if they should forget, the dandelion wine stood in the cellar, numbered huge for each and every day.
- 3906: The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
- ... his mouth, and go on playing." (P. 9) The love between Edna and her children existed, but it resembled more of the love between the members of an extended family in the 1990s. "Sometimes [she'd] gather them passionately in her heart; she would sometimes forget them, and their absence was a sort of relief." (P. 24) Around her, Edna could see the devoted Creole mothers flocking about their precious children ... to find the courage to be happy with herself as an individual. Edna began to realize that she enjoyed the company of other men, particularly Robert, "just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining." (P. 33) "As Edna walked along the street she was thinking of Robert. She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had ...
- 3907: 1984: The Control of Reality for Control of the Masses
- ... new ones to cover policy changes. In addition, everything printed before 1960 has been destroyed by the Party. A good example of this is the work which Winston has to do in the Minitru one day. His order in Newspeak reads: "time e.12.83 reporting bb dayorder doubleplusungood refs unpersons rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling." (46) in Oldspeak: "The reporting of Big Brother`s Order for the day in the Times of December 3rd 1983 is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references to non-existent persons. Re-write in full and submit your draft to higher authority before filing." (47) A former higher Inner ... kind must be constantly brought up-to-date in order to show that the predictions of the Party were in all cases right. With no past to compare things with, everybody is satisfied with present-day conditions. Changing the records maintains the infallibility of the Party and the Big Brother, removing facts from the records and any hint that the Party was ever wrong about anything. By controlling the past, ...
- 3908: An Analysis of Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- ... this book. Others will take it as a direct threat and insult to all the work they have done. From the very beginning, Heller shows some of the most popular ideas and values of the day in a negative, questioning light. In particular, he shows the negative consequences of conformity and highlights individuality as a way to survive. He wants us to recognize how one is controlled and stifled by society ... his cap or a black eye. He does not care how the men feel. He raises the number of missions to impossible highs only for his personal gain. This is perhaps a parallel to Washington D. C., where politicians often have become so caught up in bureaucracies that they forget about their constituents. General Scheisskoph achieves such a high rank only because he conforms. His only passion in life is marching ...
- 3909: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- ... out of the window. The next morning Sook and Buddy go to town to purchase the necessary ingredients for the cakes. Whiskey, the most expensive and hardest to obtain ingredient was needed to complete the day's shopping. Since whiskey sale was forbidden by law, they had to travel to Mr. Haha Jones for it. Mr. Haha owned a "sinful" bar near the river. When Sook receives a bottle of whiskey ... follows her and tries to comfort her. He reminds her of tomorrow's plans, finding a Christmas Tree and Holly. Sook promises to find the best tree and the best holly for them. The next day they walk around the forest in search of a tree on Christmas Eve afternoon. They picked a tree that was twice as tall as Buddy and very strong. Buddy and Sook wheeled the large tree ... badly to buy Buddy a bike for Christmas, but couldn't afford one for him. She told him that she made him a kite, and he confesses that he made one for her, also. When day breaks, they hurry downstairs to make noise, and awaken the other relatives. Buddy was disappointed in the gifts he received from his relatives. Sook points out to him that the wind is blowing and ...
- 3910: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to regenerated dinosaurs, from evil Japanese monoliths to the insidious maneuverings of the modern corporation, Crichton latches onto the scientific and political controversies of the day, and squeezes out of them every last ounce of shock value. At least, that's usually what he does. A Case Of Need could have used quite a bit more shock value. The problem is ... technical prose employed to relate a thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent physician, dies as the result of a botched abortion. Art Lee, a Chinese obstetrician, is accused of performing the D & C that has resulted in her death. Though Lee is known to be an abortionist, he vehemently denies any involvement in the case. Lee calls upon his friend, forensic pathologist John Berry, to clear his ...
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