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- 3911: Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
- ... one is the scene in which Miss Rosa tells Quentin about the early days in Sutpen's life. It's here that Rosa explains to Quentin why she wanted to visit old mansion on this day. She is the one narrator that is unable to view Sutpen objectively. The first chapter serves as merely an introduction to the history of Sutpen based on what Miss Rosa heard as a child and ... New York: Garland, 1984. Rollyson, Carl. The Re-creation of the Past in Absalom, Absalom! Mississippi Quarterly 29 (1976): 361-74 Searle Leroy. Opening the Door: Truth in Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! Unpublished essay. N.d.
- 3912: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
- ... help Rose of Sharon deal with her pregnancy and the loss of her baby. She helps keep the family together, and if that meant giving every ounce of spirit and energy that she had, she'd do it because of the love she had for her family. Steinbeck creates her as that indestructible woman because he wants to convince the migrants of the 1930's to follow in the footsteps of ... made it work. Another example is how the family learns to use every item, the realize how valuable every single item they have isto their existence, and it becomes more and more clear every single day as the situation becomes more and more harsh. Also, the kindness of the human spirit is shown in Steinbeck's novel through these events. The main example in the novel is when the waitress in ...
- 3913: Sex in Ragtime
- ... to leave his wife alone"(p 233). Mother's disdain for Father is conveyed to the reader when he tells her that he will be taking their boy to the Baseball game on the following day. Doctorow writes, "
she was checked in her response, which was to condemn him for an idiot, and when he left the room she could only wonder that she had had that thought in the first ... held him and tried to warm the small of his back, curled him into her as she lay against his back cradling his strange coldness. It was apparent to them both that this time he'd stayed away too long"(p 110). In the case of Mother and Father, Their sexual encounters are a parallel description of their overall relationship. When sex is good, their relation ship is good; when sex ...
- 3914: Hands: Paranoia
- ... him by the night-boat to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos Ayres."(p. 888) Her father refused to let her see him. "I know these sailor chaps."(p. 888) "One day he had quarrelled with Frank and after that had to meet her lover secretly."(p. 888) One would feel like the reader could tell that Eveline wanted to go. She would experience things that she ... had a valid reason to go she would contradict it with a reason to stay. Her mother seemed to be the biggest factor. Often she made reference to her and times they spent together. "Another day their when mother was alive, they had all gone for a picnic to the Hill of Howth."(p. 889) However so many times when she did find reason to stay she would think of how ... that very same time she thought that her father was reason to stay. "Her father was becoming old lately, she noticed; he would miss her." "Not long before she had been laid up for a day, he had read her a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire."(p. 888) Last of all things her heart poured out to God to help solve her confession, her paranoia ...
- 3915: The Killer Angels
- ... Commentary In the novel The Killer Angels, Mr. Shaara's historical accuracy is unquestionable. He has written this fabulous (Pulitzer Prize winning) novel. Although the heroic suicidal charge of the 10th Minnesotans on the second day of the battle was left out, Shaara focuses on Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine which makes up for the lapse. It is safe to say that no other novel has so closely ... is told with such force and clarity that the reader smells the gun smoke, hears the rebel yells, feels the heat and desperation and experiences the exhaustion and relief of the Union troops when the day is finally won. At one point, Buford finishes a battle and goes to the cemetery on the hill. He had been hit on his left arm. There were barely any of his calvary left. This scene described a sadness that Buford experienced. On the third and final day of actual conflict, Pickett's Charge is told with great patience and sensitivity. This was a highlight of the novel. During this run, 15,000 Confederate troops attacked a stable Union position that was ...
- 3916: The Witching Hour
- ... and its dangerous potential. Rowan did not know a single thing of her family history, as she was left in the dark her whole life by her aunt Ellie who became her legal guardian the day she was born.. After her notification from a family member that her mother died, this gave her permission to learn her family history and go to New Orleans where her family resided to mourn her ... this century that human cloning was impossible, but yet we have found ourselves that this theory has been defeated. Human cloning is as possible as any other scientific discovery, and it shows you that any day, something new can be discovered, something that possesses the ability to defy archaic magic and belief of gods, and other undiscovered territories. What if one day, you woke up and heard on the radio that the energy of souls had been discovered as tiny particles smaller than quirks that were linked together with incredible scientific explanations? That scientific and computational ...
- 3917: The Metamorphosis
- ... still has human feelings and sensitivities, rudely opens the window and voices her disgust at the distasteful odor of his den. Moreover, she doesn't bother to hide her feelings when she sees him. One day, about a month after Gregor's metamorphosis, "when there was surely no reason for her to be still startled at his appearance, she came a little earlier than usual and found him gazing out of ... human and the complete rise of the beetle. "How can this be Gregor? If this were Gregor, he would have realized long ago that human beings can't live with such a creature, and he'd have gone away on his own accord" (p. 52). Grete condemns Gregor to death when she urgently locks him into his own room, crying "At last" (p. 53) to her parents as she turns the ...
- 3918: The Lost World: Summary
- ... without telling anyone. Two of Levine's students, Kelly and Arby, get worried when he wasn't there to teach their class, because they were supposed to go on a field trip with him that day. They go to a guy named Doctor Thorne, a guy that was making specialized equipment for their trip. He said that he didn't know what was going on. They contact Malcolm and they go ... like the first book, Jurassic Park. The characters have similar strengths and weaknesses, two kids, etc. I also thing that there are numerous strengths to the book. It was very compelling, and some nights I'd be up until stupid hours in the morning reading it because I couldn't put it down. It was a thrilling book. It kept you wanting more. A particular passage which impressed me was PP ...
- 3919: The Catcher in the Rye: Themes and Symbols
- ... example of the phoniest that Holden will talk about all through book. Oh and one I almost missed it is a little before the conversation with Faith it is a very important event. When J.D. Salinger had Holden look about of the window I think it was a big simile, of which I think about more in theme number 3, of the theme of the book. I'm sure Holden ... to her dad and told him how it was, but she still asked how it was. Holden when call her "quite a little phony," she even sounded phony through the book with lines like "I'd love to grand." And when they got through with the play on the Lunts it didn't get any better. They ran into this guy that Sally knew and both of their phoniest began to ... about getting kicked out of school again saying "you don't like anything" Holden was forced to come up with something he would enjoy to be or do. After minutes of pondering Holden said "I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." He just wanted to save the little innocent kids from falling. The kids I think represent the innocents of the young just playing and when ...
- 3920: The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review
- The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review December 14, 1996 The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is a fictional novel that was first published in 1965. The novel takes place in New York City and in Pennsylvania over a duration of four days. This novel tells the story of an ... the novel. This is the point of the novel when Holden starts to listen and understand his problems. He realizes that it is time he put his life back on the right track. The next day, Holden returns home to his family. Holden is taken directly to a mental hospital in California. The hospital is where Holden is before the flashback. Holden was a very true-to-life character. Holden's ...
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