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- 3921: The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- ... by Graham Greene Book report by Allen Rabinovich It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State Approval. I. One day I gave The Power and the Glory to... a native of Mexico who had lived through the worst persecutions... She confessed that your descriptions were so vivid, your priest so real, that she found herself ... the Church. After completing his mission, Father Montez came back to the coast, where he spent the night in a banana warehouse. The English manager on the plantation allowed him to hide there. The following day, hoping to find safety from the police and from the revolutionary party of Red Shirts, he went further. As he traveled, he thought of his own past and of himself as a poor example of ... confession, but Father Jose, who feared the authorities, refused. Father Montez was led out and shot. But the lieutenant of police had not succeeded in removing the Church's influence; in the evening of the day on which father Montez died another priest made his way, in secret, into the town where the execution had taken place. II. The events of the book take place in one of the Mexican ...
- 3922: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- ... not approve. He was, in fact, extremely disappointed with Duddy. His disappointment is shown when he tells Duddy, I can see what you have planned for me, Duddel. You'll be good to me. You'd give me everything I wanted. and that would settle your conscience when you went out to swindle others. (Richler 1959, 312) The betrayal of Yvette, her speaking to Simcha, and the loss of hers and ... return. In the loss of their friendships, Duddy is being punished for his rotten treatment of other people, even his only friends. Duddy may not even know what he has lost, but he will one day, when he misses having someone to share his accomplishments and failures with, like he has had up until now. The loss of things human is not the only punishment inflicted on Duddy. He also ends ...
- 3923: Religion in Jane Eyre
- ... decides to send Jane there after the doctor, Mr. Lloyd, advises her that Jane should attend school. Mrs. Reed is glad to be rid of Jane and asks Jane not to wake the family the day of her departure. Jane arrives at Lowood and observes the behavior of the students. They are "all with plain locks combed from their faces, not a curl visible; in brown dresses, made high, and surrounded by a narrow tucker about the throat"(49). The day is long and all students must wake up at dawn and read the Bible for hours at a time. One day, Miss Temple serves the children cheese in order to compensate for their burnt porridge. Mr. Brocklehurst, the self-righteous leader of Lowood, tells Miss Temple: "You are aware that my plan in bringing up ...
- 3924: Canterbury Tales: The Knight
- ... chivalric code: bold and fearless on the battlefield, devout and courteous off it. Apart from the moral message contained in the story, perhaps this tale of Chaucer's is of even further interest to modern-day readers. In our twentieth-century America, we would like to think that we simply don't have enough people in our society who we can liken to Chaucer's Knight. Perhaps we are under the ... latter half of the fourteenth century; The Canturbury Tales was indeed a precursory form of mass media during its time. I pose that the essence of Chaucer's Knight was no more real in his day than it is today, and he was simply giving the people an ideal character to admire. He never intended his fictional star to be interpreted as a reality, and he was only giving his readers ... in 1991, the concept of the modest but effective soldier captured the imagination of the country. Indeed, this nation's journalists in many ways attempted to make General H. Norman Schwarzkopf a sort of latter-day Knight. He was made to appear as a fearless leader who really was just a regular guy under the uniform. It would be pleasant to think that a person with the traits of Chaucer' ...
- 3925: Of Mice and Men: Mini-Critique
- ... a farm that has harvesting jobs available. While camped along side a river George and Lennie talk about their dreams of someday owning a farm with rabbits for Lennie to take care of. The next day George convinces the farm boss to hire Lennie and him. Lennie's Love for feeling soft things becomes a problem when he is playing with a puppy and accidentally kills it. The wife of Curley ... lived as a migrant worker during the depression, this is how he managed to so truthfully portray the lives of the people who were simply striving to make their lives better. Works Cited Hart, James D. "Steinbeck, John" The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Oxford University Press, 1983. Salzman, Jack "Steinbeck, John" The Cambridge Book of American Literature. Cambridge University Press. Plot Analysis Magill, Frank N. "Of Mice and Men" Masterpieces ...
- 3926: The Awakening: Edna
- ... very happy without knowing why. She was happy to be alive and breathing, when her whole being seemed to be one with the sunlight, the color, the odors, the luxuriant warmth of some perfect Southern day. There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why, when it did not seem worth while to be glad or sorry, to be dead or alive; when life appeared to her like ... stays married because divorce was unheard of in those days. She wants to marry Robert, but he will not because it will disgrace her to leave her husband. She exceeds the social boundaries of the day by going her own way and doing what she wants, but she is still bound by the will of others no matter what she wants. In the time period we are talking about she would have been ostracized by society if she and Robert were to be together. The only solution she sees is to commit suicide. That would not happen in this day and time either, because she would have been able to get a divorce and marry Robert with no special stigma. Edna could not get what she thought she wanted and ended up with no ...
- 3927: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
- ... Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by R. L Stevenson, a story of mischief and selfishness occurs. It's like this, there is a man called Dr. Jekyll he doesn't like who he is so one day he thinks of a potion that makes his good part split away from his bad part. That is when Mr. Hyde comes into the picture, he is the bad part of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde ... killed and pushes down little girls for fun Mr. Utterson, a lawyer and a friend of Dr. Jekyll's, finds something peculiar about Dr. Jekyll and decides to keep a close watch on him. One day the potion stops working for Dr. Jekyll and he can't turn back into himself , he stays in the body of Mr. Hyde, the dreadful, ugly, little midget whom nobody likes. He decides to hide ... he is really sick and contagious and tells them to stay away from the study where hopefully nobody will see him. The only source of communication is the notes he writes to his servants. One day Mr. Utterson and the servant break down the door of the study to find out if it really is Dr. Jekyll in that room. To their surprise it is Mr. Hyde with a bottle ...
- 3928: Cyrano De Bergerac
- ... he lives life to the hilt, and because he is a victim of his surroundings. If there was ever a figure who would not be denied his sensibilities, it is Cyrano. When lovers admit, "I'd die for you," it is usually only a figure of speech. Cyrano actually crossed over enemy lines every day simply to mail love letters. He also confessed to her, "My mother made it clear that she didn't find me pleasant to look at. I had no sister. Later, I dreaded the thought of ...
- 3929: The Anasazi Indians
- ... about the ancient Anasazi Indians in Tony Hillerman's A Thief of Time, one can identify several cultural characteristics of this mysterious tribe. One can discover how they lived, where they lived, their religion, simple day to day activities, and mysteries about their culture. Even though many references are made about this tribe, people will never know the truth, for there is an unsolved mystery to why the Anasazi disappeared. Even to this day no one knows what happened to them. The location of over 100,000 Anasazi sites have been found outside of Bluff, Utah along the San Juan river. Anasazi Indians were very picky as to ...
- 3930: To Kill a Mockingbird: An Analysis
- ... from his point of view
until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" (34). She then realizes that Mrs. Caroline did not know Maycomb, and could not just learn it in one day. Scout comes to terms that it was wrong to become upset with Mrs. Caroline. Scout learns several other lessons. For example, on page 94, Atticus says his most important line in the book, "
remember it ... for both the developments of kids in the book and reader. The title is something that can be interpreted in many ways. Each one will be different, based on the reader's philosophy and beliefs. d
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