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- 3931: The Effects of Catch 22
- The Effects of Catch 22 In literature sometimes a character can be helped or hindered by the economic, social, or political conditions of the day. In the novel Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, the character Doc Daneeka illustrates this idea perfectly because the conditions surrounding him greatly hindered him. Catch 22 takes place during WWII on an island named Pianosa ... is close to Italy. Doc Daneeka is adversely affected by the war in the end because when it began he was making a profit from it as other doctors had been drafted, but then his day came too. Doc Daneeka was also hindered by the war because of what he had to endure throughout it. He hated his two medical assistants and his bunkmate. Doc Daneeka had to fly frequently on ... up because of the lack of other doctors. Originally, he thought of the war as a "godsend"; however what he did not realize was that, the war would catch up with him soon enough. One day someone from the draft board came to check on Doctor Daneeka, who was in perfect health, to make sure that his story about having an amputated leg and being bedridden with arthritis was true. ...
- 3932: Stephen King's The Stand: Summary
- ... portrays the forces of good against evil. In the year 1991, a plague strikes America, leaving only a few thousand people alive who are "immune" to the epidemic. Of the survivors, those who serve G-d instinctively join in Boulder, Colorado, while those who worship the "Dark Man" are drawn to Las Vegas, Nevada. The two groups separately re-build society, until one must destroy the other. Franni Goldsmith comes very ... destroy the "Dark Man". Meanwhile Harold secretly leaves with the "Dark Man's" bride-to-be, Nadine, to Las Vegas. Harold is ready to kill Stuart, but is killed instead by "the will of G-d". Nadine makes it safely to Las Vegas before Stuart and his two companions are about to be hanged. Out of the sky "the hand of G-d" comes and destroys the "Dark Man" sparing the three men. After much hardship, Stuart returns to Fran and her newborn son and together they plant the seeds of a new society. The Stand is ...
- 3933: The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
- ... fortunate. However it seemed that he had been stereotypical of the less fortunate, as he soon discovered when hearing of a great pearl discovered by the peasants who had knocked upon his door earlier that day. A hunger for wealth was what pushed him to visit the peasants house and aid their destitute son. However he had already ended Coyito's life without knowing he'd done so, for if he had administered aid to Coyito when they were first at the doctors door, Kino would have no reason to seek his fortune in the ocean, and would not be led ...
- 3934: Rosemary Well's When No One Was Looking: Ambition
- ... s ambition, friendship, and love of tennis, that takes her to the top. Although she is not beautiful, rich, or good in school, fourteen year old Kathy Bardy has a natural talent for tennis. One day, Kathy loses a match against Ruth Gumm that should have been simple for her. The next day Kathy finds out that Ruth is dead. Although Julia, Oliver, and Kathy's parents try to comfort her, Kathy feels guilty for wishing Ruth was dead the other night. Because of Ruth's death, Kathy ... tennis, she is just okay at the sport. When Kathy competes with her, she expects it will be a snap, but she actually loses. Annoyed by the match, Kathy wishes Ruth was dead. The next day, she finds out Ruth was drowned in the pool. Some suspect Kathy of the murder, and because of some clay (that appeared to be from a tennis court)found on the floor surrounding the ...
- 3935: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... use and abuse of a system by which each member of society receives a number at birth instead of given a name (Goldstein 54). The numbers are assigned according to sex and occupation. For example, D-503, the main character in We, is male, and is thus assigned a consonant for his prefix while his female partner, O-90, is assigned a vowel. As D-503 is an engineer, he receives a 5 as his first number. All state poets such as O-90 have numbers under 100. (Zamiatin 46). This use of numbers instead of names creates a sense ... In Our Century. New York: Harper & Row, 1983. Lief, Ruth Ann. Homage to Oceania: The Prophetic Vision of George Orwell. Cleveland: Ohio State University Press, 1969. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Penguin Group, 1992. Richards, D.J.. "Zamiatin: A Soviet Heretic." Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Volume 8. Editor Sharon K. Hall. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1982. 546-49. Zamiatin, Eugene. We. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.,Inc.,1952.
- 3936: Huckleberry Finn Learns He Must Grow Up Fast If He Wants to Survive Life
- ... en de do' warn't quite shet, en I hear old missus tell de widder she gwyne to sell me down to Orleans, but she didn't want to, but she could git eight hund'd dollars for me, en it uz sich a big sac o'oney she couln' resis'. (pg 50) This shows that even Miss Watson promised Jim, she would break her promise, just for money. This is ... be the biggest experience of a double standard; where you have no rights in the land of the free. Together they will hook up, and flee the environment that has tormented their lives from the day they were each born. With luck they will restart their lives as men free from the regulations that disabled them from attaining true freedom.
- 3937: Great Expectations vs. Oliver Twist
- ... questioned about his first visit to Miss Havisham's house, he made up along elaborate story to make up for the terrible time he had in reality. Instead of telling how he played cards all day while being ridiculed and criticized by Estella and Miss Havisham, he claimed that they played with flags and swords all day after having wine and cake on gold plates.15 However, one special quality possessed by Pip that is rarely seen in a novel's hero is that he wrongs others instead of being hurt himself ... Kincaid, James R. Dickens and the Rhetoric of Laughter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. Marcus, Steven. Dickens: From Pickwick to Dombey. Great Britain: Basic Books, 1965. Slater, Michael, ed. Dickens 1970. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1970. Slater, Michael. Dickens and Women. California: Stanford University Press, 1983. Stewart, Garrett. Dickens and the Trials of Imagination. Massachusettes: Harvard University Press, 1974. Welsh, Alexander. The City of Dickens. Oxford: Claredon Press, ...
- 3938: To Kill A Mockingbird: Childhood Experience
- ... their member, Boo Radley, as strange and unnatural human beings. They described Radley's house as That is a sad house.... (Harper Lee, 48). This is a fact they heard from their neighbours. Until one day, their neighbour Miss Maudie's house was found on fire. While Scout was standing outside in the cold watching the fire, someone from behind her and put a blanket around her shoulders. Later, Scout and ... it was a harmless bird and innocent of any wrong. Miss Maudie explained to the children, Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out of us. (Harper Lee, 102) and that it'd be a sin to kill a Mockingbird. Scout knew that a bad person like Bob Ewell in the story, could attack people physically, but he had no real power to control people's minds. Another ...
- 3939: Stephen Leasock's "Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich": Satire
- ... I mean the Hymnal Supply Corporation, have an idea for bringing out an entirely new Bible." / "A new Bible!" he gasped. "Precisely!" said his father, "a new Bible! This one - and we find it every day in our business - is all wrong." "All wrong!" said the rector with horror on his face. / "For the market of to-day this Bible" - and he poised it again on his hand, as to test its weight, "is too heavy. The people of to-day want something lighter, something easier to get hold of." (Leacock 149). The humorous exchange is not offensive, yet maintains its moral undertone. Satire's primary use is to expose. If no one was offended ...
- 3940: The Chronicles of Narnia: Book Report
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Book Report Digory and Polly were good friends. They both lived in England for all of their lives. One day they were playing when Polly wanted to show Digory her secret place. It was up in her attic. She hid many things there. She hid fruits and snacks to eat and a lot of other ... be able to fly. The horse replied yes! Lion said then your new name will be Fledge. Digory you will ride on him. Digory brought Polly along on the journey. They flew for about a day so far and decided to take a rest. They woke up to a giant toffee tree which had fallen out of Polly's pocket. The fruit tasted kind of like toffee but not quite as ... leave us alone. Digory, Polly, and Uncle Andrew went home. Digory still had one apple left from the tree that he planted in Narnia and he gave it to his poor old mom. The next day Digory heard the doctor saying that it was a miracle. Digory planted the core in the back yard. It grew very big, but the apples did not have any powers at all. When Digory ...
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