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- 3951: "Love" in the novel Narcissus and Goldmund, by Herman Hesse
- ... friends. These are the first two major violations of my definition of love that surface. Narcissus's perceptions, which he considers to be "spoken better than usual", have caused Goldmund to flinch, as though he'd been "pierced by an arrow." Had there existed true love between the pair, Narcissus would have carefully weighed his injurious words, or perhaps not spoken them at all. Narcissus's thoughts, though carelessly spoken, do ... must confess to you that I worried about you on several occasions during the last months. I saw that you were restless and disturbed, and when you disappeared and stayed away for more than a day, I sometimes thought with sorrow: perhaps he's never coming back. And now you have carved this wonderful statue. I am happy for you and proud of you." When Goldmund does ride off, Narcissus does ...
- 3952: Lord of the Flies; A Review
- ... realize that they need each other to stay sane and alive while on the island and that they are in reality best friends. While stranded on the island many of the boys dream of one day being rescued and going home. Ralph constantly shows his obsession with getting home and uses all of his power and knowledge to find a way home. Ralph knows he has to light a fire on ... Ralph is enraged and does not know what to do. He can hardly control himself and makes the realization that he has just possibly lost his only chance to go home. Ralph hopes of one day going home and this is the one thing that keeps him alive and willing to go on each day while on the island. When the boys first began their adventure on the island they had nothing in mind, except to someday go home. They never thought that they would change in any way ...
- 3953: Jumanji
- ... screen story by Greg Taylor & Jim Strain and Chris Van Allsburg Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg. Type of Story: Adventure The story is set in Brantford, New Hampshire, 1969. Main Theme: One day, twelve year old Alan Parrish was riding down the main street when he hears Prepare to die, Parrish!, he starts riding much faster, as Billy Jessup and four of his friends chase after him. Alan ... warning the tokens started to move all by themselves. Sarah and Alan looked at each other in amazement. They looked at the centre of the board, the crystal lens reads At night they fly, you'd better run, these winged things are not much fun. They started to pack up the game, without thinking Alan let the dice fall on the board, another token moves, the crystal reads, In the jungle ...
- 3954: Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" and "Searching For Caleb": Individualism and Belonging to the Family
- ... Lessons is isolated and different from the rest of the family. However, through their differences they renew their marriage. First, Ira was isolated: There were times when Ira didn't say a dozen words all day, and even when he talked you couldn't guess what he was feeling. He was a closed isolated man. (251) Ira also explains he is isolated when he said, "Ah, God, I have been trapped ... individualism, isolation, family, and conformity. Furthermore, two characters in Breathing Lessons are isolated and very different, but through these differences can save their marriage. Works Cited Kelly, Rebecca. "Anne Tyler." Beecham's Poular Fiction. Wahington, D.C.: Beecham Publishing, 1986: 1381-1386. Nesanovich, Stella A. "Anne Tyler." Critical Survey of Long Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Salem Press, 1991:3329-3345. Reisman, Rosemary M. Canfield. "Anne Tyler." Magill's Survey of ...
- 3955: 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. ...
- 3956: 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 ...
- 3957: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- ... the country with her grand mother. They are very isolated to themselves, living fairly simple and frugal lives. Sylvy has a few mundane responsibilities which give way to plenty of time for meandering about, and day dreaming while setting about her task. One evening, after much searching for their cow, which proved to be a daily chore, she was coercing the cow back home when surprised by the presence of a ... the Jungle" contrasts Sylvy quite interestingly she is assumed to be in her twenties and time is starting to pass faster making the need for a man in her life more immanent with each passing day. Suddenly one day, the right time, the right place, John Marcher enters her life forever. Just as the hunter offered bribery of money in exchange for help in securing the heron, John Marcher offered his presence in ...
- 3958: Catcher in the Rye: Theme of the World Having An Outward Appearance
- ... 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 ...
- 3959: Guy de Maupassant's "The Jewels": Consequences of the Desire to be Wealthy
- ... The wife's death is implied to be caused by her desire to obtain wealth. "When she had been to the opera one evening in the winter, she returned home shivering with cold. The next day she began to cough. Eight days later she died from an inflammation of the lungs."(9) The connection of her death with her attendance to the theatre is a symbol that her going there and ... using his money irresponsibly and quitting his job. He also became like her in that only shortly after her death was he was deeply upset . "He had kept his wife's room untouched, and every day he shut himself up in it to think of her; all the furniture, even her clothes remained where they had been on her last day."(9) His demeanor changed with the discovery of his inheritance. "Lantin said to himself as he watched them pass by: 'How happy one is when one is rich!'"(11) The truth about the wife ...
- 3960: 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.
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