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- 3961: 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 ...
- 3962: 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 Unpublished essay.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.
- 3963: The Invisible Man: Man's Tendency to Become Moral or Immoral
- ... Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Man should not create the invisible man or the invincible man since they are too powerful and this gives them the role of creator which, according to the society of the day, should only be a god's role. He shows how science can accomplish great things and also how it can cause great harm. The harm that the Invisible Man's exploitation of power causes does ... of himself as moral but cannot make constructive use of the power at his hands. The person finally in possession of the Invisible Man's journals says, "I wouldn't do what he did; I'd just--well!" Wells is saying that we really do not know what to do with the power so we should not bother with it at all. e
- 3964: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden; A Teenager With Definite Moral Values
- The Catcher in the Rye: Holden; A Teenager With Definite Moral Values In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays Holden Caulfield as a teenager with definite moral values. Holden firmly believes in having respect for women, protecting the innocence of children, and being an honest and unpretentious person. In the novel, Holden ... One occurrence of this is when Holden went to Phoebe's school and found “fuck you” written on the wall. He was infuriated because he knew all the children would see it. He said, “ Somebody'd written ‘Fuck you' on the wall. It damn near drove me crazy” (201). Holden wiped it off because he wanted to protect the children form seeing it. In fact, the title of the book deals with Holden wanting to protect kids. Holden told Phoebe, “...I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff... I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all” (173). I believe the cliff represents innocence, and Holden wants to keep the kids from falling off and losing it. Salinger stresses Holden's feelings ...
- 3965: Heart Of Darkness: Themes in Garden of Evil and Heart of Darkness
- ... There are numerous passages describing the cannibles along the shores Marlow was steaming past. The world was very different back then. The importance maintaing purity and defeating the harmful affects of evil were an every day ritual. This story reveals a lot about human nature. Symbolism is the use of one object to represent another object or suggest another object or idea. The symbol can also have more than one meaning ... 1. This novel changed my way of think by myself realizing that just because I find it easy to maintain somewhat of a pure life other people have more of a struggle which in this day could branch off and cause numerous social problems which go unseen as what has caused them. 2. "This book made me intrigued" 3. Marlow changed somewhat during the novel . He became skeptical of things towards ... 90 serene-10th line Like a flash of lightening in a serene sky. 91 profundity-15th line And the intimate profundity of that look he gave me when he recieved his hurt remains to this day in my memory. 87 prodigious-10th line It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into a prodigious peal of laughter 86 disinterred-11th line You should have heard ...
- 3966: A Modest Proposal: A Different Version
- A Modest Proposal: A Different Version I am among the 850 people that attend Jesuit Prep. Each day at Jesuit Prep, we attend 8 grueling classes with 45 minutes of monotonous teaching about many subjects. Within each classroom, all the beady eyes of each student stare off into either space or the hanging ... see, the statistics have been thoroughly thought out, the next question is where to place these table-top dancers. Each classroom currently has at least one main desk towards the front of the classroom. Each day the desks are barely touched by teachers and people, as most teachers use portfolios or briefcases to carry their as nments and papers with themselves. The desks, therefore being unused, could serve as ample room ... continually praises this idea as an excellent way to transfer his daily information to his students. . This proposal, thought out in every respect, will influence more than just the students. Each dancer, by working all day, 5 days a week, is supplied with a steady job and is kept in the labor force earning a honest living. The dancers are also able to pick up spending money as cash is ...
- 3967: 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, ...
- 3968: Tom Clancy: Believable Plots
- ... the Germans discriminated again him being Jewish (pg. 124-5, Vol. 9 Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia). The more recent occurance of defection to the US of a high ranking deputy chief of staff del Pi¤o D¡az happened in 1987 (pg. 24, "A flight to freedom"). Ramius was the main character in the novel who decided to defect. The character helps Clancy to develop reasons for which such a high ranking ... people in Soviet Union do, made the person realistic enough to be believed in (pp. 58-9, Life in Russia). "The elder [son] had died in Hungary, Vatutin saw. Because of his political reliability he'd been taken from his military academy, along with a number of cadets, and sent to help suppress the 1956 counterrevolution. A crewman in a tank--following in his [Filitov's] footsteps, he'd died when his vehicle had been destroyed... The second--also a tanker, Vatutin noted--died when the breech on the gun in his T-55 had exploded., Poor quality- control at the factory, the ...
- 3969: Hester Prynne
- ... the ôbadge of sinö back upon her bosom. She then goes back to business, telling her beloved Arthur that she will set sail with him and Pearl to the Old Country in after the Election Day sermon, which Dimmesdale is to speak at. Soon enough, however, the drama unfolds as Chillingworth discovers that the trio are boarding a boat across the sea after the Election Day, and he books himself up to travel with them, since he is obsessed with torturing Dimmesdale. Then, the big day came, and Hester was gleaming with joy in anticipation of a new life without ridicule or guilt. After preaching a powerful sermon, the good minister was walking along with the crowd, when he felt ...
- 3970: 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 ...
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