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- 1691: Catcher In The Rye
- ... in the Rye, a book describing a nervous breakdown, that caused the media to speculate widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even more recognition. The character Holden Caulfield ponders the thoughts of death, accuses ordinary people of being phonies, and expresses his love for his sister through out the novel. So what is the book Catcher in the Rye really about? Superficially the story of a young man ... engaging and believable…Full of right observations and sharp insight, and wonderful sort of grasp of how a boy can create his own world of fantasy and live forms"(3) Holdens continuous thoughts on the death are not typical of most teenagers. His near obsession with death might come from having experienced two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on Allie, his brother’s death. From Holden’s thoughts, it is obvious that he loves and misses Allie. In ...
- 1692: Thomos Hardy The Mayor Of Cast
- Thomas Harding does an admirable job narrating the, The Life and Death of The Mayor of Casterbridge, Mr. Henchard, as well as the various other characters that influenced the phases of Mr. Henchard s downfall to prosperity and than again to his self-inflicted destruction. As self-inflicted as King Saul s death in Samuel 1 in the Bible. The narrative of King Saul s life follow comparable steps as Mr. Henchard s. In both narratives both men engage in a trusted consanguinity with another man who were ... he continues to fight. Unfortunately, both men die miserable deaths. King Saul refused bestow and " took his own sword and fell upon it." (31:4) Henchard on the other hand died a sorrowful and gradual death, by starvation because he learns and repents for the arm he cause to the people who most adored him. At the news of the death of King Saul, David is deeply saddened by his ...
- 1693: Foreshadowing And Foretelling
- ... fact that he must be rich and powerful to do that. Overall, it shows that he destroys himself trying to get Daisy back from Tom Buchanan. In the beginning of chapter eight Fitzgerald foreshadows the death of Gatsby. "I couldn't sleep all night; a fog-horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound, and I tossed half sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams. I heard a taxi go up ... out of bed and began to dress- I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too late." (Fitzgerald, pg.154) This quote definitely foreshadows the death of Gatsby. Fitzgerald also foreshadows Wilson's involvement when his wife died. " 'He murdered her.' 'It was an accident, George.' Wilson shook his head. His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost ... clearly see, Jordan begins to narrate about the first and last time that she saw Gatsby with Daisy which was four years ago. In chapter eight, Nick flashes back to the night of Myrtle's death and begins to tell the story of what went on after her death. "Now I want to go back a little and tell what happened at the garage after we left there the night ...
- 1694: The Crucible: Act Four Analysis
- ... your judge. There be no higher judge under Heaven than Proctor is! Forgive me, forgive me, John--I never knew such goodness in the world!" In this scene Elizabeth tells John the story of Giles' death. Giles would not answer aye or nay to his indictment so that the court would not be allowed to auction off his property. This allows his sons to inherit his property upon his death. The court pressed large stones onto his body to force a confession, yet he would not answer and was killed by the weight of the stones. This shows that we can not submit to the injustice that can be brought about in American society. It also portrays that these people who were wrongly put to death, unselfishly never thought of themselves, only of others. Giles chose a torturous, painful death rather than a sudden, struggle free death so that his family could be well. This scene epitomizes the messages and ...
- 1695: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... West, his trial for treason, and his acquittal. Burr's chief counsel at the trial was Luther Martin, a fellow member and one of the founders of the Cliosophic Society. A few years before his death, the society invited Burr to come to its commencement meeting, and its members took part in the procession at Burr's funeral in Princeton in 1836. President Carnahan preached the funeral sermon in Nassau Hall ... his wife, because of her charm and grace and because she had the truest heart and finest intellect of any woman he ever met. They had an ideal relationship. Up to the time of her death, "my Aaron," as his wife affectionately called him, was a faithful and exemplary husband. In June 1783, perhaps the most important event of Burr's life was recorded: the birth of Theodosia. She was as ... as to be with her, but evidently, she would not hear of it, for we find little Theo writing him that “Ma begs you will omit the thoughts of leaving Congress.” After his wife's death, Burr and his daughter were drawn more closely together, so close, in fact, that she was to write in after years: "I had rather not live than not to be the daughter of such ...
- 1696: Home is Where the Heart is
- ... them. The following day we packed them up in the Bronco and took them back to school. After putting them up in my room it started to feel a little like home. The poem The Death of the Hired Man, written by Robert Frost is written about a man and what he thought that his home was(Frost). I thought that the Hired Man always would leave this place called home ... house to the me living in it. Then as the children grow up and leave, they leave with wonderful memories which is another stage of a homes growth. Then come the last stage of growth, death. The poem Home represents the life that I would like to live. A simple life with children to love is what I am dreaming of. In the article by Brendan Gill there is praise for the poem The Death of the Hired Man and there are bad words for the poem Home. The article starts out with Gill saying that Guest does a poor job of differentiating a house from a home, and ...
- 1697: Amory Blaine's "Mirrors" in Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
- ... being in her presence he makes up for not having a personality of his own. Amory's next love, Rosalind, represents Amory's latent desire for the riches and luxuries that he lost with the death of his parents. Amory imitates Rosalind, who is most certainly a spoiled brat, because he wants to live like her again. Amory misses the spoiled brat quality of his childhood, so he searches for it ... he loves in himself, when Amory loses a girlfriend he loses his personality and must find a new one. The answer to Amory's problem manifests itself in his third cousin, Clara, who, despite the death of her husband and serious financial difficulties, lives a fulfilling and rewarding life. Amory's affair with Clara does not last long, but it serves its purpose of supplying him with a personality until he ... loathe himself as well as Eleanor, but it also teaches him that he needs to become an individual. While this idea exists in Amory's mind, it does not strike him full force until the death of Monsignor Darcy. Monsignor Darcy seems to be an odd choice for a role model for Amory since Amory continually refers to himself as a "paganist" (209). However, it is not surprising that Amory ...
- 1698: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... learned how shallow the use of these words was. Indeed, early in his enlistment, Baumer comprehends that although authority figures taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger. But for all that, we were no mutineers, no deserters, no cowards—they were very free with these expressions. We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every ... leave, Baumer visits the mother of a fallen comrade, Kemmerich. As he did with his own mother, he lies, this time in an attempt to shield her from the details of her son’s lingering death. Moreover, in this conversation, we see Baumer rejecting yet another one of the traditional society’s foundations: religious orthodoxy. He assures Kemmerich’s mother that her son "’died immediately. He felt absolutely nothing at all ... father’s friends’ empty words have on him. At once a new warmth flows through me. These voices, these quiet words ... behind me recall me at a bound from the terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed. They are more to me than life these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is ...
- 1699: Greek Tragedies
- ... may have believed, or half-believed, in the fairies. They might also have been imaginary figures of fun that personify nature. Another kind of medieval play in contrast with Midsummer is Everyman it refers with death directly along with the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many rituals, you must "invest" them wisely and use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. In the late 15th century English morality play, Everyman, is summoned by Death, he cannot persuade any of his friends to go with him, except for Good Deeds. Death demands the account book from Everyman and tells him to prepare for his death, and as he does he loses all of his companions. At the end of the play Knowledge hears the Angels ...
- 1700: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... learned how shallow the use of these words was. Indeed, early in his enlistment, Baumer comprehends that although authority figures taught that duty to one's country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger. But for all that, we were no mutineers, no deserters, no cowards--they were very free with these expressions. We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every ... leave, Baumer visits the mother of a fallen comrade, Kemmerich. As he did with his own mother, he lies, this time in an attempt to shield her from the details of her son's lingering death. Moreover, in this conversation, we see Baumer rejecting yet another one of the traditional society's foundations: religious orthodoxy. He assures Kemmerich's mother that her son "'died immediately. He felt absolutely nothing at all ... father's friends' empty words have on him. At once a new warmth flows through me. These voices, these quiet words ... behind me recall me at a bound from the terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed. They are more to me than life these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is ...
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