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- 2491: 1984 Orwell 2
- ... defeated. He told her They were doomed to be caught by the Thought Police. He explained this thought. "We are the dead........ Not physically. Six months, a year-five years, conceivably. I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you're more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put it off as long as we can. But it makes very little difference. So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing." These ideas showed that Winston was a rational man, he knew that he would be caught. He was a kamikaze pilot. Flying into the face of death for the greater cause, that humans would remain human. Little did he know even this would be wrong. "If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. Your kind is extinct; we ...
- 2492: Twain
- ... but would go back when his wife fell ill in 1903. She died a year later in Italy. Twain began to crave the country, moving to Connecticut where two of his daughters lived. After the death of his daughter Jean in 1909, Twain fell ill. He developed heart trouble. He decided to go to Bermuda, where he died just as a sunset of a beautiful spring day was taking place on April 21, 1909. His death was as peaceful as falling asleep.(Paine xiv) Twain was a man who had a great sense of humor and a great love for life. He was commonly heard saying, ³Too much of anything is ... compassion for people and nature. He was a printer, a writer, a steam boat pilot, a miner, a lecturer and an author. Andrew Hoffman who wrote a famous biography of Twain noted that even near death, Twain¹s humor carried on. ³Heaven goes by favor,² Twain said,²if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.² Twain spent his entire life experiencing what he ...
- 2493: The Moon is Down: The Effects of War
- ... I permitted to refuse this honor?"(19). He refers to this as an honor which shows he is very confused. Orden was very upset when he discovers that the soldiers expect him to pass a death sentence on Alexander Morden. The Mayor says, "I have no right to pass sentence of death... I would be breaking the law as much as you" (54). His role of being mayor for so many years is now changing because of the invasion. Mayor Orden in talking to Alex Morden during ... he calmly quotes Socrates last words" (192). Molly Morden is very upset because her husband is going to be executed. She kept on asking the Mayor if he was going to sentence her husband's death. She wouldn't let Mayor Orden touch her to comfort her. Molly says,"Please don't touch me" (51). Lieutenant Tonder arrives at Molly's house. She offers herself to him for two sausages. ...
- 2494: Sonnet 64
- ... dictate our lives? This provocation of thought leads naturally to the couplet where the thought is concluded. The couplet in Sonnet Sixty-Four delves into the universal element of man's mortality. As Shakespeare reveals death is inevitable and with its coming brings the loss of his "love." "Death" is a fact which one "cannot choose." The death of loved ones, for Shakespeare, is a subject which he "fears" and an idea which causes him sadness; "weep to have." Shakespeare reveals that time will topple buildings and weather mountains but the ultimate ...
- 2495: Latin Literature In History
- ... which also interwove Romulus into the tale, crediting both myths. The poem is a characterization of the celebration of Rome’s prosperity and glory. Although it’s full completion was interrupted by Virgil’s untimely death; some critics regard it as the greatest work of Latin literature in existence. It was kept in Roman temples and when opened to a random page the verse viewed was interpreted as a prophecy. In ... his writings expressed great satisfaction with the condition of life in the Pax Romana. His writings also set a standard for writing at that time, and Virgil became Rome’s chief poet following Virgil’s death. Last, the love poetry and retellings of Roman Mythology from Ovid served as a huge influence on renaissance writers and painters, and was its prime source for Mythology. Writers continued to write following Augustus’s death, amongst those was Seneca, a stoic philosopher. He wrote dialogues and letters about morality and generosity, published works examining natural phenomena such as earthquakes, and wrote tragedies, which helped to popularize tragic drama in ...
- 2496: Black History, The Piano
- ... her response is that he disturbed her sleep saying,"its five o'clock in the morning an you come in here with all this noise" (p4). The family is not close, with issues of violence, death and the past separating them. In the end of the play, when Boy Willie and Bernice are fully intent on killing each other over the piano, Wilson again uses Doaker to keep the peace. Testifying ... cry from all women who are stuck in a cycle of watching their men being killed or thrown in jail. The prominence of futile violence and of men being absent from the family structure, through death, jail, or abandoning the wife and children, is a problem in African-American culture. Wilson's lesson addressees this problem and says that men need to be more responsible for their actions, and must begin ... the consequences of their actions. Referring back to the quote, men like Boy Willie needs to take into account the effect men's foolish violence effect women. Boy Willie only thought of his father's death and his pain, not the consequences of his actions that had to be faced by his mother. However, the most important aspect of the lesson the piano teaches is that the economic opportunity the ...
- 2497: A Tale Of Two Cities - Syndney
- ... prophetic vision, the former "jackal" glimpses a better world rising out of the ashes of revolution, and long life for Lucie and her family- made possible by his sacrifice. This argument also links Carton's death with Christian sacrifice and love. When Carton makes his decision to die, the New Testament verse beginning "I am the Resurrection and the Life" nearly becomes his theme song. The words are repeated a last time at the moment Carton dies. In what sense may we see Carton's dying in Darnay's place as Christ-like? It wipes away his sin, just as Christ's death washed clean man's accumulated sins. For readers who choose the negative view, Carton's death seems an act of giving up. These readers point out that Stryver's jackal has little to lose. Never useful or happy, Carton has already succumbed to the depression eating away at him. In ...
- 2498: Kamicaze Pilots 2
- ... been made since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Shinbusha 266) Two types of suicide attacks had been made. The first was an organized attack which would, in 90% of the cases, result in the death of the soldiers. However, if the plan had worked on the battlefield as it did in theory, there was some possibility that the soldiers would survive (Ibid 49). The other type of suicide attack that ... the number of aircraft, battleships, skillful pilots and soldiers, and in the amount of natural resources (oil, for example), they were above the Americans in the number of young men who would fight to the death rather than be defeated. By organizing the "Tokkotai," they thought it would also attack the Americans psychologically, and make them lose their will to continue the war (Ibid 28). The person who suggested the Kamikaze ... be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would be shot down. That's sad...Too sad...To let the young men die beautifully, that's what Tokko is. To give beautiful death, that's called sympathy" (Kusayanagi 28). This statement makes sense, considering the relative skills of the pilots of the time. By 1944, air raids were made all over Japan, especially in the cities. Most ...
- 2499: Say A Prayer for the Youth of America
- ... man.” This metaphor depicts her father, a lazy drunk who dies early in the book, probably from alcohol poisoning. Her life with him is one of constant fear and hatred. She blames him for the death of her mother, who overdoses on heart medicine to escape from her life. His drinking habits take over his life, and Ellen is left at home alone, sometimes for days at a time, to fend for herself. This is only one of the many hardships she must face. After her father’s death, Ellen is forced to move from house to house. She is miserable in all of them, but they are still better than what she had to put up with before. When she finally does reach ... of growing up. Unbearable parents, relatives you can’t stand, being betrayed by someone you care about, they are all part of life, and life lessons. Equally important in growing up are friendship, prejudice, and death, all of which are present in the childhood of Ellen Foster. Her friendship with a black girl named Starletta is a subject of much controversy. Not controversy with other people, but controversy within Ellen’ ...
- 2500: King Lear: Evil Nature of Edmund
- ... s initial acts of eminent domain, the play becomes driven by Edmund's cunning evil acts. Edmund forces his own brother into hiding, turns his father against his brother, orders his fathers blindness, orders the death of Cordelia, almost succeeds killing Lear and Albany, and turns sister against sister. Edmund does all of these horrible acts without any regret. This pure evil is even rationalized by Edmund. Edmund feels that his ... Edgar convincing him that someone is framing him. He commits this purgery by acting very cunningly, and pretending to be looking out for each characters best interest. Edmund then persuades his father to put a death warrant out on Edgar, his own brother. Edmund once again keeps up the act that he is working in his fathers best interest. Later Edmund seeks out more power by pretending to act in the ... see that it is the daughters that seem to hold all the power. After Edmund finishes with Albany, Edmund needs Albany to make sure that the french forces are defeated, Edmund will plot Albany's death and get rid of Lear and Cordelia. The deep evil that lurks within Edmund is most shown when he explains in a monologue that he could care less which sister he ends up with, ...
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