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- 5261: Brave New World
- ... religion has disappeared and has been replaced by the worship of another God who is Ford. They basically live a fulfilled life and then they die. Also thanks to their conditioning they do not fear death but accept it as a way of life. That alone is a task that our world still has not been able to accomplish. In our world we must go through the ritual of the funeral. After one has died, his family must go through an enormous task of planning, organizing and dealing with the death of their now gone loved one. In utopian civilization, the people are isolated from one another, divided into five different classes. The classes range from the Alphas, the Betas, the Gammas, the Deltas and finally ...
- 5262: The Point of Point of View in Capote's "My Side of the Matter" and Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
- ... as to why he could feel this way. After her aunts violent attack on his manhood, she stands up for him: Marge says, "I'll give you to understand that I'm legally wed till death do us part to this man by a certified justice of the peace as three and one half months ago. Ask anybody. Further more, Aunt Eunice, he is free, white and sixteen. Furthermore, George Far ... his mature life-the full force of regret. As the tension in the story heightens so does the reader's interest in the story. Towards the end, both the reader and Blake are certain that death is eminent. But as insanely as all of this began, it comes to an end. She forces Blake to put his face in the dirt. The combination of this act and his weeping is all ...
- 5263: Review of The Odyssey
- ... that gives an even clearer image to the reader than the last As they all took this in, sickly fear pulled at their entrails, and their eyes flickered looking for some hatch or hideaway from death. (page 410 lines 44-46). This quote gives amazingly high quality mental pictures to the reader, especially when Homer uses phrases like, sickly green entrails, or their eye flickered. The image is so strong of ... that shows the shock and fear that the suitors experience is As they took all this in, sickly green fear pulled at their entrails, and their eyes flickered looking for some hatch or hideaway from death. Eurymakhos alone could speak. (page 410 line 44-47). The suitors are so shocked that they cannot even speak, save Eurymakhos, and they are so frightened that they desperately seek some sort of hiding place ...
- 5264: General George S. Patton
- ... now consisting of more than a half-million men, had liberated or conquered 81,522 square miles of territory and inflicted 1,443,888 casualties on the enemy. GENERAL PATTON TAKEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS UNTIMLEY DEATH. Patton, however, was not ready to rest on his laurels. He requested a transfer to the Pacific theatre so he could fight the Japanese. The request was, of course, denied, respectfully. The mind boggles at ... was hit by a truck and he was severely injured. On 21 December he died from these injures and was buried in Luxembourg a country which still considers George S. Patton its liberator. Since his death, Patton's reputation has continued to grow until he is now considered by many the greatest military commander in U. S history. The praise levered on him by the men of 3rd Army has nearly ...
- 5265: The Similarities Between Creon and Antigone
- ... instead puts his laws first, and states that if he lets Antigone live after she has broken his law, "How shall I earn the worlds obedience?" His extreme will, later leads to his son's death because he thinks his son has been corrupted by Antigone. Antigone is equally as extreme and she will not listen to the reasoning of her sister Ismene. Ismene reminds her of the problems and dangers ... good judgment. He is so concentrated on everyone being corrupted that he does not even listen to common sense. His son, Haimon tries to come tell him that he should not s entence Antigone to death. Creon is outraged by his son siding with her. He tells Haimon that he is a "Fool, adolescent fool! Taken in by a woman!" Haimon responds to this by saying that he is "perverse" Creon ...
- 5266: Great Gatsby
- ... himself, and when he sees that Daisy does not like them, he calls them off. This shows that although he is wealthy, he is not making himself happy. A direct analogy to the withering, or death of the American dream is that Gatsby is murdered in the end of the book. In the story, when Gatsby dies, the glamour and appeal of the American dream dies with him. Like Gatsby, Tom ... told George was because he wanted to see Gatsby dead, so he let George take the blame. Instead of accomplishing the American dream, George only becomes tired, used, and betrayed. Both George's life and death can be looked upon as the withering of the American dream. These three characters in the novel are alike in that they each embody an aspect of the American dream. Also, they are alike in ...
- 5267: Crime And Punishment 4
- ... callous to the point of inhumanity" (Crime and Punishment, V, 2). In order to defeat evil one has to start with the assumption that there is goodness . To rebel violently because of a child's death only brings greater evil. Ivan does not love others nor does he love himself. He does not accept the most important of all, and what is crucial to Sonya and Alyosha: forgiveness. He cannot forgive himself, for he is accusing himself of Fyodor's death, and he goes mad. The Grand Inquisitor and Ivan come very close together in their hate towards humanity. They hold the opinion that Christ made a mistake when he sacrificed for the human race. What ...
- 5268: Traditions in "A Moment Before the Gun Went Off" and "The Lottery"
- ... the story "The Lottery," the tradition is to hold a lottery on a specific summer day, but instead of winning a cash prize or some other good thing, the winner gets to be stoned to death by the members of the community. The character that is mentioned most in this story is one by the name of Mrs. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hutchinson is a devoted mother and housewife. She is the one ... der Vyver is more than Lucas's employer he is his father, so Mr. Van der Vyver feels truly sorry for killing Lucas. Mr. Van der Vyver does not grieve with his wife for the death of their son because he is not married to the Lucas's mother. The tradition in this story is that interracial marriages do not occur. While this tradition is not as brutal as the one ...
- 5269: Fredrick Douglass 3
- ... until sun down. Around Frederick s age of seven hismother died. She had passed away and was buried before Frederick knew anythingaboutit. He remembers that time in his life as receiving "the tidings of her death with much thesame emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger". She never oncementioned who his father was and rumors went around that his master was his father. Hewas unable, however, to find out the truth behind those rumors.
- 5270: George Orwell
- ... married Eileen OShaughnessy("George" Discovering 6). In 1945, his wife died and he married his second wife, Sonia Brownwell, an editorial assistant on October 13, 1949. Orwell married Sonia only eight months before his death.("Orwell" Twentieth 745) During his marriage he adopted a son, Richard Horato("George Discovering 6). In December of 1947, Orwell was hospitalized for tuberculosis. He had suffered from this ailment since his mid-thirties("George ... Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, both warn of the dangers of the growing power of modern governments("George" Discovering 7). Basically, "Orwells long struggle for success, his willingness to brave controversy and his untimely death all contributed to making him a legend"("George" Discovering 14). In England, the government was going through many changes in political officers. As a result of these changes, many new laws were being passed and ...
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