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- 5471: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Crawford
- ... them. But the power of her story comes from her life-affirming attitude: Through all the changes she goes through &mdash once divorced, twice widowed (once by her own gun-wielding hand)-she kept a death-grip commitment to live on her own terms, relying only on her own guts, creativity, strength, and passion, and the power she drew from her community, to pull her through. In Janie, Hurston created a ... Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good" (Their Eyes 31). The gossip that spreads throughout her small town when she leaves with a younger man - after the death of her second husband leaves her a widow - does not slow her down in the least. Finally, she finds happiness with Tea Cake, and it means so much more, because she has decided to go ...
- 5472: The Calling Of Isaiah
- ... The year in which he died is uncertain but scholars have set it somewhere around the year 74 B.C.E.. Uzziah had been a popular and peaceful ruler, and Issaiah s reaction to his death can be compared to the shock and disorientation which Americans felt when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The people wondered what would happen to Israel now? What will be the fate of ... the holy temple of Jerusalem (Holladay, p.26). In the vision Isaiah saw God sitting upon a throne . This means that he viewed God as a functioning king full of authority and power. With the death of their king, the nation of Israel was vulnerable to attack by outside violent nations such as Assyria, which could bring the people to a panic. But through Isaiah s visions, if convincing and conclusive ...
- 5473: The Prediction of 1984
- ... since there are no longer any laws.4 On the other hand because nothing was illegal, things like affairs between the middle class/outer party, which was an unforgivable crime,5 could be punished by death or at least twenty-five years in a forced labor camp.6 The punishment of the citizens, by the government would occur since the people did not have laws to protect them. Because they did ... we will learn from 1984 and not enter into any of the characteristics of a totalitarian society where freedom of thought, sexual freedom, and intellectual freedom will become things that are sentenced by torture and death. Orwell felt he had to frighten people into a painful recognition of the dangers that threatened their very existence,32 and let us hope he scared us enough. Bibliography: 1984, George Orwell,Penguin Books 1949 ...
- 5474: "Master Harold ...And The Boys"
- ... encountered. Almost forty years ago a baby was born to two(2) people, who were not expecting a child. The women died in childbirth and the father never forgave the baby for his wife's death. We enter the small room where the Malopo's live. Ouch! Dad, please stop. I'm sorry. Willie's father had no patience with him. He enjoyed insulting Willie. Willie was called stupid, worthless, and ... refuses to talk about the incident. Few people actually know what happened to him. The important thing to Willie is, he is gone. As cruel as his father was, Willie still took his father's death hard. The only family Willie had left is now gone. Willie took on a responsible job, eventhough his father refused to support his past efforts to succeed. Along with the new job, came a new ...
- 5475: Grapes of Wrath: Summary
- ... of giving up and fading out is common. Throughout the trip several characters fade out of the picture, in order not to face what may or may not await them in California. Soon after the death of the grandfather, we are able to see the character of grandma Joad, lose her will to live and she her self slowly fades out of the picture of life as well. As the story ... life that awaits the family in California, so he stays behind near a river, where he feels that he is at peace and safe. This pattern of members of the family fading away from either death or emotional changes is concluded with the departure of Rose of Sharons husband Connie. Connie leaves her after they arrive in California and began to see the life that California had to offer for ...
- 5476: Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 2 Importa
- ... of their well being, which turns out to be some what true. The son of Macduff, even do his age was too young to understand, believes otherwise of his dad and defends him until his death. The Lady Macbeth and her son receive a very strange and unexpected visit from an unknown man which tells them that they are in danger and that they should leave somewhere safer. The message, as ... family leaving no one alive. When Macduff receives the message he gets raged and swore to kill Macbeth. This is how the fate of Macbeth is written and how Macbeth kind of wrote his own death warrant by doing a point less evil act of greed and lust of power. Macbeths power went so high into his head, which he couldn't keep control of it and finally ended with his ...
- 5477: A Tale of Two Cities: Summary
- ... same day, Charles is re-arrested on charges set forth by the Defarges and one other mystery person. The next day, at a trial that had absolutely no delay, Charles is convicted and sentenced to death. Because of the despondent situation, Dr. Manette has a relapse and cobbles shoes. Sydney Carton overhears a plot to kill Lucie, her daughter, and Dr. Manette and has them immediately get ready to leave the ... killing machine because she must get revenge. An example of this is when she finds out Charles Darnay is an Evermonde and is going to marry Lucie Manette. She knits Darnay's name into the death register. Another key theme in the novel has to do with courage and sacrifice. There were many sacrifices in this novel by many different characters. The ultimate sacrifice was made by Sydney Carton. Because of ...
- 5478: Medea
- ... Ismene, who are engaging in conversation over defying the edict forbidding their brothers burial, which brings the audience to the present time. Shortly after, the chorus enters and recounts the reasons for the battle and death of Polyneices and Eteocles, brothers to Antigone and Ismene. The chorus appears every scene to serve as the voice of the culture, and counsels to the characters.
Save those two of cruel fate, who, born of one sire and one mother, set against each other their twain conquering spears, and sharers in a common death. (Oates, 192). While the chorus and the nurse recount the background of the story they simultaneously set the mood of the play. Their speeches are expressed with such deep emotion that the audience cant ...
- 5479: Night
- ... bad the camps were. It also effected Elie the most, in my mind. This incident is the hanging hanging of the pipel. He is a young boy with an "innocent face" who is condemned to death because he is -3- implicated in a conspiracy which results in a German building being destroyed. When the time for the hanging approaches, the Lagerkapo refuses to kick out the chair, so SS officers are ... bit of hope, only to be destroyed in the end. The Jews fought for everything they had, from their possessions at the beginning, to their lives at the end. The result, however, was the same. Death or suffering. This book moved me considerably, and I would recommend it to anyone. It still amazes me how this could have possible happened. It is something that should never be forgotten.
- 5480: Huckleberry Finn: Prejudice and Intolerance
- ... be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. That it makes clamity of so long life. For who fardel bear, till Birnam Wood do come to Dunshire, but that fear of something after death." Thirdly Clemens contrasts adults and children. Clemens portrays adults as the conventional group in society, and children as the unconventional. In the story adults are not portrayed with much bias, but children are portrayed as more imaginative. The two main examples of this are when Huckleberry fakes his death, and when Tom and Huck "help" Jim escape from captivity. "Huck is a serious boy. From the very first, Twain makes him the straight, almost solemn reporter."(Style and point of view in Huckleberry Finn ...
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