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- 6761: Of Mice And Men
- ... statements to live by, and others weren’t. Most of these themes were about people’s social lives, because that was what a good part of the book was about. They addressed friendship, equality, and death. The first, and probably most important lesson taught by this book was the value of friendship. From the very beginning of the book, readers can tell that George and Lennie are very close friends. Later ...
- 6762: Lord Of The Flies Character Sk
- ... the Beast truly is. He learns this when he "talks” with the Lord of the Flies. When he tries to tell the rest of the children he is mistaken as the Beast and beaten to death. Golding made Simon the "Christ" figure in the novel by having Simon belive in no evil and assuring Ralph that he would make it alive. Jack - "Inside the floating cloak he was thin and bony ...
- 6763: Kurt Vonnegut
- ... Day visit (Amer. Lit. Bio., 301). He once wrote: [Suicide] has always been a temptation to me, since my mother solved so many problems with it. The child of a suicide will naturally think of death, the big one, as a logical solution to any problem, even one in simple algebra. (Streitfeld, C13) In fact, Vonnegut himself made a suicide attempt in 1984, using sleeping pills and alcohol. Some one found ...
- 6764: King Lear
- ... young. Edmund then tells Edgar that their father is after him for some mistaken notion of a reported crime. Eventually Gloucester is convinced of Edgar's treachery and seeks to put his older son to death. Edgar flees for his life. Meanwhile, Lear discovers that living with his two daughters is no joy. He is so outraged by their cruel behavior toward him that he curses them and rushes out into ...
- 6765: Huck Finn Essay
- ... freedom Huck is looking for. Pap is in every respect the exact opposite of Jim. Where Jim is caring, sensitive and fatherly towards Huck, Pap is selfish, cruel and dirty. After he fakes his own death to escape from Pap, Huck flees to Jackson Island in order not to be discovered. Jackson Island is also where Huck and Jim accidentally run into each other while running away from society. While their ...
- 6766: Huck Finn-Racism
- ... the cold truths of white attitudes in the 1800’s. It also presents the fact that Aunt Polly, one of the simplest and gentlest characters in the book, does not think twice about the violent death of a black person. While disguised as racism, Twain cleverly breaks down white-black relations to the inanities of prejudice. Less subtle are Huck’s observations of Jim as their relationship progresses. Jim at first ...
- 6767: Huck Finn
- ... Tom Sawyer take the controls and sits quietly while Tom puts Jim through ordeal after ordeal. When it is made certain that Jim is a free man, Huck learns the truth about his father's death and who was in the floating house at the beginning of the journey. This information is taken by Huck in a very mature manner and his respect for Jim grows even more. Huckleberry Finn was ...
- 6768: Historical Truth And Imaginati
- ... the heavy cowskin, and soon the warm, red blood came dripping to the floor." (pgs. 42- 43) Several more times, we are told of the horrible realities of violence among slavery. In chapter four, the death of a young girl, between the ages of 15 and 16, was mangled. Her nose and breastbone were broken with a stick. Chapter ten details Frederick's own beating. "He ordered me to take off ...
- 6769: High Fidelity
- ... died, and I just have to take it because otherwise I am a bad guy… (244-245) Rob’s loneliness is accentuated by the funeral where everything, particularly the solitariness of a coffin, relates to death. As Cliff sings, “And this loneliness won’t leave me alone, it’s such a drag to be on your own”. These lyrics sound as if they came straight out of Rob’s mouth. He ...
- 6770: Heart Of Darkness
- ... made sense. The kinds of laws that other people thought were pretty stupid. I’m pretty sure that I would end up having some people executed (i.e.-ALL of the people that are on death row spending up all of our tax dollars to keep their asses alive). I can only think of a couple of people that would pay dearly due to the fact that my laws would apply ...
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