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- 7451: Ancient Mariner
- ... the power of nature shows us forgiveness many ways. In the story, the mariner betrays nature: "I shot the Albatross!" This action against nature is rather extreme, for he takes lightly to this thought of death. The Albatross, as a representative of nature, means nothing to the Mariner. These thoughts are quickly changed, though, as Nature begins to start the penance leading towards forgiveness - "Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to ...
- 7452: Flowers For Algernon - Review
- ... is how the book concludes. The conclusion of the book in my eyes leaves the reader hanging like... this. If I would make a change I would write about what happened after Charlie Gordon's death. An example of this would be possible progress and success in the field, or maybe because of the events which had occurred in the past in this field, it was given up for dead, or ...
- 7453: Tom Sawyer
- ... went to the cave to investigate. They made the gruesome discovery of Injun Joe's body. He had made his way to the gate but he could not get it unlocked, he had starved to death. Tom was finally at ease, and now he was ready to go treasure hunting again. A few days later Tom was allowed to see Huck once again and he brought him up to date on ...
- 7454: The Sword In The Stone
- ... Wart thinks that it is noble and brave to fight, but after seeing the Grummore-Pellinore joust, he thinks differently about it. He sees that there is nothing noble or brave about fighting to the death with a friend or fellow knight. Although Kay did get the 'rough end' of the deal in the end, I think that he deserved it, after all the things he did to the Wart during ...
- 7455: Self-Reliance: Misunderstood G
- ... finds rapidly. Yet progress was slowed by short-sighted men who failed to see greatness. Aberham Lincoln was a revolutionary in his time with his views on slavery and forgiveness of the South. Yet his death was the result of one man's refusal to accept what was once a proud and rich land reduced to tatters- left to ruin because of her failure to accept civil reform. Herman Melville's ...
- 7456: Gullivers Travels 3
- ... to the side a few inches, not making extreme movements which would terrify the Lilliputians. He also accepts the Lilliputians rules and regulations and follows them as if it was a necessity or a life/death situation. It s not like he couldn t destroy them if need be. Even during his stay in the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver did as his master asked by describing his journeys, his native ...
- 7457: Great Expectations Charcters G
- ... Her hatred towards men is easily visible. She manipulates people to her advantage without a thought to their heart and feelings. Her treatment of those around her stays very much the same until before her death, when she shows extreme remorse and pain for her actions. It is at that moment in the novel when the reader begins to feel some sort of sympathy for her. Even though she was an ...
- 7458: Great Expectations 8
- ... closer to him, especially after Magwitch is arrested. During his visits to the prison, Pip displays that he cared tremendously for Magwitch, an attitude that developed since his first encounter with the convict. Following his death, Pip "lay on the sofa, or on the floor - anywhere, according as I happened to sink down - with a heavy head and aching limbs, and no purpose, and no power." (470) Herbert is one who ...
- 7459: Great Expectations 2
- ... Joe did everything short of buying the wedding ring herself to make the marriage a reality. So, Mrs. Joe essentially created Joe to be the character that he allowed himself to be. With the slow death of Mrs. Joe, Joe reclaimed his life from his earlier insecurity. Mrs. Joe's importance in tying Joe to Pip made the relationship between the two significantly more beliveable, and without her, the great expectation ...
- 7460: Grapes Of Wrath 4
- ... and the baby she is carrying that she does not realize that her family is falling apart. She whines and moans her way through most of the book until her baby is born dead. The death of her child seems to transform her. At the very end of the novel she breast feeds a dying man. To me this is symbolic of drinking from the milk of human kindness. She gives ...
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