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- 7731: The Has Been And The Never Was
- ... Travolta can finally cast off the title of Has-been, and some may argue that he is one of the great-ones, the actors and actresses who will be talked about for years after their death. A quote that is originally credited to Bruce Willis is best applied to John Travolta, There s basically four stories they can write about you. One: You hit the scene. Two: You peak. Three: You ...
- 7732: The Great Gatsby Character Dev
- ... shows of, throws parties to boast his possessions, including his mistress. He is incapable of emotions, which would make him out to be a more human character. He feels no remorse for causing Gatsby s death or for braking Myrtle s nose, only self-pity for his own misfortunes. From the beginning of the novel to the very end he is basically to put it simply and bluntly a jerk. He ...
- 7733: The Great Gatsby And The Pursu
- ... and then she lost her desirability. She was just another object of his. It is interesting that in the end, Jay Gatsby s love for Daisy in trying to take the blame for Myrtle s death is what kills him. This is Fitzgerald s way of shoeing that this materialistic American Dream is not what the American Dream is meant to be. Materialism was not the true reason that the American ...
- 7734: The Great Gatsby 2
- ... get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of course I'll say I was." (151) He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" "All night if necessary." (152 ...
- 7735: The Grapes Of Wrath 4
- ... no good, it's still ours"(43). Muley shows that he has the same feelings as the tenant farmer when he says, "There's the place down by the barn where Pa got gored to death by a bull. An' his blood is right in the groun', right now"(65-66). In the inner chapter, an angry tenant farmer threatens a tractor driver with a rifle because he holds the tractor ...
- 7736: The Grapes Of Wrath
- ... the Joad family will grow again. The rain contributes to the theme by showing the cycle of nature that give a conclusion to the novel by showing that life is a pattern of birth and death. The rain is another example of nature against man, the rain comes and floods the living quarters of the Joads. The Joads try to stop the flood of their home by yet again are forced ...
- 7737: The Genre Of Science Fiction
- ... he is a self taught writer (Johnson 4). He is such a good writer because he interbreeds his dreams and his youthful experiences into his works. He tries to show us possible earthbound futures with death, his science-fiction stories, set on earth tend to be warnings (Mogen 94). When reading Fahrenheit 451 you get a feeling like Bradbury is trying to tell people of the possibly of a world where ...
- 7738: The Future Of The Race
- ... and begin: The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. These exceptional men, and Du Bois did mean men, would "guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst. The Talented Tenth would shoulder the task of uplifting the race without succumbing to money-grubbing selfishness; their formal education signified their intelligence and enlightened character. In 1903, the Talented Tenth was ...
- 7739: The Rainmaker
- ... that very place, that Rudy encounters his first and most important clients, Dot and Buddy Black. A powerful insurance company with millions of dollars has apparently swindled them. They have caused the suffering and inevitable death of a young man, Dot and Buddy s son. The coverage that was obliged was not issued, and Donny Ray, stricken by Leukemia, therefore lost his chance to live. This case plays out for a ...
- 7740: The Princess Bride -x
- ... that Fezzik may have had before. Vizzini s ego is getting in the way of Fezzik. From a very young age Fezzik was taunted by his school mates. At first, naturally, they were scared to death (even then Fezzik looked fierce) but once they found out he was chicken, well, they weren t about to let an opportunity like that get away it would go on like that until Fezzik would ...
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