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- 8311: Pouliuli
- ... in Pili’s saga. Faleasa examines some of the meanings of the saga and concluded that …like Pili in his bitter old age, he too had voluntarily jumped up, as it were, into a living death, into the living darkness of Pouliuli. This conclusion did not frighten him: it was consoling, like being suspended in the core of a timeless sea, without a beginning or an end; and all was well ...
- 8312: Perils Of Obedience
- ... there is no one person to blame. Milgram made an example of Adolf Eichman. Eichman was part of the assembly line of the Holocaust. He would sit at his desk, follow orders, and fill out death warrants. These warrants were sent to the commandants of the concentration camps, and they proceeded to follow these orders. Eichman never really saw the end product. So how is he one to blame, or anyone ...
- 8313: Patterns - Symbolism
- ... liberty of women in the early 20th century through a central theme. A woman’s dream of escaping the boundaries that society has placed on her dissipates when she learns of her lover’s untimely death. Of the many images in this poem, the constant motions of the flowers and waterdrops, the dress the woman is wearing, and her daydreams of her lover are most crucial in developing this theme of ...
- 8314: Paradise Lost
- ... at Adam & Eve, we see what might be considered tragic "heroes" in the sense that they also knowingly doom themselves to be removed from Paradise, and subjected to the harsh, new world as well as death, and yet persevere with the hope for a better future. What makes their act of sin almost tragic in a way as compared to Satan, is that Satan’s act was meant out of spite ...
- 8315: P.G. Wodehouse
- ... and settled, becoming a citizen in 1955. (Jasen 2). He lived out the rest of his life in Southampton, New York, where he wrote farces, short stories, and many other works of literature until his death on February 14, 1975. Wodehouse would later use his vast experiences to write his enormous collection of prose,etc. Wodehouse wrote many works of literature based on his life. He based his characters and stories ...
- 8316: Ordinary People
- ... which eventually collapsed on his academic achievements in school. Also his social attitude towards society was weak, since his moods were always aimed towards quiet environments and loneliness. He took blame for his brother’s death in a boat accident and wanted to commit suicide. Conrad wanted to be in his own world, where he could relax and be in peace from all the annoying people in his life. The only ...
- 8317: One Hundred Years Of Solitude
- ... until McMurphy had his lobotomy. After the Chief saw the shell of a man that was McMurphy, he knew his friend would not want to live that way. During the night, Bromden smothered McMurphy to death with a pillow, then broke a window and fled from the hospital. It might not seem like it from what I just told you, but Chief Bromden was actually a key role in the book ...
- 8318: On The Road
- ... s new wife. Not wanting to tamper with a good thing, he bids Dean farewell, never to hear from him again. In such a simplistic and canned plot, Kerouac writes an ingenious novel about birth, death, and most importantly living. It is a book everyone should read, if only for the reason that it is a parallel of human life and a great representation of the beat generation at it's ...
- 8319: Of Mice And Men - Loneliness
- ... her problems to somebody that could care less about them, she asked him to stroke her hair. But when she began to yell at Lennie, he just pulled her hair tighter. This leads to the death of Curly’s wife and now she will not have to worry about being lonely ever again. This could be thought of as a misfortune, but as a positive aspect as well because it ended ...
- 8320: Of Mice And Men - Book Report
- ... from all her former dreams of being in "pitchers," and is so lonely that she must seek a relationship with Lennie, a man she thinks is "nuts" and would normally be below her standards. Her death at Lennie's hands is ironic because it actually improves her well-being, allowing "the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention" to all leave her, making her "face sweet ...
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