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- 8731: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... process. When Winston is arrested for his treasonous behavior, he first goes to a Ministry of Love holding cell. After being held without food for several days he is severely beaten to the point of death many times. He admits to hundreds of crimes everyday simply to make the pain of the beating go away. Then his battered body is taken to the dreaded Room 101. He is attached to a ...
- 8732: Of Mice and Men: Friendship and Loyalty
- ... can see that under the circumstances he had no other choice. He only had two choices let the other people get to him first and watch them torture Lennie while he died a long horrible death or do it himself and get it over quick were Lennie did not know what hit him. This is also true in life, many times we are faced with tuff choices and even though they ...
- 8733: Lord of the Flies: Man Is Savage at Heart
- ... hit in the side with a spear, his prophecy rejected and the word he wished to spread ignored. Simon falls to the ground dead and is described as beautiful and pure. The description of his death, the manner in which he died, and the cause for which he died are remarkably similar to the circumstances of Christ's life and ultimate demise. The major difference is that Christ died on the ...
- 8734: Huckleberry Finn Learns He Must Grow Up Fast If He Wants to Survive Life
- ... not know how long this treacherous ordeal would last. Huck knew he had to escape this way of life, and he finally got a plan to do it. He was going to fake his own death. Well, last I pulled out some of my hair, and blooded the ax good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the ax into the corner. Then took up pig ...
- 8735: Heart of Darkness: Ignorance and Racism
- ... exploitation, are described as 'shapes,' 'shadows,' and 'bundles of acute angles,' so as to show the dehumanizing effect of colonialist rule on the ruled" (269-270). Another similar incident of "double speak" appeared on the death of Marlow's helmsman. Marlow respected the helmsman, yet when the native's blood poured into Marlow's shoes, "To tell you the truth, I was morbidity anxious to change my shoes and socks" (Conrad ...
- 8736: Heart of Darkness: Cruelty
- ... die and were then thrown to starving dogs or devoured by cannibal tribes." (Meyers 100.) Conrad's "Diary" substantiated the accuracy of the conditions described in Heart of Darkness: the chain gangs, the grove of death, the payment in brass rods, the cannibalism and the human skulls on the fence posts. Conrad did not exaggerate or invent the horrors that provided the political and humanitarian basis for his attack on colonialism ...
- 8737: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbols
- ... 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 ...
- 8738: Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults in the Creation
- ... pious and rather too perfect Elizabeth..." (78). Frankenstein wishes for his own happiness through companionship in marriage, but denies the same right to his creation. Frankenstein can also be viewed as being responsible for the death of Elizabeth by assuming that when the creature states "I shall be with you on your wedding night" (161) he is going to be killed rather than Elizabeth, even when all of the creature's ...
- 8739: Frankenstein: Morality
- ... of wickedness; but they confirm me in determination of not creating you a companion in vice."( pg. 163) Frankenstein will not sacrifice his morallity because of persuation from a monster. Although beholding the threat of death and misery Frankenstein held his ground and did not sacrifice his moral. When and if Frankenstein creates another monster he can not feel as if he has done the morally right thing. From creating the ...
- 8740: A Rose for Emily: Fallen from Grace
- ... dust and disuse," evidence of Emily's own aging is given when her voice in similarly said to be "harsh, and rusty, as if from disuse" (70-74). Ultimately, at the time of Emily's death, the house is seen by the townspeople as "an eyesore among eyesores," and Miss Emily is regarded as a "fallen monument" (69). Both are empty, and lifeless. Neither are even remotely representative of their former ...
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