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- 8761: The Great Gatsby: America Degenerates into a Place of Moral Destitution
- ... fresh green breast of the new world" polluted by the old European ways which had traveled with the Dutch sailors. Consequently, since Gatsby represented the last vestige of hope from that age of purity, his death ensures that the "solemn dumping ground" will remain rooted in American history. It therefore follows that Gatsby's demise represents the plight of the American nation. Fitzgerald criticizes the stagnant upper class that has developed ...
- 8762: 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 ...
- 8763: Ignorance and Racism in Heart Of Darkness
- ... 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 sailors, a native. Marlow respected the sailor, 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 ...
- 8764: Old Man and the Sea: Themes
- ... fish and dolphin of which he would like to have salt on. This part of the story tells of a cold and harsh sea, that is, one that has value and mystery as well as death and danger. It has commercial value as well as the population of life in it. It is dark and treacherous though, and every day there is a challenge. A similar story tells about a tidal ...
- 8765: 1984: Duty or Desire
- ... cream colored pages, in which he expresses his desperate thoughts. He later buys an antique glass paper weight, with a fragment of coral in its interior. Through these small acts of rebellion, both punishable by death, one can see that Winston wishes to understand why Oceania is the way it is, if it had always been this way, and if it could be changed. Winston also thinks it is love like ...
- 8766: White Shark: Review
- ... out how to approach this large tiger like fish with silver metallic teeth, Tall Man decided to take care of it himself. Tall Man approached the animal with no fear. He stabbed the animal to death and he himself was very injured and the monster's claws stabbed him a number of times. The animal eventually died and the others just disappeared. Tall Man was washed to shore and found between ...
- 8767: Boys Life: Techniques Used to Develop Loss of Innocence
- ... author uses great detail when he describes that Rebel has really died , but his spirit still lives. Cory suffers a big loss in his life during this time period. Personification is used when Cory prayed death away from his pet and his best friend; but when he loses his best friend, he realizes that if you love something enough, you will put their best interest first and not yours. Irony is ...
- 8768: Mark Twain and the Lost Manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... depression, this is probably the reason that some Twain's last writings were so savage and bitter that they have just recently been published. On April 21, 1910, just four months after his daughter's death, Twain died of a heart attack (Works of Twain: Biographical Sketch). In 1990, the original draft of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was found in a trunk in the attic of James Gluck's house ...
- 8769: Summary of Rosen's "My Lost World: A Survivor's Tale"
- ... God. In part two, the longest of the three parts, Sara Rosen explains the hair-raising detailed actions that took place during the war. She begins with a very interesting quote: “Have the gates of death been shown to you, the gates of the gloom have you seen? Can you take in the breath of the earth? Tell, if you know it all.” Job, 28, 27, 28. I believe that this ...
- 8770: Book Report on Tim O'Brien's Vietnam
- ... come under fire they would call the planes in and they would napalm the area that the VC were at. Like many of the other wars, lots of men lost their lives in Vietnam. The death toll in Vietnam was up there with some of the worst in American history. This was a good book to read. It answered some of the questions I had and also taught me some things ...
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