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- 8871: Bless me Ultima: The Growing up of a Young Boy
- ... good person. Tenorio is the demon in this story, as he wants to destroy Ultima. This book is about Tony's experience in adjusting to the rough world at a relatively young age. Narsico's death with Tenorio's desire to kill Tony made him realize his limitations and acknowledge the reality. Before these incidents, Tony imagined he could control incidents that happened in real life. He thought he could effect ...
- 8872: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Speaks Her Ideas
- ... most openly with him. Once, she accused Tea Cake of having a liking for Nukie. He quickly reassured her that he didn't, and there was nothing to be worried about. After Tea Cake's death, Janie was too upset to wear mourning clothes. She instead wore her normal outfit, overalls and boots. This shows that her love for Tea Cake was so strong that she could not think about anything ...
- 8873: Universial Themes in "The Return of the Native" and "Great Expectations"
- ... Pip's benefactor all along. This was his way of repaying his charity as a youth. The events that follow with Magwitch teach Pip love and humility. His snobbish quality is removed. After the convicts death, Pip becomes ill and is nursed back to health by his true friend Joe. The money that he is handed changes his personality and causes him to ignore the people that he has known fondly ...
- 8874: 12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
- ... boy do this to his father? Even though he was a victim of abuse, l love is still inside him. That is why this boy is innocent. Now remember, Jury, this is a life and death situation that sits in front of you. Make the right decision, or the young life of an innocent child will be ruined forever. The defense rests.
- 8875: "A Man for All Seasons": Common Attitude
- ... The man says to survive in the world one must leave behind their morals, and to forget their conscience. While this may lead to temporary happiness in life, it may lead to eternal punishment after death. In the modern world, this philosophy is still the best way to go for some. Today, another teen-ager is abusing an illegal drug because "everyone else is doing it." If the teen does the ...
- 8876: Young Goodman Brown's Apocalypse
- ... behind, for whatever reason, and take a chance with one(more) errand onto the wilder shores of experience" (Martin). Brown has a curiosity that "kills" his naive outlook on life and changes him until his death. He has a mission to go into the forest and meet the devil. A mission that he begins out of curiosity and a "deep need to see if the teachings of his childhood, his religion ...
- 8877: The Tower of Babel
- ... a sense of vagueness about a true villain. For example, Mr. Shuan had two moods, one being kindly, meaning he was sober--or violent, meaning he was drunk. The latter mood was the cause of death of the cabin-boy, Ransome. So wholly different were Mr. Shuan's two moods that he was completely unaware of his actions. Captain Hoseason, another example of this contradiction, is shown to be a slavedriver ...
- 8878: How Would the Characters of "The Scarlet Letter" See the White Whale of Melville's "Moby Dick"
- ... identity of Chillingworth, says "I have striven to be true! Truth was the one virtue which I might have held fast and did hold fast through all extremity...a lie is never good even though death threatens on the other side." Ishmael strives to be true also, he gave us a true meaning of what the color white was, it was merely a cosmetic. This is why I think that Hester ...
- 8879: The Secret Sharer: A Summary
- ... and the captain. Furthermore, the green color of the trees symbolizes growth touching upon the theme of the rite of passage. The captain comes into the sea, an archetypal symbol of spiritual mystery and infinity, death and rebirth, timelessness and eternity, and the unconscious. This marks a beginning of a journey into the unknown for the captain. The sun shining overhead symbolized the law of nature, the creative energy, and the ...
- 8880: The Invisible Man: Summary
- ... of his grandfather's last words in which he claims to have been a traitor to his own people and urges his son to "overcome `em with yeses, undermine `em with grins, agree `em to death and destruction, let `em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open." These words remain imprinted in the narrator's mind throughout the book, although he never fully understands their meaning. His grandfather's ...
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