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- 8881: The Hobbit: Summary
- ... Mountains - the Misty Mountains is where the action really begins. The first obstacle of the journey is expossed here being it one of the most difficult ones. Two important events take place here: 1) The death of the goblin king. 2) The encounter of Bilbo with Gollum. d) The Moon Patch Clearing - in this place, a clearing in the forest lit by the light of the moon, the adventurers encounter the ...
- 8882: The Great Gatsby: Illusions
- ... is living a great life, everyone adores him, and has no problems. This is all well and fine until his illusion crumbles and in turn brings the demise of Daisy and Toms relationship, and his death. Because Gatsby set up this fallacy, Myrtle was killed, Wilson was killed, Gatsby was killed, and Myrtle's and Toms relationship was killed. The reality of the whole Gatsby situation, is that he is a ...
- 8883: The Good Earth: Summary
- ... preventing a local group of marauding bandits from pillaging the house of Wang because his uncle was an important official in the group. Wang Lung gets his uncle addicted to Opium which later caused his death. I think Wang Lung's uncle represented evil in this book and he spread his evil thoughts throughout his family. I think this was wrong of him to do but it added to the story ...
- 8884: Summary of Joyce's "A Portrait of An Artists As A Young Man"
- ... debate. At this point, Stephen loses his view of what adult life entails. The evident flaws of his adult family members make Stephen realize for the first time that the passage into adulthood means the death of parts of himself, specifically his innocence. After this incident, Stephen will never look at life and the world around him the same. Stephen's shame in his father begins quickly in the book as ...
- 8885: Themes in Larsen's Passing
- ... the window, but from Irene's reaction, it is safe to conclude that Clare did not fall on her own. "Irene was not sorry" (210). It would seem that Irene is responsible for Clare's death. In conclusion, Nella Larsen's Passing, presents several ideas to consider. She uses the setting of Harlem and the racial concerns, not as ends in themselves, but as catalysts through which she exposes the underlying ...
- 8886: Summary of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" With Background About Steinbeck
- ... Lennie was playing with his little pup and the puppy began knawing on his hand so Lennie hit him. Lennie didn't intentionally try to hit him hard , but he did, resulting in his pups death. The pup was kept in the barn where Lennie tried to bury it in the straw. Without Linnie knowing, before him stood Curly's wife watching him, but not knowing what he was doing. Lennie ...
- 8887: Norris' "McTeague": Themes
- ... Trina and Zerkows' greed for riches was almost identical, Zerkow is vied as a lost soul, yet Trina is viewed as a proper young lady. This is one of the things that leads to her death and the downfall of McTeague. McTeague shows that he is greedy also after Trina wins the money. He wants to control the money as if it belongs to him. In a way greed also drives ...
- 8888: Lord of the Flies: A Symbolic Microcosm of Society
- ... free from mistakes and flaws in the psychodynamic of the island, but progressing. The true downward turn in the island/person then comes as Ralph loses control of Jack's hunters and Piggy's subsequent death. Golding's reasons for pursuing this course of action in the collective sociology of the island is debatable. While it may be a mere exciting plot device, it is also very possible within the context ...
- 8889: Les Miserables: Jean Proves That He Is Trustworthy
- ... Jean Valjean first enters the city of M____ sur M____ he goes to drastic measures by pulling two children from a burning house. Throughout the story Jean Valjean risks being identified by the officials and death by taking Cossete to better residences: Jean Valjean. when he fell into the sea or rather when he threw himself into it.. He swam underwater to a ship anchor to which a boat was fastened ...
- 8890: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- ... example of the utmost depreciation and debasement of women. Again we see the idea of confinement as synonymous with inferiority as Bertha is confined to a lifetime in an attic, finding her only freedom in death. Therefore, Bronte acknowledges that while some, like Jane, are successful, others, like Bertha are condemned to a life of inferiority. She has written this novel to challenge women not to allow society to demean any ...
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