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- 8891: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Themes Related to Society Today
- ... of a steamboat explosion. "Good gracious! anybody hurt?" she asks. "No'm," comes the answer. "Killed a nigger." Aunt Sally later refers to the "nigger" as if they are not even a person, regarding the death as if it did not even matter. "Well, it's lucky because sometimes people do get hurt." At first glance at the novel Huckleberry Finn, many would protest to the explicit use of the "N ...
- 8892: The Great Gatsby: Sign of God
- ... T.J. Eckleburg. This sign that Wilson saw as watch, also watch his wife being slaughter. This was a sign symbolized God, and yet, it allowed many affairs to go which led to myrtle's death. A God with any kind of power would have stopped all the wrong in society, but the inept God, also had to show that he can not always save you.
- 8893: To Kill A Mockingbird: Controversial Issues
- ... is a representation of Tom Robinson on a smaller level. Tom Robinson is a reflection of the society as a whole. The fact that no one realized the unfair treatment of Tom Robinson made his death that much more tragic. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses the mockingbird symbolize of Tom and Boo. Boo Radley is an outcast in the neighborhood, and Lee is trying to show that every ...
- 8894: The Touch of Magic by Lorena Hickok
- ... mine. Annie dreamt of being able to see, but most often dreamt of going to school. Annie wanted to learn but had no one to teach her. One day, about a year after Jimmie's death, the State Board of Charities came by to look around. Annie was so excited because she heard they might be able to send her to school. When they were leaving she jumped in front of ...
- 8895: The Great Gatsby: The Moment of Truth
- ... he lusted some other woman. Nicks beliefs were never similar to Tom's, and later he confronted Tom telling his disapproval of his actions. Tom, Daisy, and Jordan showed no affection or remorse after the death of both Gatsby and Myrtle. Nick percepted that his friends convinced themselves with their own lies that nothing at all actually happened. Even when the story focused on Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby's relationship ...
- 8896: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The True Sign of Maturity
- ... human. Finally, Huck displays not only kindness, but great loyalty, towards his best friend, a runaway slave named Jim. This man is not even seen as a person in Huck's society. After staging his death and running away to Jackson's Island, Huck runs into Miss Watson's "nigger", Jim. Soon after, Huck inquires about how Jim came to be on the island. Jim replies cautiously, and Huck promises not ...
- 8897: Summary of The Scarlet Pimpernel
- ... life he led as the celebrated Scarlet Pimpernel. Later on, Lady Blakeney was blackmailed into making a deal with a French spy named Chauvelin. He had promised the return of her beloved brother, Armand, from death in France if she promised to help in leading him to the elusive man known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. It was a difficult moral decision, but out of the love for her dear brother and ...
- 8898: The Pelican Brief: A Review
- ... brief Darby caused herself to be followed, stalked, and wanted for dead. Darby was a young woman, completely in love with her Law Professor. The first major conflict Darby experienced in the novel was the death of her lover, her Law Professor, which was intended for her. Throughout the novel her struggle with guilt and pain is omnipresent, as well as her fear. When she had nowhere else to run, she ...
- 8899: The Martian Chronicles: "Yours Will Be Mine Soon"
- ... of the last four expeditions, there was only one cause: to colonize Mars. However, each time they tried in one way or another ended in destruction. Which brings me on to my next point, the death of millions of Martians due to humans coming to their planet. Because humans tried to colonize on Mars, chickenpox was given to the Martians and the entire race died from it. The race died because ...
- 8900: A Review of The Jungle
- ... lifestyle short. After healing from the injury Jurgis finds out that he no longer has his old job and must search for a new one. Jurgis is unable to find a job and following the death of one of Elzbieta's crippled children Jurgis goes to work in the fertilizer plant, a place where no man chooses to go if he can help it. Then Jurgis finds out that Ona has ...
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