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- 8901: The Heart of Darkness: Symbolism
- ... to transform the savage natives into an obedient crowd. In order to keep the faith of the natives, Kurtz would hold ceremonies in which men were beaten and beheaded. At the moment of Kurtz's death, he said "The horror! The Horror"(Conrad, 147). Conrad concludes the story on this note. The natives, after realizing their leader is dead, run off into the forest ranting and raving over the collapse of ...
- 8902: The Catcher In The Rye: Holden
- ... in love with a girl while he was married and this means breaking social laws. 2. The girl drove too fast and this means breaking traffic laws. The outcome of this story is failure and death. From here we can learn of Holden's personality because he likes this story very much and he thinks that these felonies don't require punishment. Another example is Holden's talk with Mr. Spencer ...
- 8903: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- ... who her problems began; Alec d'Urberville. It seems that in the last part of this novel, fate comes down upon all three main characters. Undoubtedly, Alec suffers the hand of fate by meeting his death from the woman whose life he destroyed. Tess, of course, is fated to die for the murder of Alec d'Urberville and Angel is crushed by the knowledge that if he could have forgiven Tess ...
- 8904: Silas Marner: Characters in the Novel
- ... robbery. He was also the person that got wildfire killed. On page 67 Godfrey said of Dunston " He'll never be hurt, he was made to hurt other people. The robbery occurred because of the death of the horse. Godfrey was a man that did not ever want to acknowledge that he was married. On page 111 the novel states that "he had told her he would sooner die than acknowledge ...
- 8905: 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 ...
- 8906: Elie Wiesel's Night
- ... could see. Then she was begging the people on the train to believe her but instead they gagged her and tied her up. In a way, Madame Shacter was prophesying about the crematories at the death camps, the huge flames and the furnaces that turn the Jewish nation into ashes. "I believe profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I run to the synagogue to weep over ...
- 8907: Cry, the Beloved Country: John and Stephen
- ... little of his son's well-being. Stephen, however, shows great concern for his son and gives his son support while in court. Stephen demonstrates his love for his son even after his son's death by his prayers. Stephen Kumalo displays moral and ethical values in his concern for his son, while John Kumalo displays his own values in his lack of concern for his son. John and Stephen show ...
- 8908: Frank Norris' "McTeague": The Three Major Themes
- ... the characters come together. For example, Marcus and McTeague become friends, Trina and McTeague get married, Maria and Zerkow get married. As the story ends, the friendships of the characters breaks down into violence and death. First, Zerkow killed Maria and himself, next McTeague kills Trina, and then Marcus tracks down McTeague in the desert and they both die as McTeague kills Marcus and then dies himself of dehydration. It seems ...
- 8909: A Review of "The Lost World"
- ... this was the perfect addition to his already fabulous collection of writings. The setting was on a remote island in Costa Rica which is part of a chain of the five islands named somehow after death called Isla Muerte, Isla Matanceros, Isla Pena, Isla Tacano, and of course Isla Sorna. Isla Sorna is the island where it all takes place in an overgrown InGen factory that runs on sulfuric fumes. One ...
- 8910: Summary of Lord of the Flies
- ... involved in the sacrifice at the time, carrying out a bizzare tribal dance in a wild frenzy. When the crowd see him, with mass hysteria they think he is the beast and club him to death. Piggy especially is ashamed because he was lured by the meat offered by Jack to join the ceremony and was involved in the clubbing. Now vastly reduced in numbers, Ralph's tribe is made up ...
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