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- 1151: To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage
- ... of moral courage. I saw several examples of physical courage in this excellent novel. One example of courage however insignificant to me or you is Jem's courage to run up to the Radley's house, now to me or you that is nothing but to a young child that has grown up not knowing this person it was a physical challenge to overcome. Also another display of courage was the courage shown by the men in the Finch neighborhood when Miss Maudie's house caught fire, they cared not that they might get hurt when they ran into her house to retrieve her belongings. Another example of physical courage was that of Atticus standing up against a mob. The last example of courage was Arthur Radley fighting Bob Ewell and saving the children. In ...
- 1152: Comparing the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain
- ... and never do what I tell you? (Lk. 6:46 Ox.). Jesus gives the example of two different men building their houses. The one who hears and follows the teachings of the Lord built his house with a deeply dug foundation. When a flood came, his house did not wash away. The other man who heard the Lord but did not follow what He taught built his house on the ground without a foundation. When the floods came, the mans house was washed away (Lk. 6:48,49 Ox.). This example effectively demonstrates the effects of ignoring the will of God. ...
- 1153: The Moon is Down: The Effects of War
- ... killing and sickness, until at last it is over and nothing has changed except for new weariness and new hatreds" (188). Mayor Orden asks Colonel Lanser if he can refuse the soldiers living in his house. "I'm sorry," The Colonel said. "No. These are the orders of my leader" (20). When asked if Lanser will carry out his orders knowing they will fail he replied, "I will carry out my ... is a simple man who believed in the fighting spirit of his townspeople. He thought that no sacrifice was too great for freedom. Mayor Orden was confused about how to approach the invaders in his house. "He laughed softly. `I'm a little afraid', he said apologetically. `Well, not afraid, but I'm nervous.' And he said helplessly, `We have never been conquered, for a long time-'"(13). He was quite ... if he was going to sentence her husband's death. She wouldn't let Mayor Orden touch her to comfort her. Molly says,"Please don't touch me" (51). Lieutenant Tonder arrives at Molly's house. She offers herself to him for two sausages. Molly says, "Do I disgust you, Lieutenant? Maybe I'm trying to. My price is two sausages" (86). She is so beside herself with grief and ...
- 1154: Frankenstein Biography, Settin
- ... age, Elizabeth lives with a Milanese peasant family before being adopted by the Frankensteins. She is brought to Geneva where they raise her as if she were their own. From the moment she enters the house, Elizabeth was meant to become Victors wife. Victor has always thought of Elizabeth as his "No word, no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me -- my more than ... This is mainly because De Lacey is blind and therefore the monster's appearance cannot lead to any prejudiced ideas. The other family members return unexpectedly, however, and the monster is beaten out of the house. He still refuses to think evil of them and blames himself for being discovered. It is only when he finds out that the family out of fear has permanently left the cottage that the monster ... was either incomplete or was dysfunctional. Frankenstein's family in particular was missing a female role. The Frankenstein family had no mother, but they did have Elizabeth who was the only other female in the house and she was adopted when she was just a child. The monster was created because of this absence, not necessarily to fill the role of the mother, but to fill in the role of ...
- 1155: Charles Dickens: Biography
- ... American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942 pg.19 2. Ibid, pg. 21-22 3. Johnson, Edgar, His Tragedy and Triumph. Rev. ed. Viking, 1977, pg. 20 4. Ibid, pg. 27 5. World Book Encyclopedia, Random House, NY., 1990 pg. 193 6. G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens The Last of the Great Men, American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942 pg. 50 7. World Book Encyclopedia, Random House, NY., 1990 pg. 193 8. Johnson, Edgar, His Tragedy and Triumph. Rev. ed. Viking, 1977, pg. 53 9. G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens The Last of the Great Men, American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942 pg. 167 10. World Book Encyclopedia, Random House, NY., 1990 pg.195 11. Ibid 12. Ibid BIBLIOGRAPHY Chesterton, G.K., "The Last of the Great Men" American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942. Johnson, Edgar, "His Tragedy and Triumph" Rev. ed. Viking, 1977. ...
- 1156: Richard Iii
- ... shed light on the true characteristics of his rule, and that he quite may have been a beneficial part of English history. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was the brother of King Edward IV of the House of York. The House of York had been in control of the throne of England for some time now, but with the entry of the Woodvilles, was in somewhat of a decline. Elizabeth Woodville, now queen to Edward, was ... Edward's death, and had become very attached to influential lords in the family. These included his uncles, Rivers and Grey. They were rising lords who sought to control the young heir and supplant the House of York of their control of the throne. Thus enters Richard. Richard was named protector of the prince and the country in Edwards will because Edward was in his minority. The new king would ...
- 1157: The Boston Massacre
- ... see exactly where the fire had taken place. This brought many people into the streets along with many British soldiers. Soldiers of the 29th Regiment, commanded by Captain Preston, who were stationed at the Customs House, began to get taunted by the numbering people amongst them. A crowd emerged among them and solid snowball began to fly through the air. Soldiers began to dodge snowballs and throw their bayonets.7 Several ... Preston and seven of his soldiers were then arrested and tried for the crimes. Why did the fire bells ring out without there bring a fire? Why did so many people commune at the Customs House? These questions were looked at during Captain Preston's trial and since to determine the actual guilt of these soldiers. Loyal Britons concluded that the fire bells rang as a signal to inform the towns ... line with an officer before 'em, with a sword in his hand, a laced hat on, and a red coat, and I remember silver on his shoulder. They then filed and went to the Customs House. The men seemed to be in great rage
...I went from hence to try to get to the Customs House and get through the people
..I heard the grenadier who stood next the corner ...
- 1158: Mother 2
- ... her father did toward her mother. Freeman's mother had a miserable life with her husband. It may be interesting to know that Freeman's father, Warren Wilkins, gave up his plan of building the house Eleanor, Freeman's mother, had hoped for. Instead, the family moved in 1877 into the home in which Eleanor was to serve as hired housekeeper. Freeman's mother was thus deprived of the very things ... she was as much a part of the farm as any of these objects. She was not his dear wife whom he adored and loved. "Mother" was the person who fed him and kept the house tidy. In the opening of the story, "Father" refuses to tell mother what he is building. He tells her to "tend to her own affairs" (244), so right at the beginning we see that this ... attention to the comments of her neighborhood. When Mr. Hersey, the minister of the church, comes to the new home she stands up and talks about her rights to dictate what happens in her own house. She says: "I've thought it all over an' over, an' I believe I'm doing' what's right. I've made it the subject of prayer, an' it's betwixt me an' the ...
- 1159: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... so addicted to his dream that it overshadows everything else that is going on. Walter is so selfish that as the story unfolds and Walter realizes that Mama has made a down payment on a house in a white middle class neighborhood he feels like his dream has been butchered. Walter says to Mama "
You run our lives like you want to
" (95). Mama after realizing that Walter needs to feel like the man of the house, gives him the balance of the money. The dream of having the money gets bigger and bigger as he talks to his son Travis. He runs through a scenario to Travis that takes him from ... self- hate and grief. His dream is dead and he has no one to blame but himself. Walter finally shows pride and dignity by turning down the offer of money to not move into the house. These are new characteristics for Walter. He no longer seems to be obsessed with a get quick rich scheme or consumed his own selfish wants; instead he is facing the realities of his situation. ...
- 1160: History Of The Detective Novel
- ... a literary experiment studying "the influence of character on circumstances"; the story is an excellent example of the mystery detective novel. From about 1920 onwards there became two major schools of detective writing, the country house clue puzzle and the private eye or hard boiled school. The leaders in each particular school have become legends of literature. Agatha Christie was the most famous of the writers in the country house clue puzzle school, where the outcome of the book rested more on the intelligence and thought processes of the hero, which was usually an amateur. Agatha Christie was responsible for creating many of the world ... possible suspects: a young wife, a discontented daughter, an artist painting the daughter's portrait, a convicted poacher, and even the vicar himself. Miss Marple is the best example of a sleuth in the country house clue puzzle, one who abhors violence and observes everything. She is imitated in most of the more modern novels in this sub genre. The other school of detective writing is the hard boiled genre. ...
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