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- 1961: Great Expectations - Compositi
- ... Can the candle help it?".(Pg. 665) She marries Pip's rival, Mr. Drummle, who she is beaten by, and lives a hard life. When Estella and Pip meet again, it is at the "Satis" House. Estella, has learned how to love, and what it feels like to be hurt. Estella, is the character in this story, that made Pip want to become a gentleman Miss Havisham despises all men. She had Pip come to her house and play cards with Estella, when he was young. She also, made Estella hurt Pip. An example of how she hurts Pip, and makes him ashamed of himself is when she says, "He calls them ...
- 1962: Catcher in the Rye: Summary
- ... knowing that he could get caught by his parents. Holden went to go visit his sister Phoebe. He was very lucky because his parents were not at home at the time. He walked in the house very quietly, and found Phoebe in D.B.'s room. They talked for a long time. Then Holden called one of his friends Mr. Antolini. He then went back to the room with Phoebe, but something happened. His parent came back. He then hid very well, and left his house. He went with Mr. Antolini who was very nice and happily married. Holden and Mr. Antolini had a very good conversation about how Holden should keep going to school; so that he could have a ...
- 1963: Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
- ... Gatsby with Daisy for the first time and how they were in love. "One October day in nineteen- seventeen.....The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay's house. She was just eighteen....His name was Jay Gatsby and I didn't lay eyes on him again for over four years." (Fitzgerald, pg. 80) As the reader can clearly see, Jordan begins to narrate ... pool and then Wilson killing himself. In chapter nine, another flashback is told by Nick. Nick recalls the night of Gatsby's death, and the next day, when all the policemen were at Gatsby's house. "After two years I remember the rest of that day, and that night and the next day, only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsby's ...
- 1964: Odysseus By Homer
- ... succeed. On the island of the Cicones, and with his encounter with Polyphemus, Odysseus learns that bragging can bring great misfortune. On Ithaca Odysseus never brags to the suitors and is able to enter his house with the Antinous and the other suitors knowing his real identity. He takes the punishment of Antinous and the other suitors without saying a word and is able to see those who have invaded his house. Odysseus is able to see who is loyal and who is not and take his revenge with the suitors never knowing who he was until the final moment. Odysseus also learns to respect the gods ...
- 1965: Ovid The Poet
- ... to adequately convey Rome and its mythological side. In addition to this he passed along a bit of history with his entertaining works. Works Cited Godolphin, Francis R.B. The Latin Poets. New York: Random House, 1949. Hendry, Michael. "Ovid. Ex Ponto, III 8,6." Museum Criticum (1995-1996): 249-252. Luce, T. James. Ancient Writers: Greece Rome. New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1982. Redmond, Sean. "Island of Freedom." Online posting: http://www.island-of freedom.com/OVID.HTM. Internet. Date Unknown. Trilling, Lionel. "A Gathering of Fugitives." New York: Random House, 1973.
- 1966: Wuthering Heights: Use of Atmospheric Conditions to Emphasize Events and Highlight the Mood of the Characters
- ... by Emily Brontë's to project the overall mood of the book. She herself writes that the word "Wuthering [is] a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station (the Earnshaw house) is exposed in stormy weather" (p.2). Many of the notable events that take place between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are accompanied by a change in the weather. Emily Brontë uses the weather to ... the two neighbouring households, she describes Old Mr. Earnshaw setting out to Liverpool on a "fine summer morning" (p.34). Yet, when Old Mr. Earnshaw dies she relates that "A high wind blustered round the house, and roared in the chimney; it sounded wild and stormy" (p. 41). Emily Brontë often uses the weather to accentuate the personality traits and moods of the characters throughout the novel. The countryside's sometimes ...
- 1967: Children of the River
- ... liking each other even though Jonathan has a girlfriend. Sundara meets Jonathan’s parents. Jonathan comes over and Soka comes home. Sundara told him to leave because Soka does not allow a boy in the house with Sundara alone. Soka was told by another Cambodian woman that Sundara was seeing a boy, Jonathan. Sundara had to promise that she would never see him again. At the end of the book Jonathan ... It was the spirit. It was Sundara’s feelings towards her aunt. The author uses it so that people notice it more. Similarity This book is similar to “The Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and “A House on Mango Street”. All three books talk about a girl. Like the changes in her life and her feelings. They are almost the same, but they are different. Questions 1. Why are Sundara and her ...
- 1968: How Huck Uses His Creativity, Luck, and Wits to Get Rid of the Pits
- ... knew that Huck needed to a disguise, and they decided that Huck would dress up as a girl. After putting on a gown and bonnet, Huck took the canoe across the river, and found the house of a stranger. Because he had to keep a low profile for a while, it was important that it was a stranger. As he knocked on the door, he reminded himself to act like a ... had died, and he left because his new guardian treated him poorly. This was a very good choice because not many strangers will question a person their parent's death. Huck Left the lady's house with a snack and the directions to Goshen. Without being overly inquisitive within this short visit, Huck learned what people thought of his death and possible trouble happening back on the island. After Huckleberry and ...
- 1969: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... New York: Quinn & Borden Comany Inc, 1929. McSweeny, Kerry. Moby Dick, Ishmael's Mighty Book. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. Melville, Herman. Mardi. New York: New American Library, 1964. Melvillle, Herman. Moby Dick. New York: Hendricks House, 1962. Melville, Herman. Pierre. New York: Hendricks House, 1962. Melville, Herman. Redburn. Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1957. Melville, Herman. “Timolean,” Collected Poems. Chicago: Packard & Co, 1947. Porter, Carolyn. “Call Me Ishmael or How to Make Double Talk Speak.” New Essays on Moby Dick ...
- 1970: Harry Elmer Barnes
- ... home and Beatty orders Montag to burn his own books. "I want you to do this job all by your lonesome, Montag. Not with kerosene and a match, but piecework, with a flame thrower. Your house, your clean-up."(15) As Montag burns his home and precious books, Beatty declares not unlike Judge Stein, "When you're quite finished... you're under arrest." (16) These are not isolated cases. In February ... firemen" squirt their kerosene over the books. Montag later explains to his wife, "We burnt copies of Dante and Swift and Marcus Aurelius." (19) When the "firemen" attempt to drag the old woman from her house, she refuses to cooperate. The woman is too proud to give in to the "firemen" and instead carries out the final act of rebellion by striking a match and immolating herself. "On the front porch ...
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