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- 5551: Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Criticism of The American Dream
- ... values that gave substance to the dream. The characters are Midwesterners who have come East in pursuit of this new dream of money, fame, success, glamour, and excitement. Tom and Daisy must have a huge house, a stable of polo ponies, and friends in Europe. Gatsby must have his enormous mansion before he can feel confident enough to try to win Daisy. Fitzgerald does not criticize the American dream itself but ...
- 5552: Animal Farm: Political Issues
- ... and more power. In the pigs uprise of power, the Seven Commandments are an effective structural device. Their different alterations resemble the pigs' progressive rise to power. The pigs' gradual acquisition of priveleges- apples, milk, house, whisky, beer, clothes- leads to the final identification of pig and human, Communist and capitalist(Gardner 101). The blurring of the past and the hardening shape of the present, grim, greedy, or just pragmatic, are ...
- 5553: The Scarlet Ibis
- ... he did not want to be separated from him. (By the way, Doodle does touch the casket). Another example is at the end of the story when Doodle and his brother were running to the house during a thunderstorm. Doodle's brother was far ahead and just let his brother behind like he did not care about him. Doodle's brother then hears Doodle scream, "Brother, Brother, don't leave me ...
- 5554: Catcher In the Rye: The Quest For Love
- ... for Holden to care for children and to save them from the loss of innocence. In his narratives, Holden reveals many individuals who need catching, and many that have already fallen. He went to the house of an old teacher, Mr. Spencer, "....But I just couldn't hang around there any longer, the way we were on opposite sides of the pole, and the way he kept missing the bed whenever ...
- 5555: To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
- ... it. His life is a perfect testimony for all the bad and ugliness of our world. As Jem said best. "I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all this time......It's because he wants to stay inside." It become apparent that the things that Scout has learned are all very important. Some maybe the most important during her lifetime. This is ...
- 5556: The Outsiders: An Analysis
- ... book, the first sentence starts right away with the plotwithout any forewords. This is the beginning of the first sentence: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house... (page 9). As you can see, it goes straight to the point without any prologues or any kind of introduction. The plot development in the middle of the story was sensible and easy to understand ...
- 5557: The Metamorphosis: Gregor Was An Unselfish Person
- ... All of the actions mentioned above displayed Gregor's unselfishness. After his metamorphosis, nobody indicated they were grateful for what he had done. After his first absence, the chief clerk himself appeared at Gregor's house to see what was the matter. When Gregor did not open his door, the chief clerk accused him of stealing the company's funds, and degraded him in front of his parents as being insubordinate ...
- 5558: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: An Analysis
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: An Analysis The main characters in this story are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. During a war in London they were sent to a professor's house outside London. Lucy, while exploring with her brothers and sister, found a secret passage through the wardrobe to Naria,a secret world. In Naria there are other characters. One of them is the White Witch ...
- 5559: Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Summary
- ... even to people who do not understand the Kiowa's beliefs. The first passage of the last numbered section even describes the location of something by saying that it is "East of my grandmother's house." Momaday has become part of the Kiowa, telling stories which have been told only a few times before, or possible never at all, where they can join the others.
- 5560: The Deerslayer: View of The Native Americans
- ... Hurry are brought across even clearer. But it is another character, Tom Hutter, who also plays an important role in Cooper's presentation of the Indians. Hutter's significance first involves where he lives. His house is located directly in the center of Glimmerglass. This suggests, symbolically at least, that he is involved in the center of activities, whether moral or immoral, within Glimmerglass. In addition, more than living in the ...
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