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- 1381: Stephen King
- ... over 42 of his works have been based upon or turned into Hollywood movies which have included stars like Jack Nicholson (The Shining), John Travolta (Carrie), and Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption). Works Cited Beaham , George . Stephen King Companion , The . Kansas City : Universal Press Syndicate Company , 1995 . Beaham , George . Stephen King Story, The : A Literary Profile . Kansas City : Universal Press Syndicate Company , 1992 . King , Stephen . "Body , The" in Different Seasons . New York : Viking Penguin Inc ., 1982 . King , Stephen . "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" in ...
- 1382: Our Town
- ... different aspect of life. Set in 1901, the first act simply discusses the passing of an uneventful day in the town. We are exposed to all the characters, particularly two teenage characters, Emily Webb, and George Gibbs. The second act focuses upon ‘love and marriage’, and takes place in 1904, the day of Emily and George’s wedding. We are exposed to all the tremulous events of marriage, yet the scene ends happily. The final act, set in 1913 involves the funeral of Emily Webb. After her death Emily chooses to ...
- 1383: Our Town
- Our Town spans twelve years in the life of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, portraying both routine daily life and major events in the lives of George Gibbs, Emily Webb and their families. Each act centers on their family life, preceded by a street scene of casual conversation with such townsfolk as the paperboy, milkman, and constable. Present throughout, is the Stage ... our living and in our dying." It offers a compassionate glimpse of that time before the Great Wars, before our innocence was lost forever. Our Town is not just about the relationship between Emily and George and, indeed, is not just about a small town in northern New England a hundred years ago. As we are about to take a long leap into the future we are forced, not only to ...
- 1384: Of Mice And Men - Lonliness
- ... Candy?" (44). Candy’s dog, old and frail like his owner, is his only companion and once he is put out of his misery, Candy is left completely alone in the world. He turns to George and Lennie who, reluctantly at first, agree to include him in on their plans of one day owning their own farm. Today, seniors are still slightly perceived as somewhat incompetent for they are frail and ... takes his anger out on Crooks even when he is not at fault. As a result of the discrimination against him, Crooks has become a bitter and cynical old man who scoffs in disbelief at George and Lennie’s future plans. Racism is a very tender issue for there are hundreds of different races that make up our world. The level of racism has generally decreased in most parts of the ...
- 1385: Of Mice And Men
- ... the ranch. "I seen it over an’ over a guy talkin’ to another guy and it don’t make no difference if he don’t hear or understand." Although he is talking to Lennie about George, he is actually speaking of his own life. He needs someone, someone to talk with, a friend. After Lennie explains his dream to Crooks, he says he would work free. Later he decides that he ... more important to him than any book he could ever read. When Lennie comes into his room, Crooks knows exactly what to say to make Lennie upset. However, he was kind and stopped saying that George would not return when he realized Lennie was genuinely upset.
- 1386: Jane Erye - Feminism
- ... the course of her novel. The book describes a year in the life of the village of Highbury and its vicinity, portraying many of the various inhabitants. Emma was dedicated to the dissolute Prince Regent (George Augustus Frederick), at his request; he was the uncle of Victoria, and was Prince Regent from 1811-1820 and later king George IV (1820-1830). Jane Austen was apparently not especially pleased by this honour (see her letter on the infidelities of the Prince and his wife). This episode was productive of her amusing correspondence with Mr ...
- 1387: Great Gatsby
- ... Fitzgerald is able to illustrate the lack of spirituality in this novel. The main place in The Great Gatsby that shows the lack of spirituality is the Valley of Ashes, where Myrtle and her husband, George Wilson live. It is a bleak, desolate valley including only one building, a car garage. One day while driving around Tom and Nick stop off at the valley to see Myrtle, Tom’s mistress. Nick ... may watch over His people, he is being ignored in this novel, which is symbolized by the decaying billboard: "his eyes, dimmed a little by many paint less days under the sun and rain" (28). George Wilson is the owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes. When Nick first meets Wilson he describes him as a "blonde, spiritless, man" the description fits him well because Wilson works on ...
- 1388: Flappers
- ... about and morning would be too late." (Fitzgerald, pg.154) This quote definitely foreshadows the death of Gatsby. Fitzgerald also foreshadows Wilson's involvement when his wife died. " 'He murdered her.' 'It was an accident, George.' Wilson shook his head. His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of superior 'Hm!' " (Fitzgerald, pg. 166) This quote clearly tells the readers that George is not going to let the person who he thinks killed his wife get away with it. Foreshadowing is sparingly displayed though out the novel and especially in the last chapters. Flashback is used quite ...
- 1389: Emma - Romantic Imagination
- ... ability to imagine because there is no need for it and they remain in the best of health. In contrast, "in the decline of life, [imaginers] pay dearly for the youthful days of their vanity," (George Cheyne, 1725). Jane Fairfax does just this. She gets so carried away with the idea of Frank and Emma being together that she imagines herself into a serious illness. To people of the eighteenth century ... more. Bibliography Addison, Joseph. The Spectator, 26 September, 1712. Austen, Jane. Emma. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1993 (1816). Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence". W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1993 (c.1803). Cheyne, George. Retrospection. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989 (1725). Home, Henry, Lord Kames. Letter to Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Oxford, 1978 (1762). Hume, David. "On the Standard of Taste". W.W. Norton & Company, New ...
- 1390: Educating Rita
- Entertainment from today's astounding visual effects in movies to men acting as women in Shakespearean plays some centuries ago, have always been and will always be appreciated by many. Even George B. Shaw's play Pygmalion, has given a few laughs, but not only made for engaging an audience in something fun and making money, instead to a noticeable extent for people to learn. "Pygmalion" in ... illustrates in the play. When the flower girl was treated as a lady she acted as a lady. This is a good lesson to learn and can be with all kinds of people and situations. George B. Shaw did not only write this play to entertain which this analysis elucidates. Class differences are conspicuous, but it is hard to know the characteristics of each if one has not been in that ...
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