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- 6011: The Scarlet Letter: Summary
- ... to us] with open heart," says the tribal chieftain, Metacomet, who then proceeds to list the settlers' injustices. Metacomet's remarks sound an ominous note. It turns out that Arthur and Running Moose have a "great experiment" in view, involving racial harmony and social diversity, but their dream is not to be. Not yet. The time is the sixteen-seventies, when, historically, a series of attacks by the federated local tribes ... free-thinkers, Quakers, antinomians, and former members of the Merry-Mount colony. So the mood is hopeful as the story draws to a close. The community survives, and with it, presumably, the prospects for the great experiment. Prospectively, too, the experiment moves outward across the continent, where the Dimmesdale family, riding off together into the sunset, goes in search of a new life. The Scarlet Letter is the founding classic of ...
- 6012: Hesse's Siddhartha: Siddhartha's Character
- ... people. He was given a different view of life, but he still was discontented. He felt he had learned enough of spiritual discipline and again changed his path in life. Siddhartha had heard of the Great Buddha as if he was a true and worthy idol. He set out to learn his teachings with total anxiety, but he soon learned that it was not what he wanted to pursue. You have ... relationships to each other, all helping each other, loving, hating and destroying each other and become newly born... (p121) Siddhartha not only experienced them but he overcame them so well that he eventually achieved a great peace inside of him. He was an example for people to follow through the rigorous course of self discovery.
- 6013: Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: Offred
- ... reveal her story on the tapes. She must grasp the importance of conveying the atrocities that were executed during the Gileadian area. Offred is representative of an average women also because she has experienced no great traumas. She isn't just ambivalent because of her tendencies but because she has been abruptly interjected into a new society. She is stunned and almost numb. She barely shows signs of life. She doesn ... nothing from her quiet rebellions. Offred is also obviously the perfect narrator because she is a handmaiden. In this new system, almost a caste system, the role of being a handmaiden is not only of great importance, but is also considerably better than other positions, such as an "unwoman", who cleans toxic waste in the Colonies. Because Offred is characterized as passive, and mostly compliant, she is not as much in ...
- 6014: William Faulkner's Absalom
- ... This attitude is revealed in the conflicts that Henry Sutpen undergoes in Absalom, Absalom. Thomas Sutpen is the son of a poor mountain farmer who founded the Sutpen estate. Thomas Sutpen stands for all the great and noble qualities of the South, and at the same time represents the failure of the South by rejecting the past and committing the same types of acts that his ancestors did (Brodhead 34). He ... fulfill his personal design without any outside help (Hoffman 57). If the design were successful, then it would prove that man could control his own destiny. When Sutpen's design failed, because of his own great determination, it was proof to Mr. Compson of the weakness of the human race and of man's inability to determine his fate (Thompson 63). Therefore, for Mr. Compson, the Sutpen myth emphasized how little ...
- 6015: Catcher in the Rye: Comparison of Holden and Me
- ... group and do things similar to what others do in order to gain acceptance by them. I smoked a cigar once with two friends of mine because they kept going on and on about how great cigars were, but that was only once. Holden and I both place people on levels other than our own for amount of knowledge and likeness to ourselves. Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more ... people similar ways. We both dislike people who act phony because of insecurity. We also both lack motivation because of previous childhood experiences which have shaped our lives. Holden Caulfield and I have began our great journey through life with similar ideas to each other.
- 6016: Boys Life: Techniques Used to Develop Loss of Innocence
- ... have to happen to him, his family, and his friends. In the novel, the author uses setting many times to develop the theme. During the scene that takes place in the church, the author uses great detail in describing the way the people were acting. He states that "the people came in like Christian civilization and went out like barbarians" (pg. 70). Cory witnesses that most of the people just ran ... This ritual brought the boys together and kept them very close to one another. The author uses magical realism during the time when Cory's dog, Rebel, was sick and later dies. The author uses great detail when he describes that Rebel has really died , but his spirit still lives. Cory suffers a big loss in his life during this time period. Personification is used when Cory prayed death away from ...
- 6017: The Scarlet Letter: Platform Of Sin
- ... therefore, a part of her sin. Dimmesdale's role in Hester's mistake becomes clear during this scene: While standing on the scaffold, in this vain show of expiation, Mr. Dimmesdale was overcome with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at a scarlet token on his naked breast, right over his heart (144). The scarlet token over his heart represents his mark of sin. Furthermore, the ... disappoint them by announcing his sin. Finally, a meteor in the second scaffold scene foreshadows the third scene. The shooting star appears while Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are standing together on the scaffold. "At the great judgment day,' whispered the minister, . . . Then, and there, before the judgment seat, thy mother, and thou, and I, must stand together'. . . before Mr. Dimmesdale had done speaking a light gleamed far and wide over all ...
- 6018: Summary of "The Death of Woman Wang" and "The Classic Slum"
- ... in the year 1914 and shows us how bad the hardships were. It shows us how bad the poverty was along with the Illiteracy and crime. Reading this book made me think of how my great grandfather might have felt as he struggled to survive and put food on his families table. This book was also an inspiration to me as I learned how bad the lower class people of this ... situation in The Death of Woman Wang but the low wages are a factor in the book The Classic Slum. Malnutrition plays a factor in The Classic Slum but the food factor is not as great in The Death of Woman Wang. The respect that a widow has on here dead husband is in no way the same effect that the widow has on here dead husband in The Death of ...
- 6019: Escaping the Fog of Pride and Prejudice
- ... her friend's action. Elizabeth later declines a proposal from Darcy. He proposed, while his pride and love for Elizabeth were still conflicting. His proposal was like Collins', he felt he was giving Elizabeth a great honor. He told her of his struggle to overcome his dislike of Elizabeth's family. The proposal is so unromantic that Elizabeth returns a harsh rejection. This is when Darcy recognizes his pride and begins to purge it. As a truer character is revealed before Elizabeth, she her own prejudice towards him and quickly loses it. The marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy is such a great one because each had to conquer numerable obstacles to be able to accept the other. The Netherfield ball introduced many of the obstacles which made the marriage seem impossible.
- 6020: Lord Of The Flies: Comparison of Movie and Book
- Lord Of The Flies: Comparison of Movie and Book Lord of The Flies is a great book, although, the movie was much much better I thought. The movie and the book start off on the same foot, so to speak. The story starts out with a exploring. "The boy with fair ... it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead." This gives you an idea of how much William Golding (the author) likes to describe, in great detail, the situations in the book. From what I can remember; in the movie it starts out with a group of boys, from an academy, getting off a survival raft. They are on a suvival ...
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