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- 6021: The Nation Takes Shape: A Review
- ... certainly did show how our nation was growing into the power that it is today, and taking shape. That is the author's point of view, that the time period of 1789-1837 was a great period of change for our nation, that shaped the power that it was to become today. New Insights There are many things that I have learned from the novel about our country. In this section ... Americans, but it was also not too short. So you were given enough information on the topic to help you learn and understand more about the way that the United States was shaped into the great nation that it is today. Style The style of the book was not too boring, although at some points I was a little bored in my reading of the book. Its style was one in ...
- 6022: Book Report on "The Red Badge of Courage"
- ... he finds a dead body that has been there for quite sometime, now being grotesquely described by Crane. Young Henry also sees nature as he has never seen it before. From the perspective of a great fear that has overtaken his entire body. He ends up looking at nature with a new found respect that he never knew before. At one point he sees a squirrel that is busily running through ... the forest. Henry throws a pine cone at the small animal and as it runs away he begins to tell himself that his running away was just like the squirrels. He had sensed fear too great and ran from it Throughout Henrys trying experiences' one of the greatest is his venture through the forest. He begins to think about those things that are important to him. Even more powerful in his ...
- 6023: Wuthering Heights: Romanticism
- ... aside all constraints to help the humility he loves and the child that holds it. The accurate observation of nature is another tenet of Romanticism, which is present in Wuthering Heights. Brontë describes nature with great detail and full of life. She depicts the "excessive slant of a few stunted firs" (10). She pictures the "range of gaunt thorns" which stretch for nourishment from the sun (10). Emily Brontë sees "the ... wealth by making his house look wealthy like Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff also shows this view by not having many "domestics" like most of the elite might have (11). Like Mr. and Mrs. Linton, Lockwood has great vanity which he feels is at an acceptable level: 'she has thrown herself away upon that boor, from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed! A sad pity—I must beware how I cause her to ...
- 6024: Parkland By Victor Kelleher
- ... an enourmous will to be free. She is very stubborn, like boxer, but unlike boxer is prepared to be discreet to get what she wants. She is also cunning and quick minded and has a great dislike towards authority due to having ‘wild blood' included in her genetic makeup when she was bred in captivity. Her main physical abilities include being able to throw well. This becomes relevant when she has ... he has a good grip on language. He is very smart, even for a human, and is stubborn and not prepared to hold the truth even when threatened. Physically he is very fit and is great at climbing walls.This comes in handy when he is trying to find out information with out being caught. Half way through the book the keepers do to him what is known as ‘ deprogramming', which ...
- 6025: A Review of Lord of the Flies
- ... Simon's hallucination the head becomes the Lord of the Flies and says, "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?" A great storm builds over the island, and Simon starts back to where the other boys are. As he stumbles through the jungle, he discovers the beast that the twins thought they saw. A dead man who ... not aware of their actions, and can not tell the difference between the beast and Simon, a beast of his own. I guess the overall rhythm of the words, with its minimalist effects, produce a great motive to kill things. The hunters become so intoxicated, they end up killing Simon. The text changes to Kill the beast. Cut his throat. Spill his blood. The combination of fear and determination results in ...
- 6026: Hughes' "Black Voices oby the Tales of Simple": Jessie Semple
- ... Black Everyman whose bunions hurt all the time and whose thoughts are relatively quite simple, yet he is a man who rises above these facts and has a perception that shows the man to have great wisdom and incredible insight. And although he maintains a seriousness for all his wisdom to come through; his presentation of the facts is given in a humorous manner. In Bop, "That's why so many ... life either. Rather, he symbolizes an innocent comical view of both black and white America, which is the basis of Hughes' perspective of the Black man's existence. During Hughes' career as a man of great literature, Hughes wrote of a life of frustrations and dreams deferred and of being a minstrel man who laughs to hide his pain, but what is seen through Hughes' character Jessie B. Semple is Hughes ...
- 6027: "The Ministers Black Veil" and "The Scarlet Letter": Judgmentalality
- ... that the weeds grew because flowers could not. People then and now take symbols too deeply and meaningful. People often take events to be meaningful and supernatural. In The Scarlet Letter the meteor meant some great act of God or the Devil was about to take place. All a meteor is, is a chunk of rock of that is being incinerated in our atmosphere. As a second example, when a person ... concerned only with his complete revenge on Dimesdale. The minister, or reverend, is seen as a holy reverent person, to be looked upon as a level of holiness to achieve. The reverend may have committed great and evil sins but he is still seen as a holy idol. People judge others without basis for their opinion, and without knowing of the facts. Events were taken as symbolic when all they were ...
- 6028: Jane Eyre: The Maturing of Jane
- ... too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs." These words shows that Helen is more mature and experienced than Jane. Jane observes: "Miss Temple is full of goodness…" Miss Temple was another great influence in Jane's life, she treated Jane as if she were her own daughter. We realize now that Jane was no longer alone. She had friends to love her and guide her to the next step in life. Jane had not only gained more experience and confidence, she also achieved a great education during her eight years at Lowood. Jane's next destination was Thornfield where she was to become the governess of Adčle, an orphan just like her. Adčle's presence reminded Jane of her old ...
- 6029: Willy Loman is often described as a Tragic Hero. To What Extent is "Death of a Salesman" a Tragedy?
- ... man as his name suggests, Willy was described by Miller as "a very brave spirit who cannot settle for half but must pursue his dream of himself to the end." Though Willy did not have great intellectual powers, the first of Aristotle's qualities, he did experience self-awareness- otherwise he would not have killed himself when he realised his life was meaningless. The question of why Willy commits suicide is ... and his sons. Willy comes to face, the absurdity of life, and it is for this reason that "attention must be paid." As Linda says "A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man," this reinforces the idea that a tragic hero must no longer be a man of high moral stature, he need not have the power or largeness of a King but he can be an ...
- 6030: Steinbeck's "In Dubious Battle": The Power Struggle Between Owners and Workers
- ... This stubbornness of both sides caused a long and deadly strike that could have been avoided. Power of individuals also played an important role in the strike of Torgas valley. Mac and Jim both had great influential power over London. London was a very powerful man in the eyes of the workers; he was a very large and respected man by his piers. He led the men into battle against the ... powerful man in the strike though was Mr. Bolter; he had the power of the Growers Association behind him. London, Jim, or Mac did not influence him, this ineffective communication between these men caused a great deal of tension leading up to the blood shed. Each group, the growers and the pickers had their own responsibilities to society. The growers who were wealthy only saw one side and closed themselves to ...
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