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- 6081: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Finn as the Narrator
- ... he has a sharply developed sensibility. He is imaginative and clever, and has a good eye for detail, though he does not always understand everything he sees, or its significance. This enables Twain to make great use of irony. Huck is basically a realist. He knows only what he sees and experiences. He does not have a great deal of faith in things he reads or hears. He must experiment to find out what is true and what is not. With this kind of personality, Huck is able to believe Jim's superstition ...
- 6082: A Review of Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper"
- ... placing him in such a situation. In the second and third stanzas, I empathized with little Tom Darce' and pictured how frightened he must have been because of his nightmare; he seemed to be in great need of care and love, both of which I wished I could provide him. The imagery in the fourth and fifth paragraphs struck me as bright, beautiful and very innocent, thus causing me to wish ... sweeps' with which the poem collides. Elements in my general repertoire which conflict with the poem are: I value children very greatly, I condemn slavery, I believe in healthy and safe working environments and my great value of the family unit. Personal reading strategies are also a factor in my interpretation of the poem. In the case of this poem, I read it first of all to react emotionally, then to ...
- 6083: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Survival In Society
- ... and had no desire to return to civilization. At the home of the Grangerford's, Huck quickly adapts to a relaxing and luxurious environment. He is impressed by their furniture and most of all, the great food they had to offer him. Huck realizes that staying here, he will benefit from this generous family. Huck is also a person whom responds sympathetically human beings, even to the least of society. He ... to neutralize situations that could not have been resolved by just anyone. Huck's sympathy for other human beings, adaptability, and his shrewdness and ingenuity are among the qualities that makes Huck one of the great character in American fiction. Bibliography Salzman, Jack and Pamela Wilkerson, ed. Major Characters In American Literature New York, NY 1986 Simpson M., Claude, Twentieth Century Interpretations Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, England Cliffs, NJ ...
- 6084: The Crucible
- ... insanity of the town, for himself and for God, and using that as a last resort to make people aware of what was happening. This last stand for righteousness is an example of proctor's great character and rationale. Arthur Miller wrote his play, The Crucible, a story about the Salem witch trials, and the panic resulting from it, as an allegory to show people the insanity of the McCarthy hearings ... communist idea from it?" The story illustrates how people react to mass hysteria, created by a person or group of people desiring fame, as people did during the McCarthy hearings. Arthur Miller, acting as a great visionary, warned us that if we did not become aware of history repeating itself, our society would be in danger. At the same time, he had to do this in a matter that would not ...
- 6085: The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch of Chaucer's Knight
- ... to go on his pilgrimage that he has not even paused before beginning it to change his clothes. The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of [great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that he is "modest as a maid" (l. 65). Moreover, he has ...
- 6086: Black Boy
- ... breakdown of character by pressures in Don, a worker at the optical company whose, "position was not much better than offhand, bantering way." (289) Therefore the whites' identity crisis as a result of the perceived great expectations and the individual's weakness combine to further ware away the individual to racism. At early childhood, Richard remained blocked from the molding of society, and so did not elicit a distinction between blacks ... society. This is not the first nor the last time the question will arise, although there is a general solution reiterated in the echoes of history and in the cries of the world's posterity. Great teachers from Jesus to Confucius have preached the golden rule, the principle of loving thy neighbor as thyself, and it being more blessed to give than to receive. While sounding "high" and idealistic, these two ...
- 6087: All the King's Men: History's Importance
- ... gull flashing high over."9 This sudden renovation of Jack's past is such that it forces him ! to slip away from reality and re-evaluate his life; emerging finally with his theory of the Great Twitch, which leads to another of Burden's uses of the past: ignorance of responsibility. By using his varying views on history and his interpretations of them, Jack is able to create "his own isolated ... of the consequences of his actions; and indeed fails to even take note of the cause-and-effect relationship between his actions and the events in his life. By hiding behind the idea of the Great Twitch "Jack refuses to acknowledge his common humanity; that is, he acknowledges the presence of ugliness and evil in the universe but insists on his own separateness and aloofness from them."11 Beyond just their ...
- 6088: Real Ghosts - What Are Ghosts
- ... made. There were many, many, many more. A large part of the exorcist was not based on anything at all. It was just made up. One reason is that we really don't know a great deal about the real case. Very few records were kept. Not all of what few there have been made public. Some of those involved in the case have since died. Many others just don't ... priest assumed that the demon had been driven out. After that the boy was no longer troubled by shaking beds or moving furniture. What does all of this have to do with ghosts? Perhaps a great deal. Psychical researchers found the details of this case very familiar. The unexplained noises, the shaking furniture, and the rest of the things that happened to the deen's boy had troubled many others. Usually ...
- 6089: Zora Neale Hurston's: Their Eyes Were Watching God
- ... murder. This could possibly lead to her death. However, she never once regrets shooting him because she knows that he is much happier now. By both risking their lives for one another, they truly exhibit great amounts of love for each other. It is through this great love, however, that they are able to live happily on only a small amount of money. Although Janie enters the marriage to Tea Cake with a large sum of money, he will not allow her ...
- 6090: The Sword in the Stone
- ... elected leader. But his power ends once they are back on the ground, where he is only looked upon as a respected elder. In the final transformation Wart visits the badger. The badger is a great philosopher who enjoys giving scholarly commentaries. While Wart is visiting him, he explains a story he has written on the creation of the animal kingdom's hierarchy. In his commentary he explains how man answered ... elected leader, whom subjects have faith in his or her ability to get a job done, and who has the required skills will complete the task at hand, as do the geese. Leaders must give great thought to making decisions related to their use of power, and use their experience, like the Badger. Also like the Badger, these decisions should be made without the help of others, and therefore may lead ...
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