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- 1791: Catch 22
- ... from duty. Yet, one would be crazy to fly, and only a sane person would ask to stop, Yossarian is therefore not crazy and is ordered to continue flying his missions. Heller also demonstrates the effect war has on one’s mind. All of the pilot’s are coping (except Yossarian) with the war in different ways…The daredevil pilot, McWatt, loves to buzz his friend Yossarian’s tent. Mess officer ...
- 1792: Canterbury Tales - In And Out
- ... as the knight. Of course, alcohol provides him with the courage to assert himself so effectively, and that essentially destroys any revolutionary overtones such a move might carry. But it does not completely dissipate the effect of the miller’s boldness. Rather, it focuses purer attention on the effects of disruptions in the societal food chain. Chaucer reminds readers of his social comedy in many ways. His method of creating situations ...
- 1793: Canterbury Tales - Humour
- ... The description of the barnyard animals brings an undercut from the courtly love that occurs throughout the tale. The reminds you to think that Chaunticleer and Pertelote are only animals which brings about a hilarious effect. With Nicholas, a lowly clerk, portraying a higher class gentleman when in essence he just wants a sexual pursuit and the meaning of his name uses an ironic humor to show he is an idiot ...
- 1794: Candide - A Contrast To Optimism
- ... get his point across in Candide, Voltaire created the character Dr. Pangloss, an unconditional follower of Leibniz's philosophy. Voltaire shows this early in the novella by stating, "He proved admirably that there is no effect without a cause and that, in this best of all possible worlds....(16)" Pangloss goes on to say that everything had its purpose and things were made for the best. For example, the nose was ...
- 1795: Candide
- ... hope of finding her and achieving total happiness. On his journey, he faces a number of misfortunes, among them being tortured during army training, yet he continues to believe that there is a "cause and effect" for everything. Candide is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, but soon all is taken away, including his beloved Cunegonde. He travels on, and years later he finds her again, but she ...
- 1796: Black Rain
- ... think about what is going to happen to the way that they live. This novel shows the power and curiosity of the human spirit. It does accomplish what it set out to do, show the effect on the losing side of war.
- 1797: Black Like Me
- ... of a noted dermatologist) on November 7. He entered black society in New Orleans through his contact Sterling, a shoe shine boy that he had met in the days prior to the medication taking full effect. Griffin stayed with Sterling at the shine stand for a few days to become assimilated into the society and to learn more about the attitude and mindset of the common black man. After one week ...
- 1798: Black Like Me
- ... of a noted dermatologist) on November 7. He entered black society in New Orleans through his contact Sterling, a shoe shine boy that he had met in the days prior to the medication taking full effect. Griffin stayed with Sterling at the shine stand for a few days to become assimilated into the society and to learn more about the attitude and mindset of the common black man. After one week ...
- 1799: Billy Budd
- ... book. It’s these shifts that make the book ever more true, real, and complex in the different situations. The narrator constantly makes allusions to the Bible and to Greek mythology, and this has the effect of elevating Billy’s story into a "symbolic drama." The narrator also has the habit of straying, and he confesses that this weakness is a "literary sin." One might find these acts to be distracting ...
- 1800: Beloved
- ... kill the rest of her children, and two of her children leaving her because of it. When Sethe's murdered child, Beloved, returns, the pain she feels from these sources intensifies and begins to adversely effect her life. Beloved's intentions put simply seem to be to control, Sethe to make her a slave, but Sethe, in the end, is able to break free of the slavery and pain by letting ...
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