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- 1911: An Analysis of The Lord of the Flies
- ... development of Ralph, the main character and protagonist of the novel. Ralph's development from innocent, irresponsible, playful adolescent to a tough, self-reliant man shows how the hardships and turmoil of life can greatly effect a person's character. The story takes place on a deserted island after a plane crash strands a group of adolescent boys. The boys are forced to learn how to live on the land without ...
- 1912: Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, and Pessimism
- ... story while also expressing the anger the characters feel toward the ever present fate of nature. The entire story in itself is a portrayal not of the conflict between man and nature, but rather the effect and control nature has on human fate, strengthening the naturalistic ideas and views through this tale of four stranded men. The fact that the waves, the tides, the freezing water and all the other characteristics ...
- 1913: The Revolt of Mother: The Power of Decision
- ... on decisions can liberate people from stagnation. In the story "The Revolt of Mother" the main character shows us the power of acting on decisions. Mother recognizes the wrongs of her situation and weighs the effect on her family. In the end she acts to free herself and her family from forty years of wrong. Mother lives forty years with a suppressed dreama new house promised to her after her ...
- 1914: 1984 by George Orwell: Character Sketch
- ... O'Brien had dropped his hand; but though he could not recapture it, he could remember it, as one remembers a vivid experience at some remote period of one's life when one was in effect a different person. Earlier in that section O'Brien had tortured him into believing two plus two equals five. Julia's feelings are not nearly as strong as Winston's. She is somewhat sneaky, and ...
- 1915: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
- ... take the place of twelve or fourteen families." Through this manner, Steinbeck shows in the plot itself how machines add to the complexity of the situation. He then uses the interchapters to show how much effect they had on nature and animals as well as humans. "Tom sees the No Riders' sticker on the tractor as an example of how inhuman machinery has become" (Griffin, 222). It is then very symbolic ...
- 1916: Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
- ... spent as a biologist studying a family of wolves in northern Canada during the mid nineteen fifties. When Mowat is sent on his expedition his goal is to bring back proof of the wolves decimating effect on the northern herds of Caribou. After arriving at the remote location, he finds a group of wolves and begins his research. He then discovers the differing peculiarities of the wolves and finds that they ...
- 1917: Plato's Republic
- ... Republic was Plato's way of introducing a political system in which he would feel comfortable supporting (Plato 204). Conversely though, The Republic itself is summed up this way: Well, one would be enough to effect all this reform that now seems so incredible, if he had subjects disposed to obey; for it is surely not impossible that they should consent to carry out our laws and customs when laid down ...
- 1918: Machiavelli's View of Human Nature
- ... view of governing a state that is drastically different from that of humanists of his time. Machiavelli believes the ruling Prince should be the sole authority determining every aspect of the state and put in effect a policy which would serve his best interests. These interests were gaining, maintaining, and expanding his political power.1 His understanding of human nature was a complete contradiction of what humanists believed and taught. Machiavelli ...
- 1919: Farewell To Manzanar
- ... was she able to accept that part that over the years she tried to forget. She said that she was always putting off trips to Manzanar because she was afraid it might have the same effect on her as it did when she was young. That feeling of inferiority and nothingness in this world she had always been a part of. She used to hate herself for the way white people ...
- 1920: Hands: Paranoia
- ... to fast. For if so the man may jump. "The tallest cop approached him directly, softly, softly, talking to him, talking, talking." The crowd was paranoid that what they might do would have an adverse effect on the situation. "The crowd gathered in the street, silent." Every person was worried that the man would jump. All people took preparation. "The dark hairy net with it's implacable grid was unfolded near ...
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