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- 3551: “The Loneliness of the Long Distant Runner”: What Makes Smith Run???
- ... free. This appeals to Smith because he wants to find his own niche in society and depend upon his own system, instead of following someone else’s ineffective laws that hold down individuality. Running in effect than is actually an escape for Smith. Smiths’ comment on being able to run forever is symbolic, and it drives the point home embodying the notion that running is keeping distance from the law, out ...
- 3552: Fahrenheit 451: How Montag is Convinced to Change His Mind about Books
- ... because Clarisse was dead. Zipes writes that "Montag is now forced to seek help from Faber, a retired English professor, who had been dismissed from the last liberal arts college because the humanities had in effect been dismissed from the educational system". He also says that the name Faber means maker or builder (188). Montag asks Faber to make copies of the bible that he brought him. Montag also gives Faber ...
- 3553: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... one of any privacy they have. This deprivation of privacy, and how happy the people are about it, demonstrates exactly how the Well Doer is able to subtlety take away other rights. The most startling effect of the United State's control of all actions is their regulation governing the sexual act. "The United State, having mathematically conquered hunger, directed its attack against the second ruler of the world, against love ...
- 3554: Silent Spring: Pesticides
- ... the book Silent Spring, written by Rachel Carson reminds us of how the effort to control insects in the past has created problems in our ecosystem including animals, plants and human. Rachel Carson explained the effect of pesticides in our environment and how animals, plants food were the victims of man’s obsession to control pests without realizing the potential treat that would cause serious problems in the ecosystem. Due to ...
- 3555: The Metamorphosis
- ... not the metamorphosis of Gregor, instead it is the metamorphosis of the family. Gregor is never worried about the metamorphosis from his personal point of view. Instead, he worries about his job and about his effect on others. The family he once supported turns against him and he is more along than before. Eventually, there is no poetic justice and a sad ending would end this piece of novel.
- 3556: The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
- ... of Henrik Ibsen is brought out with even greater force in "Ghosts" than in his preceding works. Not only does this pioneer of modern dramatic art undermine in "Ghosts" the Social Lie and the paralyzing effect of Duty, but the uselessness and evil of Sacrifice, the dreary Lack of Joy and of Purpose in Work are brought to light as most pernicious and destructive elements in life. Mrs. Alving, having made ...
- 3557: The Return of the Native: The Opening Chapter
- ... King, and it is more powerful than any person is. The heath demonstrates the idea that fate is more powerful than the desires of individuals. This theme can be seems throughout the novel. The biggest effect of this theme is on Eustacia. The fact that Clym delayed sending his letter to Eustacia, coupled with the fact that Captain Vye unwittingly kept the letter from Eustacia until it was too late, suggests ...
- 3558: The Mayor of Casterbridge: Micheal Henchard Left Lonely and Depressed
- ... of Micheal Henchard then they had befor. He was now left with nothing and a comepleat out caset to the thown where he once had been so prosperous. All of these horible events had taken effect on this man and he was in a state of deep depression and loneliness. Many times he though of taking his life. he does not go through with this thought, but is so ashamed with ...
- 3559: Something Wicked This Way Comes: Conflicts Between Father and Son
- ... to bond with the other, but the barrier of age prevents Bradbury from letting them to do so. The on going battles with the evil brought by the carnival helps the characters create a lasting effect from their creation of a special bond. It may seem like a typical household with a mother, a father, and a son, but inside the Halloway’s home, there is an unusual relationship. A distant ...
- 3560: Candide: A Satire on the Enlightenment
- ... overcome contemporary social conditions. In Candide, Voltaire uses Pangloss and his ramblings to represent an often humorous characterization of the “typical” optimist. Of Pangloss, Voltaire writes, “He proved admirably that there cannot possibly be an effect without a cause and that in the best of all possible worlds the Baron’s castle was the best of all castles and his wife the best of all possible Baronesses.” (522) The attack on ...
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