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- 3611: The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn
- ... family's differences. Certainly the Grangerfords taught Huck the most about the strong emotions of love, hate, and sorrow. Though the people along the Mississippi changed Huck the most, the setting itself also had an effect on the boy. The adventures take place in the early 1800's on and along the Mississippi River. The scenes are seen through Huck's eyes, so it's very descriptive. The many places Huck ...
- 3612: The Right Stuff
- ... characters. The style is as follows: first, there is an interesting action sequence followed by a factual section. Next he switches to another character and the pattern continues. By doing this, Tom Wolfe achieved the effect of wanting to read further to find out what happens. Even through the technical sections. Tom Wolfe’s style is adept at keeping the interest of the reader and getting his information across. The third ...
- 3613: All Quiet On The Western Front: Life In The Army
- ... more frequent, more varied and terrible.” (p. 271) he describes that death comes in various types and can be escaped by no one. Wounds such as back, hip, leg, arm, head, pelvic, and lung wounds effect the lives of the Second Company and eventually lead to their deaths. The soldiers are subject to death everyday of their service lives from seeing other injured soldiers and the blood the continually shed. The ...
- 3614: The Lord of the Flies Character Analysis
- ... is called at the familiar place and Ralph reprimands them about their irresponsibility. Then the subject of the so called “beast” comes up. Ralph and Piggy try to give an explanation but it has no effect. Eventually chaos spreads though the crowd and the run off led by Jack, and Ralph is thoroughly agitated. That night, an air battle is going on and a dead pilot, with a parachute, lands next ...
- 3615: Kennewick Man
- ... Even if the remains were American Indian it would not matter because there is a clause in the NAGPRA that states that if knowledge gained from the study of these sort of remains would significantly effect the United States then research can be permitted. This skeleton being one of the oldest most complete skeletons ever found in North America would most definitely have a significant impact on the United States. It ...
- 3616: The Glass Menagerie: A Study in Symbolism
- ... The Victrola brings back pleasant memories of her father; she remembers when times were good and wishes things could be like that again. Second, the grin on Mr. Wingfield’s face reminds Amanda of the effect his personality has had on her life. Mr. Wingfield’s grin and good looks are what first attracted Amanda to him. He was full of charisma and won Amanda’s heart through physical attraction, as ...
- 3617: The Necklace: Madame Loisel
- ... learned at least one lesson: be thankful for what you have. She may have also learned other lessons such as: “all that glitters isn’t gold” and “honesty is the best policy.” To see what effect the experience had on her, we must look at her life before she lost the necklace and her life after she lost it. The story begins by telling us that Madame Loisel was an extremely ...
- 3618: Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response to Heroine
- ... less desirable character traits, and so we are guided, along with Catherine, into feeling grateful for her patronage of our heroine. No direct comment is required, however, when she displays her innocence to more amusing effect. Isabella having affected to not want the attentions of two young men who are watching her, Catherine characteristically takes her at her word, and so, 'with unaffected pleasure', she 'assured her that she need not ...
- 3619: Getting Rid of George: A Gothic Story
- ... and Harry deserved to have everyone find out about George’s death, they ended up getting caught in their lie. Last but not least, credibility of the action and the character sacrificed for the violent effect. George sacrificed his life by coming back for Laura and Harry and Laura sacrificed their freedom and reputation by keeping George’s death a secret. Evidently, melodrama was used to support Arthur’s gothic story ...
- 3620: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
- ... Marquez expresses the notion of "magical realism." This style of writing is what made the author what he is today (Gonzalez). The author portrays the villagers as being very simple people, which has a big effect on how they eventually treat the angel. When the villagers encounter the unusual angel, they are curious as to where exactly he/it is and came from; but not long after that the town's ...
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