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- 4261: Candide
- ... 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...." Pangloss goes on to say that everything had its purpose and things were made for the best. For example, the nose was created ...
- 4262: 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. Word Count: 1363
- 4263: Annotations From The Narrative
- ... slavery as inhumane. (2nd) The slaveholders have been known to send in spies among their slaves, to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition. (1st) The frequency of this has had the effect to establish among the slaves the maxim, that a still tongue makes a wise head. [Ch. 3, p. 50.] Frederick as well as the other slaves learned some of the horrible tricks the masters could ...
- 4264: Big Two-Hearted River
- ... he writes, "I go to fast." Like Hemingway would do years later, Anderson was forcing the reader to become a part of the story. The entire book is a dialogue between narrator and reader. The effect is that the reader becomes even more involved in the stories. Both of these works are unlike others from the same time period which are told completely using first person narration. Gertrude Stein's The ...
- 4265: A Analysis Of Jack London Nove
- ... a higher purpose of his writing was as a vehicle for the expression of his political and social ideas; yet, in most cases, where the message predominated over the art, it tended to spoil the effect of his literary work. Incredible as it may seem, London felt that he lacked imagination, and one of his major fears was that he would run out of ideas. He found his plots and ideas ...
- 4266: Brave New World
- ... once had been to New Mexico, a long time ago, and returned without his female companion. Bernard invites John and his abominable mother Linda to come to the civilized world with him, he wonderes what effect that might have upon the savage (and his own personal life). John is eager to see the wonderful world of which he had been told by his mother, and he is interested in Lenina. Bernard ...
- 4267: A Rose For Emily
- ... wrote her herself, offering to call or to send his car for her, and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that's he no longer went out at all. The tax notice was enclosed, without comment." (189). Miss Emily was convinced that she had no taxes in Jefferson because before the Civil War the South ...
- 4268: Report On The Prince By Machia
- ... say that he is to harsh in his ideas, and that he even seems immoral. The truth is Machiavelli is only being honest with what he has observed consistently in history to be true. The effect of his writing are still found today too. People still need virtue in order to be a good ruler or manager. Success is still to those who can make quick and intelligent choices. The government ...
- 4269: The Best Little Girl In The Wo
- ... is man/woman versus nature. This is shown when Kessas blood pressure drops to an extremely low rate. Man/woman versus society is the pictures of skinny models that Kessa cuts out demonstrate the effect of society upon young people. Man/woman versus fate, supernatural, and god/goddess is shown because Kessas fate is to keep her life. The writing style of the author is third-person omniscient. This ...
- 4270: The Vietnam Wall
- ... when a veteran returns to the wall, he may recognize a few members of a platoon that he spent a few of his best years with, and what is left of that man? The other effect of the wall is that if a veteran recognizes a single name, that one name will carry a story, a legacy, and a history with him. There are fifty-eight thousand of them. Every single ...
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