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- 4021: JFK
- ... sober two days." In August 1961, to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West, the Communists ordered a wall built on the border between East and West Berlin. West Berlin had been under the control of the United States, France, and Britain since the end of World War II, although the city lay deep inside East Germany, a state that was an ally of the USSR. Kennedy and other Western ...
- 4022: Lord of the Flies: The Vision of God
- ... elements. When man made the transition from a Paleolithic to a Neolithic lifestyle, his mastery of nature attained a higher level because of the bow and arrow. With the bow and arrow, man could now control animals, because the bow became an extremely efficient way of dealing with animals before they could come close enough to kill. The gods of the Paleolithic tribesmen, and even gods of the first primitive civilizations ...
- 4023: The Awakening vs. A Doll's House
- ... please him. In addition, he treats her like a child, a ³feather head² who can't understand anything important. In The Awakening, Leonce is more subtle in his mistreatment of his wife. He tries to control Edna by pushing his point until she does what he wants. He also tries to make her feel bad about herself. For example, he tells her she isn't a good mother to their sons ...
- 4024: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- ... when she told him of her loss of innocence, that they would be together. Fate, along with tragic irony play a large part in this novel. As stated before, some events are out of our control and cannot be prevented by any amount of planning. It seems hard to believe that all of this could happen to one purpose without there being a purpose. Perhaps the purpose was that of Angel ...
- 4025: Dandelion Wine: Douglas
- ... it on to someone else. Keep the chain moving.” Doug finally realizes that life isn’t magic. Not his magice- not anyone’s magic. Everyone does things in their own time and he can’t control it anymore. Doug is now into his adulthood frame of mind. “Everyone, clothes off!” “He waited. The wind blew icing the window pane.” “Brush teeth.” “Waited again.” “Now,” he said at last, “out with the ...
- 4026: Similarities and Differences in Kafka's "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis"
- ... view the style of the writing when comparing the two, but also the setting and plot of the two stories. Both stories relate to loneliness, frustration and individuals threatened by anonymous forces beyond comprehension or control. Although the struggle between these anonymous forces are a lot more evident in The Metamorphosis, they are also seen throughout The Trial. In The Metamorphosis, the anonymous force is whatever, or whoever, changed Gregor Samsa ...
- 4027: The Scarlet Letter: Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them?
- ... to hide secrets from each other, and from the rest of the town. Hester Prynne is the only one who knows the secrets that Dimmesdale and Chillingworth are hiding from the townsfolk. Hester has to control her desire to tell the truth and practices the art of deception to hide these secrets. When she will not reveal the father of Pearl, Reverend Dimmesdale says, "She will not speak." It is ironic ...
- 4028: JFK: Was His Assassination Ine
- ... replace him with a more favorable president, assassinated him? Another group that quite possible wanted JFK dead was the Military Industrial Complex. Just exactly what is the MIC? It is the supplier of every plane, gun, bullet and uniform. Just about every organization that supplies or is hired by the government to build weapons. The relationship between the government and the MIC is a very important one, and this relationship is ...
- 4029: Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August"
- ... him. McEarhern uses extreme Calvinism to mold Christmas into a purely moral person, while the dietitian tries to force Christmas into a state of immorality, or at least portray him as such. Forces beyond his control work against him, trying to force him in ways he is not, sending him in contradicting paths. Inevitably he rebels against these forces, finding refuge in immorality, a whore, and later going so far as ...
- 4030: Lord of the Flies: Idea of God
- ... elements. When man made the transition from a Paleolithic to a Neolithic lifestyle, his mastery of nature attained a higher level because of the bow and arrow. With the bow and arrow, man could now control animals, because the bow became an extremely efficient way of dealing with animals before they could come close enough to kill. The gods of the Paleolithic tribesmen, and even gods of the first primitive civilizations ...
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