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- 8061: The Imperial Aspect Of Heart O
- ... audience in the realism of European thought during this time period as opposed to Achebe s argument which says that Conrad is a blatant racist. When Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness King Leopold II had control over what was then the Congo Free State. Conrad is said to have exaggerated the conditions in the Congo Free State for the sake of affect, but in reality it was bad enough that it ...
- 8062: Sula
- ... had contentment washed over her enjoyment. (p.170) This passage reveals that the original binary opposite characters are no longer very different. During this incident Nel, the former calm and orderly girl, has as little control over her emotions as Sula usually has. And it is Sula, the supposed "type of evil force" and figure of disorderliness, who has the presence of mind to run after Shadrack. Nel realizes that "maturity ...
- 8063: Sula
- ... no demands, made the man feel as though he were complete and wonderful just as he was- he didnt need fixing..." (p 2012). Sula, on the other hand, has a need to feel in control right down to the mechanics of her affairs. "And there was the utmost irony and outrage in lying under someone, in a position of surrender, feeling her own abiding strength and limitless power." (p2048). She ...
- 8064: Story Of An Hour
- ... story does not tell us whether Mr. Mallard is an abusive or irresponsible husband, but this couple certainly strives for maintaining their unsatisfactory marriage. Besides, no love or security can compensate for a lack of control over her own existence (Skaggs, 53), let alone the fact that there is hardly any love in that fragile relationship. Ironically, Mrs. Mallard dies of heart attack, in the end, after she sees Mr. Mallard ...
- 8065: The Influences Of Tolkien In T
- ... english country side that he loved so dearly. To him the war represented the evil dark privation of light. In Tolkien s eyes the machine of war stemed from man s hunger for power and control over the elements which is itself a conflict with the laws of the creator. Adoration and respect of nature, his love and mastery of language, and his traumatizing experience in trench warfare during World War ...
- 8066: Song Of Solomon
- ... seems to change his view of his father, with some help from the positive memories of the old men in the passage. Milkman grew up thinking that his father was a cold-hearted, hot tempered control freak who was only interested in gaining money and property. He came to realize that although there was some truth to what he thought, Macon was not inhuman. This is displayed in the passage when ...
- 8067: Sluaghterhouse-Five
- ... teeth, killing machines, corpses with bare feet that were blue and ivory. So it goes. Bobbing up-and-down, up-and-down, Billy beamed lovingly at bright lavender farmhouse that had been spattered with machine-gun bullets. (65) Billy Pilgrim finds comfort in Kilgore Trouts science-fiction novels, which, coincidentally, have many similarities with the "alien" encounter and the "time traveling" Billy often experiences. The encounters are barricades Billy puts ...
- 8068: Slaves Of The White God
- ... all negroes are by nature capable of becoming Christians." Despite these idiosyncrasies, Palmer, himself, cautioned against deeming the African experience in colonial Mexico an entirely distinct anomaly. The justifications of enslavement, use of force to control, and resistance of the enslaved was similar to that in other parts of the New World, though documentation of such is a bit less abundant in this instance. Overall, Palmer's book was an important ...
- 8069: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- ... courteous in all he does especially while in the company of the king. He is tempted daily by the kings wife. The lady would be aggressive for Gawains love yet still giving all control of the situation to Gawain for him to make the mistakes. The lady flirtatiously says, " Youre far too strong to accept a no- if anyone were boorish enough to deny you." (III, 1496) Gawain ...
- 8070: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... the noble Baskerville family. Doyle knew about nobility and he was able to pass this personal quality onto one of his characters. The Baskerville family was a very respected one especially after Sir Charles took control over Baskerville Hall. "Though Sir Charles resided at Baskerville Hall for a camparatively short period his amiability of character and extreme generosity had won the affection and respect of all who had been brought into ...
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