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- 8071: Silence Of The Lambs
- ... Bonata, 3) Gumb is all of these things, he is unemployed but a very skilled seamstress, and using these skills is making himself a second skin out of women who he is able to take control of and render them powerless. He is also very intelligent but is anable to interact with other people and therefore remains unemployed. He experienced financial difficulties until he was the recipient of a large sum ...
- 8072: The Last Of The Mohicans
- ... be freed from their upper-class society. They want to escape this boring life and be allowed to live. They see the frontier as this pure, beautiful place where they can be freed of the control of their society. (448) Cooper uses characters to portray his romanticism. Romanticism can also be seen in The Last of the Mohicans in the plot. Cooper s plots favor emotions over reasons. Cooper opens the ...
- 8073: The Persian Letters
- ... religions because of their belief that they are the one true church. Montesquieu, like many of the other philosophes did not believe in organized religion. The idea of having a central group of figures have control over things like the government and education did not appeal to them. Monterquieu criticized the church for the power it had over the people. No one was allowed to speak against the church for those ...
- 8074: Shame
- ... style of Rushdies work and the themes it presented . Many critics appreciated the subject matter and presentation of Rushdies work. Cathleen Medwick in Vogue stated, "His new novel. . . reveals the writer in sure control of his extravagant, mischievous, graceful, polemical imagination. (414, Editor) "Magic realism", a technique often employed by Rushdie is essential to the structure of how the story of the book is conveyed. Michael Gorras characterization ...
- 8075: Sense And Sensibility
- ... self-discipline. Whereas Marianne is driven by sensibility, Elinor is governed by " sense", by reasoned perception and independence, evident in her tact and attentiveness. Her response to Robert Ferrar's idiotic jabber reflects her self-control: "Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." "Elinor is an admirable mixture of idealist and realist." Elinor craves "the relief of quiet reflection." Elinor describes ...
- 8076: Self-Reliance
- ... is different. Society is a breeding ground for conformity and uniformity. Therefore, instead of society assisting in raising thinkers, leaders, and philosophers, it creates followers. These followers become slaves to the society; they are under control of laws, their boss, etc. They have a fear of disobeying that which is accepted as correct because society has defined correctness; to go against society is to sin. I was drawn to this statement ...
- 8077: Sea Fever - Analysis
- ... creates an image of powerful ocean swells. In addition to the meter suggesting the repeated slap of the waves, "the wheel's kick" is a reference to the ship's steering wheel spinning out of control. To further support the theory of the waves slapping against the bow, "The wheels kick" suggests that the tall ship is traversing very storm seas. Through the combining of iambic and spondaic meter, "Sea Fever ...
- 8078: School Ties
- ... death while staying together. There's a Jewish couple that marries in the Plaszow camp, even though their chances of survival are very slim, and a Rabbi who survives a close encounter with a Nazi gun. Spielberg chose to film this motion picture in black-and-white and we think his choice was a good move. Almost the whole movie is in black and white, which gives it a "documentary" quality ...
- 8079: Robinson Crusoe
- ... could have found, but he was smart enough to know that there were still some supplies on the boat that he could us. Robinson could have also panicked and lost his cool but he took control of this situation and handled it. Robinson could have had killed Friday, but he didnt and took care of him. This shows that he was a smart, helpful man who made excellent choices to ...
- 8080: Robinson Crusoe
- ... the island by means of a man made boat. This is when he spots a ship offshore. The go out to the ship and find out there is a mutiny on board. They soon take control of the ship. The caption is so happy that takes Crusoe and his men back to England where he sells his plantain which since grew and becomes wealthy and marries. He went on one final ...
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