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- 11601: Comparison and Contrast of The Lottery and The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- ... when the shocking, brutally violent, ritualistic traditions are exposed. Children are an important focus in both stories. Jackson makes it easy for us to imagine their "boisterous play"(para 2), and Le Guin writes "their high calls rising like swallows' crossing flights over the music and the singing"(para1). I see these children being used to symbolize perceived states of happiness in both stories. I also believe they are vital necessities ...
- 11602: The Yellow Wallpaper - Journey into Insanity
- ... we never learn -- tells of her depression and how it is dismissed by her husband and brother. "You see, he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hysterical tendency -- what is one to do?" (Gilman 193). These ...
- 11603: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- ... well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each moment and each step one at a time, carefully, slowly. Sylvy seems to come to her senses in the twelfth hour when she climbs high into the trees early one morning to see the white heron fly in ever so close. It was as though their was a kinship between the two, an understanding. Because of this special feeling for ...
- 11604: "Muddle In A Puddle": Comparison of Essay To My Life
- ... not. It just depends where the people are from, and what the situations are at the time of the incident. I can remember a time, while at work at the funeral home, I was discussing school with a bereaving individual. I was trying to comfort this person, as I noticed she was very disturbed over the loss of a friend. It was around the time of finals, and she asked how ...
- 11605: Sorrow
- ... anguish, and woe. Different people can tolerate different levels of sorrow. The first group, regular sorrow, is the least extreme. This is the feeling you get during the last days of summer when you know school is just around the corner. You may experience sorrow when you get an awful grade on a test. Many people deal with it quite well, but some do not. Some people still let these small ...
- 11606: Sociopolitical Philosophy in the Works of Stoker and Yeats
- ... fancy lighter than the air, a whim of the moment, has more matter in it. For, having none that shall reign after you, you cannot think as I do, who would leave a throne too high for insult (35). Because Conchubar views this challenge as an insult to the kingdom that Cuchulain has pledged his allegiance to, the heroic warrior is obligated to accept the challenge and avenge the insult. Even ...
- 11607: Spirits of the Night
- ... dared to venture out after dusk. The wind had begun to blow through the streets and every living soul seemed to have disappeared from the landscape. The howling came from the west; it was a high pitched shrill vocalization brought by the wind. Elliott could feel it in his mind as clear as the wind rushing through his hair. His cheeks became stony cold and his eyeballs ached. Still he stared ...
- 11608: The Good Corn & Turned: Cultural Circumstances and Its Effect on A Character's Reaction to Certain Situations
- ... any other lifestyle besides her country one, her isolation caused her to become dependant on her husband and besides him Elsie was her only companion. Mrs. Marroner on the other hand was a well educated, high society woman. She lived in Boston, an upper-class suburb, had a Ph.D. and once lectured at university. Because of her suburban upbringing and education she was a confident and independent lady who relied ...
- 11609: Failure in Shiloh
- ... With self-esteem Leroy would be able to keep up with the ever-changing times and his ever-changing wife. Norma Jean started to change by engaging in new activities that kept her self-esteem high. If Leroy had followed in her footsteps he probably would have saved his relationship. He could have taken actions to improve his well being, both physically and mentally. First and foremost, he should have stopped ...
- 11610: A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance Literature
- ... how they react when being placed in a crucial situation (47). Rosicky is told that he doesn't have much longer to live; Tom Benecke is on the ledge of an apartment building eleven stories high. Even though characters in short stories are only imaginary people and have only imaginary existence, the author must make them believable, which helps us understand something about real people, along with ourselves (47). The main ...
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