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- 4901: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences on Huck Finn
- ... boy like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women ... beautiful women- -but none of this comes to pass. Huck finds out too late that Tom's adventures are imaginary: that raiding a caravan of "A-rabs" really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday school picnic, that stolen "joolry" is nothing more than turnips or rocks. Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he resigns from the gang. Another ... in front of his face; his skin, Huck says, is white like a fish's belly or like a tree toad's. Pap's savage appearance reflects his feelings as he demands that Huck quit school, stop reading, and avoid church. Huck is able to stay away from Pap for a while, but Pap kidnaps Huck three or four months after Huck starts to live with the Widow and takes ...
- 4902: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
- ... as a test subject for the hospital, Kesey was able to get a job working as a psychiatric aide. This was the next significant factor in writing the book. "Sometimes he would go to work high on acid (LSD) (323)." By doing so, he was able to understand the pain felt by the patients on the ward. In addition, the job allowed him to examine everything that went on within the ... when he realizes the permanence of his residency on the ward if he does not conform. This motivates him to begin working to save the other inmates on the ward and transfer some of his high spirit into them. His struggle to help them realize their individuality results in his own mental decay and he is ultimately destroyed. In order to make himself as comfortable as possible, McMurphy initially tries to ... sense of identity and thus one can truly understand the significance of McMurphy's help in changing him. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest should definitely be included in a list of works of high literary merit. It's message of fighting for individuality and self-expression is portrayed with immense skill. Kesey's willingness to experiment with the revolutionary style of writing in an altered state of consciousness ...
- 4903: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- ... a very wealthy and popular family. While he was still young his parents adopted a young girl with whom Victor would grow up with and eventually fall in love with her. Victor goes through medical school and becomes very good friends a classmate, Henry Clerval. Even though Victors young life seams perfect it is all about to change. Victor's mother died when he was still young and her death would change him for the rest of his life. After Victor's mother's death Victor swore he would conquer the mortality of humans. Victor, once he was out of medical school, he began to work on his theory of conquering death. He collected numerous body parts and put them together and used a special technique to bring the corpse to life. At first Victor thought he ... Shelley's Frankenstein. It is one of the few horror books I have actual read. I chose this book because a friend of mind recommended when I said I had to read a book for school. I had already seen the movie and enjoyed it, so I thought I would also like the book. I did like the ending better in the movie than the book though. The reason is ...
- 4904: A Jest of God
- ... war between Rachel and her mother was the generation gap; coming from different eras, the pair assumed they had nothing in common. In Rachel's eyes her mother was a pristine, saintly woman who maintained high moral values for herself and her family. Therefore, being a good person and making the right decisions was never questionable to Rachel, as this was how her mother expected her to behave. Rachel listened numerous ... would disapprove of, Rachel was forced to sneak around behind her mother's back. Rachel's mother seemingly had no trouble speaking her mind. Rachel tried to maintain her image as a proper, rule-abiding school teacher, and refused to speak to her principal about a troubling issue for fear he would lose respect for her. When attending the Tabernacle, Rachel spoke in tongues and left not knowing what she revealed ...
- 4905: Catcher In the Rye: The Quest For Love
- ... fake maturity. That is why he seeks to find adolescents, to catch them from falling into the kind of fake maturity that they are destined for. He seeks children, free of impurities. At Phoebe's school, "....I saw something that drove me crazy. Somebody'd written 'Fuck You' on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and how ... Holden's life that pushes him over the cliff of realization, giving him a new light of seeing the many contours of his life. This theme was suggested in an earlier passage in Phoebe's school, Holden's old school, where there is a certain profanity that is unacceptible to younger children. Holden tries desperately to rub off the word, and eventually succeeds in doing so. However, this leads him to an insignificant realization ...
- 4906: The Summer of The Falcon
- ... by her mother and, watching the things happen to Zander, June becomes mature too. She helped her mother by carrying suitcases and boxes and walked carefully up the stairs to her room, holding her head high as she had been taught in the dance class. Everybody is supposed to have their own freedom. Without freedom, one will not live like a human being but like a toy. But, too much freedom ... the next morning she went back to the sparrow hawk's nest to see if she could find out more about what Charles meant. If she understood, she might walk up to John Doyle when school started and explain to him why falcons can be trained to hunt and sparrows can't. She would be so impressed by her insight that he would take her flying on ice skates down the ...
- 4907: The Old Man and The Sea: An Analysis
- The Old Man and The Sea: An Analysis I read this book for the first time in high school and I remembered it just as well as if I had read it yesterday. As I read it again I remembered some of the same language, especially the old man talking to his hands. Cursing ...
- 4908: Investing In Stocks
- ... volume. Now this is very important because they make money on the volume buying at the bid and selling at the ask. In other words, by making the market they are buying low and selling high. Now smart money adheres to that rule, so do all the market makers. They could careless whether the stock is at $83 or at $0.23. All they care about is the action thus being able to sell stock at the offer (The high) and buy stock at the bid (The low). To increase their profitability, they make the spread as great as possible on as many shares as they can especially if the volume falls off. When they ... a stock is surprise the MMs because instead of falling the shorting has no effect and the price goes up. Now that puts the MM at selling low through shorting and thus having to buy high in order to cover. Boy, when this happens, the MMs are not very happy campers. The investors and traders are supposed to be doing that no them. Now it becomes time to pull out ...
- 4909: In Our Time: Review
- ... to read The Sun Also Rises about ten times and gotten waylaid by Batman, Robert B. Parker, and the like each time. I think I read The Old Man and the Sea ages ago in high school, but it was so long ago that it has slipped completely from my memory. He is one of those authors that I always connect with my father and his college years for some reason, although ...
- 4910: Vincent Van Gogh 2
- ... a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a theological student, and a preacher among the miners at Wasmes in Belgium. When he was twelve to sixteen years old, he went to a boarding school, and the next year he started working at The Hague for his uncle who was an art dealer. While working, he realized that he was more interested in literature and religion than a business. Then ... greens, and blues associated with works as Bedroom at Arles and Starry Night. He loved using bright colors, especially yellow, and painted what he saw and felt. He painted in colors with bright hues and high value. In Arles he became aware of the greatest importance of his portrait although he mostly painted landscapes. During the last several years of his life, van Gogh created a number of self-portraits with ...
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