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- 8771: The Snow Leopard
- ... able to point the way (47) to spiritual unity, oneness. Drugs force you to live in the present, in the sense that you are totally consumed by the drug and are doing nothing except being high. This is another draw back of the drugged experience you cannot escape you must wait until the drug wears off before you can concentrate on anything else. You are one with the drug and its ...
- 8772: The Plague 2
- ... to this without knowing that Rieux was in the same, if not worse, situation. During a conversation with Panteloux, Rieux states, Salvation s a much too big word for me. I don t aim so high. I am concerned with man s health; and for me his health comes first. This is a humanistic statement and shows his respect for the human. During the beginning of the novel Rieux was very ...
- 8773: The Old Man And The Sea
- ... After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his line. The line went straight down into the deep water. Later, with the aid of a hovering man-of-war bird, he sees a school of flying fish but is going too fast and too far away. The bird circles again and again and the old man sees a tuna which he hauls onto the skiff. Toward noon, a marlin ...
- 8774: The Lottery
- ... Some people do not see anything wrong with giving a new person a hard time; however, this ritual has caused numerous deaths and countless injuries all over the world. Hazing is a ritual performed in high schools, gangs, colleges, and even your own best friend can be in on it. Perhaps just as barbaric as the stoning, no good at all results from hazing. The running of the bulls, in Italy ...
- 8775: The Lost World Thesis
- ... animals. They capture and kill Diego, and Levine is nearly killed. Malcom and his team of field researchers finally make it to the island - and Arby and Kelley stow away in one of the many high-tech trailers that they had taken on their expedition. After the first day or so goes smoothly, chaos breaks out. When three men, Dodgson, King, and Basselton decide to go to the island, thinking that ...
- 8776: The Hobbit-review Of Summer Re
- ... the dwarves on their journey. Tolkien does a wonderful job of making Bilbo the most lovable character in the novel. One cannot help feeling sympathy for Mr. Baggins. The unpredictable wizard Gandalf is also a high point in The Hobbit. Coming and leaving at odd times and at his own will makes Gandalf realistically human. Each dwarf also has his own unique points and personality. The setting of The Hobbit is ...
- 8777: The Hobbit 3
- ... lands. These lands are much wilder than Earth s lands, which have been changed by humans. But there are the same characteristics that hold true. In the novel, there are forests with miles of trees, high, rocky mountains, and flowing rivers just as there are here on Earth. It is not possible that a fantasy story such as The Hobbit could occur in real life. However, I do believe that fantasy ...
- 8778: The Hobbit 2
- ... outside world. He then bounds over Gollu m's head to freedom. Outside he is reunited with his dwarf friends. Later they encounter Wargs (large savage wolves). The Wargs chase the party into the trees. High in the branches Gandalf uses a spell to turn the pine cones a fire, in order to drive the wolves away. However the plan backfires and the very trees they took refuge in are now ...
- 8779: The Great Gatsby 12
- ... to give Gatsby a proper burial. Another symbol in this novel is T. J. Eckleburg's huge blue eyes. "The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic- their retinas are one yard high. they look out of no face, but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent nose." (23) The eyes of T. J. Eckleburg are said to represent the eyes ...
- 8780: The Eyes Of Dr. T.j. Eckleburg
- ... bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain ...
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