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- 9461: Brave New World Compared To 1984
- ... better reflect the society in which they are entrapped. In this society traditional notions of love and what ideally should come out of it have long been disregarded and are now despised, "Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet." (Huxley 41) The comparison to a wild jet is intended to demonstrate the inherent dangers in these activities. Many ...
- 9462: Brave New World
- ... society that is easier to control. Soma becomes the perfect escape from reality, because its use is public, not private, thus, allowing for the happiness to be shared among friends for an all around greater high. Soma can be considered a wonder drug, a wonder drug that has always been searched for by medicine. After all, soma has only positive effects (i.e. no side effects), and can be used whenever ...
- 9463: Bless Me Ultima - Tony
- ... s thoughts are. Already at age seven, he thinks on a spiritual level. Usually, young kids do not desire to understand religious meanings and moral values, but Tony is different. Most of his thoughts reflect high mental development. Even his dreams are witnesses to his spirituality. Adults do not dream of God saying "Vengeance is Mine!" (173) or whether the baptism water is really holy water (120). The inclusion of dreams ...
- 9464: Bless Me Ultima - Character Analysis
- ... a strong yearning for knowledge. He is "driven by the desire to make [his] the magic of the letters and numbers" (64) and works hard, "eager to learn the secret of the magic." (76) At school, while others "cry…and wet [their] pants" (58), Antonio spends his time in the corner "writing [his] name over and over." (58) Even Ultima praises Tony’s willingness to study, saying, "[he] learns as much ...
- 9465: Black Rain
- ... up the names in one paragraph, The name of the bomb had already undergone a number of changes, from the initial "new weapon" through "new-type bomb," "secret weapon," "special new-type bomb," to "special high-capacity bomb." That day, I learned for the first time to call it an "atomic bomb." (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ineffectual, but he seems to dwell ...
- 9466: Black Pawn: White Pawn
- ... this time, had cost the lives of a significant number of people. All the pretender's game. Betty's act of sickness, their incriminatin tongues, Mary Warren's tagalong; all a game. The stakes are high Whose move is it? Children's truths falsify. The Black pawn moves Who will it be? Maybe you're the next to die. At last it all came down to a confrontation. Proctor, Mary Warren ...
- 9467: Black Boy
- ... Wright overcomes this abstract oppression is reflected upon his personality, which helps him become that great American author. One of the examples to prove this true, occurs when it was Richard’s first day of school. "During that noon hour I learned all the four-letter words describing physiological sex functions, and discovered that I had know them before…A tall black boy recited a long, funny piece of doggerel, replete ...
- 9468: Beowulf
- ... instead risks all that he is for what he believes to be right, moral, and just. In the time of the Anglo-Saxons’ reign of England it was noble and expected for a person of high honor to be more than loyal to his king. In fact, it was considered noble to be loyal to anything that was significant to humanity. In Beowulf, Beowulf is loyal to Higlac. "Higlac is my ...
- 9469: Beloved
- ... blow, when Sethe was imprisoned. As Sethe is being taken away by the sheriff, the community who was already looking unfavorably upon the family's pride, asked the questions: "Was her head a bit too high? Her back a little too straight?" (152). These questions foreshadowed how, as long as 124 continued to be prideful, the community would keep their support withdrawn from the family that lived within. As a result ...
- 9470: Beloved
- ... pride goeth before a fall" expectations...had rubbed off on him..." (Morrison, 171) Sethe, after being released from jail, never looked to the community for help or sympathy, but walked arrogantly with her head held high, and in the eyes of the community, what was empathy and compassion soon turned into condemnation and disdain. The community, though not agreeing with what Sethe did, nevertheless understood her actions and reasons for them ...
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