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- 2971: Cue For Treason
- ... Kit meet some people who steal their horses. In the end, Peter and Kit pass on the information to the proper authorities in London and save the Queen from being assassinated. The highest point of interest in this story is when Peter was in the Peel Tower. That section of the book was very suspenseful and exciting. When Peter is in the Peel Tower, it feels as if he is going ...
- 2972: The Theme of Love and Loneliness In Great Expectations
- ... Estella tells him, "I have no heart", he does not believe her. Does Estella believe what she says or is she trying to convince herself? Is she using her unattainability to perversely keep Pip's interest? Redemption is attained by Miss Haversham when she humbles herself to ask Pip's forgiveness. After the cruelty she has endured at the hands of Compeyson, Estella emerges a more compassionate person. Pip's forgiveness ...
- 2973: Catcher in the Rye and Generation X: Holden and Andy
- ... lure him into being like the people that he hates. At Pencey, his boarding school, he equates sex with perversion. He refers to his studly roommate, Stradlater as a "very sexy bastard" because of his interest in all things related to sex. And then when Holden is obsessing over the idea of Stradlater, and his friend Jane having sex, he tries to think of her as innocent and naive, when he ...
- 2974: Citizen Soldiers: A Comparison
- ... a fear of being alive and not knowing what will happen next." These men experienced that first hand. Citizen Soldiers is an excellent book and I would suggest it to anyone who takes a particular interest in history or war, or both.
- 2975: Comparison Between Novel and Film Version of "Lord of the Flies"
- ... novels continue to flourish, producers and directors will proceed to make them into movies but they should include essential elements of the story so, they too, can be successful. No wonder the novel generated more interest than the film!
- 2976: A Comparison of Huckleberry Finn and On The Road
- ... he values money. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck found $12,000 worth of buried treasure, which they split. After the money was invested, it began earning them $1 a day in interest, which, by Huck' account, "was more than a body could tell what to do with" (Twain 1). However, the man with whom they trusted their investment had found a way to pay Huck the consideration ...
- 2977: Objectivism in The Founterhead
- ... the ends of others. He must live for his own sake and not for the sake of others, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. He must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life. Howard has these ethics as can be seen when Dominique marries Peter Keating, “Dominique, if I told you now to ...
- 2978: The Theme of Catch 22
- ... of greed and capitalism. Even when he and Yossarian were looking for the kid sister he is preoccupied with making profit. As soon as Milo hears about the opportunity to smuggle tobacco he loses all interest in helping Yossarian. “Milo was deaf and kept pushing forward, nonviolently but irresistibly, sweating, his eyes, as though he were in the grip of a blind fixation, burning feverishly, and his twitching mouth slavering. He ...
- 2979: Austen’s Marriages and the Age of Reason
- ... of what a woman of the Age of Reason should be. She is polite, rational, conservative, and social. Jane does not act too timid and shy around Bingley anymore. Lizzy told Jane that Bingley lost interest in her because she did not seem sincerely interested. This time, Jane is armed with the knowledge that her sister Lizzy gave her. Jane is now more openly responsive to Bingley’s signs of affection ...
- 2980: Medea: Guilty as Charged
- ... finished the deed, showing no remorse as they pleaded for their young lives. This is concrete evidence that Medea, not Jason, physically slaughtered her children. Medea is ultimately responsible for her actions. Her own self-interest drove her to kill, but she blames others and searches for pity in her defense. Who could pity such an awful “monster”? (1342) She is guilty of preconceived murder of our merciful king, his lovely ...
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