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- 4491: Roughing It By Mark Twain
- ... boring book ever written on the face of this earth it is a miracle that it was ever published and a greater miracle that it is concidered a classic. This book held its reader's interest as much as you watching paint dry. In most people's opinion this book should never be made to read unless it was meant to be a very painful punishment. On a scale from one ...
- 4492: Rocking The Boat
- Throughout history individuals have been plagued with decisions in which they must choose to act in their best interest or act as a martyr, dedicating their lives to the best interests of others. While these choices may seem irrational, selfish, and poorly contemplated from the outside, on the inside there are simply no other ...
- 4493: Ride Of The Second Horseman
- ... very fitting that they could possible be the first leaders of a controlled centralized society. ‘In order for war to "work" among humans, there must be some source of motivation capable of transcending genetic self-interest in a manner that would lead an individual to face personal and hereditary annihilation for the sake of an organization manned largely by those who are not close relatives.’(106) In other words, why the ...
- 4494: Red Badge Of Courage
- Stephen Crane's literary technique has long been a matter of great interest, analysis, and speculation. In The Red Badge of Courage Crane takes us into the life of a young man named Henry Fleming, who wants to enlist in the United States Army and fight in the ...
- 4495: Pride And Prejudice - 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 ...
- 4496: Pride And Prejudice - Marriage
- ... of large fortune, from the north of England, who is going to rent Netherfield Park. He goes to the Merryton Assembly to meet the people of town. The Bennets attend. Mr Bingley shows a lively interest in Jane and dances with her twice. Jane also likes Mr Bingley but does not show it much. This makes Darcy think that Jane is indifferent to Bingley, and is only interested on Bingley’s ...
- 4497: Pride And Prejudice
- ... Mary is an undeveloped character with a very flat personality. Austen portrays Mary as a loner and moral imperfection. Never is she seen attending balls or socializing as her sisters are and she shows no interest in much besides reading for the majority of each day. Although the rest of the Bennet girls seem to have numerous friends, Mary seems to have not even one and never spends any time with ...
- 4498: Pride And Prejudice
- ... s rich, socially handsome estate. Firstly, Mr. Darcy influences Bingley to leave Netherfield, then Miss Bingley "fails" to tell him of Jane's prescence in London (although she knows that it would be of great interest to him.) It is because of their pride, and their warp perception of their own, and in this case their brother or friend's pride, that influences to think they would be "doing the right ...
- 4499: Poem #640: Interpretation
- ... cup that is easily broken. This is an example of Personification. Life is personified as this old cup which is valuable until a new, better one is available. Sensory images are used to develop an interest for the reader and a way of showing what the author felt. An example is in the fifth stanza, "And see You—freeze—Without my Right of Frost". The sense of touch is used when ...
- 4500: Our Lady Of The Snows
- ... who already have an abundance of money accumulate even more through paid protection.(pg.10) Others such as Mr. Dubuque also run their own business, doing favors for others such as loaning money at high interest and helping people pay back debts through paid services.(pg.21) Despite the harsh and at times crude reality of this novel, compassion plays a large role in developing the story. A glamorous prostitute named ...
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