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- 4641: A Separate Peace: Brinker Hadley
- ... the begining of the story, Brinker is obsessed with intra-school affairs: the Golden fleece debating society, being a class leader, and being "the hub of the class." As the story progresses, he loses all interest in Devon minutia, and he turns his attention to the war. This attitude represents very well the attitude of most of Devon's students and faculty. Finally, Brinker is used by the author to personify ...
- 4642: Eliot's Views of Sexuality as Revealed in the Behavior of Prufrock and Sweeney
- ... not deserve the love of a maiden, but is only suitable for a prostitute. The lines where he refers to the prophet John the Baptist and to Lazarus tells me that he has a deep interest in religion and Christianity. Religion does dictate strong views of sex and marriage, whereas a man must suppress all feelings of lust and desire, unless it is directed toward his own wife.
- 4643: The Great Gatsby: Eastern Desires
- ... were all westerners and and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to eastern life. In other words, after finding out what the east was really like, Nick lost his interest in being in the east and returned to the west. Gatsby came east looking for another type of money - Daisy. Gatsby and Daisy had last seen each other about five years before, when they were ...
- 4644: The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
- ... and slowly Edna became less and less concerned for the welfare of her family. "He [Mr. Pontellier] thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation." (P. 6) In Mr. Pontellier's eyes his wife was not a mother-woman, because "it was easy to know them, fluttering about with ...
- 4645: Attitudes Toward Marriage in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
- ... For example, the Miller's Tale is a story of adultery in which a lecherous clerk, a vain clerk and an old husband, whose outcome shows the consequences of their abuses of marriage, including Nicholas' interest in astrology and Absalon's refusal to accept offerings from the ladies, as well as the behaviors of both with regards to Alison. Still, Alison does what she wants, she takes Nicholas because she wants ...
- 4646: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View of the Old South
- ... and the Dauphin's rendition of Romeo and Juliet, they receive no audience until the Duke places "women and children are not admitted" on their advertisements. Once they place that sign on their ad the interest of the people begins to grow. This shows how fickle and hypocritical society is. Also Twain writes about the reform system. The Judge believing that he had reformed Pap, gives him a coat and releases ...
- 4647: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... across an ocean to find a place to display his work. This is much like the difficulty Burgess had finding someone to publish his work (Roger 55). As mentioned before, Burgess always had a great interest in music. Burgess even taught himself how to compose music and play the piano.
- 4648: An Analysis of The Lord of the Flies
- ... responsible and mature. He realizes the importance of being a responsible leader and begins to guide the other boys more. Ralph begins to try to convince the others that they act with the groups best interest at hand and tells them to be more responsible. He tells them to build shelters so that they would be safe from the weather. He also tells them to keep the signal fire burning because ...
- 4649: A Comparison of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Anthem"
- ... as easy and boring, and he said that he understood more that the teachers. In Handmaid's Tale the main character is a woman of who seems to be mildly attractive since she acquires the interest of several men in the story. She also seems to be fairly intelligent because she said that she had taken several college courses. Although both characters are both apparently in good health and both are ...
- 4650: The Lord of the Flies: Summary
- ... followers and is pursued by the others who want to kill him. Will he survive? And who is the Lord of the Flies? The story, full of suspense and horror, captures my imagination and my interest throughout. The author=s message of what mankind must guard against if the human race is to survive is depicted through the boys= rapid transformation from school boys to savages. In the novel, Ralph represents ...
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