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- 2001: Eliot's Views of Sexuality as Revealed in the Behavior of Prufrock and Sweeney
- ... as a possible lover; he imagines her brisk, cruel response; "That is not what I meant, at all." He imagines that she will want his head on a platter and they did with the prophet John the Baptist. He also fears the ridicule and snickers of other men when she rejects him. Prufrock imagines "And would it have been worth it, after all," and if she did not reject him it ... reveal that the author feels that he is inferior to women. He does 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 ...
- 2002: Of Mice and Men: Insight into the Life of the Characters
- Of Mice and Men: Insight into the Life of the Characters In the novel Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck illustrates the possibilities that life has and its effects on Lennie, Crooks and George. It shows a view of two outsiders struggling to understand their own unique places in the world. Steinbeck suggests humans ... novel you can get an insight into what it is like to live those characters lives. The novel follows and represents the lives of Lennie, Crooks and George and what they go through to survive. John Steinbeck portrayed these characters very well within following their dreams in life.
- 2003: Of Mice and Men: A Review
- Of Mice and Men: A Review Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a realistic novel that depicts the life of two common men over a period of three days. The two main characters, George and Lennie, are practically opposites in terms of disposition and appearance. The author seems to have a variety of themes in the story including loneliness, relationships, and dreams. John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of literary devices including allegory and similes. One of the most powerful devices that Steinbeck uses is foreshadowing. The shooting of Candy's dog foreshadows the death of Lennie. Steinbeck ...
- 2004: Jane Eyre: Analysis of Bronte's Work
- ... refusal to become Rochester's mistress, she demonstrates her inner strength. Strength that will enable her to face the possibility of hunger, poverty, and even death. It is in her decision to not marry St. John that Jane finally liberates herself from the bonds of male suppression. All this has been in effort to maintain some semblance of self-worth. "Who in the world cares for you?" "I care for myself ... can get there when we die." (83) Here once more Jane defies her Christian faith; a religion which demands undying faith and devotion from its followers. In her refusal to a stifling existence under St. John, Jane rears her selfish nature once again by expressing her desire to indulge in a few earthly pleasures. By believing that "denying the body kills the soul", Jane articulates her belief in a mind/body ...
- 2005: Cry, The Beloved Country: The Breakdown and Rebuilding of South African Society
- ... he also fears much, which almost automatically sets off other peoples fears. Kumalo is afraid to see his son in prison; Absalom fears his dad's reaction; Gertrude fears rejection and the shame she caused; John fears the police and prison; etc., etc. Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end. (pg. 74). If all of this degradation were to be added up there would definitely be ... rebuilding of relationships through compassion toward others. Stephen Kumalo realizes that there still is love between himself and his brother. He knows this because he shares some of the same views that his brother does. John said that the only hope that he sees is for the blacks and whites to work together in love for the good of the country. The people of Johanasburg still have some religious ties they ...
- 2006: Flaws in Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
- ... the time when Huck says, It's me. George Jackson, sir(pg. 95). I do have to give him that the feud was interesting filler, but you can only take so much filler. Then when John Wayne (The Duke) and Elvis (The King) come along there seem to be four or five stops along the river that except for one little detail, are the same. Please excuse the jump back, but ... Jim and eventually embarks on a quest. The quest to find Jim. This journey would be much like the journey he and Jim took just a few years ago. This time though, there is no John Wayne and Elvis to make the story drawn out and boring towards the end. Then Huck finds Jim, meets the wife and kids, and goes back home to lead a normal (or as normal as ...
- 2007: Billy Budd: One Needs to Have Morality and Virtue
- ... he had previously been among those minor ship's companies of the merchant marine. It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart, the master-at-arms. A man in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not engendered by vicious training or corrupting books or licentious living but born with him and innate, in short ... he had previously been among those minor ship's companies of the merchant marine. It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart, the master-at-arms. A man in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not engendered by vicious training or corrupting books or licentious living but born with him and innate, in short ...
- 2008: Zinn's A People's History of The United States of America
- ... present-day home of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. One-hundred fifteen years later and 1,500 miles to the north, the colony of Jamestown was founded by a group of English settlers led by John Smith, shortly after that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by a group of Puritans known to us today as the Pilgrims. Because of uneasy and hostile relations with the nearby Pequot Indians, the Pequot ... been brought over in sufficient quantity.... As for free white settlers, many of them were skilled craftsmen, or even men of leisure back in England, who were so little inclined to work the land that John Smith... had to declare a kind of martial law, organize them into work gangs, and force them into the fields for survival..... "Black slaves were the answer. And it was natural to consider imported blacks ...
- 2009: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... accused of performing the D & C that has resulted in her death. Though Lee is known to be an abortionist, he vehemently denies any involvement in the case. Lee calls upon his friend, forensic pathologist John Berry, to clear his name. John Berry careens back and forth from one Boston hospital to another, trying to figure out who actually performed Randall's abortion, and why it killed her. The investigation is complicated by the fact that Randall ...
- 2010: A Deeper Look into Sexuality of Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" and its Literary Criticisms
- ... woman. Her androgyny uses such stereo-types to define her, and to go over that and then use even more to define the end product of the story would be a mistake. Works Cited Steinbeck, John. The Chrysanthemums 1937. Literature. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs eds. London: Prentice Hall, 1998. Mitchell, Marylin L. 'Steinbeck's Strong Women': Feminine Identity in the Short Stories, Southwest Review, Vol. 61, No. 3, Summer, 1976, pp. 304- 15. McMahah, Elizabeth E. 'The Chrysanthemums': Study of a Woman's Sexuality, Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. XIV, No 4. Winter, 1968-69, pp. 453-58. Hughes, R. S. John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989.
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