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- 81: The Color Purple
- ... without hesitation, because she was fearful of being beaten. The first evidence comes from the opening line of the novel, You better not never tell nobody but God… (P.11). That is why all her letters open with Dear God, because she fears what will happen to her if she does tell anyone. And it is because of these men, that she has very little courage or ambition, for they took ... as it gave her confidence. This came to an end though, when Mister ran Nettie off his land and told Nettie to never comeback. The final straw for Celie was when she found Nettie’s letters. For when Mister kicked Nettie off his farm, Celie say, Write. She say, What? I say, Write. She say, Nothing but death can keep me from it. She never write (P. 26). Celie thought Nettie never wrote, until with the help of Shug Avery, she found a whole bunch of the letters Nettie wrote to her. And when she thought about how Mister kept these letters from her, she got so mad that she wanted to kill Mister and that was the final straw, she was ...
- 82: Pride And Prejudice
- ... Collins leaves Longbourn. A few days later Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner arrive. ( Mrs. Bennet’s sister). They’ll be staying for Christmas. Their aunt knows about Mr. Bingley and Jane because they wrote her some letters. Mrs. Gardiner asks Jane to go to London with them after Christmas. She will, she hopes to see her friend there. Mrs. Gardiner and Mr. Wickham have some friends in common where they talk about ... but her visitor doesn’t notices it. Lizzy refuses to go to Rosings that evening, she stays at home having a headache. [Chapter 34] After the others left for Rosings Lizzy starts reading Jane’s letters again. She wants to find out who Darcy really is. Jane used to be cheerful even in her letters but Lizzy thinks she misses that now. She hears the doorbell and soon after Mr. Darcy walks into the room. He is worried about her health. Silence. Then he suddenly starts telling Elizabeth that ...
- 83: An Analysis of The Mayor of Casterbridge
- ... Lucetta becomes the stylish and important woman she has longed to be. But she fears her secret affair with Henchard, if revealed, might destroy her marriage to Farfrae. She begs Henchard to return the damning letters she had written him years before. Henchard finds the letters in his old house and reads some of them to Farfrae. He intends to reveal their author as well but relents at the last minute. Later, he asks Jopp, a former employee, to deliver the letters to Lucetta. Henchard doesn't realize Jopp hates both him and Lucetta. Jopp shares the letters with some of the lowlife of the town. Lucetta sees herself paraded in mimicry, and the shock kills ...
- 84: Fredrick Douglass 3
- ... a book anytime he had an errand to run. The errandwould be completed quickly, allowing extra study time. When Frederick was working inDurgin and Bailey s ship-yard he would notice timber marked with various letters. Hesoon discovered how the letters matched the type of wood and the names of these letters.Any boy he met that could write he would challenge them to a writing contest. Frederickwould use the letters he recently learned and told the child to challenge that. He thencopied the Italics in ...
- 85: Watching The Box Watch Peter H
- ... cathode ray tube which is designed to bring two-dimensional illusionary sights and sounds to its viewers. As seen in articles such as Peter Hamill's "Crack in the Box", or in the collection of letters called "Watching TV", there are many strong and contradictory takes on the role television plays in society today. It would appear from a cursory look at the text that there is currently a debate raging ... in The Sun magazine) to share their view with others. The opinions expressed are written in a straightforward manner, and hopefully reflect the true thoughts of the writers. Two general positions are supported by the letters, which oppose each other: 1)television is basically good for people, 2)television is basically bad for people. The first letter comes from R. Lurie, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She or he relates to ... society and better themselves. All addictions are dangerous, even addiction to watching light and sound spill forth from a rectangular box-like device, ostensibly for the amusement of the viewer/hearer. Looking again at the letters from "Watching TV", I notice two things in particular. All three letter writers mention television in terms of escaping from reality- from true human relationships, family life, and the reality involved in living. Television, ...
- 86: Bible - Epistles
- Is the Law Good or Evil ? In the New Testament, the Pauline epistles play an important role in the development of Christianity and the Christian church. Arguably, the most important letters of Paul are that of the ones for the Christians of Rome. The letters to the Romans are slowly revealing the thought process of the apostle. In the letters to the Romans, the apostle discusses God's righteousness and forgiveness to all those who believed, the relationship between human, God, and the church, and "the question of the relation between the Gospel and ...
- 87: Serial Killers, the Minds, the Methods, the Madness
- ... personality disorders, many serial killers end up working menial jobs despite their high intelligence. There are many serial killers, who because of many different medias have now become infamous. Many of the serial killers wrote letters to “announce” themselves. Jack the Ripper wrote letters to the police antagonizing the fact that he was still “out-there” despite reports of his capture. The Son of Sam was offended by being called a woman hater and wrote a letter explaining his cause. Another well-known letter writer was the Zodiac. Zodiac wrote letters to the area newspapers, part of which was written in codes. Among one of the most gruesome letters was that written by Albert Fish. Fish, a cannibalistic child killer mailed a letter to the ...
- 88: Age of Reason
- ... more conveniently known as “Discourse on Method,” Descartes describes his task as such: “as soon as my age permitted me to pass from under the control of my instructors, I entirely abandoned the study of letters and resolved no longer to seek any other science than the knowledge of myself, or of the great book of the world”(16). The knowledge of oneself, and of his so-called “book of the ... ranks, in collecting varied experience . . . and, above all, in making such reflections on the matter of [his] experience as to secure [his] improvement”(16). Rather than consume his time and energy with extensive study of letters, he engaged himself in a quest for experience, and for making sense of these experiences. Notice that after listing experiences in which he loves to participate, he states that above all, it is the reflection ... his attention. Descartes argues that there is much more truth in “the reasonings of each individual with reference to the affairs in which he is personally interested . . . than in those connected by a man of letters in his study”(16). Although studying through letters may bring knowledge, it is the engagement in interesting experiences and subsequent personal reflection on these experiences that bring insight, a more desirable quality. According to ...
- 89: Cyrano De Bergerac 4
- ... personally responsible for his downfall; his constant aspiration for perfection and excessive deception eventually leads to his death. Such ornery behavior is exhibited when he adamantly insists on being himself, when he feigns the love letters for Christian, and when he hesitates to tell the truth and confess his love to Roxane. These acts ultimately aid in his defeat, leading us to conclude Cyrano is the only one to blame for ... Cyrano is brave enough to fight off one hundred men, this phobia of rejection is terrifying enough to him that he is unable to tell Roxane that he loves her deeply. Cyrano feigns the love letters for Christian, who is not greatly skilled in the field of writing. This action seems to be a brilliant idea, but it causes a great beguilement since Roxane has deeply fallen in love with both ... situation for a poet! Come. Shall we collaborate? I ll be your cloak Of darkness, your each anted sword, your ring To charm the fairy Princess! (Cyrano, P.86) If Cyrano hadn t write love letters for Christian, Christian would not have been able to express his love for Roxane, and she would not have fallen in love with his inane mind. Cyrano should have realized that Roxane is a ...
- 90: Software
- ... text indexing by using the Full Search facility. To assist you in finding a term, the following two special wildcard characters will help find a match for the term. · An asterisk ( * ) following a sequence of letters means: Find any term that matches the beginning of the character string plus zero or more characters following the asterisk. · A questionmark ( ? ) following a sequence of letters means: Find any term that matches the beginning of the character string plus any single character. If the query finds more than one result, a results list is returned from which you can choose a ... text indexing by using the Full Search facility. To assist you in finding a term, the following two special wildcard characters will help find a match for the term. · An asterisk ( * ) following a sequence of letters means: Find any term that matches the beginning of the character string plus zero or more characters following the asterisk. · A questionmark ( ? ) following a sequence of letters means: Find any term that matches the ...
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