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- 91: Willy (death Of A Salesman) Vs
- ... however, his sons, who are well built and attractive, turned out to be failures: " Biff Loman is lost. In the greatest country in the world a young man with such-personal attractiveness, gets lost."(Discovering Literature, 1215) His high expectation for his sons and their failure hurt him. Willy pretends to be a successful man in front of his wife. In addition, Willy does not like his wife to mend stockings ... feels guilty for giving stockings to his mistress and not his wife: "Willy (angrily taking the stocking from her wife): "I won't have you mending stockings in this house! Now throw them out!" (Discovering Literature, 1228) At last, Willy kills himself, because he needs to clear his conscience for being unfaithful to his wife and escape his problems. On the other hand, Walter, a chauffeur, dreams of being rich but ... s weakness: "If you a son of mine, tell her! (Walter picks up his keys and his coat and walks out. She continues, bitterly.) You you are a disgrace to your father's memory." (Discovering Literature, 1318) Then, Walter decides to joint venture with his friends to start a liquor store using the insurance money from his father's death. His ignorance to the business world eventually costs him all ...
- 92: The Changing of the America Through Literature
- The Changing of the America Through Literature The authors of these two novels, Mark Twain with The Adventures or Huckleberry Finn and F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby, both used their stories to try and get the reader to reflect upon ...
- 93: The Theme of Evil in Literature
- The Theme of Evil in Literature Since the beginning of time, people have pondered the existence of evil. What makes people laugh at other peoples' mistakes? What makes a little kid relentlessly pick on the outcast? What fuels the hate that ...
- 94: Literature and Life: Of Human Bondage and Beyond
- Literature and Life: Of Human Bondage and Beyond In the novel Of Human Bondage , the reader comes across a truly magnificent quote on page 627. This quote is: "He had lived always in the future, and ...
- 95: An Analysis of Several Works of Literature
- An Analysis of Several Works of Literature In Malgudi Days, although R.K. Narayan seems to present us with a bleak portrayal of India where life is very hard and there is very little human happiness, he means to reflect the triumph ...
- 96: African Literature: In The Cutting of A Drink and The Return
- African Literature: In The Cutting of A Drink and The Return The two short stories "In the Cutting of a Drink" and "The Return" bring different responses from me. "In the Cutting of a Drink" makes me ...
- 97: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... many people understand the unknown, and made abolitionists out of many people. This man had a cause, as well as a story to tell. Douglass, as a former slave, single- handedly redefined American Civil War literature, simply by redefining how antislavery writings were viewed. There were other narratives written by former slaves, but none could live up to the educated, realistic accounts of slavery by Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass is well ... Quarles, Benjamin, Microsoft Encarta). One must not overlook Frederick Douglass's oratory skills when looking at his literary career; however, it is Douglass's form which left the largest impact on Civil War time period literature. Douglass's most significant autobiographical works include: Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; My Bondage And My Freedom; and Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass. These three books are about the ... Douglass uses a simple, yet educated approach to show how he felt as a slave growing up in Maryland. Douglass's Narrative was known as being a brief, descriptive, and easy to read piece of literature. It showed the hardships of slavery as seen by a real slave. Douglass became educated through his own means. Knowledge was truly a blessing for Frederick Douglass. Without knowledge, Douglass never would have achieved ...
- 98: Writing about Literature
- Writing about Literature We have all heard expressions like Her lips were like roses, or she was as beautiful as a goddess, used to describe a persons true love. Most writers, poets and novelists, are guilty of ...
- 99: WEB DuBois's Influence on Literature and People
- WEB DuBois's Influence on Literature and People In his work The Souls of Black Folk, WEB DuBois had described the life and problems that blacks in America was not easy. DuBois had a very different plan in the struggle for ...
- 100: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... many people understand the unknown, and made abolitionists out of many people. This man had a cause, as well as a story to tell. Douglass, as a former slave, single-handedly redefined American Civil War literature, simply by redefining how antislavery writings were viewed. There were other narratives written by former slaves, but none could live up to the educated, realistic accounts of slavery by Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass is well ... Quarles, Benjamin, Microsoft Encarta). One must not overlook Frederick Douglass's oratory skills when looking at his literary career; however, it is Douglass's form which left the largest impact on Civil War time period literature. Douglass's most significant autobiographical works include: Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; My Bondage And My Freedom; and Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass. These three books are about the ... Douglass uses a simple, yet educated approach to show how he felt as a slave growing up in Maryland. Douglass's Narrative was known as being a brief, descriptive, and easy to read piece of literature. It showed the hardships of slavery as seen by a real slave. Douglass became educated through his own means. Knowledge was truly a blessing for Frederick Douglass. Without knowledge, Douglass never would have achieved ...
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