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- 4491: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Is Stephen Dedalus Really James Joyce?
- ... be a true artist. In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is written in the indirect first person, in which everything is “seen through the eyes of Stephen.” Joyce's method of writing for this novel and apparently for his other novels is stream-of-consciousness. Nowhere in the novel does Joyce include his own thoughts. The character of Stephen Dedalus is revealed through only his observations and ...
- 4492: 1984: Duty or Desire
- ... by a sudden political change. Oceania is no longer at war with Eurasia. O'Brien has given Winston a forbidden book by Goldstein, the enemy of the Party. Winston takes it and reads the extensive writing on Party philosophy. He thinks that the proles are the hope of the future when suddenly his world collapses. Within seconds the police crashes in, Winston is hold prisoner and tortured in the Ministry of ...
- 4493: Candide
- ... splendid, brilliant, smart or orderly then the two armies. The trumpets, fifes, oboes, drums and cannons produced a harmony whose equal was never heard in hell.” (pg 22) Though Voltaire may not have had this personal experience, the story had been heard many times. Go to war fight and die for the power of a far off monarch. Candide may be simple, but he is not stuipid. Once he sees the ...
- 4494: The Prince and the Pauper: Summary
- ... the story is in the most disreputable parts of London, England and in the castle were the Prince lived between 1525 and 1550. 9. Do you think that the author had any serious purpose in writing this book? Has it influenced your point of view or thinking in any way? Yes, I think that the author had a serious purpose because it has a very important point. The point is that ...
- 4495: Managing Information Systems
- ... It would limit how much of the amount of information that you provide over the Internet could be distributed to other companies without your written permission. This would put a stop to people selling your personal information and background to other companies for profit. Another bill would put a stop to spamming on the web. Spam is basically unsolicited junk mail that is sent to people on the net no matter ...
- 4496: Malamud’s The Assistant: Frank Alpine's Metamorphosis From Bad To Good
- ... by the fact that St. Francis was “born good”, which Frank refers to as a talent. Frank Alpine and Morris Bober finally get acquainted and have a revealing conversation. In this conversation, Frank discloses some personal information about his past. “I’ve had a rough life……I mean I’ve been trough a lot. I’ve been close to some wonderful things……but close is as far as I go….sooner ...
- 4497: Cantebury Tales
- ... a largely peasant society), but the Church and the government needed men who could read and write in English and Latin. The Church trained its own men, and these went to help in the government: writing letters, keeping accounts and so on. The words 'cleric' and 'clerk' have the same origin, and every nobleman would have at least one priest to act as a secretary. The power of the Church is ...
- 4498: Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression
- ... much violence and oppression in his early years as was there for any man of the time. His expierences as a young boy shaped him into the man and author he bacame. And through his writing, he shapes his readers with his words. “Suddenly the future loomed tangibly for me, as tangible as the future can loom for a black boy in Mississippi.”
- 4499: Joy Luck Club
- ... on past mistakes. The children feel that their mothers nag constantly when moral issues are concerned, for example, in the case of a divorce. An-mei prefers that her daughter talks and works out her personal problems with her husband. If Rose's husband leaves her, then ultimately she must resort to a divorce. Regardless of what the circumstances are, mothers are diligently looking out for the well being of their ...
- 4500: The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother and Daughter
- ... but she has some guesses. During the dinner, Waverly humiliates June by implying in their conversation that June was both unsophisticated and poor. One of the things Waverly said was that June's quality of writing was not good enough for her firm. Then, when the crabs go around, June picks the crab with the missing leg, the worst one, so her mother wouldn't have to eat it. Later, in ...
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