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- 4511: A Review of "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
- ... is old and he knows it. His life is coming to an end and he fears that he will leave Phillip on the island by himself and that he will not be able to cope. Personal response This novel shows that black people are friendly and considerate and not dirty and abuseful as Phillip's mother sees them.It also displays the fare and hardship in the times of the Second ...
- 4512: Herland: The Use of Character Development
- ... well as female, should seek to emulate. As he sees it, the women of Herland exhibit virtues that are neither feminine nor masculine, but simply fully human. It is easy to view her reasons for writing such a story. In a period where woman are fighting for their rights as individuals, as humans, and as equals to men. In this book Gilman shows the role of feminism during the early twentieth ...
- 4513: A Book Report on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
- ... fellows, but he lacks the courage to fight for his right to be an individual. In contrast is his friend Helmholtz Watson, successful in sports, sex, and community activities, but openly dissatisfied because instead of writing something beautiful and powerful, his job is to turn out propaganda. Bernard attends a solidarity service of the Fordian religion. It culminates in a sexual orgy, but he doesn't feel the true rapture experienced ...
- 4514: Pride and Prejudice and The Edible Woman: Negative Effects of the Society's Influence
- ... her by society. Elizabeth refuses to accept this view. She feels marriage is for love, not money, and finds it a “fantastic nightmare” that “economic and social institutions have such power over the values of personal relationships” (Harding 167). However, Charlotte later marries Mr. Collin and sacrifices love for worldly advantage. Mr. Darcy also assumes everyone marries for wealth. He feels the Bennet's lack of money “must very materially lessen ...
- 4515: Siddhartha's Maturation as Marked by Key Experiences
- ... maturity presents itself in Siddhartha's conclusion that if he is to achieve an immaterial balance, it must be on his own. He understands that the Buddha had a remarkable experience, but it is a personal one. Siddhartha sees that his development process relies on his forging his own experiences, and his attainment of self realization can only be made by himself, regardless of what knowledge Gautama may impart to him ...
- 4516: Picking Up The Pieces: An Analytical Look at Why the Village of Umofia Fell Apart
- ... it was the white missionaries who caused the fall of Umofia and not religion. Religion was just a tool they used to shake those who had already lost faith in their clan and their own personal worth within the clan. Therefore, when the missionaries took the faith that tied them to their clan, the faith in their gods, the villagers quickly gave up their possessions to follow this loving, accepting way ...
- 4517: Jane Austen's Persuasion: An Analysis
- ... story opens Anne is twenty seven, and the bloom of her youth is gone. She is the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a spendthrift baronet and widower, with a swollen sense of social importance and personal elegance. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, haughty and unmarried, is now twenty-nine. Captain Wentworth, who has had a successful career and is now prosperous, is thrown again into Anne's society by the letting of ...
- 4518: An Analysis of William Styron's "The Long March"
- An Analysis of William Styron's "The Long March" The novel The Long March by William Styron is a prime example of anti-war, anti-goverment, and anti-military writing. William Styron uses marine reserves, that are forced to make a 36 mile march that they are not prepared for, to show the brutality and hypocrisy in the leaders of this country. The reserves are ...
- 4519: A Review of Lord of the Flies
- ... slips away and man reverts to his more primitive nature, his identity disintegrates. The boys use masks to cover their identity, and this allows them to kill and later to murder. The loss of a personal name personifies the loss of selfhood and identity. Power Different types of power, with their uses and abuses, are central to the story. Each kind of power is used by one of the characters. Democratic ...
- 4520: Willy Loman is often described as a Tragic Hero. To What Extent is "Death of a Salesman" a Tragedy?
- ... certain way that brings about his downfall that is the difference between Willy and his salesman neighbour Charley who chooses other ways of achieving success. As soon as Death of a Salesman opened, critics began writing about its relation to Greek tragedy, usually pointing out that Willy doesn't qualify as a tragic hero. Miller replied to these critics with an essay titled "Tragedy and the Common Man." He said that ...
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