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- 4611: Hobbit Essay
- ... creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of such fiction. The dragon, Smaug, is the main adversary of the fourteen adventurers and is a type of creature that has long been used in fantasy writing. Although most of the characters' species are merely creations of the author, they all exhibit a sense of realism that causes them to seem almost human. There is a vast difference between Middle Earth and ...
- 4612: Heart Of Darkness: Tension in Marlow's Mind
- ... of moral ethics and desire for monetary success. Marlow knows that there is a great deal of repugnance in what he is doing, yet he finds himself forced to deal with it in his own personal way, which is justify it or ignore it. It is clear that the company also is forced to deal with this same issue, but it does it simply by pretending that it is not dehumanizing ...
- 4613: Beowulf
- ... deep responsibility for fulfilling these duties. Fortunately, loyalty has held on through the many centuries since Beowulf. Today, man feels a responsibility, but it often gets ignored. Competitition in all forms is the main reason. Personal advancement is too tempting. Still, loyalty is admirable in those who are strong enough to resist temptation. Fame is a less admired quality today than in Beowulf. Fame meant eternal respect to the Anglo-Saxons ...
- 4614: Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
- ... in last five years. The owner of the Oilers Nelson Skalbania wanted Oilers to go public, so he could raise money easily. In order to go public, he had to get Gretzky out of the personal service contract and make Gretzky property of the team. Because Skalbania knew what he needed wasn't more Stanley Cups. He didn't need to sell more ticket. His arena was already sold out. He ...
- 4615: Nine Tomorrows: Will Computers Control Humans In The Future?
- ... technology advances. Computers will become faster and people will want to use them more to make their lives easier. Yet, just like to any good side there is a bad side. Asimov reflects in his writing that humans might depend on the computers so much that they will allow them to control their lives.
- 4616: Lord of the Flies: Essay on Jack Merridew
- ... it tells the tale of the war between democracy and dictatorship, and the abuse of power, it tells the tale of World War II. Though it tells this in such a fast - moving and exciting writing style, that it is hard for the reader to notice this until after much rereading and rumination. The island setting works as a metaphor for the world at the time, the reader must keep in ...
- 4617: Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfied's Journey into Self Discovery
- ... don't exist and life's beauty is what is truly important. He mentions that nature is peaceful and he need not worry about either his morality or conscience but is allowed to ponder these personal discrepancies. Holden Caulfield, however, has a much more complex yet equally important struggle. His struggle is of his own hypocrisy and misunderstanding. This struggle can be overwhelming for some and it is for Holden who ...
- 4618: Comparison of Book and Movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... the nurse) yet in the movie he was. He never stopped being wild in the movie, leading you to believe that maybe in fact he is crazy. Mcmurphy's true character was lost in the writing of the screen play, his intelligence and cunning is lowered greatly by changes made by the screen writers. Ms. Ratched is a powerful woman in both the book and the movie. She knows how to ...
- 4619: Comparison of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and Dali's "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus"
- ... In this case, Narcissus) In the foreground, and the background of the painting tends to be very crisp and detailed, yet unimportant, compared to Narcissus. I feel the same way about Gregor, I see Kafka writing this story with mainly Gregor in mind, as the main character and narrator. Kafka puts this puzzled victim in the story as a clerk, yet that element of the story tends to receded in to ...
- 4620: An Analysis of Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- ... All Colonial Cathcart cares about is a feather in his cap or a black eye. He does not care how the men feel. He raises the number of missions to impossible highs only for his personal gain. This is perhaps a parallel to Washington D. C., where politicians often have become so caught up in bureaucracies that they forget about their constituents. General Scheisskoph achieves such a high rank only because ...
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