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- 4661: The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms: The Main Characters
- ... hero such as saving someone from a burning house at the risk of one's own life. The main distinguishing characteristic of a true hero is self-sacrifice, whether it be scarifice of your own personal desires or ideals or sacrifice of physical well being to help others. There are a few novels in which the main character of the work does not exemplify the deeds and thought of a true ...
- 4662: Modernization Of Computers
- ... if they do much of it. But generally, I think the young people's contact withcomputers is positive.In Norway today, it is getting more common to have a computer at home. You canuse a personal computer to keep household-budgets or other economics. It isalso possible to get in touch with your bank and transwer money while you're inyour sitting-room.It is possible to contact other databases and ...
- 4663: Stoker's Dragula: Devices
- ... example of imagery can be found on page 54. This is when Jonathan was trying to escape and he ran across the Count's coffin. Stoker creates the horrifying image of the devilish antagonist by writing, "... looking as if his youth had been half renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey; the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth ...
- 4664: Summary of Nathaniel Hawthornes "The Scarlet Letter"
- ... happily declines the offer because she must take care of Pearl. The story now turns to Roger Chillingworth. Following his secret interview with Hester in prison, Chillingworth becomes a respected member of the community and personal medical advisor to Arthur Dimmesdale, whose health is failing. Chillingworth uses his medical knowledge to treat the minister's physical condition, but suspects some wound or trouble in Dimmesdale's soul is contributing to his ...
- 4665: The Scarlet Letter: Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them?
- ... identities of her lover and her husband. There must have been times when the temptation to reveal her secrets was overwhelming. Dimmesdale chooses to conceal his guilty secret from the townsfolk, but this causes great personal suffering and the gradual deterioration of his health. He shows that he is having trouble dealing with his sin when he keeps his hand over his heart to hide an imaginary "A" on his chest ...
- 4666: Twain's" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Satire
- ... long been used as a vehicle for entertaining the masses. However, many stories have another purpose, such as expressing the writer's feelings on social customs from years gone bye or at the time of writing. One vehicle which is often used to attain this goal is satire. Mark Twain's novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, is an excellent example of using satire as social commentary(Reis ...
- 4667: Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
- ... mixing of the dichotomies of stasis and change, the past and the future, cause Bradbury's Dandelion Wine to be somewhat confusing. In order to rectify this confusion, an explanation of Bradbury's motives in writing Dandelion Wine is needed. One theory is that Dandelion Wine is an outlet for the confusion of the middle class over the relative value of the future over the past. It creates a vague feeling ...
- 4668: Peacefully Ever After
- ... dead husbands?" My response would be that I believe Janie didn't live "happily ever after," but rather "peacefully ever after." Janie discovered who she is through Logan, her needs and desires through Jody, and personal satisfaction combined with happiness with Tea Cake. With this combination, Janie achieved a restful sense of accomplishment in which she could live her life "peacefully ever after."
- 4669: Elie Wiesel's Night
- ... beacon used to describe Elie Wiesel by the Washington post mean sign. It is in this sense that I agree strongly with the Washington Post. Elie Wiesel, put all his feelings aside and attempted, by writing this novel, to portray to us the readers the things he went through in the Holocaust. In a way he is making sure that other people will not have to go through the things that ...
- 4670: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Finn as the Narrator
- ... Huck is essentially good-hearted, but he is looked down upon by the rest of the village. He dislikes civilized ways because they are too restrictive and hard. He is generally ignorant of reading and writing, but he has a sharply developed sensibility. He is imaginative and clever, and has a good eye for detail, though he does not always understand everything he sees, or its significance. This enables Twain to ...
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