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- 8641: The Chosen
- ... work and perseverance, the two boys (Rueven and Danny), find out who they really are, and what lives they will lead in the future. The novel concentrates on the desire to conceive a person's personal wants while conforming to tradition. The basis of all the conflicts in the entire novel stem from the differences in family life which are brought on by the discrepancies of religious beliefs. Rueven, who is ...
- 8642: The Chocolate War
- ... motivates Jerry to become a rebel Webster’s dictionary defines a hero as any man admired for his courage, qualities or exploits, especially in war. Some people attribute the term hero mostly to war. My personal definition of a hero is someone who takes a stand against evil or an unjust cause. The term hero can be applied to anyone, it isn’t necessary to save the world from explosion to ...
- 8643: The Cherry Orchard
- ... house, and renting homes on the land that the cherry orchard now grows. He cares not about the sentimental value the orchard holds, but the money that could be made selling it. When told the personal value of the orchard, Lopahin replies: "The only remarkable thing about this cherry orchard is that it’s very big." He also says: "There’s a crop of cherries once every two years…that’s ...
- 8644: The Cathedral
- ... in life. While a lot has been written about Raymond Carver, little has been written about Cathedral. Contributing writer Charles E. May in the Reference Guide to Short Fiction sites a change in Carver’s writing style beginning with the stories contained in the same anthology as Cathedral: "Whereas his early stories are minimalist and bleak, his later stories are more discursive and optimistic." (Watson 114) The few critics who have ...
- 8645: The Broken Heart
- ... would be the plague. A plague is a widespread disease that causes thousands of people to die. The plague is also synonymous with suffering. Donne writes that he has "had the plague a year," by writing this Donne has been deathly ill for what he thinks is a year. Love, to Donne is something that you think about for a long time so, therefore, it seems that you have loved someone ...
- 8646: The Breakfast Club
- ... to get people to pay more attention to her. She also did some very different things that I have never seen any normal girl do. Usually, a girls purse is a private object that carries personal items. I’ve never seen any girl just literally dump all of the contents out of her purse and onto the couch. To me, she needed some attention. I believe before this scene, Allison told ...
- 8647: The Book Of Matthew
- ... Father's voice spoke from heaven and said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" (Matt 3:17). In chapter four, Jesus is tempted by Satan not as a personal test but for our sake, that He might personally know temptation and be able to help us when we are tempted. He overcame the devil by using the same weapons available to us today: the ...
- 8648: The Blue Hotel
- ... York as a freelance journalist. His short stories and experimental poetry, also, anticipate the ironic realism of the decades ahead. In his brief and energetic life, he published fourteen books while acting out, in his personal adventures, the legend of the writer as soldier of fortune (741-743). Among one of his works include "The Blue Hotel." The novel the "Blue Hotel" is a novel themed with death. The moment that ...
- 8649: SEX...as It Is(kind Of Long But Worth The Read)
- ... that all women, esp. the "uppity" ones, subconsciously desire to be dominated and subjugated (and repeatedly raped) by a powerful, masculine warrior with a giant penis, i.e., a "real man". But then, he is writing fantasy (for a male audience); by definition, fantasy is escapism, a denial of reality! However, this is a very common attitude, esp. among the most violent members of society like drug and biker gangs. Also ...
- 8650: The Black Cat
- ... associated with. Later in the story, the narrator describes this white spot as having the distinct shape of the gallows. This symbols that the cat will lead to the death of the narrator. He is writing this story from a prison cell and is going to die the next day. One can assume that his punishment is death by means of hanging from the gallows. The black and white color of ...
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