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- 1071: The Metamorphosis
- ... would like nothing more than to quit, but hi is forced to continue working so that he may bail out his bankrupt family. Kafka is very much a follower of Marx and that is the philosophy that comes through here. Gregor's alienation due to work corresponds to Marx's definition of work under capitalism: his work is external to the worker, I.e., it does not form part of his ...
- 1072: Canterbury Tales: Who is the Narrator?
- ... Latin alive so that ancient documents could be read. The churchman had a double intellectual duty: to protect this storehouse of wisdom, and to add to it by writing new texts on history, theology, and philosophy. But, because of the technical demands of producing books, not every writer in the Church was a writer as we think of writers now. Rather than creating new books or even cataloguing old ones, many ...
- 1073: To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... very important characters, for both the developments of kids in the book and reader. The title is something that can be interpreted in many ways. Each one will be different, based on the reader's philosophy and beliefs.
- 1074: Death of a Salesman - "The American Dream: What it Means to Me"
- ... their lives only to retire and be too old to hike Half-Dome in Yosemite, or play softball with their children. Willy Loman was too wrapped up in getting ahead of the next guy. This philosophy of getting ahead is what makes up America and compromises the dreams of man. Sometimes this greed can draw man to great things, sometimes it can draw man to ruin, I guess it depends on ...
- 1075: A Date with Kosinski
- ... always trying to forget the horrible day. The title of the novel carries significant importance in the development of the story. Kosinski cleverly chooses the title to sum up, in two words, Levanter's whole philosophy of life. Joseph McLellan says: "It is a warning that, given the staggering proportion of violence in our society, life is, at best, uncertain-we might not live through the very next moment, our next ...
- 1076: Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
- ... inferior and insignificant, as illustrated when he threw a gold coin to the child's devastated father as compensation. The Monsieur the Marquis revealed his true sentiments to his nephew: "Repression is the only lasting philosophy. . . fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip. . ."(Dickens, 123) Dickens makes it abundantly obvious that the aristocrats are to meet doom, with symbolic references to fate and death. For ...
- 1077: Victor Frankenstein: An Unpredictable Character
- ... which is why it was so peculiar that he went of the deep end. After Victor’s mother died, his father thought it best that Victor attend school in Ingolstadt, where he would study natural philosophy and chemistry. Victor is an obsessive compulsive person. When he gets involved in something, he engrosses himself in it. He began to study all the time and was, for the most part, unsociable. He became ...
- 1078: A Winter Dream: Judy Jones
- ... many a lady, but none quite as rememberable as Miss Judy Jones. Unfortunately for these men, Judy’s personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “do every thing for me”. She knows that these men who such desire her will sacrifice life and limb for her, and she not only excepts that, but also usually makes them ...
- 1079: The Yellow Wallpaper: Going Crazy
- ... freeing man as well as themselves, because man suffers from the distortions that come from dominance, just as women are scarred by the subjugation imposed upon them”(Lane 5). The ““Yellow Wallpaper”” brilliantly illustrates this philosophy. The narrator’s declining mental health is reflected though the characteristics of the house she is trapped in and her husband, while trying to protect her, is actually destroying her. The narrator of the story ...
- 1080: Death of a Salesman - Example of Character Analysis: Problems of the Loman Family
- ... them. Stealing encompassed Biff's life due to negative paternal influence. In one flashback scene, Willy told Biff and Happy to steal lumber and congratulated them on how much lumber they had acquired. Willy's philosophy of being well-liked surpassed anything, even if stealing was necessary to keep Biff's popularity. Habitual thefts because of Willy's influence led to Biff's desolation and ultimately led Biff into jail. He ...
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