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- 1031: The Moral Evolution Of Pip
- ... However, these expectations and Pip's self-interest are the sources of his unhappiness. "We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same condition. There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton of truth that we never did." (Ch. 34, p. 294) Pip's concern for himself has led him to become a phony, rather than ...
- 1032: The Devil In Disguise
- ... Devil. However, evidence in the fictional work "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" reveals that he is. Work Cited Oates, Joyce Carol. "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" An Introduction to Fiction. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999. 587-599.
- 1033: The Chosen, By Chaim Potok
- The Chosen The Chosen, a fiction novel written in 1967 by Chaim Potok, is about two young Jewish boys and their friendship. It takes us along with them on their journey from adolescence to adulthood. They face many conflicts, and through ...
- 1034: The Women Of Jane Austen
- ... as illustrated in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, many married those whom they held in low esteem but who possessed a great deal of financial stability. In Newman s opinion, [In her fiction,] Austen exposes the fundamental discrepancy in her society between its avowed ideology of love and its implicit economic motivation (695). Of course, marriage did not guarantee a woman s happiness ever after in the late ...
- 1035: The Old Man And The Sea-change
- ... ocean. He is left in an unfortunate reality that he's not who he once was. "There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction everyday. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too." (16) To keep his pride, and in almost denial, the old deteriorating fisherman pretends there is a meal ready ...
- 1036: The Man Who Mistook His Wife F
- The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat As a child, I watched Alfred Hitchcock Theater, The Twilight Zone and other science fiction or horror shows. Often times the storyline was based on a victim s mental problems or their skewed perception of the world. Looking back, I remember the fascination I felt when watching one specific episode ...
- 1037: The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
- ... partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her fathers peaches, and universally famed not merely for her beauty, but for her vast expectations. Gothocism is a term that describes the use in fiction of grotesque, gloomy settings and mysterious, violent, and supernatural occurrences. Washington Irving uses many examples of Gothocism in the story. Some examples are From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of ...
- 1038: The Last Gentleman By Walker P
- ... Cited Dowie, William. "Walker Percy: Sensualist Thinker." Critical Essays on Walker Percy. Eds. Donald and Sue Mitchell. Critical Essays on American Literature. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall & Co., 1989. 157-70. Hardy, John Edward. The Fiction of Walker Percy's Novels. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987. Johnson, Mark. "The Search for Place in Walker Percy Novels." Critical Essays on Walker Percy. Eds. Donald and Sue Mitchell. Critical Essays on American ...
- 1039: The Idea Of Utopia In 1984 And
- ... Both of the novels are read as a grave warning of pitfalls that await the uncontrollable government and political leaders who keep gaining power. The novel, Brave New World, which is more of a science fiction novel, is basically about uncontrollable scientific advancements. However, the political novel, 1984, a much more grimmer speculation of the future, focuses on the government's developed methods in keeping the citizens being governed in their ...
- 1040: The Hobbit 3
- ... humans and dwarves in the novel. This type of communication is not possible on our planet. Beorn, a human who is able to morph into other creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of 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 ...
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