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- 1391: Clarissa Dalloways Double
- ... likely to be carried away by it. This irrational thoughts interplay with her physical illness, pulling her closer to the insane double of her. For Septimus, he pictures himself as "a drowned sailor on a rock"(89) when his sense of alienation and indifference becomes all but intolerable. Before committing suicide, he allows his madness to pour like water on him by imagining "the sound of water was in the room ...
- 1392: Brave New World 8
- ... about his mescaline adventures are The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, nicely chronicled through letter correspondences during the time in Moksha. The title of Doors of Perception, lifted from poet William Blake, inspired rock singer Jim Morrison to name his group "The Doors." Then in 1963 Huxley with his wife by his side ingested a dose of mescaline while on his deathbed. Aldous Huxley s, Brave New World shows ...
- 1393: Blind Is As Invisible Does, A
- ... the manner in which [they] were all crowded together into the servants' elevator" (1526). He is so focused on disliking the black men that he is forced to stand with he fails to see his roll in the evening. IM is forced to participate in a battle before he is permitted to speak. And in order to fight he has to be lifted up to where the white men are in ...
- 1394: Big Two-hearted River
- ... fish. Nick tries as hard as he can, but the fish snaps the line and escapes. Then, as Nick thinks about the fate of the trout which got away, Hemingway writes, "He felt like a rock, too, before he started off. By God, he was a big one. By God, he was the biggest one I ever heard of." This sudden switch to first-person narration is startling to the reader ...
- 1395: Beowulf 4
- ... last request. Before Beowulf died after losing the fight he had with the dragon he had only one request for if he did not live: ...Now hurry, dear Wiglaf; rummage the hoard under the grey rock, for the dragon sleeps, riddled with wounds...be quick so that I may see the age-old golden treasure...once I have set eyes on such a store, it will be more easy for me ...
- 1396: Dreams
- ... near future. Next Joe needed to understand that he was showing signs of regression, by sitting and crying. Once he realizes that, Joe remembers being reprimanded at work, where he felt like crawling under a rock. Lastly, Joe needs to understand that just because he was with his mother in his dream doesnt mean that he feels for her in that way. Because he was having sex with his mother ...
- 1397: Fahrenheit 451
- ... the lives of the peasants performed their farming duties in their lives and their entertainment they had. Like in the scene where he firsts meet Murron they are dancing then Wallace and Hamish have the rock-throwing contest. It also showed how important the code of Chivalry was in their times when Robert De Bruce betrayed him you could tell that he was devastated. I think that we also learned that ...
- 1398: Analyzing Shakespears Sonnet 5
- ... perseverance of love. They mention things that they think of as extremely powerful and say that love will outlast them; unlike them, love will not even fade. They make love seem to be like a rock that does not decay or move; it is ever-present with the lovers and it is never forgotten. Both sonnets are Elizabethan sonnets. Their rhyme scheme is a, b, a, b, c, d, c, d ...
- 1399: All The Kings Men
- ... a saint. The change that Jack goes through in All the Kings Men, is comparable to that of the patient who receives a lobotomy. Although Jack undergoes no physical change, the events he witnesses rock his personality, and transforms him into an entirely new man. His metamorphosis from the beginning of the story to the end has as many parallels to the faceless patients operation as it does differences ...
- 1400: A Comparison And Contrast Of L
- ... s jungle is one of, Aplants, and water, and silence." These images lend themselves to the British impression of Africa as an "uncivilized" place. Achebe's "...music and dancing and a great feast..." are a "...roll of drums behind a curtain of trees...hovering high over our heads..." to Conrad. Achebe's feast is a pleasant image of celebration, whereas Conrad's hovering trees call up images of a guillotine. Conrad ...
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