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- 1521: Heart of Darkness: Cruelty
- ... undersized railway truck lying there on its back with its wheels in the air.... I came upon more pieces of decaying machinery, a stack of rust rails.... No change appeared on the face of the rock. They were building a railway. The cliff was not in the way of anything, but this objectless blasting was all the work going on." (Conrad 19.) George Washington Williams wrote in his diary that three ...
- 1522: Lord of the Flies: Symbolism of The Conch
- ... power, order and "divine" influence completely falls apart. Pg 140 provides a good example of this deterioration "Listen all of you. Me and my hunter s, we're living along the beach on a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join the tribe come and see us. Perhaps will let you join. Perhaps not." Here Jack starts to act more like a kid instead ...
- 1523: The Necklace: A Closer Look at Character
- ... have never lost the necklace. She realized that her selfishness and desire to be on top had caused her to expierence the major down fall that she did. She also realized that she was at rock bottom now, her and her husband both, and she had put them there. Losiel in this time really didn't change. He just did what had to be done in order to pay for his ...
- 1524: Lord of the Flies: Jack Merridew - Not Guilty
- ... terrified, they thought Simon was the beast, so they attacked with the thought of killing the beast not Simon. Ralph was at that incident as well. He was one of us. As for Piggy, the rock that struck Piggy was not launched by my hand. The boys were bright enough to act on their own. "Roger started throwing rocks from atop the castle while his other hand was still on the ...
- 1525: Lord of the Flies: The Breakdown of a Society
- ... to start the first fire. Without them, they have no chance of rescue. At one point in the story, Jack and Piggy began to fight and Jack hit Piggy's glasses off. They hit a rock and shattered one lens. This symbolizes the loss of one-half of their chance of rescue. One day, Ralph, Simon and Piggy saw a passing ship in the distance. Unfortunately, their fire had gone out ...
- 1526: Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression
- ... acutely self consious but covering it with a quick smile and a readt phrase. When there was action; however, Wright made sure the reader knew; I hesitated for a moment, then acted; I brushed the rock from my shoulder and ducked and grabbed him about the legs and dumped him to the ground. A volcano of screams erupted from the crowd. I jumped upon the fallen boy and started pounding him ...
- 1527: Kafka's The Trial: Guilt
- ... K his ultimate punishment. They take him away, yet he does not struggle, and in reality, he is the one leading them. When they finally reach the outskirts of town, they throw K on a rock and begin to pass a knife over his body. K believes that he is supposed to take the knife and kill himself, but he will not, and he forces the two men to kill him ...
- 1528: They Shall Inherit the Earth: Loss of Innocence
- ... lost his innocence as a mature adult many times and in many ways. When Michael told Anna Prychoda about Huck Farr and how he though Huck was a "grand guy" and "as steady as the Rock Ages" , he had lost his innocence because he lied to Anna, he knew that Huck was not a good man and just wanted to take advantage of her. Michael Aikenhead had been wrong many times ...
- 1529: Book Report on "The Red Badge of Courage"
- ... the thought of chickening out of the battle. This only adds to Henry's internal emotional conflict with himself. Henry becomes so threatened by the other soldiers that he returns with a wound from a rock and tells that he was wounded by the enemy while fighting for another regiment. He begins to boast, and complain about the general's actions to make himself feel better about what had happened and ...
- 1530: The Little Prince, Siddhartha, and the Monkey God: Journey
- ... love or wisdom, but how to respect and to be mature. This is an ancient Chinese tale about the gods, heaven, and hell. The Monkey God has no parents as he was born from a rock on a stormy night. Possessing special abilities such as martial arts and magic, he traveled from Earth to the heavens at will. This, besides from the fact that he causes problems up in heaven, angered ...
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