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- 1531: The Scarlet Letter: Chapter by Chapter Review and Analysis
- ... wearing the scarlet letter. On page 74, my highlighted text reads Her sin, her ignominy, were the roots which she had struck into the soil. I can compare what Hawthorne is getting across with a rock song by the Smashing Pumpkins called Tonight, Tonight. In the song, lead singer Billy Corgan bellows You can never ever leave, without leaving a piece of you. This is how Prynne feels in the book ...
- 1532: A Review of Lord of the Flies
- ... his constituency among the Little 'uns, and Jack rose in strength. It became a battle between Ralph and Jack, and Jack was victorious because of his plans to be hunters and to live on Castle Rock, a natural fort. The choice of Jack over Ralph, of violence and foolishness over sensibility, is an obvious metaphor for the condition the children were in at that point. The ending itself, the chase of ...
- 1533: "The Ministers Black Veil" and "The Scarlet Letter": Judgmentalality
- ... take events to be meaningful and supernatural. In The Scarlet Letter the meteor meant some great act of God or the Devil was about to take place. All a meteor is, is a chunk of rock of that is being incinerated in our atmosphere. As a second example, when a person was up on the scaffold it meant that they deserved scorn and ridicule and no mercy. The scaffold meant you ...
- 1534: Davis' "Fifth Business": Death of Boy Staunton
- ... in Boy Staunton's life. Once, when he was little, he got in an argument with Dunny which led to snowballs being launched at Dunny from an aggravated Boy Staunton. The last snowball concealed a rock, and hit Dunny's neighbor Mary Dempster in the head. As a result, she gave birth prematurely (to Paul Dempster), and then afterwards became simple minded. This particular incident acted as a foundation for Boy ...
- 1535: Cry, The Beloved Country: The Breakdown and Rebuilding of South African Society
- ... go. (pg. 53) for housing, so this also compounds the problem. Another factor that adds to this problem is fear. This fear is in both the blacks and the whites. It unfortunately plays a major roll in most of the negative events that occur in South Africa. An example of this would be the white fear for black crime and violence, black fear for police retaliation to strikes or protests. As ...
- 1536: An Analysis of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- ... like a plum" if touched. Mrs. Flowers was put on a pedestal. She was an educated woman, whom, by this statement, seems to have been very beautiful, much like a porcelain doll. She was a roll model for Maya. Maya looked up to her in every way, for beauty, intelligence, and her "womanly like" stature. She was like the "women in English novels who walked the moors." Mrs. Flowers was much ...
- 1537: The Odyssey: Odysseus
- ... occasionally make mistakes, getting himself into tricky situations. After he had safely escaped from the clutches of the wretched Cyclops, he tormented the mighty beast, causing him to, break off the peak of a tall rock and throw it
(110). This mistake could have cost Odysseus and his men their lives, but like any normal man a proud Odysseus thought it necessary to celebrate his victory by mocking the beast. It ...
- 1538: Review of: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- ... than this book. My favorite scene in this book so far, is when Maya Angelou writes about her Uncle Willie pretending that he was not crippled in front of the couple that came from Little Rock. The main reason why I liked this scene the most, is because I like how Maya Angelou described her uncle pretending not to be crippled by standing erect at the counter. Although I liked many ...
- 1539: A Doll's House: Role of Women as the Comforter
- ... Their supposed inferiority has created a class of ignorant women who cannot take action let alone accept the consequences of their actions. "A Doll's House" is also a prediction of change from this subordinate roll. According to Ibsen in his play, women will eventually progress and understand her position. Bernard Shaw notes that when Nora's husband inadvertently deems her unfit in her role as a mother, she begins to ...
- 1540: The Scarlet Letter: Where The Blame Falls
- ... by the guilt and eventually collapses. Throughout the book, he is reminded of his sins by Chillingworth, and the other Puritans. Dimmesdale is rotting up inside and giving himself his own punishment. He is a roll model, and he feels that he has let the other Puritans down by having such a horrible sin. Dimmesdale is freed from his punishment for adultery. He stood up on the platform with Hester, and ...
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