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- 4381: O'Brien's “On the Rainy River”
- ... he searches for a legitimate exit from the draft, but finds himself without options. He was healthy, had no basis upon which to claim CO status, and understood that the government had ended most graduate school deferments. For him, there existed only the conviction that there was “no happy way out.” It is blatantly obvious, through these facts and fears, that O’Brien was unwilling to fight in the Vietnam War ...
- 4382: Tennessee Williams' Characters: Escape
- ... to find some relief. Stuck in a warehouse job, he uses his past to spur on future success. Believing he will better himself, he takes classes in speaking, hoping to recapture his good old high school days. Laura’s admiration fuels his need, and he fails to realize what he done to the fragile girl.
- 4383: Gay Parenting
- ... negative stereotypical attitude towards homosexuals. This influence is then passed onto their children in turn is then taken out on peers. This especially effects those who have gay parents. That child may be harassed at school, both mentally and physically, and teased constantly. This may then affect the child psychologically, emotionally, and physically, either then or later in life. Children have increasingly become more cruel with peers and this certainly does ...
- 4384: Character Flaws In "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "Death of A Salesman"
- ... get rich and support the rest of the family very comfortably. This was unrealistic because Willy expected Biff to do this by only being well liked. At one point Biff stole a football from the school, but Willy made it seem ok, because the reason for stealing it outweighed good morals for Biff in Willy’s mind. This is an example of a character flaw of Willy’s that interfered with ...
- 4385: Claudius: Leader, King, Man
- ... selfish king, only looking out for his best interest. Example 1 He cannot ask for the forgiveness of his sins because he has gained from them. "My fault is past-but O, what form of prayer / Can serve my turn? ‘Forgive me my foul murdered?’ / That cannot be, since I am still possess’d / Of those effects for which I did the murder- / My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen ...
- 4386: The Odyssey
- ... states, “- if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domain!” (I, 136). This is a prayer for help. Because he can not handle the situation himself, he is hoping that his father will return a take care of the suitors. Also when he is talking to the disguised Athena he states ...
- 4387: The Iliad
- ... ransom and asked for his daughter, Chrysies, back. Agamemnon ignored his pleas and sent him away. Chryses left and went down to the ocean and prayed to Apollo to avenge his tears. Apollo heard his prayer and, furious, came down from Mt. Olympus. He sat upon a hill and started to attack the Grecians with his arrows. This went on for nine days straight. On the tenth day Achilles called all ...
- 4388: Oedipus Rex
- ... coming into their lives and altering it greatly. What is fated will ultimately happen by some means...always. “Never to the inviolate hearth At the naval of the Earth, Nor to Abae’s fane, in prayer, Nor the Olympian, will I fare, If it shall not so befall Manifestly unto all. But O our king-- if thou art named aright-- Zeus, that art Lord of all thing ever, Be this not ...
- 4389: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... Faulkner was born Sept 25, 1897 to Murry C and Maud Butler Faulkner in New Albany Mississippi. He was the oldest of four sons. His education was speractic and he did not graduate from high school. Having already determined that he wanted to become a writer he could be said to be self educated through extensive reading. Faulkner served briefly with the Royal Air Force in Canada, worked as a clerk ...
- 4390: Getting A College Education
- ... to let them know. I think that if I can make it to college, I can always find ways to aid and assist my family getting there. My goal is to go on to medical school and to become a psychiatrist. I have always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. I enjoy working with people, and I would love to heal the world one person ...
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