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- 4581: All Quite On The Western Front
- All Quiet on the Western Front One of the best war novels that is read by thousands of high school students each year is Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. This story depicts the life as a solider in the German Army fighting against the Central Powers. The solider, Paul Bδumer ...
- 4582: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- ... lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it . This symbolizes Francie s troubles as she grew up, her dad dying, no food, her mom working so hard even with a new fetus, Francie skipping high school to make money, etc. But like the tree, Francie gets back up, tallies the losses and keeps going. She eventually makes it to college and that s where the story ends. At the very end ...
- 4583: A Separate Peace
- ... desire to change himself. He sees the god-like Finny as an idol, and wants to become just like him. He follows Finny to jump from the tree, to swim in the sea, to break school's rules. However he cannot incorporate Finny's character into h own because it is against his nature. Eventually he comes to recognize his own value and his war ends. The last paragraph suggests that ...
- 4584: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... Remarque s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More importantly, during the course of this metamorphosis, Baumer disaffiliates himself from those societal icons parents, elders, school, religion that had been the foundation of his pre-enlistment days. This rejection comes about as a result of Baumer s realization that the pre-enlistment society simply does not understand the reality of the ...
- 4585: Addison And Steele
- ... Bell Tolls", "Knowledge and Time", and "Reasons" Addison and Steele show what they know about life and the power they had publishing it. The two men met at a young age at the Charter House School in England where from their they became the best of friends. Through their hardships they ended up going separate ways. Addison went into politics where he became a popular figure in society.(World Book Addison ...
- 4586: A Comparison Of Catcher In The
- ... be expected by society to be that of someone of a lower class. For example, he is repeatedly expelled from schools for poor achievement. In an attempt to deal with his latest expulsion, he leaves school a few days prior to the end of term, and goes to New York to take a vacation before returning home to deal with his parents. Throughout his journey home, he describes bouts of deep ...
- 4587: Death Be Not Proud
- ... if just to steal a few extra hours. Each day, until his last, the determination Johnny had to get well, live a normal life, and even maintain his schoolwork was phenominal. After being away from school for sixteen months, being tested constantly by doctors, and having a rapidly deteriorationg brain, Johnny still managed to graduate with his class and be accepted into Harvard. Throughout his illness, Johnny always had an unwavering ...
- 4588: Eight Men Out
- ... to create a story that captures the atmosphere reminiscent of the early "Roaring Twenties." Eight Men Out shows how greed controlled many people, the players, the owners, and especially the gamblers. The clothing, the players' uniforms, and the detailed ballparks offer an authentic look at the culture of baseball, which is stereotypical of this time period . Sayles gives us an internal game in the movie that is very difficult for the ...
- 4589: Coping With Computers
- ... this new system of operating is very admirable. Unfortunately, not everybody in Ellerbee's position is as adaptive to this type of change as she was. However, with children working with computers early in grade school, it will be doubtful if many upcoming professionals suffer from computer-phobia like so many do today.
- 4590: Black Boy By Richard Wright
- ... to give him his pension. Chapter 6 Richard gets a job working for a female white. She insults him by giving him moldy bread and old molasses. When she inquires what grade he is in school he tells her that he is in the 7th grade and that he wants to be a writer. The white woman tells him that he will never be a writer. He doesn't return to ...
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