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- 4591: A Streetcar Named Desire - Sym
- ... death was immanent and "The opposite (of death) is desire" (Williams, 179). She escaped death in her use of desire. However, she could not escape "death" for long. She was a teacher at a high school, and at one point she had intimacies with a seventeen year old student. The superintendent, "Mr. Graves", found out about this and she was fired from her job. Her image was totally destroyed and she ...
- 4592: Araby By James Joyce And A Sun
- ... in Araby took over his feelings for the girl which were destructive and almost destroyed him. The girl had a negative influenceon him as she occupied his mind taking him away from his sleep and school work. She haunted his him even he was not around her. In “A Sunrise On The Veld”, the character had a purposeful obsession. One that taught him valuable lessons about life, for example, that nature ...
- 4593: 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 ...
- 4594: 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 ...
- 4595: Native Son
- ... rich nation. “‘I could fly a plane if I had a chance,’ Bigger said. ‘If you wasn’t black and if you had some money and if they’d let you go to that aviation school, you could fly a plane,’ Gus said” (17). It is Bigger’s fate to be a failure. Like Gus said, Bigger has all these things against him, such as race and income, that he can ...
- 4596: “Do You Believe In Fate Neo,”
- ... rich nation. “‘I could fly a plane if I had a chance,’ Bigger said. ‘If you wasn’t black and if you had some money and if they’d let you go to that aviation school, you could fly a plane,’ Gus said” (17). It is Bigger’s fate to be a failure. Like Gus said, Bigger has all these things against him, such as race and income, that he can ...
- 4597: Tom Jones
- ... Sir Henry gold, Baron of the Exchequer, and his father, Edmund, fought against the forces of Louis XIV under the Duke of Marlborough, who eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant general. Fielding was home school as was Tom Jones in the novel. A clerk-man from the University of Leyden educated him. And he began not as a novelist, but as a playwright. His first play was, Love in Several ...
- 4598: The Chosen
- ... him into a more secular world, changing many of his viewpoints. Reuven Malter is brought up in a modern orthodox Jewish environment. His father is the rabbi of his synagogue, and a teacher in high school. Reuven is a very modern Jew who learns a wide variety of Jewish subjects. Though he invests much time in Gemara, the amount he learms is nothing compared to what the Chasidim learn. This difference ...
- 4599: Lord Of The Flies
- ... mundane tasks of modern society. It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack, the boys and the Beast, good and evil. The story takes a look at what would happen if a group of British school boys were to become stranded on an island. At first the boys have good intentions, keep a fire going so that a passing ship can see the smoke and rescue them, however because of the ...
- 4600: Joy Luck Club
- ... hears her Sony Walkman, her cordless phone..." (Tan 64). Ying-Ying ponders upon the fact that, "She follows my Chinese ways until she learned how to walk out the door by herself and go to school" (Tan 289). Because of heavy resentment on the mother's part, in some instances, the American culture is frowned upon and is stereotyped as having "morbid thoughts" (Tan 105). Many problems, especially embarrassment, surface when ...
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