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- 4661: Reasons For The Downfall Of Ma
- ... virtuous men were responsible for Emma Bovary's ultimate ruin. When these stories were read to Emma during her time at the convent it was at a time of her life when she was in school learning. Things made bigger impressions on her than they would have at other stages in her life. Psychologically, Emma problem was partly caused because of a term called a "critical period". A critical period is ...
- 4662: Odysseus A Hero
- ... I had know for my whole schooling showed a movie every week. One week we watched Jason and the Argonaughts . Ever since then I could never get enough Greek mythology. In freshman year of high school we read the annotated text book version of The Odyssey. Lucky for me, I transferred English classes at the semester and I was able to read The Odyssey twice. And since then Odysseus has been ...
- 4663: Hypocrites In Huckleberry Finn
- ... G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n."(96) He misspells Jackson. The proper spelling is with c-k-s not an x. Earlier the young Grangerford mentioned the he went to school, it is apparent however that he is not as knowledgeable as he thought. The family with their many books and things, think that they are upperclass and very knowledgeable when in fact their son can ...
- 4664: Hucks Relationship With Pap (h
- ... only close bond with his father that he does have though. Huck also feels contempt for his father. He repeatedly mentions times when Pap is going to beat him for such things as going to school, or for just being around. Huck thinks that, ...by-and-by pap got too handy with his hick ry and I couldn t stand it. (32) He is scared to death of him when he ...
- 4665: Edgar Allan Poe And The Raven
- ... reader to another thought: are Poe s works genuinely understandable enough to make them liked? R. H. Stoddard, a journalist, commented As a poet, Poe ranks high, although most of his poetry is unreadable. . . . The school of literature to which Poe belongs, and of which he is certainly the master, is one that we thoroughly dislike. (Society, Internet) Another criticism expresses the concern (neither positive nor negative) of the apparent recurring ...
- 4666: Computer Crimes
- ... break into computer systems for any of a wide variety of reasons. Many groups break into computers for capital gain while still others do it as a means to pass time at work or at school. For most it's a thrill to figure out how to break into a computer. Most people never have any intention of causing harm. I believe that for the vast majority of people it's ...
- 4667: 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 ...
- 4668: 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 ...
- 4669: Huck Finn The Twisting Tides O
- In recent years, there has been increasing discussion of the seemingly racist ideas expressed by Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In some cases, the novel has been banned by public school systems and even censored by public libraries. Along with the excessive use of the word, nigger, the basis for this blatant censorship has been the portrayal of one of the main characters in Huck Finn ...
- 4670: Double Standard
- ... The double standard is a great contribution factor of this happening. For instance, the same girls who are pressured to having sex on a Saturday night are called sluts and hoes on Monday morning in school. The boys, who forced them into sex at the parties, are talked about like studs. The way the society treats men and women with two dissimilar point of view, greatly offends me. Also, our society ...
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