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- 6041: A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man: Themes Developed Through Allusions to Classical Mythology
- ... slowly, slowly, slowly. In her arms he felt that he had suddenly become strong and fearless and sure of himself. But his lips would not bend to kiss her. (Joyce 94-5) From his early school days on, Stephen is at the edge of group life, observing himself. As he grows older, he becomes even more absorbed in his own ideas until he finally withdraws from his familiar surroundings (Brandabur 159 ...
- 6042: "Hoops" vs. "He Got Game"
- ... are differences in their opportunities that are available, there are some similarities these characters share as well. Both of the main characters, in each story, are poor black kids that just graduated out of high school. "Jesus is the main character from "He Got Game", and Lonnie is the main character from "Hoops". One thing they both had in common is that they both had a rough time during their childhood ...
- 6043: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- ... her misfortunes. When the Durbeyfields' horse, Prince died, Tess took control of the situation of the horse's death and the beehive delivery. She takes care of the kids and she had done well in school, even though Tess seems to go nowhere. Also when she leaves her job of taking care of the flock at the d'Urberville household, because of her experience with Alec, it showed she tried to ...
- 6044: The Scarlet Letter: The Unavoidable Truth
- ... Hester Pryne felt when she walked to the scaffold to face reality brought out my deepest sympathy and respect for her. Hester, followed by a crowd of "stern-browed men," "unkindly visaged women," and "curious school boys," begins the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seems to be proud and dignified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for she was scorned and mocked by the accusing Puritans. She finally ...
- 6045: Rosemary Well's When No One Was Looking: Ambition
- ... s When No One Was Looking is a suspenseful story of a girl's ambition, friendship, and love of tennis, that takes her to the top. Although she is not beautiful, rich, or good in school, fourteen year old Kathy Bardy has a natural talent for tennis. One day, Kathy loses a match against Ruth Gumm that should have been simple for her. The next day Kathy finds out that Ruth ...
- 6046: Judith Guest's "Ordinary People": Summary
- ... as children, experienced parental indifference or inconsistency. Though a successful tax attorney, he is jumpy around Conrad, and, according to his wife, drinks too many martinis. Conrad seems consumed with despair. A return to normalcy, school and home-life, appear to be more than Conrad can handle. Chalk-faced, hair-hacked Conrad seems bent on perpetuating the family myth that all is well in the world. His family, after all, "are ...
- 6047: Lost Heritage in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"
- ... feet were always neat-looking, as if God had shaped them Dee next. A dress down to the ground Earrings gold, too (Walker 291) Also, Dee has a 'modern' education, having been sent "to a school in Augusta" (Walker 290). Dee attempts to connect with her racial heritage by taking "picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie She never takes a shot without making ...
- 6048: Lord of the Flies: Man Is Savage at Heart
- ... irrationality and urge for destruction are enduring" (Riley 1: 119). The novel shows the reader how easy it is to revert back to the evil nature inherent in man. If a group of well-conditioned school boys can ultimately wind up committing various extreme travesties, one can imagine what adults, leaders of society, are capable of doing under the pressures of trying to maintain world relations. Lord of the Flies's ...
- 6049: Lord of the Flies: We Hate Piggy
- ... the joy of readers in hating Piggy's character. In the beginning of the novel, when Ralph meets Piggy after the plane crash, Piggy regretfully tells Ralph what the kids used to call him at school, “ They used to call me ‘Piggy'.”(1) Ralph then shrieks with laughter and makes fun of Piggy's nickname, “Piggy! Piggy!”(2) Ralph goes on and on with giving Piggy a bad time, just as ...
- 6050: Irony of The Setting in "The Lottery"
- ... reader to focus on what a typical day it is in this small town. The time of day is set in the morning and the time of year is early summer. She also describes that school has just recently let out for summer break, letting the reader infer that the time of year is early summer. The setting of the town is described by the author as that of any normal ...
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