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- 1851: To Kill A Mockingbird: Lessons Never Learned
- ... have fit society's norms. This is as true today as it was in 1960. Because the Amish choose not to use new technologies involving electricity, photography, etc., they are constantly subject to attacks and harassment. The Amish generally are considered gentle people who wish to remain isolated from the secular world. Boo Radley wished to be left alone as well. Due to the fear what is not understood, both the ...
- 1852: Summary of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- ... becomes very upset, but will not tell Jurgis why. After she fails to come home one night, Jurgis confronts her. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that a foreman named Connor has forced a sexual relationship on her. Jurgis curses her and runs off the find Connor. After beating Connor up, Jurgis is sent to jail for thirty days. The judge refuses to listen to Jurgis' story seriously. When Jurgis ...
- 1853: A Book Report on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
- ... sex, and community activities, but openly dissatisfied because instead of writing something beautiful and powerful, his job is to turn out propaganda. Bernard attends a solidarity service of the Fordian religion. It culminates in a sexual orgy, but he doesn't feel the true rapture experienced by the other 11 members of his group. Bernard then takes Lenina to visit a Savage Reservation in North America. While signing his permit to ...
- 1854: "Love" in the novel Narcissus and Goldmund, by Herman Hesse
- ... want "to leave the child there alone and dying." He definitely cared for Lene, but he lacked the faithful affection for her. In fact, it wasn't too long after her death that Goldmund made sexual advances toward Rebecca, and finally toward Agnes. When Goldmund finally returns to Mariabronn, he has greatly matured and advanced in his self discovery and understanding. He knows now of his ability and fondness for creating ...
- 1855: Jane Eyre: Analysis of Bronte's Work
- ... in its realistic exposure of thoughts once considered improper for a lady of the 19th century. Emotions any respectable girl would repress. Women at this time were not to feel passion, nor were they considered sexual beings. To conceive the thought of women expressing rage and blatantly retaliating against authority was a defiance against the traditional role of women. Jane Eyre sent controversy through the literary community. For not only was ...
- 1856: Oliver Twist: Summary
- ... at the beginning of Chapter XXX. though Dickens was trying to describe the world realistically, the language doesn't always show how people in the slums talked. Not even Sikes uses four-letter words. Explicit sexual scenes are left out too. Dickens wanted Oliver Twist to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, and he didn't want to offend his readers. On the otherhand, Dickens uses some street slang ...
- 1857: "The Miller's Tale" and "The Reve's Tale": Similarities
- ... a joke" (110), Alan proceeds to rape the Miller's daughter, while John sleeps with the Miller's wife. It is apparent that these situations are very similar, in that the scholars are having adulterous sexual intercourse with both the Carpenter's and the Miller's wives. This similarity shows how the Miller and the Reeve are preoccupied with sex and adultery which is a sign of their dishonesty. The two ...
- 1858: The Children in "Sons and Lovers" by D. H. Lawerence and "What Maisie Knew" by Henry James
- ... in love with Miriam, but, in my opinion , he feels that she cannot fufill him like his mother does.Also, he trys to have a relationship with Mrs. Dawes, however it seems to be more sexual and he helps her get back together with her husband. As a result, He feels that no woman can match up to his mother. Therefore, he has decided that he is unable to meet the ...
- 1859: Invisible Man: The Narrator
- ... what he does, as long as he does what is expected. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator shows that he understands his status with the white people when he refuses to consent to sexual intercourse with a white woman. The narrator actually does find himself. In the prologue, he says "I myself, after existing some twenty years, did not become alive until after discovering my invisibility." This shows that ...
- 1860: A Farewell to Arms
- ... thus controlling his desires to make love to her. From this point in the book, Henry disciplines himself. During those nights together, they made love and talked. When he first saw Catherine, he was after sexual pleasures from her instead of the prostitutes in Gorizia. He never realized that he was in love untill some time later. Also, when he is in the course of a battle with Manera, Gavuzi and ...
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