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- 2031: Candide
- ... the amusing parts make it entertaining. According to Georges Ascoli, "Nothing could be more lively, more witty, or more instructive than this story...Too often Voltaire, delighted with his own artistic flair...gives us amusing stories...Let us take them for what they are, not giving too much historical credit...but tasting freely of the delights of well told stories" (Adams; Ascoli p.129). Ascoli takes Candide to be a witty and lively story despite the misfortune in the characters' lives. He, too, thinks the story was written for entertainment in which Voltaire did a ...
- 2032: Animal Farm Book Report
- ... remember it. At any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle Snowball had turned to flee. But Boxer was still a little uneasy."(p. 91) is an example of a very short paragraph in the novel. The fable, Animal Farm was placed in a farm setting. At the start of the novel it talks about how the animals want to start a rebellion against humans, because of ... of the style analysis of Animal Farm. Part of a style analysis of Animal Farm is the sentence structure of it. The novel was told in a simple and straightforward way. The sentences were often short and lacked detail. The sentences often included just one subject, verb and object. "Old Major cleared his throat and began to sing."(p. 32) is an example of one of the many very simple sentences ...
- 2033: Reaching Up For Manhood
- ... every day occurrence for under-privileged African-American boys. I don't mean to say I haven't heard or read about it in other places, just not in this context. These were real life stories, just like the one about Ronaldo. Canada took real people and put their stories into words that I could comprehend and therefore felt apart of the story and left me feeling as though I was a close friend of these kids struggling. Canada explains the difficulties of sex issues ...
- 2034: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... of the dust, the turtle, the names, and the grapes makes the reader aware of another aspect of the story. The reader is able to realize just how well Steinbeck is able to bring his stories to life. As a reader you learn to appreciate his style of writing. Once you read his books you realize that he is not only a author, but an artist too. John Steinbeck uses symbolism ... of the dust, the turtle, the names, and the grapes makes the reader aware of another aspect of the story. The reader is able to realize just how well Steinbeck is able to bring his stories to life. As a reader you learn to appreciate his style of writing. Once you read his books you realize that he is not only a author, but an artist too. Bibliography the symbols in ...
- 2035: Go Ask Alice
- ... the framework of a dream. However, that does not become clear until the end of the story. Springtime, the setting for Alice's dream, is the traditional time in English literature for frivolity and strange stories. The setting for Chaucer's Canterbury Tales also takes place in the spring, at the beginning of April. This accounts for many of the fantastic elements and for the non-linear nature of the story ... things are not always what they seem. Liberal ideas were prevalent in Victorian England. These ideas stressed that society should raise children to be moral, obedient and productive members. Carroll twists these ideals in his stories, which reject Victorian manners and question the value and relevance of children's education. Instead Carroll emphasize the value of children's curiosity and imagination. At the same time, scientific advances increased people's knowledge ...
- 2036: Ellen Foster
- ... line also represents strength and Ellen was a strong person. She dealt with losing a mother, father and grandmother within one year. She never even had a good relationship with her father or grandmother. The short inscription to Self Reliance is almost a short summary of Ellens character. In it, a child without parents is raised by someone that is a lot different than she is. After Ellens mother died, she is unwillingly left with her alcoholic ...
- 2037: Commanders Of The Army Of The
- ... Manassas. During the Battle of Bull Run McDowell was crushed by Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Beauregard due to weak planning and it became apparent that this in fact would not be a short-lived war. Next up was the most popular and perhaps the greatest of the commanders, George B. McClellan. After the embarrassing defeats at Bull Run he masterfully regrouped and disciplined the AOP as he himself ... interesting topic with different strategies and tactics mentioned for each commander and how they fared. Lastly, the author didn't draw this book out into a 600 page book like some do but kept it short and sweet within its 275 pages. Reading this book I hoped to gain a lot more knowledge of the Civil War and also some of it from a different angle. I found in-depth discussions ...
- 2038: Caharacter Analysis Jay Gatsby
- By: Mickey Mantle Willy Loman - Jay Gatsby: The Pursuit of the American Dream Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, and Arthur Miller, author of Death of a Salesman, both tell the stories of men in the costly pursuit of the American dream. As a result of several conflicts, both external and internal, both characters experience an extinction of the one thing that they have set their sights ... proved to be a costly, and even deadly journey. Although the two characters were of opposite financial status and social rank, both men lose their lives in the quest for their dreams. In reality the stories both convey a similar message: that one must set achievable goals to be happy and that often times you have to be happy with what you have and who you are. Bibliography none- Death of ...
- 2039: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... soon evaporates, and Paul discovers just how many ways a man can be killed or maimed for life. The wards seem worse than the battlefield. Kropp's leg is amputated, but Paul recovers. After a short while Paul is back to animal existence at the front, except that conditions have grown even worse. Starved and short of supplies, the men are skinny and their nerves are so frayed that they are prone to snap easily. It takes only the wonder of cherry blossoms at the edge of a field to fill ...
- 2040: A Tale Of Two Cities LA
- ... only worked there for a few months, but it was a miserable experience that would remain with him his whole life. Dickens attended school until he was fifteen. He always enjoyed reading, and especially adventure stories, fairy tales, and novels. In the late 1820s, Dickens became a newspaper writer and reporter. Dickens= first book, Sketches by Boz, written in 1836, consisted of articles he wrote for the London Chronicles. After he ... was the beginning of his career. When Dickens was twenty-four, he became famous for the rest of his life. His first fame came with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club with Dickens= adventure stories. Other works followed such as, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, and Our Mutual Friend. In 1837, Catherine=s sister Mary, died. Dickens suffered much grief. This led some scholars to believe that Dickens ...
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