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- 2511: Black Like Me
- ... flew to Mansfield as a white man to be in an editorial conference. Then Griffin flew to Hollywood for a TV show, New York for an interview in Time magazine and many other places for stories. Griffin's mother started to get hate calls from some of the people in town, and the Griffins got police surveillance on their house just in case. When Griffin was kicked off the car, he ... flew to Mansfield as a white man to be in an editorial conference. Then Griffin flew to Hollywood for a TV show, New York for an interview in Time magazine and many other places for stories. Griffin's mother started to get hate calls from some of the people in town, and the Griffins got police surveillance on their house just in case.
- 2512: Uncle Tom's Cabin: Influence of the Setting
- ... they are inspecting their slaves and deciding if they want to buy them or not. How they treat them makes me cringe everytime because it is so wrong. A little before the sale commenced, a short, broad, muscular man, in a checked shirt considerably open at the bosom, and pantaloons much the worse for dirt and ware, elbowed his way through the crowd, like one who is going actively into business ... to the group, began to examine them systematically. From the moment that Tom saw him approaching, he felt an immediate and revolting horror at him, that increased as he came near. He was evidently, though short, of gigantic strength. His round, bullet head, light-gray eyes with their shaggy, sandy eye-brows, and stiff, wiry, sunburned hair, were rather unprepossessing items, it is to be confessed; his large, coarse mouth was ...
- 2513: The Scarlet Letter: Dimmersdale is a Coward and a Hypocrite
- ... to escape the town (201): "It was the exhilarating effect_upon a prisoner just escaped from the dungeon of his own heart_of breathing the wild, free atmosphere of an unredeemed, unchristianized, lawless region." In short, fallen nature has set him free from his inner distress, but left him in an "unchristianized" world, a heathen world, damnation. He has given in to sin. He has, in effect, willingly agreed to commit ... Dimmesdale makes to climb back into the light is an effort that only a desperate man could have made. He used all his strength to make one final grasp at redemption but still falls quite short. Dimmesdale has the potential, though, of climbing much higher after death. Hester is as Hester was and as Hester will always be. Dimmesdale, the weak, fallen priest, was taken from earth at the height of ...
- 2514: Kate Chopin's Controversial Views
- ... the public library and her hometown of St. Louis shunned Chopin for writing it. She was denied membership in the fine arts club and was given no credit as a writer even though her previous stories had been celebrated. Hurt and defeated after all that had occurred, Chopin wrote a public apology. It said that she was sorry that people found Edna offensive; but that when she began writing her story ... about the world as it really was. Her writings do more than just tell a story. The reactions to her writing gives an impression of the way of life was when the critics read her stories. As the reactions changed through the decades, the morals of society and the society itself change. Looking back on critics' changing views, from outrage to admiration, it is easy to see how far this nation ...
- 2515: Joy Luck Club: Nationality
- ... Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week, we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy." (p. 12) Really, this was their only joy. The mothers grew up during perilous times in China. They all were ... Chinese parents. They never gain a sense of real respect for their elders, or for their Chinese background, and in the end are completely different from what their parents planned them to be. By the stories and information given by each individual in The Joy Luck Club, it is clear to me just how different a Chinese-American person is from their parents or older relatives. I find that the fascinating ...
- 2516: Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures in The Sun Also Rises
- ... to Pedro Romero. H. Later, when Barnes says that he hates homos and wants to hit them. III. Lady Brett Ashley. A. First appears with a group of homosexuals. B. Wears man's hat on short hair. C. Refers to men as fellow chaps. D. All complete distortion of sexual roles. E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man. F. This is like Jakes demasculation. G. All ... prevent happening. (Hemingway, 1926, p.146) Lady Brett Ashley was also an allegory of the impotence after the war. She first appeared with a group of homosexuals, she wore a man's hat over her short hair, which gave her a masculine appearance, and she spoke of men as her fellow chaps. All completed the distortion of sexual roles and released her from her womanly nature (Bloom, 1985, p. 113). This ...
- 2517: Summary of The Canterbury Tales
- Summary of The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories set within a framing story of a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, the shrine of Saint Thomas ΰ Becket. The poet joins a band of pilgrims, vividly described in the General Prologue, who assemble at the ... to be pieces written earlier by Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales, composed of more than 18,000 lines of poetry, is made up of separate blocks of one or more tales with links introducing and joining stories within a block. The tales represent nearly every variety of medieval story at its best. The special genius of Chaucer's work, however, lies in the dramatic interaction between the tales and the framing story ...
- 2518: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: Jim Hightower
- ... America. On just about about every page of the book, he is cracking a joke. At first one may think this is overkill, but Hightower seems to do quite well with the strategy. His humorous stories of Martha leaving home (156), Richard Lederer's students (11), or Nintendo's CEO (87) help the reader once again to stay interested. This is very important for Hightower's mission. The reader must read the whole book and remember what they read. The humor mixed helps the reader to remember certain facts and ideas. The facts are the driving force of Hightower's message. He gives numbers, names, stories, and examples for every idea in the book. We know after reading this how much CEO's make, how many media persons are told not to report the news, the percentages of every poll ever ...
- 2519: The Genji Monogatari
- ... of a hand at the game" (p 21). Even though they are relating their "conquests", Murasaki is quick to point out the truth to her readers: "as the rainy night gave way to dawn the stories became more and more improbable" (p 38) and even refers to one of the stories as "an outrageous story" (p 36). Obviously, our view of Genji changes dramatically (or we wouldn't have mush of a story), but our picture of To no Chujo doesn't shift much. In fact ...
- 2520: The Hobbit: Summary
- ... Middle Ages. Influence of the setting on the story: The setting plays a major role in the development of the story. If if wasn't for the setting, the story would have been way too short. It was the setting that set the mood and the tone for the actions that took place in the story. J.R.R. Tolken's descriptions of each place helps the reader understand the history ... friend to Gandalf, so in a way, Bilbo knew him. Later, they became great friends, due to the fact that Gandalf showed great trust and confidence in Bilbo throughout the adventure. Thorin Oakenshield - he was short, very old, had a long beard, white beard, and he wore a blue hood during most of the story. He was the grandson of the King of the Under the Mountain. Most of the time ...
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