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- 2951: Property Of
- ... knows how much she wants him, how far she'll go to be with him. She doesn't even know herself..." (back cover). New York City sets the stage for this tale. It tells the stories of a gang in the 1940's, the Orphans. Everyone who belonged to this gang was an orphan. All they had were each other. The narrator, whose name was never given, is the main character. She is the one in love with McKay. She will do whatever it takes to fit in. She hears stories of McKay that are told on the Avenue, and what Danny the Sweet, a messenger for the Orphans, allows her to know. McKay on the other hand is the President of the Orphans, a strong ...
- 2952: Maus
- Maus Maus, by Art Spiegelman is written in comic book form that portrays animals to symbolize humans. The author writes about two stories. The first story is of two survivors of the Holocaust. Vladek Spiegelman, a Jew who, along with his wife Anja, survive Auschwitz and came to live in Queens, New York. There, Vladek and Anja raise ... about the son, Art, and his relationship with his father. Art grows up under the shadows of his parents’ past, the worst, in 1968 when Anja commits suicide. Art himself is the second survivor. The stories come together to illustrate the central theme of resilience and ability to survive. These two survivors’ accounts are portrayed throughout Maus as Art records his father’s memories in a series of oral interviews: Vladek ...
- 2953: “Minds Eye At Work”
- “Minds Eye At Work” Many writers’ today leave the ending of a story to be decided upon by the reader. I have chosen three stories: “The Horse Dealers Daughter”, “Jury of her Peers”, and “Taking Care”, and will discuss the implied ending of each. In D.H Lawrence’s story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, the implied ending that I ... is that she is coming home to die. The writer gives you a feeling of sweet content knowing she is home with him, even though we know probably not for long. Writers of these three stories are able to use their words to put visions in our head and in a way create our own story within theirs. Everyone who “MINDS EYE AT WORK”
- 2954: The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status
- The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status In John Cheever’s short story, “The Swimmer”, themes of loss and social status are developed throughout the story. The main character, Neddy Merrill, portrays the idea of a journey. Cheever compares and contrasts Merrill’s beliefs about his own ... and fantasy throughout his physical, as well as mental, journey. Cheever clearly illustrates how effected Merrill is socially and psychologically by the societal pressures of the idea of attaining the American dream. Cheever begins his short story with a picturesque summer day. The main character, Neddy Merrill, uses the private pools of all his friends in his path eventually reaching his destination of his home.” He took off his sweater that ...
- 2955: Haliburton Created Sam Slick To Voice His Own Positions
- ... hard work and ingenuity, Slick was for Haliburton the perfect foil to the typical Nova Scotian’s laziness, lack of enterprise and obsession with colonial politics. What made Slick so highly popular was that the stories were written in an episodic format as a series of homilies that could stand on their own. More important even than that is that the lesser characters never overshadow the central theme of the episode ... reflects the author’s conviction that his creation will influence his readers and have a tangible effect. As the years pass and Haliburton becomes more jaded and realizes that his political ideals are hopeless, the stories lose some of their characteristic humour and a certain partisan quality emerges. The continuing value of this work, the important lessons we glean from it may be a full- blown fiction, but it also contains ...
- 2956: The Longest Day, By: Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Shuster, 1959
- ... for their country and what they believe in. He also puts an extreme emphasis on individual memories both Allied and German alike. This is what reaches out and grabs the reader, the personal memories and stories from the D-Day veterans. These stories make one feel as if they are in Normandy on D-Day. Ryan demonstrates the ability to bring the reader into the transport boats with the men, feel the anxiety Eisenhower felt out in the ...
- 2957: Catch-22 & One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Black Humor; A Satirical View of the Institution
- ... their minds with sedatives and destroys their confidence with her tyranny (Magill 1204) These people are figure heads for the institution, and so they are the root of all of the absurdities found in these stories. Once the disturbing and dangerous nature of their situations is realized, Yossarian and McMurphy (the main character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) both feel a sense of anger, and rebellion. Yossarian decides ... base in Pianosa, and commits himself to the life of a fugitive. McMurphy fights Nurse Ratched in an ultimate attempt to break her reign and is lobotomized as punishment. At the end of these two stories the main characters have helped both the individuals around them and the reader. By realizing the absurd nature of their realities and by condemning those absurdities Yossarian and McMurphy inspire the reader. The reader learns ...
- 2958: Moby Dick and The Scarlet Letter: Unpardonable Sin
- ... s theme of the unpardonable sin is found in two areas. First, in a social setting the importance of the unpardonable sin is the eminence it has as a theme in many of Hawthorne’s stories. The most prominent story with the unpardonable sin as a keystone theme is The Scarlet Letter, a major book in academia. [The Scarlet Letter is mentioned as an illustration of the importance of the theme ... Mr. G. Brown is a direct allegory to any anyone; just as his wife, Faith is an allegory to his faith. Viewing Young Goodman Brown in context established by the reading of the previous two stories sheds an interesting light on the nature of the life of Brown. Brown commits the unpardonable sin. Through knowledge of his fellow citizens as sinners of varying magnitudes, he shrinks from their company. The knowledge ...
- 2959: Silas Marner: Eliot's Manipulation
- Silas Marner: Eliot's Manipulation Silas Marner, written by George Eliot, covers a time span of more than thirty years; however, emphasis is limited to three relatively short periods. The first period opens the book, showing Silas living his lonely existence at Raveloe, which leads to a flashback to fifteen years earlier when he was driven from Lantern Yard. The time then resumes ... show this without talking about the past 16 years. He accelerated this third time span to explain the results of what has happened in the previous time spans. Eliot's manipulation of time through three short time periods contributed to the effectiveness of the work as a whole. Through this large about time- over 30 years, there was a significant amount of personal change through Silas' evolution of time. Eliot's ...
- 2960: So Long A Letter and A Raisin In The Sun: Love and Wealth
- ... Wealth refers to possessions or assets such as cash and real estate. Many people believe that they are supposed to have a certain amount of materials and money, which will make them “happy.” In the stories, So Long A Letter by Mariama Ba and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry both the concepts of love and wealth are discussed. So Long a Letter is about a widow named Ramatoulaye ... let anybody pay any money that was telling them that they weren’t fit to live on Earth. The Younger family loves the fact that they are black and are proud of it. In both stories the elements of love and wealth. These two terms are very important necessities in life. People no matter where they are from: Africa, America or Asia cannot live with out any love or money. Even ...
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