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- 2961: The Island of Dr. Moreau
- ... the minor character “Dog-Man.” He strongly believed every word spoken from Prendick mouth and he was almost a bodyguard for him. As a result, Prendick was finally able to have some protection during his short rule on the island. The theme of this novel is that science experiments can go too far. This novel proves that science experiments can go too far because the subjects made from the experimentation go ... a slow sip of water from the ravine. The author also appears to be extremely suspenseful. At certain parts, the pace was quick due to the suspense. The sentences in the suspenseful parts were often short and lucid. Also, the narrative proximity was close. Thus, the narrator, also the main character, was close to all the action that occurred in the novel. This made the novel more suspenseful because the narrator ...
- 2962: The "Hemingway Hero"
- ... Englishwoman who indulges in her passion for sex and control. Brett plans to marry her fiancée for superficial reasons, completely ruins one man emotionally and spiritually, separates from another to preserve the idea of their short-lived affair and to avoid self-destruction, and denies and disgraces the only man whom she loves most dearly. All her relationships occur in a period of months, as Brett either accepts or rejects certain ... Brett's beauty, as he falls in "love at first sight". Furthermore, like an adolescent, he attempts to satisfy his curiosity about Brett by asking Jake numerous questions about her. After Cohn and Brett's short-lived affair in San Sebastian, Cohn is nervous around Jake: "Cohn had been rather nervous ever since we had met at Bayone. He did not know whether we knew Brett had been with him at ...
- 2963: Madame Bovary: Emma's Desire To Control Her Surroundings
- ... on top” (Flaubert 37). To escape from this lifestyle, she went to a convent, where she created many of her illusions. She and the other girls would go to an old maid to hear fantastic stories about “love, lovers, mistresses, persecuted women… gentlemen brave as lions, gentle as lambs, impossibly virtuous, always well dressed, who wept copiously” (Flaubert 57). When Emma married Charles, she expected this perfect man whom she had ... came and went, according to the pattern that Flaubert inscribed in the novel. Emma’s illusion of religion naturally commences at the convent. She purposely prolongs her stay at the convent to hear the fantastic stories that the maid was telling her. She was using religion to satisfy her own needs. “When she went to confession, she would invent trivia sins in order to prolong her stay there… The references to ...
- 2964: The Life of Eveline
- ... would weaken the average person. The main character exudes many qualities of being a courageous and positive young woman. These are among the many reasons that she is essentially the best character in the various stories read. Eveline is extremely strong considering her situation. In the face of adversity, Eveline tries to keep a promise to her mother. Promises are very difficult to keep especially one that is against the odds ... Although, at times her life may be looking down she always seems to exude one of her qualities that make her positive and courageous. Eveline is by far the most admirable characters in the various stories read. Eveline is obviously not juTst an average individual. eveline is a wonderful person.
- 2965: The Evolution of Ellen Foster
- ... the “autobiography” of this girl. Ellen is a charming, real child. She tells the reader in common language and in familiar concepts her story of the many changes in households she makes in just one short year. Ellen Foster’s many different living circumstances evolve her into a round literary character. From each circumstance she gains knowledge about life and about herself. Through the eyes of a child wise beyond her ... families of hired hands, however, give her hope that some families do care for each other. After the death of her grandmother, Nadine and Dora pick up where she (the grandmother) left off. During this short stay Ellen learns about ignorance, shallowness, and self-absorption. Ellen finds her voice and tells the two how mixed up they are (confrontation). After this she chooses her family, suddenly but accurately. At the foster ...
- 2966: The Great Gatsby: Being Successful
- ... to the story but as I have brought up a reference to the poet Noel Perrin I will stick to a correlation between his story and elements of The Great Gatsby. In Noel Perrin’s short story… I think it is a short story, he discusses America’s relationship with the color green and its correlation’s with The Great Gatsby. The green element in this novel is literally (no pun intended) taken from the green light at ...
- 2967: Escape From El-Ashaq
- ... into marriage for Naomi’s sake; Boaz is reluctant and wants to make sure, by law, no one else has a right to marry her (3.1-5; 4.1-5). Aligning Ruth with other stories of conversion and blessings propagates faith in religion, and may preclude one from viewing this faith as facilitating their troubles. The author of Ruth is unknown, as is the book’s exact date of origin, but the stories of Ruth are believed to have existed orally long before they were ever written down (Harris 258), leaving the exact purpose of the book indeterminable. Placed first of five books in the Megillot, or "[Festival ...
- 2968: The Crucible - Witch Trials
- ... asked to speak. It is not surprising that the girls would find this type of lifestyle very constricting. To rebel against it, they played pranks, such as dancing in the woods, listening to slaves' magic stories and pretending that other villagers were bewitching them. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to fly that ... asked to speak. It is not surprising that the girls would find this type of lifestyle very constricting. To rebel against it, they played pranks, such as dancing in the woods, listening to slaves' magic stories and pretending that other villagers were bewitching them. The Crucible starts after the girls in the village have been caught dancing in the woods. As one of them falls sick, rumors start to fly that ...
- 2969: A Rose for Emily
- ... This story takes place in the Reconstruction Era after the war when the North takes control of the South. Like her father Miss Emily possesses a stubborn outlook towards life, she refuses to change. This short story explains Emily, her mystified ways and the townsfolk's sympathetic curiosity. The plot of the story is mainly about Miss Emily's attitude about change. "On the first of the year they mailed her ... definitely came from her father's strict teachings. The characters of this story are very briefly mentioned, Miss Emily and Mr. Homer Barron are the two main characters described. Miss Emily was described as a short, fat, aged, and mysterious woman. Miss Emily had been through much and has seen many generations grow before and around her. This brings reason to her strong Confederate beliefs. Homer on the other hand was ...
- 2970: "Put Yourself in My Shoes"
- "Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Put Yourself in My Shoes" is one of the longest and most complex stories in the collection, and one of its finest. In addition, it brings together a number of the themes and images that have recurred throughout the book. For example, it depicts the kind of interaction between ... a writer, although he hasn't sold anything yet and is currently not writing. He has quit his job to pursue his muse, but with little success. As the story opens he is depressed, " between stories and [feeling] despicable", when his wife calls to invite him to the office Christmas party. But he doesn't want to go, mainly because the textbook publishing company where she works is also his former ...
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