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- 2981: Where Should the Line Be Drawn?
- ... stand trial for committing war crimes. With the help of Wirtanen,however, Campbell escapes extradition and makes it to America. In America, Campbell lives in New York City which he describes as purgatory. After a short time, Campbell makes a new friend by the name of George Kraft. One day while he and Kraft are together, a man by the name of Dr. Jones comes to Campbell and tells him that ... Mother Night is a wonderful book for those examining the world’s beliefs and values. In everything that is done in life, “The end must justify the means”(Prior). Sadly, Campbell’s life falls exceedingly short. Works Cited Bartlett, John. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1980. Dawson, Christopher. “The Judgement of the Nations.” Bartlett 812-11. Magill, Frank N. Magill’s Survey of American Literature. North Bellmore ...
- 2982: Man's Journey into Self in the Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... is often more about our true selves, often causing perceived madness by those who have yet to discover. Joseph Conrad's book, The Heart of Darkness and Francis Coppola's movie, Apocalypse Now are both stories about Man's journey into his self, and the discoveries to be made there. They are also about Man confronting his fears of failure, insanity, death, and cultural contamination. During Marlow's mission to find ... Willard is held captive for a while and the chef is killed. After a while, Willard is treated well. He sits in a room adjacent to Kurtz and is forced to listen to his horror stories. Kurtz has malaria and is dying. Willard is surprised though, because Kurtz wants to die and rid himself of the burden of all the horrible things he has seen in his life. Gradually, Willard gathers ...
- 2983: The Life and Death of The Mayor of Caterbridge
- ... s appearance replies, "I suppose they like him so […] And he’s better tempered, and Hechard’s a fool to him, they say." (XV 104) Both men in each relationship become more reserved as the stories continue. Although, Henchard’s step-daughter marries Farfrae and David marries Saul’s daughter their kinship does not mend. Farfrae becomes more popular with the people of Casterbridge and David later becomes a fugitive and ... for Saul". (2 Sam1:12) Unlike David, Frafrae learns of Henchard’s death simply says "What are we to do?" (XLV 326) The circumstances between the four characters are as distinct as comparable in both stories. Although, Mr. Henchard and King Saul could have easily saved themselves and others by adopting some of their companions traits, both were destined to end as they did.
- 2984: Frankenstein by: Mary Shelley
- ... misery, and power hunger; name another story that will put so much emotion into one main character and the story line itself. This is a story that will be the beginning of so many horror stories. I was, however, deeply dejected at first by the book. It was slow and gave too much background information, which I could not tolerate. I thought the book was going to be just like the ... the story is over whelming. You can feel all the emotion and heart acke the characters go through. The susspence and the emotion remind me of my favorite other Octavia Bulter. She always end here stories, with you wondering what happened to one the characters. So, what happened to Frankenstein's monsters?
- 2985: Societies Clenching Paws
- Societies Clenching Paws The adaptation of the stories Daisy Miller and The Age of Innocence into movies are a seamless one. Henry James and Edith Wharton, the writers of the two works, both focused on the issue of wealthy American society and its discontents. The two stories were written in relatively the same time period (the late 19th, early 20th century). These two movies share many qualities, but they also share a small number of contrasting elements. One of the main themes ...
- 2986: The Joy Luck Club: Differences Between Generations
- ... 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 ...
- 2987: Bartleby and A Gathering of Old Men
- ... want to starve? If he does, let him live on the prison fare, that's all" (27). Bartleby's apathy towards his life can be seen in his eating habits. At the end of the short story, Bartleby dies from starvation resulting from his lack of interest in living. In contrast to Bartleby, Candy is very passionate about life. She does everything she can to save Mathu, her friend, including lying ... others. However, Bartleby has nobody to help him with anything; people avoid him because he does not fit in. While Candy has loving people on her side, Bartleby has to face life alone. Throughout the short story "Bartleby" and the novel A Gathering of Old Men, the characters in both books appear to be almost diametrically opposite. The way they view society, the way they act, and the way they lead ...
- 2988: The Horse and His Boy by C.S Lewis
- ... he was kind." SHsta went on talking to the horse."Oh i wish you could talk,old fellow." Then suddenly the horse replied:"But I can." Shasts was surprised as you can imagine. After a short conversation between the two the decided to run away, up noeth in search of narnina, shasta learnt of narnia from the horse he told him the whole story of him being kidnapped and sold, and ... has been chasing him and the same one who hurt Aravis, Aslan! Shasta asked him why he hurt Aravis like that, Aslan answerd because of the whips her maid got because of her. After a short talk with the lion ,which gives faith to Shasta when he was falling apart, he disapears and Shasta reaches Narnina and the King. A few moments later Bree, Hwin and Aravis show up in Narnia ...
- 2989: All Quiet on the Western Front: An Analysis
- ... to be. From lining your men up and charging in the eighteenth century, to digging and “living” in the trenches with rapid-fire machine guns, bombs, and flame-throwers being exposed in your trench a short five meters away. Remarque makes one actually feel the fun and then the tragedy of warfare. At the beginning of the novel Remarque gives you nationalist feelings through pride of Paul and the rest of ... fly further and further away. “ We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. Life is short.” (P 139) This quote shows that the soldiers sense that they are going to die soon so they want to do everything they can before dying. All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel ...
- 2990: Young Goodman Brown / The Masque Of Red Death
- Young Goodman Brown / The Masque Of Red Death There are many different item that have to be contributed into a story for it to be considered a piece of Romantic Literature. In these two stories that I read I am going to discuss two different aspects of romantic literature. I will write about how each story deals with dreamy unreal and Gothic ideas. I will also discuss how each story deals with an individuals internal psychology. Even though I am only writing about two parts of Romantic Literature there are many different aspects. Both stories deal with dreamy situations. In Young Goodman Brown Goodman Brown was in a dream he was in an unreal universe but when he finally woke up and entered the real world he just acted as ...
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