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- 4281: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... distinctions between the two disappear. Holden believes throughout the novel that certain things should stay the same. Holden becomes a character portrayed by Salinger that disagrees with things changing. He wants to retain everything, in short he wants everything to always remain the same, and when changes occur; Holden reacts. However the most important aspect of Holden Caufield's character can be attributed to his judgment of people. Holden Caufield, a ...
- 4282: Aphrodite versus Athena
- Aphrodite versus Athena In Hesiods Theogony, female divinities and their positions in the universe are presented through stories of great length. The effects of the female powers are abundant and critical. Even moreso, their origin and characteristics have great connotation reflecting the Olympian kingdom and its relations. Two female divinities in particular , Aphrodite ...
- 4283: The Trial by Kafka and The Stranger by Camus: Flaws and Failures of the Judicial System
- ... cold-blooded killer are the exact type of misconceptions and prejudices that Camus is railing against. The settings of each novel are purposely left vague. The authors want to the readers to think of the stories as being able to take place anywhere. That way, the reader is more likely to imagine the story taking place where they are, or close to it. The average person does not do anything about ...
- 4284: Mother-Daughter Tradition in The Joy Luck Club
- ... your children are and also how well you care for your spouse. Because of this, Waverly's mother boasts about Waverly's mastery of the game of chess. Throughout all of the Jing-Mei Woo stories June has to recall all of the memories of what her mother had told her. She remembers how her mother left her babies during the war. June's mother felt that since she had failed ...
- 4285: A Review on Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg
- ... and sorrows. Elizabeth Berg is an author who targets an audience towards women of all ages. Her work is considered fictional, yet the reader is left awe of how real her images become as the stories progress. One thing her writing has taught me is never to sit down with one of her novels and expect to walk away unaffected. The wonderful messages in her writings will find a place in ...
- 4286: Lord of the Flies: Book and Movie Comparison
- ... is what symbolizes order and civilization and that is why things got so bad on the island. There was no order. In the film adaptation, however, there was an adult on the island for a short amount of time which makes the idea that if there was an adult in the story everything would be different totally wrong. Jack was still talking about killing and hunting even when the adult was ...
- 4287: To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... the reader until the end of the book, Arthur "Boo" Radley plays an important role in the development of both Scout and Jem. In the beginning of the story, Jem, Scout, and Dill fabricate horror stories about Boo. They find Boo as a character of their amusement, and one who has no feelings whatsoever. They tried to get a peep at him, just to see what Boo looked like. Scout connects ...
- 4288: The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker
- ... tells him, Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (Fitzgerald 83). At the end of the novel, Jordan gets engaged to another man after not seeing Nick for a short time, leaving Nick angry, yet still half in love with her, and tremendously sorry (Fitzgerald 186). The Jordan-Nick relationship creates a great subplot opposed to the main plot of this novel. Jordan is Daisy ...
- 4289: Can Machines Think On Alan Turings Computer Machinery And I
- ... it requires only a large enough capacity and a complex enough program. According to the August edition of Business Week magazine this is only a matter of decreasing time: The human brain has only a short time left as the smartest thing on earth. The speed and complexity of computers will continue to double every 18 months through 2012. By then the density of computer circuits will have jumped 1,000 ...
- 4290: On The Road
- On The Road The novel On The Road is based on one mans true stories about his craziest adventures through the United States and Mexico. This is one of the greatest novels of all time and nothing I have read so far seems so realistic. Jack Kerovac, who is the ...
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