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- 4641: The Squire's Tale: Franklin
- ... end of telling of Canace and the magic ring, he proceeds to say he will tell how the other three gifts affected the lives of other characters. Clearly the Squire could have cut his story short then if he had been so inclined. Therefore I do not think it is fair to claim the Franklin was "rescuing" the Squire. Secondly, if the Franklin were indeed interrupting the Squire to end his ...
- 4642: The Recent Negative Effect of Technology on Society
- ... to grow in ways never imaginable before. It allowed people to move out of highly congested cities and move into more peaceful neighborhoods. Yet it also let people feel as if they were still a short drive away from the city. However, the negative effects of the automobile were not thought of in those days. Now it is clear of what negative effects the automobile has on society. In recent years ...
- 4643: The Beast in the Jungle: The Beast of James
- ... ways the criticism I have found is rather uniform, but on some points it differs considerably. I shall start with the common parts of the criticism. Because "The Beast in the Jungle" is a rather short work, the majority of these critics tend to summarize the entire story instead of concentrating on one or two significant aspects. I have found they are in general agreement that May Bartram is the figurative ...
- 4644: An Analysis of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
- ... but it has also freed him from "living.". On his tombstone it is written "everything was beautiful and nothing hurt." Although this message on the surface would seem perfect, it in reality points to the short-comings of Billy's life. One cannot enjoy life and happiness, if he has no feelings and lacks all remorse. In the end of his life Billy is "unenthusiastic about living, while stoically enduring it ...
- 4645: Billy Budd 3
- ... but what the movie does not mention is what his life was like and what the other officers thought of him. The novella states that Captain Vere loves books. He especially loves those that have stories and details about the treatment of man. His own officers say that he acts "like the King's yarn in a coil of Navy rope." I believe that quote says that he is a puppet ...
- 4646: Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth Bennet
- ... behavior, but she thinks well of Mr. Wickham because his charm, his smoother facade, and his sharper wit endears him to everyone. Her prejudice renders her incapable of judging the merits of Darcy and the short-comings of Mr. Wickham. "Socially acceptable and commonly accepted rules of social behavior provide a morally acceptable standard of social behavior"(Nardin 14), but Elizabeth's independent charac ter causes her to distort her perception ...
- 4647: Burmese Days
- ... humorous, but after this conversation he makes his opinion known to the club that the doctor should be allowed to be a member. The disagreements in the Club about the doctor s membership are cut short by a growing riot outside, masterminded by U Po Kyin. Dr. Veraswami proves his loyalty to the British by attempting to hold back the crowd. Though U Po Kyin states that he too was trying ...
- 4648: Babbit Vs. The Hobbit
- ... accepted once more. In this way the different returns were very different. The hobbit and Babbitt were two very different characters with the same personality in the beginning of the story. As the two different stories progress the characters were subjected to different adventures and put through different tests. In the end, Bilbo Baggins emerges as a different hobbit and George Babbitt who had struggled to be different ends up conforming ...
- 4649: Tribulation and Comedy in Lucky Jim
- ... Welch for his dull company and arduous requests. Dixon feels, for example, that by remaining "present and conscious while Welch talked about concerts" (Amis, 1953, p. 8) he can secure his teaching-post. Unfortunately, these stories are miserably drab and are extremely uninteresting: "Dixon is bored not only by Welch's account but by the concert itself. He has not of course the nerve to say so, and suppresses his rage ...
- 4650: Lord of the Flies; Creating a New Society
- ... of government on the island. By signifying a conch shell as the device needed in order to speak to the group Ralph and Piggy are able to maintain order among the other boys for a short time. As time progresses though, more and more of the boys start to question the authority of the conch as well as whose control it represents. This type of behavior indicates the influence still exerted ...
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