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- 991: Huckleberry Finn - Lies
- ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ends with HuckÕs salutation of ÒYours TrulyÓ. The fact is that Clemens uses HuckÕs morally sound lies as a reflectionon the true nature of American society during the time of slavery
- 992: Harrison Bergeron
- ... their list of things to make people equal. Color has been proven since the earliest of times to make someone seem unequal. Slaves, for example, were primarily black people. Since the slaves were black, when slavery was abolished the freed black people had a very long, rough time before they started getting the least bit of respect. The sex of a person still today may effect how that person is thought ...
- 993: Grapes Of Wrath - Allusions
- ... from Egypt to Caanan. The novel is broken up into three sections. The first part is the Joad’s eviction from their farms under the control of the banks and companies which parallels the Israelites’ slavery to the Egyptians. Both groups struggled under the control of overwhelming forces and left in hopes of a better life. The second part is the Joad’s journey from Oklahoma across the Panhandle in search ...
- 994: Flying Home
- ... World War II, which was when "Flying Home" was written. Ellison himself was no stranger to the oppression of blacks in the south at the time. Although born in Oklahoma, which has no history of slavery, he did live in a Jim Crow world. The governor at the time, "Alfalfa Bill" Murray was a notorious racist, and Ellison’s mother Ida, had continuously worked to break down racial barriers throughout her ...
- 995: Drunken Boat
- ... struggles" (Marx and Engels 1329). Where Rimbaud differed greatly from these writers, however, was in his approach to a solution: Marx and Engels encouraged the use of revolution to propel the working class out of "slavery" and toward a classless society. Rimbaud's closing stanzas indicate a desolation that is inconsolable, and weary from a lifetime of struggle and hard work (1175): If I desire any European water, it's the ...
- 996: Down Goes Hurston
- ... a black man and also the mayor seems a little strange for the South. Most white people of the South dislike black people because most black people are thought to be only "slaves" even though slavery was abolished. Towards the end of the novel Janie is on trial for the murder of Tea Cake, who is Janie’s third husband. ‘"We find the death of Vergible Woods to be entirely accidental ...
- 997: Desperation By Stephen King
- ... I thank the good lord for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery"(319). Paradoxically, it is also this arrangement that is the root of his present day problems. Had he known of his "heritage" before hand, chances are he would have approached life differently, but we have ...
- 998: Demian
- ... is traumatic for Sinclair and he is often haunted by nightmares, he is unable to eat, and he becomes withdrawn and sullen. His personality alters as he tries to cope with the bondage of his slavery to this lower-class, troublesome kid, but he sees no escape and reluctantly succumbs to what he believes to be his fate. The arrival of a new kid in town, Max Demian, is noticed by ...
- 999: Candide
- ... story who were presumed to be dead were found to be alive and well. Cunegonde, the object of Candide's affections, was thought dead by Candide but she had really been raped and sold into slavery. Pangloss was also presumed dead but he reappeared in Candide's life. Although it is good that these people did not die, this is not an example of good coming from bad, since bad (their ...
- 1000: Beloved
- ... story about good or evil, but rather a story about facing your own past. Beloved (the character) is simply a physical manifestation of Sethe's guilty conscience. Sethe's desire to save her children from slavery was stronger than her humanity, and as a result she brutally murdered her baby, and buried it under the headstone "Beloved." Sethe chose to have this engraved on the tomb, because this was the "word ...
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