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- 1001: A Separate Peace: Social Sterotypes
- ... Thesis: The five main characters in John Knowles' A Separate Peace represent social stereotypes, according to some people. In his book A Separate Peace, John Knowles represents jocks with Phineas, a character who believes that sports are the key to life. Phineas is more of a sportsman than a jock. Real jocks only care about winning, Phineas makes sure it's not possible for anyone to win or lose. Chet Douglas ...
- 1002: A Separate Peace
- ... He seems to be good at any sport he tries and all of it comes without practice or post-effort. During the course of his stay at Devon, Phineas wins several awards in all the sports he plays in. One day while the others are away, Phineas and Gene go to the gym and Phineas breaks the school time trial record for swimming. If Gene was not injured by his fall ...
- 1003: Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein: Still the Wretched Fools They Were Before
- ... irresponsible. When Faust sets his sights on an object, whether knowledge or women, he demands nothing less of himself than that which will get it. In many situations dedication to an act is reputable; education, sports, career. It seems then, that to become the όbermensch and pursue excellence, one must stay dedicated to one's goal and dismiss the world around him. In the process of creating his monster, Victor Frankenstein ...
- 1004: A Book Report on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
- ... caste is alike. He likes to treasure his differences from his fellows, but he lacks the courage to fight for his right to be an individual. In contrast is his friend Helmholtz Watson, successful in sports, sex, and community activities, but openly dissatisfied because instead of writing something beautiful and powerful, his job is to turn out propaganda. Bernard attends a solidarity service of the Fordian religion. It culminates in a ...
- 1005: Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" and "Searching For Caleb": Individualism and Belonging to the Family
- ... all have perfect manners! We may not ever talk to outsiders about anything more interesting than the weather, but at least we do it politely! And we've all been taught that we disapprove of sports cars, golf, women in slacks,chewing gum, the color chartreuse, emotional displays,ranch houses, bridge, mascara, household pets, religious discussions, plastic, politics, nail polish, transparent gems of any color, jewelry shaped like animals, checkered prints ...
- 1006: A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
- ... competition with Phineas weakened his personality, hence causing Gene's rebellion on Phineas. Gene begins to think that his purpose is "to become part of Phineas" (p.77). Phineas states that Gene has to play sports now for him. Then, Gene realizes that this must have been his purpose in pushing Phineas off the limb. He is to become part of him. Consequently, in wounding Phineas, Gene has brought Phineas down ...
- 1007: A Separate Peace: Three Symbols
- ... changes during the winter session. When Gene explains to Finny that a war is occurring, Finny wonders, "Is there?" (96). Finny refuses to believe in the war when Gene explains that the war comes before sports. Finny comes to the conclusion that old fat men in Washingtion, D.C. "make up" the war to trick the people, and only the fat men understand the trick. The two rivers, the two sessions ...
- 1008: An Analysis of "This Boy's Life"
- ... be like him. They wanted people to look at the three of them in admiration the same way that people admired the Thunderbird. The image of the man behind the wheel of a brand new sports car represented everything that they weren't. The image was cool, tough, and sleek. The fact that this guy was on his way to pick up a girl made them even more envious. "One look ...
- 1009: Ernest Hemingway - "The Lost Generation"
- ... the fullest with drinking, partying, and sporting with friends. With these pastimes, Jake hopes to hide from his fault and get on with the life he has been made to suffer. Watching and participating in sports help accentuate the Code Hero's masculinity and provide the sense of pride Jake has lost. This gain of pride is essential in the Hemingway Code. Jake attends fishing trips with friends, he visits Pamplona ...
- 1010: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- ... warns the other pupils by saying, "...this girl, who might be one of God's own lambs, is a little castaway...you must shun her example: if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports and shut her out from your converse," (Bronte 69). Again we see Jane facing exclusion as she is declared a "castaway." In this same episode we see an example of the confinement that was so ...
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