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- 711: Huckleberry Fin 2
- ... When they first set out on the raft and leave Jackson's Island behind, Huck says, "It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed, only a little kind of a low chuckle." (55) However, the more they venture onto shore, the more ...
- 712: Great Gatsby Party Comparison
- ... events is the coming and going of the partygoers. Nick describes the people at Gatsby's party by saying: "...men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars."(p. 43) At Myrtle's party as well, "People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away."(p. 41) Both ...
- 713: Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... early May. The weeds became a dark green to protect themselves from the sun's unyielding rays... The wind grew stronger, uprooting the weakened corn, and the air became so filled with dust that the stars were not visible at night. As the book continues a turtle, which appears and reappears several times early in the novel, can be seen as standing for survival, a driving life force in all of ...
- 714: Frankenstein- Can Comfort Be F
- ... rage and revenge (Shelley, 97). Following the violent encounter with Felix, the creature flees into the woods. However, instead of receiving sympathy from nature, he says: Oh! What a miserable night I passed! the cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me: now and then the sweet voice of a bird burst forth amidst the universal stillness. All, save I, were at rest, or in ...
- 715: Essay On The Stranger
- ... made him ¡°perfectly content¡± were no longer his (97). The paths that he uses only leads to the prison cell. "¡¦for the first time; in that night [before his execution day] alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world¡± (122). Meaursalt claims he feels guilt and that he opens up a little. However, it is difficult to even guess what¡¯s inside this man ...
- 716: Dr. Faustus
- ... healthy. Faustus would rather retain his pride than admit that he was at fault. He blames his parents, predestination, and appeals both to Christ and Lucifer. "O my Christ! - O spare me my Lucifer! - You stars that reigned at my nativity. Now draw up Faustus like a foggy mist. Cursed be the parents that endangered me." (Marlowe p.55) His final damnation not only results from the immoral acts that he ...
- 717: Catcher In The Rye 5
- ... In his mind, actors always exemplify someone they aren't. In his supposition, they just play some part they are requested for money, not a part that resembles their thoughts or personality. In public, movies stars also carry out that fake attitude, where they act as though they are better than everyone else. Lastly Holden dislikes actors and movies because their phoniness demoralizes children, and allows them to explore with the ...
- 718: Aeneid
- ... in bronze Their breathing figures, I can well believe, And bring more lifelike portraits out of marble; Argue more eloquently, use the pointer to trace the paths of heaven accurately And accurately foretell the rising stars. Roman, remember by your strength to rule Earth's peoples - for your arts are to be these: To pacify, to impose the rule of law, To spare the conquered , battle down the proud." Lines 1143 ...
- 719: A Medieval Contest Between The
- ... live in holes in the ground. Dwarves are larger than Hobbits but smaller than humans. Elves appear not to age and rather tall around six feet. They live in treetops, love music and worship the stars and even have starlight radiating from their bodies. The moral code of the knights of the Round Table which was renewed at the feast of Pentecost every year was to: only fight in just cause ...
- 720: Animal Farm
- ... wonders for this novel. Orwell is a genius and he has cleverly hidden the satire in such an excellent way, that everything fits into the picture like a jigsaw puzzle. I give this book five stars. This rating is given for many reasons. It is a very easy read and quite enjoyable to many levels of education.
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