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- 12811: Sanity For Independence
- Sanity for Independence A look at The Yellow Wallpaper , by C.P Gilman The short story The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a woman s cry for freedom. It is about a creative woman whose talents are suppressed by her dominant husband. His efforts to oppress her, in order to keep her within society's norms of what a wife is supposed to act like only lead to her mental destruction. He is more concerned with societal norms than the mental health of his wife. In trying to become independent ... and I feel so basely ungrateful not to value it more He took me in his arms and called me blessed little goose This is a clear indication of someone trying to run another person s life. By him not allowing her to write, he is causing her depression to worsen. If she had been allowed to come and go as she pleased, her depression may have disappeared: I think ...
- 12812: Slaughterhouse Five
- Slaughterhouse-Five Critics often suggest that Kurt Vonnegut s novels represent a man s desperate, yet, futile search for meaning in a senseless existence. Vonnegut s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, displays this theme. Kurt Vonnegut uses a narrator, which is different from the main character. He uses this technique for several reasons. Kurt Vonnegut introduces Slaughterhouse Five in the first person. ...
- 12813: Effects of World War II on Japan
- ... conglomerates, and educational reforms" (Japan in Modern History, 385). The good relationship with the US after the war was a big change that ended up in benefit to the Japanese people, because if they didn't have a good relationship with the US, it would be bad because the US is the most powerful country in this modern world. In Japan's politics a huge change because of World War II and that was the creation of the Liberal Democratic party. (The Japan of Today, 20) Because of World War II, Japan changed their politics system to ... the country and in the society as a whole. The entrance of the western ideas into Japan after World War II made the Japanese adapt to their ancient culture some of the western culture. Japan's culture before the war was very special and unique but after the war a lot of western ideas entered this culture and influenced it in several ways such as literature, architecture, religion and others. " ...
- 12814: The Ones Who Walk Away From Om
- The Ones Who Stay At Omelas Utopia is any state, condition, or place of ideal perfection. In Ursula LeGuin s short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" the city of Omelas is described as a utopia. "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" presents a challenge of conscience for anyone who chooses to ... these guesses as often essential detail. The narrator also lets the reader mold the city. The narrator states the technology Omelas could have and then says "or they could have none of that: it doesn t matter. As you like it"(877). The method of letting the reader make the city the way he choose makes the city more desirable by him" Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it ... of Omelas implies that the reader should have doubts. Can the narrator be trusted by a reader who is being asked to approve the details of the story? Such questions raise doubts in the reader s mind about what the narrator is conveying. With the help of the reader, the narrator makes Omelas appealing to everyone. "Omelas sounds in my words like a city in a fairy tale, long ago ...
- 12815: Running a Thousand Miles from Freedom: The Victimization of Women In Slavery
- ... leads me to believe that their plan of escape was caused by this feeling of victimization. William goes on to state that he wanted to marry her once they were free, but when that didnt seem possible, they got married with the consent of their owners. From that time until December 1848, they devised a plan for their escape(Craft 27). While most slaves escaped through swamps and forests, the ... man traveling with his slave. She wore this disguise because women could not travel alone with slaves. To pull this off, they covered her face with a handkerchief. They felt that her smooth skin wouldnt look very convincing. She also had her arm in a cast, so that they could use the alibi that the master (Ellen) was traveling to Philadelphia for medical reasons. They traveled through Georgia, South Carolina ... To avoid him, she looked out of the window and played deaf (Craft 43). Even though Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom highlights the victimization of females in slavery, it is told from a males prospective. It also only touches the surface of the condition. Harriet Jacobs allows readers to see the condition from the female point of view. Giving insight about how male slave narrators dealt with the ...
- 12816: The Robber Bride
- Depending on how you look at Margaret Atwood s The Robber Bride, Timson calls it an upmarket melodrama whereas Martin refers to it as a novel confronting politically correct feminism . The truth is it isn t either of these. While some of the situations are greatly exaggerated, this book comments on the way that women interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. Atwood tells the story of three ... determine if this message is true, but nonetheless, Atwood does have a lot to say about the way females deal with each other. The character Roz constantly runs into problems in the business world. It s complicated, being a woman boss. Women don t look at you and think Boss. They look at you and think Woman, as in Just another one, like me, and where does she get off? ...
- 12817: The Scarlet Letter - Roger Chi
- ... that his spouse had betrayed him. For Roger Chillingworth, it was a completely heart-breaking devastation. In The Scarlet Letter, Chillingworth is the husband of Hester Prynne. When they married, he knew that she didn t love him, but still proceeded to commit the rest of his life to her. Consequently, a story of forbidden passion, hatred, and jealousy unfolds. Starting off as a scholar, Roger Chillingworth finds himself in a doctor s position later in the book. His back is deformed, and one shoulder is higher than the other, giving him a hunchbacked appearance. Chillingworth is not physically attractive and very slender. His eyes have a strong ... 157, Chpt. 10) He enjoys studying and the pursuit of knowledge. When Chillingworth finds out that Hester cheated on him, he cannot be blamed for being dismayed and livid. He feels betrayed, and calls Hester s sin unpardonable. His rage quickly becomes resentment, and he develops a strong desire to find out with whom Hester had an affair with. Chillingworth seeks nothing but revenge. When Arthur Dimmesdale defends Hester and ...
- 12818: Ozymandias
- Ozymandias This sonnet is written to express to the speaker that possessions don't mean immortality - ironically, the king who seemed to think that his kingdom would remain under his statue's egotistical gaze forever teaches us this through his epitaph. "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" becomes good advice, though in an opposite meaning than the king intended, for it comes to mean that despite all the power and might one acquires in the course of one's life, material possessions will not last forever. In the end, the King's "works" are nothing, and the lines inscribed upon his statue are a sermon to those who read it. The tone of " ...
- 12819: Bob Dylan
- ... triple murder in a New Jersey bar and was sentenced to serve three life terms. In 1966, Bob Dylan wrote a song, "Hurricane" that depicted the murder, corrupted authorities and expressed his belief in Carter's innocence. After the release of the song was made official, crowds of Dylan fans worldwide expressed their horror of, "...the story of Hurricane, the man the authorities came to blame, for something that he never done...". Because of "Hurricane" three Canadian activists and a New York teen continued to fight for true justice until Carter was eventually freed, after 20 years for a crime he didn't commit. Bob Dylan ironically, shaped the course of popular music by mistake. Even before the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, a creative and new style was introduced by this young wandering musician ... career in 1960, he has been a poet, a political activist, a musician and a mystery. His songs drew upon every style of American music, including rock and roll, blues, gospel, folk and country. Dylan's life as a singer-songwriter captured the public's attention from a time of mass confusion until today, opening up the expressive possibilities of rock.Composing over 100's of songs, performing worldwide including ...
- 12820: Japan: After World War II
- ... was, from start to finish, an American operation. General Douglans MacArthur, sole supreme commander of the Allied Power was in charge. The Americans had insufficient men to make a military government of Japan possible; so t hey decided to act through the existing Japanese gobernment. General Mac Arthur became, except in name, dictator of Japan. He imposed his will on Japan. Demilitarization was speedily carried out, demobilization of the former imperial ... so much of the protein in the Japanese diet, were no longer available in adequate quantities because the fishing fleet, particularly the large vessels, had been badly decimated by the war and because the U.S.S.R. closed off the fishing grounds in the north. The most important aspect of the democratization policy was the adoption of a new constitution and its supporting legislation. When the Japanese government proved too ...
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