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- 15231: Great Expectations 6
- ... she really feels. In the book "Great Expectations," Joe expresses this unconditional love for his best friend Pip. Even though Pip had abandoned him earlier, Joe still came in his time of need. "I ain't a going,"(Dickens) said Joe when Pip was very ill. Joe understood what Pip was going through and that he needed him right away. Such love is true love, never abandoning those you care about ... phenomenon among young people. "They no sooner experience a slight sexual attraction, accompanied by a perceptible emotion, that they consider themselves to have been blessed with this 'grand amour.'"(Lepp 117) Throughout most of Pip's life, he is confused about his true love. However, he does nothing but experience passionate love, this "is nothing more than very intense liking."(Murstein 85) Pip was mislead in to believing he loved Estella ... 121) This is not a true sign of love. When two people are in love, both are willing to be there for one another and are happy to do it as well. However, throughout Pip's life, he was not happy. He experienced the pain in his search for love and it left him alone. He "experienced a sense of melancholy when he heard the news."(Dickens) This infatuation of ...
- 15232: Glass Menagerie 2
- ... the shock it is to be thrown from it. Tom supports his family despite his unhappiness of his world. He tries to please Amanda by being the sole supporter, but only gets rewarded by Amanda's constant nagging and suspicion. Eventually Tom finds himself more like his father as he seeks adventure in the movies and hangs out on the fire escape he avoids suffocation, and desperately seeks the life he ... finds a temporary safe haven from Amanda. With Amanda nagging Tom about every minute action, like mastication, Tom needed to find somewhere to escape. Perhaps, even more, the fire escape shows various things about Tom's personality. Since Amanda and Laura have their illusionary worlds inside, Tom can easily escape these worlds by going out on the firescape. He does not desire to be part of an imaginary world, which only ... had chose to seek out. With such a dull and stressful life, Tom was always looking for adventure like his father. Although it is only referred to a couple of times, the portrait of Tom's father is one of the mose important symbols representing Tom. In the play, the portriat is a consant reminder to Amanda of the past she once knew and cherished. A long time ago, Amanda' ...
- 15233: Gatsby 17
- ... a good example of the "American Dream. However, there is a fine line between what many think is the "American Dream, and what Fitzgerald thinks is the "American Dream. There is a difference between Gatsby's "American Dream, and the ideal "American Dream" of others. The "American Dream" can be perceived in a number of different ways. It can be optimism for the future. Some people start out with nothing, work honestly toil night and day, and sometimes never achieve anything. There are also people that have their family's financial support to educate them. Finally, there is the illegal way of achieving the "American Dream. Gatsby felt that the illegal way was the most appealing to him. There are a number of passages that lead us to infer Fitzgerald's view of the "American Dream. Near the beginning of the story, Nick drops the first hints that lead us to infer Fitzgerald's view of the "American Dream. Only Gatsby, the man who gives ...
- 15234: Frosts Use Of Everyday Subjets
- ... Daily Evening Post in San Francisco. His mother, Isabelle Moodie Frost, came into the United State when she was 12 years old. Frost was born a year after his parents had gotten married. After Frost's father had died in 1885, he moved with his family to New England where he attended Lawrence High School. "Frost had published several poems in the school magazine and was named class poet." (Bloom p ... December 1895 he married Elinor. "In the early years of there marriage, Frost attended Harvard as a special student but withdrew in 1899 and took up poultry farming to support his growing family. The Frost's family life, often strained by emotional and financial anxieties, was marked by a series of tragedies. Their first child, Elliott, died of cholera at age three. Another child, Elinor Bettina, died two days after birth. Of the four children who lived to adulthood, Frost's daughter Marjorie died of childbed fever at age 29, and his son Carol committed suicide at age 39. Another daughter, Irma, had to be institutionalized for mental illness, as did Frost's sister Jeanie." ( ...
- 15235: Greenspan - The Case For The D
- My fascination with the Judicial System Structure of today's society was furthered and strengthened after reading and analyzing the works of Edward Greenspan. This superbly written biography recollecting past cases and important events in Greenspan's life allowed myself, the reader, to learn more about Jurisprudence and the Criminal Code. The entire casebook revolves around several main themes including the balance of Positive & Natural influences in the courtroom, whether a lawyer's consience intervenes with his duty as a counsellor, and the alarming rate of perjury occuring in front of the juries. To be more concise and clear to the point, Greenspan's book is a ...
- 15236: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
- ... Jurgis. Jack Duane is an experienced and educated criminal who is also “politically connected”. A man called Ostrinski is a half-blind tailor who teaches Jurgis about Socialism. There are also the members of Ona’s family, each of whom play minor roles in the story. The story opens with the feast at Jurgis and Ona’s wedding in America, but soon flashes back to the time before they left Lithuania. Jurgis met Ona at a horse fair, and fell in love with her. Unfortunately, they were too poor to have a wedding, since Ona’s father just died. In the hopes of finding freedom and fortune, they left for America, bringing many members of Ona’s family with them. After arriving in America, they are taken to Packingtown to ...
- 15237: Victorian Literature
- ... 1901. This period is called the Victorian Age. During the Victorian Age, great economic, social, and political changes occurred in Britain. The British Empire reached its height and covered about a quarter of the world's land. Industry and trade expanded rapidly, and railways and canals crisscrossed the country. Science and technology made great advances. The size of the middle class grew enormously. By the 1850's, more and more people were getting an education. In addition, the government introduced democratic reforms, such as the right to vote for an increasing number of people. Many important events took place during Victoria's reign. Britain fought in the Opium War (1839-1842) in China and acquired the island of Hong Kong. Britain also fought in the Crimean War (1853-1856) against Russia, and in the Anglo-Boer ...
- 15238: Joy Luck Club
- Joy Luck Club Guilt is a powerful means of controlling someone else. Parents use it because it’s often an easy way of controlling their children. In Amy Tan’s Joy luck club, June’s Mom knew great ways to control her daughter by using guilt. She used guilt because that was the only way she knew. Because she had such a tragic and sometimes even dramatic life, she ...
- 15239: Jurassic Park Book Report
- ... he only wears black and gray. He is presumably dead in Jurassic Park the book, but "miraculously" is in the sequel, The Lost World. Finally there is Dennis Nedry. He was the computer genius who's greed and ambition bring chaos to Jurassic Park. There are many other characters that played a big part in the book, but I thought they were the best and the plot revolved around them. The ... to get samples of Dinosaur DNA. In order to make his escape, he turns the power off, even the electric fences. All hell breaks loose when the humans try to warn a boat that it's transporting Dinosaurs to the mainland, and run away from them at the same time. III. The Significance of the Book to the Student. This book had plenty of significance in it, even though a lot of the elements that were significant were hidden. First of all this book thought us a few basic things about DNA. How it's the building blocks of life, and stuff can be cloned. Like that sheep, Dolly. Also it taught us what some scientific practices were about when different scientists visited the island. Suchexamples are paleontologists, paleobotanists, ...
- 15240: Young Goodman Brown 4
- Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown", a story of innoncence betrayed, leaves the reader wondering if Brown made any kind of jounrney at all. Was Brown tired when he left his home and Faith, so much so that maybe he fell asleep in the forest at the begining of his journey? Hawthorne's use of allegory and symbolism abound in this tale of a young man's shattered "faith". THe most sacred role models Brown had ever had were challenged in his incredible journey. Being reared in the Puritain faith Brown had been programmed to shun evil and embrace goodness. As ...
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