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- 15241: 1984 Orwell 2
- Insanity is Unlike Beauty, for it has Nothing to With the Beholders Eye, but Instead the Public's View O'Brien insists that Winston is insane. In Winston's society it is suicide to go against Big Brother. A simple smirk can be a first degree crime in Oceania. Winston knew that he was guilty of thought crime, but he went farther and farther ... went on with his diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The Thought Police would get him just the same." This thought and many others like it justified Winston's insanity in O'Brien's mind. Winston was defying a power which he knew was undefeatable. O'Brien saw Winston as a madman struggling with the a straight jacket, fighting something which they both ...
- 15242: The Story Of Deirdre
- The Story of Deirdre The Story of Deirdre is indicative of the prolific writer's inherent ability to pursue even the simplest of concepts. Considered to be one of the "Three Sorrowful Tales of Erin," this tragic story of love's struggles has stood the test of time throughout myriad centuries, with versions having existed as far back as the eighth century. Within the confines of the Celtic author's passionate tale lies the relationship of Deirdre and Naisi, representing a small but well-received component of Irish life. Not unlike other works that delve into the romance of the Celts, The Story of ...
- 15243: The Stand
- The Stand Stephen King's The Stand is a thrilling novel that portrays the forces of good against evil. In the year 1991, a plague strikes America, leaving only a few thousand people alive who are "immune" to the epidemic ... to killing herself. She thinks she can not deal with her parents' deaths, being unwed and pregnant, and having the only other survivor in her hometown of Ogunquit, Main be her recently deceased best friend's weird brother Harold Lauder. Fran puts aside her personal feelings for Harold aside, and goes with him to the place in her dreams, to Boulder, Colorado. On their way, they meet up with six people ... when he realizes how serious Fran has become with Stuart Redman, one of the newcomers to their traveling group. Harold becomes insanely jealous and plots to separate them, even if it means murder. Harold doesn't admit it to any of them, but his dreams are different from theirs. In his dreams the "Dark Man" offers Harold power and respect, something Harold could never imagine in the past. Harold knows ...
- 15244: The Odyssey 5
- PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR Why shouldn t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in this world This is one of many quotes that came from Pierre- Auguste Renoir. This famous French impressionist was born on February 25, 1841 in Limoges ... becoming very close with Monet because their paintings showed similarities in technique and style. Like Monet, Renoir had a very rough and bumpy start in the early stages of his career, but by the 1870 s Renoir had already received success as a portraitist. In 1881 he was freed from his financial problems as an art dealer named Paul Durand- Ruel began buying his work on a regular basis. By this time Renoir s style had changed dramatically. He used a crisper and drier style with duller coloring, opposed to his earlier works using light and fresh colors. In the mid 1880 s Renoir thought that he should ...
- 15245: The Final Soliloquy Of Richard
- A Royal Reflection: The final soliloquy of Richard II Richard's final soliloquy (Richard II, V.v.1-66) marks both the culmination of his transformation from a callous monarch to a poetic philosopher and his moral ascent resulting from his deposition as the King of ... death scene. From his first few lines, Richard indicates that he is alone, locked away in a prison cell, and isolated from all external influences. Richard loosely summarizes the actions of the play, specifically Bullingbroke's usurpation of the throne and his own decline. Much of what he says foreshadows his imminent death. However, it is only in the face of death that Shakespeare reveals the nature of the former king ... way out, or "tear a passage through my ragged prison walls" (RII, V.v.20-21). However, with is newfound clarity, he acknowledges the futility of any such effort. Unfortunately, the exact length of Richard's solitude is unknown. However, it is long enough for Richard's false sense of security to be replaced by the opposite and wiser attitude in a world of "unstable values, security, and contentment are ...
- 15246: The Once And Future King Descr
- ... pathos, but more reality; lines of power. It can be said that Gwen assumes the worst and often becomes jealous in many episodes. Such as when Guenever discovered that Lancelot was the father of Elaine s baby, she did not believe his explanation and became furious. She claims that Lance betrayed her, that she was the victim of Elaine s cunning and that she d never be able to trust Lancelot again. Perhaps in her heart she was jealous of the baby that was not born to her. As Guenever began to age, she became ... on ruling everything. As Gwen grew older and older, she became more beautiful, sanguine, hot tempered, demanding, impulsive, acquisitive, and charming-she portrayed all of the qualities of a man eating lioncelle , but she wasn t promiscuous. There was never anyone in her life except Lancelot and Arthur and she never ate anyone but these. Guenever is also what they used to call a real person, for she could not ...
- 15247: The Old Man And The Sea-change
- ... why changes in your life truly happen. Aside from the confusion and pain that primarily goes with it, change is an unintentional yet vital lesson on how to endure what life hands you. In Hemmingway's novel, "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago and Manolin both go through quite a transformation as the boy emerges into the man he aspires to be and Santiago learns to except his fate. Once "El Champion" of the village, Santiago returns fish-less from an 84 day stretch of fishing over the vast ocean. He is left in an unfortunate reality that he's not who he once was. "There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction everyday. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish ... the boy knew this too." (16) To keep his pride, and in almost denial, the old deteriorating fisherman pretends there is a meal ready to eat in the presence of the boy when there isn't a freshly caught fish in a 10 mile radius of the dilapidated shack. It's hard to accept that the fishing glories from the past are but a memory for Santiago as he welcomes ...
- 15248: The Eyes Of Dr. T.j. Eckleburg
- In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is an important theme in the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. These eyes watch over the events and characters of the novel like the eyes of God. Many things happen in front of the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, like the vehicular manslaughter of Myrtle ... depending on which way you pick it open. This quote goes above the gray land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose But ...
- 15249: Tess Of The Durbervilles
- ... result of his love for Tadzio. The novella begins with Aschenbach considering the results of his latest writing. The reader is introduced to a man who cannot find fulfillment in his work, despite the world's approval of him. Aschenbach is loved by the world through the "national honor"(Mann, 199) his supporters give him. His desire concerning his career being "intent from the start upon fame" (Mann, 200), Aschenbach recognizes ... he is at first unable to express love or emotional desire. He is therefore unable to experience divinity within himself or the surrounding world because although he is loved, he does not love. Although Aschenbach's daughter is living, Mann's mention of her is short and blunt. This in turn represents Aschenbach's lack of emotion toward her as one would believe that his only living kin deserves some recognition. Mann leaves no doubt ...
- 15250: Things Fall Apart 6
- ... himself. As the story progresses, conflict overwhelms him and leads to his downfall and the downfall of the Ibo culture. One part of the book that shows how the title is developed is when Okonkwo s character is introduced and explained to the reader. The author tells how he is shameful of his father and that he is belligerent and cold-hearted. Pointing out these flaws in Okonkwo s character seems to foreshadow his downfall. Since Okonkwo probably represents the intolerant culture , that culture s downfall is also foreshadowed. Later more obvious instances occur. Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna, who is like a son to him. His decision of killing the boy is definitely unreasonable, and he only acts on what ...
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