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- 3991: Huck Finn's Conflict with Society
- Huck Finn's Conflict with Society Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1883. The novel deals with many problems of society. Huck Finn "can't stand" hypocrisy, greed and "sivilz"ation, qualities that are still present today. One trait shown in Huck Finn is hypocrisy. In Twain's other novels, as well as Huck Finn, Twain is very critical of the hypocrisy of organized religion. Early in Huck Finn, Huck is confronted with two different versions of heaven. Miss Watson's view ...
- 3992: The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status
- The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status In John Cheever’s short story, “The Swimmer”, themes of loss and social status are developed throughout the story. The main character, Neddy Merrill, portrays the idea of a journey. Cheever compares and contrasts Merrill’s beliefs about his own life in both the realms of reality and fantasy throughout his physical, as well as mental, journey. Cheever clearly illustrates how effected Merrill is socially and psychologically by the societal pressures ... his sweater that was hung over his shoulders and dove in. He had an inexplicable contempt for men who did not hurl themselves into pools.” (Cheever 283). This idea might be used in describing Merrill’s bold and determined life. However, throughout his travels, Merrill’s character seems to dwindle on several levels as the story continues. When Merrill reaches his first pool at the Grahams, they responded to him ...
- 3993: Martin Luther
- ... in his later years, Luther waged a continual battle with the papacy. Luther was to become a professor of biblical exegesis at Wittenberg where, in 1957, he posted his critique of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings and practices. This is otherwise known as The Ninety-Five Theses, which is usually considered to be the original document of the Reformation. Basically, this document was an indictment of the venality of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly the widespread practice of selling indulgences in association with the sacrament of penance. Luther's beliefs on the matter was that after confession, absolution relied upon the sinner's faith and God's Divine Grace rather than the intervention of a priest. At this point, Luther did not advocate an actual separation from the Roman Catholic Church. Instead, Luther felt his suggested reforms ...
- 3994: Jack Robinson
- ... Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919. He was the youngest of five children. He was also grandson of a slave. He always hoped his life would be better then that, but it wasn't. At the age of five his father Jerry Robinson left home. And his mother Millie Robinson moved the family to California. His family was being supported by welfare because their father wasn't around to help. They moved into a home with white neighbors who petitioned to have them relocated, but this attempt failed. Jackie was a fair student and had to work several part time jobs. For a while he was involved in several crimes and robberies with the pepper street gang. This didn t last long because he received "big brotherly" care from Carl Anderson, a local mechanic and Reverend Karl Downs. Both men were able to point him in a more positive direction. They had him focus ...
- 3995: Leo Szilard and the Atomic Bomb
- ... occurred to Szilard that "he needed to find one element that could be split by neutrons, sustain a chain reaction and thereby liberate incredible amounts of energy." The Greek word atomos means anything that can't be split. Leo Szilard was thrown out of Ernest Rutherford's office, the director of the Lavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University during a meeting where he was explaining his idea of the chain reaction. Years later in 1939 the atom was split and Dr. Leo Szilard would play a critical part in the making of the atomic bomb. April 24, 1939 physicist Paul Harteck and Lord Rutherford wrote to Hitler's war office telling him about the newest development in nuclear physics. Professor Hans Geiger co-inventor of the Geiger counter was shown this letter. In June of that year Geiger's close associates published ...
- 3996: King Lear: Sequences Which Display The Varying Perceptions of Different Characters
- King Lear: Sequences Which Display The Varying Perceptions of Different Characters In Shakespeare's King Lear, there are several sequences which display the varying perceptions of different characters. The perceptions of the characters often differs because of what they are able to see and also in their nature. Such factors obstruct their vision, not allowing them to see clearly. One sequence which may illustrate this is the banishing of Cordelia after she refuses Lear's test of love. Another sequence is the gouging of Gloucester's eyes by Cornwall. A third sequence which shows the indifference of opinion within the characters is Lear's death at the end of the play. As the play opens up, Gloucester and Kent are ...
- 3997: How Would the Characters of "The Scarlet Letter" See the White Whale of Melville's "Moby Dick"
- How Would the Characters of "The Scarlet Letter" See the White Whale of Melville's "Moby Dick" In Melville's Moby Dick our narrator, Ishmael, has a unique view on the great white whale. "...all these are but subtle deceits, not actually inherent in substances, but only laid on from without; so that all deified Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurement's cover nothing but the charnel-house within..." By examining his remarks, we can tell he is a very down-to-earth man; however, Melville uses a common theme of "how do you know for ...
- 3998: Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat
- Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat In Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat, Poe's narrator confesses to the brutal murder of his wife, in detail, blaming the black cat. In this story we see how human emotions and actions can be stretched beyond the limits of morality. The ...
- 3999: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... Japanese monoliths to the insidious maneuverings of the modern corporation, Crichton latches onto the scientific and political controversies of the day, and squeezes out of them every last ounce of shock value. At least, that's usually what he does. A Case Of Need could have used quite a bit more shock value. The problem is largely a matter of timing; when the book came out in 1969, the moral dilemma ... least, the argument centers on whether or not the act should be legal, not on whether or not doctors are currently breaking the law by performing them. The antiquated plot line is not the story's main flaw. The biggest drawback here is a one-two punch of highly technical prose employed to relate a thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent physician, dies as the result of ... the case. Lee calls upon his friend, forensic pathologist John Berry, to clear his name. John Berry careens back and forth from one Boston hospital to another, trying to figure out who actually performed Randall's abortion, and why it killed her. The investigation is complicated by the fact that Randall was not even pregnant. Slowly, a picture emerges of Randall as a freewheeling, loose woman with several abortions in ...
- 4000: Psychological Doubles
- ... for profound wickedness, released in the shape of Mr. Hyde . According to Calder (ii) AJ Symonds, a friend of Robert Stevenson, and many others found this chilling to contemplate. The society of men is Stevenson s main focus and is evident in the number of ways in which he presents Hyde in terms of society. If Jekyll and Hyde is characterized in Gothic fiction s exaggerated tones of late-Victorian anxieties concerning deterioration of social status, and the idea of criminal man, , it invariably situates those concerns in relation to the practices and discourses of lawyers like Gabriel Utterson, doctors ... Henry Jekyll and Hastie Lanyon, or even well-known men about town like Richard Enfield. The novel in fact asks us to do more than simply register the all-too-apparent marks of Edward Hyde s degeneracy. It also compels us also to examine how those marks come to signify in the first place. To make his point, Stevenson creates a monster that is both the model of decay, but ...
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