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- 8321: Theme and Summary of The Color Purple
- Theme and Summary of The Color Purple The theme of Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple isn’t hard to figure out. This novel is devoted to bring into light the mistreatment of blacks, espically black women. The book seemed to also focus on sexual issues such as incest and sexual abuse. A ... be the rejection of the christian or “white mans god”. Thanks in part to Shug Avery and Nettie, a new kind of god is introduced and is a great comfort to all the women. Cellie’s last leetter is written to this kind of god, which is thought to be a god of nature, stars and people. The Color Purple is a story about a black girl named Celie who ...
- 8322: Advertising
- ... times we may view it positively, at other times we may just skip or ignore it. In order to attract audience, advertisers use various techniques on their advertisement to make people aware of the firm's products, services or brands. Although the methods used by advertisers are infinitely, they have a common goal to persuade those who may become their customers to buy their products. An excellent advertisement will create a ... deep impression on its potential customers through particular techniques. Glancing through a magazine, one is overwhelmed with the amount of product advertisements or services they are encountered with. If you’re like me, you don’t pay attention to the majority of the ads, but to the few that presents a special feature that catches your eyes and indulges you into them. These ads are the ones that touch you in ... On the contrary, the ad presented by the Kalisto Biological company displaying the “Endochek Plus” machine is very different from the Abaxis ad. The first thing one would notice when viewing this ad is, it’s extremely wordy. This might be a turn-off to an interested buyer. However, the ad does show its simplicity (if any) and friendliness with animals. The clashing of blue and black as the primary ...
- 8323: Hamlet: Hamlet The Idealist
- ... faced with the dilemma to either lower himself to their level by utilizing deception, or leave wrongs unrighted by remaining true to himself. In Hamlet, the theme of appearance versus reality is prevalent in Hamlet's decision between his morals and his father as he decides to utilize the deceit of his society, starts recognizing it in others and finally in using it to avenge his father. When Hamlet is introduced he is seen acting as he feels and this is what prevents him from repaying in kind for his father's murder. Hamlet grieves over the loss of his father so long and intensely that no one understands, for Gertrude and Claudius tell him he needs to move on like they have done, yet Hamlet can't understand this. His actions are reflections of his true feelings while the rest of his peers seem to be ignoring their grief. When Hamlet finds out that he is supposed to kill Claudius for ...
- 8324: Call Of The Wild By Jack Londo
- ... For example, Buck pulls a sled 100 yards that has a thousand pounds of flour on it because John bet that he could (Page 50). Buck could not have moved the sled if he didn't love John. Manuel shows his love for money by selling Buck, the family dog. "He loved to play Chinese lottery" (Page 2). If he didn't love to play lottery Buck might still live in California. Manuel is the gardener for the family and the first person who sold Buck. Buck shows his love for leadership by fighting with Spitz. "The dominant primortal beast was stong in Buck" (Page 15). If Buck didn't want to be leader Spitz might still be alive because Buck never fought with anyone unless he had to. Spitz was the leader of the pack until Buck killed him. The many different settings ...
- 8325: The Metamorphosis: Society Split into Different Sections
- ... stop working. Maybe Kafka is representing Gregors family as the lower class. Once Gregor gives up working for his family he finds himself transformed into a big ugly cockroach, the lowest form of life. It's clear why gregor gave up working for his family when he turns the key to the door and says "They should have called out Œkeep going, turn that key!'" (P868 Ph3) what he needed were ... a way this is saying, When the working man, stops working he believes people will very him as a disgusting figure one that can do nothing but live off of others. At this point Gregor's position, and respect in the household decrease rapidly to a point of near nonexistence. He can't even talk to people, this is established earlier on in the story when The chief clerk says "that was no human voice" (P867 Ph4). His family locks him in his room, and feeds him ...
- 8326: Neil Postman
- ... definition, or meaning that a teacher has rambled off to them. Neil Postman states his feelings on this best when he writes, " It is a form of stupidity when to accept without reflection someone else’s definition." He wants people to realize that definitions are not god given, and that to question the validity is acceptable. Upon looking in a dictionary at any word you will see that all have several ... communication. For example: in the practice of law a case might call for someone to define the freedom of press, and that very definition may mean two completely different things to two different people. Postman’s first principle was one that I feel needed to be addressed. Too often our teachers impose the same definition they learned, valid, or not. If one is not allowed to defend a definition, especially an unjust one, then communication becomes more difficult. "All the knowledge one could ever attain is by asking questions, so logically these questions should be properly formed." Postman’s second principle involves the skill of question asking. Simply put, this means that the answer we get depends on the question we ask. How you phrase a question makes all the difference in the ...
- 8327: Robin Hood Summary
- Robin Hood's good traits are easily seen throughout the story. The author did a good job of making his hero come across as a good person, who has often been misinterpreted because of things that he did ... to get back all the things that the people had lost, and all the things he had lost. Robin Hood seemed almost charismatic in some ways in the story and the movie, however it doesn't seem that he tried to be. The people simply saw what he was saying, and believed that he was doing the right thing for everyone, so they followed him, and helped him. Some of the poorer people, especially Robin's brother, feel that he has betrayed them by having so many of their people killed pointlessly. His brother feels that Robin is leading them to death for his own victory. His dislike started when ...
- 8328: Julius Caesar
- ... where Caesar is the focus. As Caesar converses with Mark Antony, we learn that Caesar is superstitious. The belief in the supernatural and the forces of nature are very prevalent in the play, and Caesar's comment is but one example. To keep with the idea of the supernatural, a soothsayer speaks, warning Caesar to beware the Ides of March. He acts as though he is not concerned. After the exchange ... The plotting against Caesar continues. Act II: Brutus is convinced by Cassius that it is for the good of Rome that Caesar be killed. Some of the other conspirators want to kill friends of Caesar's, but Brutus feels that it is not necessary to kill anyone else. Only the person responsible for the downfall of Rome should perish according to Brutus. Caesar is contemplating on whether he should remain home during the Ides of March (which is March 15th). Calphurinia, Caesar's wife, tells Caesar of the horrible dream she had about his death and that the strange occurrences the night before are a prelude of his death. He agrees to stay until Decius, a conspirator, ...
- 8329: Romeo and Juliet: Love or Infatuation.
- ... It seemed that Romeo and Juliet were constantly looking for sex. People in love are patient, and usually good friends. Romeo hardly knew Juliet and they were married in a matter of days. They didn't even think about the consequences of there marriage. Romeo and Juliet didn't think about the consequences and in act 2, scene 3 Romeo says that if he's caught he would gladly die. When Juliet takes the elixir she wonders if might be poison, or maybe it won't work and she'd have to marry Paris instead, maybe Romeo wouldn't ...
- 8330: The Scarlet Letter: Mr. Dimmsdale
- ... many reasons why he is the most interesting. He is hiding a sin from everyone, and it is eating him up inside. To top it off he also preaches about how it is bad. Hester's husband is also hurting him by always being there and trying to pick into Mr. Dimmsdale's heart and find out the secret, which he already knows. He is just doing it as a kind of torture to Mr. Dimmsdale. There are a number of times were Mr. Dimmsdale's health was fading. Pearl keeps on mentioning that he keeps holding his hand over his heart. When Hester asks Pearl if she knows why her mother wears the "A", Pearl says, "For the same ...
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