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- 581: A Separate Peace - Artificial Vs. Natural
- ... harm purposely and believed everyone was the same way. When he told Gene that he wanted to participate in the war, Gene replied by saying: ...You'd be sitting at one of their command posts, teaching them English. Yes, you'd get confused and borrow one of their uniforms, and you'd lend them one of yours...You'd get things so scrambled up nobody would know how to fight any ...
- 582: A Rose For Emily
- ... townspeople saw of Homer Barron. And of Miss Emily for some time. The next time they saw Miss Emily, she was fat and her hair was turning gray. When Miss Emily was fortyish, she begins teaching china painting, but after six or seven years the front door was closed after the last student and remained closed for good. The final images of Miss Emily could be seen in one of the ...
- 583: A Friendly Enemy
- ... not only a moving target but a living one. The next section of triplets signifies his planning and enticing of his prey. In the first stanza he starts to weave his lesson of deception by "teaching" the birds. By tricking the birds into thinking he is a source of food, he gains the necessary element of surprise he needs for his later crucifixion. The second and the third stanza the speaker ...
- 584: A Formal Application
- ... Frederic is understanding that life really is a trap and that nothing will bring happiness. The only thing that keeps him from becoming the code hero is his love for Catherine. But she too is teaching him cynicism. She shows him the importance of courage in life and gives him the idea that you must be strong to fight through life. When Frederic is introduced to her views, they teach him ...
- 585: A Farewell To Arms - Religion
- ... you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.' 'I don't love.' 'You will. I know you will. Then you will be happy.' (72) The priest is essentially teaching Henry what love is. When asked if he loves God, Henry replies that he fears Him sometimes. Henry implies that the feeling he most associates with love is fear. But through his conversations with the ...
- 586: A Considerable Speck - Compared To 4 Other Poems
- ... ignoramus, nevertheless. (Guttmann 103) Hank possesses all of this technological knowledge, but fails to understand the implications that this knowledge will have on the people of the Camelot. Instead of educating the general public and teaching them how and why something works instead he sends a select few to his "man factories". He uses his knowledge instead to produce fantastic miracles, which although they give him personal power, continue to perpetuate ...
- 587: Death Of A Salesman 10
- ... own life to benefit the lives of his family. At the same time, the viewers have hatred for Willy. The lack of moral character was the biggest flaw and it leaked into his children, like teaching his children success and popularity over effort and integrity. Also, he lived his life a lie. He thought he was someone big and special, and was not. He angered the audience, not because he thought ...
- 588: Hard Times 2
- ... like their home, which in actuality, the Gradgrind school was based on and it's teachings were very similar. The rigorous program taught by Mr. Gradgrind was not concurrent with many of the more common teaching theories and practices of today. It is generally accepted that in modern times, instruction be divided to coerce the student into utilize their three key learning areas: The cognitive, affective and the psychomotor area. The ...
- 589: Early Influences On Huckleberr
- ... like Huck Finn. Nevertheless, they attempt to make Huck into what they believe will be a better boy. Specifically, they attempt, as Huck says, to "sivilize" him. This process includes making Huck go to school, teaching him various religious facts, and making him act in a way that the women find socially acceptable. Huck, who has never had to follow many rules in his life, finds the demands the women place ...
- 590: Comparing William Faulkners Tw
- ... compare William Faulknerˇ¦s two short stories, ˇ§A Rose for Emilyˇ¨ and ˇ§Barn Burningˇ¨, he structures the plots of these two stories differently. However, both of the stories note the effect of a fatherˇ¦s teaching, and in both the protagonists Miss Emily and Sarty make their own decisions about their lives. The stories present major idea through symbolism that includes strong metaphorical meaning. Both stories affect my thinking of life ...
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