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- 191: Understanding Holden Caulfield
- ... in the Rye. Western Humanities Review 11.1: 188-190 Laser, Marvin and Norman Fruman. Studies in J.D. Salinger: Reviews, Essays, and Critiques of The Catcher in the Rye and other Fiction. New York: Odyssey Press, 1963. Lee, A. Robert. Flunking Everything Else Except English Anyway: Holden Caulfield, Mandel, Siegfried. Salinger in Continental Jeans: The Liberation of Boll and Other Germans. Critical Inquiry 6.2: 227-245. Mellard, James M ...
- 192: Ethan Brand
- ... it. He has raised himself to the level of god and felt above man. Before Ethan Brand began his search for the unpardonable Sin, he was sympathetic toward the sufferings of humankind. But during this odyssey, though his intellect grew, his heart withered. " 'Leave me,' he said bitterly, `ye brute beasts, that have made yourselves so, shrivelling up your souls with fiery liquors! I have done with you. Years and years ...
- 193: An Analysis Of Heart Of Darkne
- ... unconscious in the entangling metaphoric realities of the serpentine Congo. Conrad s novella descends into the unknowable darkness at the heart of Africa, taking its narrator, Marlow, on an underworld journey of individuation, a modern odyssey toward the center of the Self and the center of the Earth. Ego dissolves into soul as, in the interior, Marlow encounters his double in the powerful image of ivory-obsessed Kurtz, the dark shadow ...
- 194: Beowulf The Epic Hero
- ... deeds of valor on the battlefield, he did credit Jesus for every success he has come across. This is not really a revolutionary idea for epic heroes, as we see the heroes of the Iliad, Odyssey, and the Aenied constantly praying to the gods for glory on the battlefield. The main difference is that they are pagans, and Beowulf is a Christian, which does not even really make sense because he ...
- 195: Jack Londons Apparent Conflict
- In history, many extraordinary authors have written about struggles among two or more forces. Even in the earliest times, Homer, one of history s greatest writer and philosophers, has written such pieces as The Odyssey, the fable of a common man who challenges elements he has no control over, and successfully overcomes them to achieve glory. Jack London, while a great philosopher in his own way, does not write about ...
- 196: Lady Audleys Secret
- ... Braddon uses is the Return. The device of the return was an excellent method for evoking reader sentiment, but equally important, it had sufficient energy to convey a moral. Invented as early back as the Odyssey, the return changed over time. During the Romantic period, the hero would retreat to nature in order to make sense of his life before returning to challenge civilized society once more (Reed, 216). Victorian writers ...
- 197: Odysseus Truly A Hero
- ... strong warrior and leader who wins battles; still to others a hero might be a person who uses his brain just as much as his muscle to win battles. In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, Odysseus proves that he is a true hero in all of these ways. Courage and bravery are two things that Odysseus has a lot of Maybe even a little too much. In the movie, he ...
- 198: Oedipus Trilogy Analysis
- ... student. And it is still used today so that we may study how an ancient culture thought. Much of Greco-Roman myths are centered on the subject of Fate. Homers epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey are two such examples. We can see that their societies were greatly concerned with Fate, as much of their writing reflects that. Every society has its own needs and concerns, and literature is always the ...
- 199: Odysseus: A Hero
- ... honor and fame. The Greeks regarded intelligence as one of the highest gifts that all heroes must posses. The Greeks required that all heroes must have courage. Odysseus, one of the heroes of the epic "Odyssey" standout. He was constantly expected to be a true hero, always obey the rules laid down by the immortals, posses wisdom and courage. The Greeks believed that all heroes must always obey the Guest/Host ...
- 200: Stones From The River
- ... Adam & Eve. Many authors refer to other literary works. Literature is not as popular today as it was in previous history. People do not seem to read the classics like Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, and The Odyssey unless they are required to do so do a class. Now people seem to be more interested in popular fiction, the Inquirer and magazines. The protagonist, Trudi Montag, is the narrator of the story. Trudi ...
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