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- 1311: A Summary of the Plot of the Iliad
- ... the Locrian slingers and bowmen. He approves a suggested council of war, but nonetheless attempts to rally the Trojans, rebukes Paris, meets Ajax in battle, and resumes the offensive. Book XIV:Nestor, alarmed by the violence of the Trojan assault, seeks Agamemnon and finds him with Diomedes and Odysseus. Agamemnon favours a night retreat. Odysseus disagrees and is supported by Diomedes, who suggests that they should go out and encourage the ...
- 1312: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Cynical Point of View
- ... a discussion of this sarcastic view. In the beginning of the novel, it would seem that both Huck Finn and Jim are trapped in some way and wishing to escape. For Huck, it is the violence and tyranny of his drunken father. Kept in a veritable prison, Huck wishes desperately to escape. Jim feels the need to escape after hearing that his owner, Miss Watson, wishes to sell him down the ...
- 1313: The Great Gatsby: “The love of money is the root of all evil"
- ... the quote depends mostly on the definition of “evil” that is used. A dictionary defines evil as morally bad or wrong; wicked; harmful or injurious. Words that come to mind when thinking of evil are: violence, bad, and horrible. Social class is defined by money. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy originally loved Jay Gatsby because of who he was, but she could not marry him because of his financial status. These ...
- 1314: Frankenstein: Rights and Responsibilities
- ... under his grasp, and Ernest might be dead at his feet." Although Frankenstein was disgusted by his creation, he was still obligated to make sure that it was not running loose to cause harm and violence on the general public. In many cases, the general public is the biggest concern during an experiment. They are the ones you are doing it for after all. If any chemical or other substances should ...
- 1315: Review of Machiavelli's The Prince
- ... I disagree with Machiavelli on the subject of warfare. In chapter XIV, Machiavelli says, "a prince's main objective and profession must be warfare"(81). A lot of things can be settled without bloodshed and violence. In the modern world, war is an extremely scary thing, especially with all the nuclear and biochem technology. I believe a "prince's" main objective and profession is to take care of his people and ...
- 1316: Lord of the Flies: The Personification of Evil
- ... on Piggy by punching him and breaking his specs, “He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (71). This is the first act of physical violence toward Piggy, although he has been teased more than a ditzy girl’s hair. The conflict of Piggy versus society also shows the irony of Piggy. He is the boy who can see the situation ...
- 1317: The Prince: Politics and Science
- ... to develop in Pistoia, resulting in devastation of the city. Therefore, a number of highly visible executions can be a very effective means of controlling the people and in preventing a major out break of violence and murder. Machiavelli also cites the tremendous military successes of Hannibal. Even though Hannibal led an army of different races over foreign soil, he never had any dissension because of his reputation of extreme cruelty ...
- 1318: A Tale of Two Cities: Love or Hate
- ... of Madame Defage, and the rest of the slaughtering revolutionary’s. It is hard to imagine that love could overcome in a place where everything was filled with hate. In a place where murder and violence possessed everyone, a place where they can kill fifty-two people in one day, it is amazing to think that anything but hate could by a product of all this. But as Dickens says, “…love ...
- 1319: The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: Actions Have Consequences
- ... protection in pregnating the mother of his twelve kids. Instead, he had to deal with trying to raise twelve kids on a teacher's salary. Watching his kids fight made him depressed and lost. The violence that he saw between his kids made him feel like a savage. Brille is a political prisoner in the area of Span One, which has nine other prisoners just like Brille. Brille is not physically ...
- 1320: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Crawford
- ... the household of her grandmother, Nanny Crawford, a maid and a former slave. Janie, like her mother before her, was born of rape, and Nanny is committed to protecting her from the sexual and racial violence she and her daughter endured. She pushes Janie into marriage with an older man named Logan Killicks, a farmer with some property. Her life with Killicks is full of boredom and hard labor, so she ...
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