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- 2111: Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization
- ... Irish. He was the first missionary to the barbarians beyond Greco-Roman law who looked into the hearts of others. (Cahill, p. 115) Cahill notes Ireland is the only land where Christianity is introduced without violence - there were no murdered Irish martyrs. (Cahill, p. 151) He discusses the growth of monasteries in Ireland and their eventual spread to Iona and beyond by Columcille and his White Martyr followers. (Cahill, pp. 171 ...
- 2112: Grapes of Wrath: Awakening Of Tom Joad
- ... fair wages, is to unite all the migrant workers together and fight against the larger controlling companies. The statement is driven home when he witnesses Jim Casy's passive resistance in response to the threatened violence by the cops. As the police advance on Jim Casy he yells towards them, " Listen, you fellas don' know what you're doin'. You're helpin' to starve kids." moments before his head is brutally ...
- 2113: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Test of One Knight's Chivalric Attributes
- ... The critic Robert B. White Jr. says that "one need not look far to discover the general symbolic significance of red when it appears in early literature; it [is] generally associated with blood, cruelty, and violence" (224). The Green Knight's eyes display just how sinister he is and provide the reason that the other knights are hesitant to accept the challenge. Gawain's willingness to accept definitely sets him apart ...
- 2114: The Light In The Forest: Analysis
- ... is that he tends to show a bias toward the Indians. The Indians are shown as "noble savages" while the whites are painted as villains. He also seems more intent on examining the causes of violence rather than detailing the methods. The Light in the Forest provided a great deal of information about early American history in general and Indian customs in particular. The story is set in the 1760's ...
- 2115: Mark Twain Wishes to Bring Attention To Man's Often Concealed Shortcomings
- ... 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 ...
- 2116: Human Nature: Exposed
- ... 115). That particular excerpt merely illustrates to the reader what savage acts humans are capable of doing. The horrific acts that humans commit become that much more disturbing when it can be shown that such violence has no reason or justification. Twain tells that to us when Huck is asking Buck Grangerford about when the feud all started. "Oh, yes, pa knows, I reckon and some of the other old people ...
- 2117: Animal Farm: Allegory of Stalinism
- ... these to himself. Very soon comes the discrediting of CO-leader Snowball. Snowball is the idealist, faithfully considering the welfare of all the animals while Napoleon is the pragmatist, ready to achieve his purposes with violence. So the technique of the big lie and constructed evidence results in Snowball's being driven out from Animal farm, leaving Napoleon in sole command. The discredited Snowball can now be blamed whenever problems arise ...
- 2118: The Giver: Book Report
- ... also didn't like how people didn't have any emotions. I don't think they should have a perfect community. The part of the book I did like was that the community had no violence and pollution and no murder. Overall I really enjoyed the book!
- 2119: Zane Grey
- ... Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 185). This was his way to keep the reader interested and wanting more. However, while he liked action he shied away from violent scenes in his novels. Grey seemed to relish violence very little and much of his carnage took place off stage. Grey also introduced many rapes into his work because he felt it described the conditions during that time period. Still all of the rapes ...
- 2120: A Tale of Two Cities: Summary
- ... of the Bastille occurs in the course of this story. There is much blood shed. Eventually the King and Queen of France are killed. Many peasants also die. The main conflicts are resolved mostly by violence as the French peasants take to battle. After the revolution is over many people die at the guillotine. The reasons I did not like this book were because it was worded in old English and ...
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