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- 6031: Beowulf
- ... people of a given society. These tales also had another purpose, which was to remind the people of the evils that were around them. Lurking in the shadows, waiting to claim another victim in the war of good and evil. Such stories fed on the fears of the people and the uncertainty of the world around them. Although the stories themselves may differ considerably from region to region, the basic underlying theme has always been identical. With the coming into being of written word, these stories could now be put ... to them, but to future people who come to read these documents. We have been lucky in the fact that over the last few hundred years, we have recovered many works from all over the world, dating back through years that had been long forgotten to many of us. In a great many of these works we have come into contact with many tales of heroism and the fight between ...
- 6032: Angelas Ashes Summary
- ... day comes when the children receive meals like meat and potatoes, it is given to them from someone else out of pity. This novel is set in Brooklyn in the beginning, prior to the first World War. In the next part of the novel, the family gets up and moves back to Ireland where they are originally from. Soon they are back in Limerick and the river Shannon where Frank s mother ... merited for the fact that it allows us to understand and peer into the life of a poverty-stricken family. This novel was real to me because it did not take place in a third world country, where you would expect something of this nature to occur. The novel took place in an industrialized country, but you would never know it. The hardships that the McCourt family endures throughout this ...
- 6033: A Farewell To Arms
- ... of lefts and rights coming at us without pause. Take the following passage: We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last country to realize they were cooked would win the war. We had another drink. Was I on somebody's staff? No. He was. It was all balls. The style gains power because it is so full of sensory detail. There was an inn in the ... the wall to make it stop, nights in bed, drunk, when you knew that that was all there was, and the strange excitement of waking and not knowing who it was with you, and the world all unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in the night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring. The rhythm, the repetition, have us reeling with Henry. Thus, Hemingway's prose is in fact an instrument finely tuned to reflect his characters and their world. As we read A Farewell to Arms, we must try to understand the thoughts and feelings Hemingway seeks to inspire in us by the way he uses language.
- 6034: Name And Naming In Beloved
- ... the names of the characters will be used to express an idea or concept significant to the author. For example, in 1984 George Orwell named his hero after Winston Churchill, England's great leader during World War II and added a common last name: Smith. Also, in A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess felt his hero needed a noble name, nicely met by Alexander ("leader of men") the Great, and settled on Alex ... her escape. The naming of Denver after a white, functions to distinguish the feelings of Baby Suggs from those of Sethe. Baby, who in her last days proclaimed, There is no bad luck in the world but whitefolks. has a different aversion to whites than Sethe. (Morrison 89) Beloved is named indirectly and posthumously, Beloved is the entirety of the epitaph of the unnamed baby. Apart from the obvious connection ...
- 6035: The Scarlet Letter Notes By Ch
- By: Kevin THE SCARLET LETTER The Custom House: Hawthorne says that he writes to the whole world hoping that someone will understand what he is talking about. He goes on to speak about Salem, where his relatives have lived and died since its existence. Over time Salem has become more of an ... despite of old age, but had no brains. His father put him into his position. He has no memories of experiences, only food. Collector- very old, strong spirit, his age has physically affected him, in war he was brutal, but now he wouldnt hurt a fly. Surveyor- more in contact with his thoughts than with the real world, motto: Ill try, sir!, described as a rusty sword Bibliography I took these notes completely from the book. Better than the Cliffnotes. Word Count: 4510
- 6036: The Lord Of The FLies
- ... and themes to the story. The story is about a group of boys who have been dropped on a remote tropical island in the vast Pacific Ocean. Their plane having been shot down. A nuclear war has taken place and civilization has been destroyed. Ralph wanders out of the jungle followed by a pudgy boy. His name is Piggy. Piggy is fat, asthmatic, and almost blind without his glasses. He trails behind as Ralph explores the island. Although they were dropped by a plane that was under attack during an atomic war, Ralph thinks he is in paradise. There is a "long scar smashed into the jungle" where the plane dropped them the night before. The boys stand among "skull-like coconuts." This is a foreshadowing suggestion ... they are?" What Simon realizes is that evil does not exist outside man's nature. There is no beast in the jungle; evil comes from within man's heart We generate the evil in the world ourselves. We are what's in the jungle. Simon battles mentally with the Lord of the Flies and refuses to be persuaded by his tatics. "Pig's head on a stick," says Simon. Because ...
- 6037: Historical Truth And Imaginati
- ... both slavery and freedom. It is a "classic illustration of the will to power as the will to write, of physical and psychological liberation through language." (pg. vvi) Douglass "provides a remarkable window into the world of oppression, cunning, and survival in which slaves lived, as well as the religious and ideological world of abolitionism..." (pg. vvi) It is a "tale of bondage, escape, and self-made public career." (pg. vvi) This Narrative truly captures the meaning of slavery. It details many of the traumatic experiences the slaves ... faced day in and day out. It speaks of the hopelessness each slave dealt with. It speaks of the social degradation and of the want for common equality. Frederick Douglass lead us to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. He was "the underground railroad" that provided freedom for so many slaves. He provides us with historical details that no white man could have given us. Not only did he ...
- 6038: Oedipus The King
- ... god of theater, Dionysos. Also, for the annual festival where playwrights competed for prizes. It was a major public occasion, with immense attendance expected. This theatric happening was written in the turning point of the war that saved Greece from a huge Persian invasion. The actual time period when this play was performed was not recorded. But, it was when mythology and tragedy in theatre became very interesting and popular to ... shaken man. But he also became a model for people to imitate. He has shown what it means to endure in the face of defeat. He has shown what it takes to survive in a world that is ruled by unpredictable fate. He has shown the true meaning of suffering and despair. When you think of Oedipus, remember that he suffered for all of us, so that everyone can know the truth about ourselves in a world that will always be hostile and cruel.
- 6039: Machismo In One Hundred Years
- ... we see him slowly adopting another typical characteristic of machismo, "About that time he had begun to cultivate the black moustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war." (One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.59). With these physical characteristics provided, it is clear young Aureliano with his stentorian voice and waxed black moustache is already growing into some sort of militaristic, macho type ... brutality demonstrate clearly the adverse consequences of the cult of machismoon those elements of society that men like Buendia should be protecting. Colonel Aureliano Buendia procreated with abandon. He carelessly brought seventeen boys into the world and chose not to associate with them. Ironically, all seventeen of his sons were just as carelessly murdered, "During the course pf the week, at different places along the coast, his seventeen sons were hunted ... relation to their father and the years of rebellious uprisings he had caused. These seventeen unfortunate mendid not realize just what their father had done to them. Their father shared in bringing them into the world, and likewise shared in their demise. Cololel Aurelaino Buendia is the personification of fear that chooses to oppress helpless victims: women, children, terrified and powerless populations. He is a ruthless, evil man content with ...
- 6040: Beowulf
- ... people of a given society. These tales also had another purpose, which was to remind the people of the evils that were around them. Lurking in the shadows, waiting to claim another victim in the war of good and evil. Such stories fed on the fears of the people and the uncertainty of the world around them. Although the stories themselves may differ considerably from region to region, the basic underlying theme has always been identical. With the coming into being of written word, these stories could now be put ... to them, but to future people who come to read these documents. We have been lucky in the fact that over the last few hundred years, we have recovered many works from all over the world, dating back through years that had been long forgotten to many of us. In a great many of these works we have come into contact with many tales of heroism and the fight between ...
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