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- 6211: Obasan
- ... Aunt Emily. Aunt Emily is the complete opposite of Obasan, due to her strong political stances and emphatic lifestyle. Naomi describes Emily as being very out spoken and explosive; describing her as "one of the world's white blood cells, rushing from trouble spot to trouble spot with her medication pouring into wounds seen and not seen." (34). Emily is never scared to express herself, she speaks her mind and fights ... This house is now her blood and bones." (15) Obasan lives her life very much on the motto of "let things be", for she ignores and attempts to block out the trials and tribulations of war. Emily agrees with Obasan views on the war at first, demonstrated in the following quote, "Life is so short The past so long. Shouldn't we turn the page and move on." (42). Emily however in response to this states that "The ...
- 6212: Marxist Analysis Of Thomas Cro
- ... the 1960s, the bourgeoisie was displayed as an unattainable position. It is a position that was out of reach during that time due to the fact that the period from the depression through the Vietnam war killed the American Dream. Back then it was not a matter of idealizing them but fearing them and staying out of their path. The new Thomas Crown is used to show a member of the ... of materialism must come into play. Materialism is very important from a Marxist point-of-view. The Marxist materialist' stance is that social being determines consciousness (Berger, MAT 39). Implying that anyone involved in the world around them is conscious of the world and its views. Both of the TCA's involve this overpowering ideology that it is okay for the incredibly wealthy to waste money. In the 1968 version, Crown is scene blowing $2000 on a ...
- 6213: Minor Charactors
- ... Lubey is a very important character because of what he represents to Kate Keller. To Kate, Frank is one of the few reasons to believe her son Larry is alive. Larry was reported MIA during World War II, which was three years ago according to the play. Frank Lubey believes in the stars and fate and favorable days. He tells Kate through out the play that a man can not die on ... go, she will not believe it. Frank s major part in the play was to make a horoscope for Kate Keller, in hopes of seeing if Larry could still be alive some where in the world. With out Frank Lubey making the horoscope, every single character in the play would be against Kate s belief that Larry was alive. Because Frank also agrees with her, Kate has almost solid proof, ...
- 6214: Macbeth 3
- ... for the King. Duncan announces that Macbeth is to be given the title of Thane of Cawdor. Cawdor is to be executed immediately. IMPORTANT TERMS: 1. newest state: latest news 6. Bellona: Roman goddess of war 2. broil: struggle 7. Thane: title of nobility in Scotland 3. choke their art: make it impossible to swim 4. kerns and galloglasses: lightly armed soldiers and heavily armed soldiers 5. all's too weak ... the best knowledge 2. deliver thee: report to you 3. metaphysical: supernatural 4. compunctions ... of nature: natural feelings of pity 5. wait on nature's mischief: attend on the disasters and evil possible in the world 6. hereafter: of the future IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM THE SCENE: "Only look up clear; To alter favour ever is to fear. Leave all the rest to me." (Lines 69-71). Act 1 Scene 6: Duncan ... I had lived a blessed time, for from this instance, There's nothing serious in mortality". (Lines 84-86). Act 2 Scene 4: Ross and an Old Man discuss the extraordinary confusion in the natural world. They draw a parallel between it and the unnatural human acts of the night. Macduff enters and reports the suspicion for the responsibility of the murder rests on the departed Malcolm and Donalbain. Macbeth ...
- 6215: Lord Of The Flies 4
- ... to speak. The conch also sets Ralph apart from the other boys and is what helps him be categorized as chief and leader. The conch is the only connection that the kids have to a world of order and civilization. The influence of the conch is what keeps the kids hope of being rescued going because it reminds them of the order of the world that they are from. When all the boys are gathered together, Piggy starts to ask the names of the kids. This is the second step of a creation of a civilization. Afterwards, we see, Jack ... kids have left behind the idea of order and civilization and instead have become the beast themselves. Towards the end of the story, the dislike that Jack has among Piggy is what creates the definite war between Ralph and him. This is also what creates a major turning point in the story. Piggy and Ralph go to see Jack at his fort in order to claim back his glasses. Roger ...
- 6216: Kurt Vonneguts Slaughter House
- ... in it. "Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why." (P.76-77). This extraterrestrial opinion can be interpreted as our being physically stuck in this world, that we don't have any choice over what we, mankind as a whole, do and what we head for. The only thing we can do is think about everything, but we won't affect ... Earth. Vonnegut says so in the part where Billy discusses the problems about wars with the Tralfamadorians (p.117). They tell him that everything is structured the way it is and that trying to prevent war on Earth is stupid. This means that there always will be wars on Earth, that we, people, are "designed" that way. There might be people striving for eternal peace, but those people must be very ... cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. So it goes. Those were vile people in both those cities, as is well known. The world was better off without them. And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love ...
- 6217: Johnny Tremain 2
- ... whistle to send the Sons of Liberty to come out, with the Boston Massacre. Now I will talk about the authors factual and emotional writing. I feel as it is factually because of the Revolutionary War, as they went through it talking about the Redcoats some very important people during that time. Also one direct sample is when the Sons of Liberty get on the ship dressed as Indians and cut ... hand and mourns in pain. One other factual was when basically the Redcoats were fighting against the Sons of Liberty and other men who believed in the same as them. That was really the Revolutionary War, or at least a part of it. I didn t really find any personal opinionsin the book from ester but the boy Johnny Tremain is not real but Ether Forbes did a really good job by creating a figure of a young man that is journeying into the world during a really political time in the American history. Esthers interests were obviously into the political issues such as the, Tea tax s, Sons of Liberty, and the government reactions. England had by the ...
- 6218: The Darkness Of Insanity
- ... at writing short stories than at writing his novels. He portrays the philosophy of existentialism. A philosophy that is centered upon the analysis of existence and of the way man finds himself existing in the world. He combines this with a code that Hemingway expects his characters to adhere to. They are, a person must be responsible for their actions, a near death experience is probably as closes to the truth ... as closes to the truth as a person can come, is shown in the short story "Soldiers Home". In "Soldiers Home", Harold Karps grows up in an Oklahoma, God-loving society and then goes to war. When he comes home he has the will to live. This quote represents Harold, just sitting around waiting to die,"(like) bacon fat hardening on his plate" (Hemingway 151) Hemingway s third code, above all ... bull." (Hemingway 264) The fourth code, if there is no god, than man s fate is in his own hands, is shown in the short story," Soldiers Home." In this story Harold Krebs goes to war and he sees a lot of death and sadness that he was never exposed to before, so he lost his faith in God. This is shown in this quote, " God has work for everyone ...
- 6219: Huck Finn
- ... The adventures Huck Finn muddles into while floating down the Mississippi River depict many serious issues that occur on the "dry land of civilization" better known as society. As these somber events following the Civil War are told through the young eyes of Huckleberry Finn, he unknowingly develops morally from both the conforming and non-comforming influences surrounding him on his journey to freedom. Huck's moral evolution begins before he ... gruesome nature, and does not regret the adventures he and Jim had together. Huckleberry Finn was able to raise above the rest of society. As a young boy, he learned many things about the cruel world, and what freedom really means. Huck will never accept "sivilization" and he will always go back to the safety net of the Mississippi River. Though there were times when Huck made the wrong decision, the reader must realize that growing up is a trial-and-error. Society has come a long way since the Civil War, and it is important to realize that people like the characters, Jim and Huckleberry Finn, have made freedom accessible to all that need a harbor from the dry limits of society soil.
- 6220: Huck Fin 2
- ... New Orleans and never into South America. He begged the riverboat to teach him how to pilot the riverboat. The riverboat pilot agreed to teach him for $500. Mark Twain went west during the civil war and established himself as a writer during this time. He wrote humorous stories about his experiences which lead to a job as a newspaper reporter in 1862. The following year he began signing his work ... dozen more books but none were as successful. By 1939, Twain had lost all of his money investing in various schemes and inventions, almost all of which were failures. After this, he went on a world lecture tour and was able to pay his debts by 1896. While on the tour, one of his daughters died. His wife later in 1904. In 1909 his daughter died leaving him unhappy. 2. Form ... at least I struck the time I saved him by telling the men we had smallpox aboard, and he was so greatful, and said I was a best friend old Jim ever had in the world, and the only one heΉs got now...² This shows how much Huck has grown attached to Jim. Huck feels that Jim is more human than he thought at the beginning of the novel ...
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