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- 7511: Hester Prynne
- ... sin, she must wear a symbol of shame for the rest of her life. From the beginning, we see that Hester Prynne is a young and beautiful woman who has bought a child into the world with an unknown father. Hester, to the reader, is obviously a woman who has violated a strict social and religious code, but who has sinned in an affirmation of love and life. The Puritans do ... away and Hester went about trying to raise her child in honesty. This was one of the reasons that Hester did not leave the Puritan community. If she would have ran back to the new world, she would have not been true to herself. She also wore the letter A in stride because she knew that it was part of her. Hester, however, had a very hard time trying to raise ... there, however, and Pearl went about her retarded ways, throwing rocks at other children that looked at her the wrong way and swearing at them. It pained Hester to watch her child go about the world as if possessed by an agent of Satan. Hester grew to love but yet loathe the ways of her child. As time went by, Hester came more in contact with the Puritans of the ...
- 7512: Moral Force Protesting
- Moral Force Protesting Moral force protest has a greater chance to succeed that physical force protest. Discuss in relation to our contemporary world. In the modern world today, there is an immense diversity of global issues which are constantly being dealt with. Moral force protest as well as physical force protest are used, in hope of achieving a purpose and proving a ... maybe even justified. By turning to violence, the IRA as well as the Arabs are immediately ruling out any possibilities of winning their causes. They are, in the long run, doomed to failure. Today's world has enough violence and terrorism surrounding its environment to even consider using any sort of inadequate violence to fight for a cause, no matter how important. When so many progress can be acquired by ...
- 7513: Familiar Mysteries
- ... nonspecialists and is a respected authority on the subject.The author's purpose in writing this book is to provide the general reader with an interesting , hystorically linked , and scientifically based insight into the vast world of mythology and the effects it has on our everyday lives.Shirley Park Lowry's main message brought in this work is that mythology is not an occurance that came into existence from itself , rather than something that we , people created ourselves in order to satisfy our own needs and fill in that empty portion of our understanding of the world that has never been able to be explained or comprehended.Also , according to her , myths , as a whole , occupy a very significant place in our being.They serve as personal guidance in peoples' lives , support ... ideas . It also is well written because it uses simple language to deliver the otherwise hard to percieve mythological concepts .I personally enjoyed the book and think that it unsuccessfully introduces the reader into the world of myths . The only fact I discovered against the book is that its preface does not include anything about the author herself .We can not learn any fact about the author's life or ...
- 7514: Immigration Into Canada
- ... Century the Canadian government has set targets for the number of immigrant entries based upon economic criteria. Periods of encouragement have included the early decades of this century along with the reconstruction era of Post World War II. The 30s, 40s and the recession of the early 80s have been periods during which the national government has discouraged immigration. At times, economic concerns have given way to humanitarian ones such as during ...
- 7515: Female Power In The Odyssey
- ... manipulation and plotting three women stand their ground in individual protests to get what they want; Penelope s trickery in evading the impatient marriage proposals by suitors, Helen s deceit over Menelaos during the Trojan War, and finally the control that Nausicaa seems have upon first meeting Odysseus each illustrate power possessed by females of the epic. At the Epic s beginning the reader finds Penelope, Odysseus wife in Ithica facing ... of men is also a source of power for Helen, wife of Menelaos. Helan has left her husband to be with Paris, upon his death she lives with Deiphobos for the remainder of the Trojan War, eventually returning to her husband. Although it is easy to make character judgments on her, even perhaps blaming her for initial cause of the war, the focus must remain on her personal strength in achieving her goals. It is amazing the way that the text depicts her ability to take charge over her husband, even after all she has ...
- 7516: Hedda Gabler, By Henrik Ibsen
- ... with. My pistols, Jorgen. General Gabler's pistols" Jorgen - "For goodness' sake! Hedda darling! Don't touch those dangerous things! For my sake, Hedda!". These pistols are a symbol of masculinity and are associated with war, a pastime which women are excluded from other than in the nurturing role of nurses and are thus not tolerated by society. Tesman implores Hedda to cease playing with them, but even his "superior" position ... an emulation of her father's socially venerated role as a general. Hedda pretends to have been friends with Thea in order to solicit her confidence: Thea - "But that's the last thing in the world I wanted to talk about!" Hedda - "Not to me, dear? After all, we were at school together." Thea - "Yes, but you were a class above me. How dreadfully frightened of you I was in those ...
- 7517: Fifth Business
- ... secondary school and join the Army. Dunny needed a change in his life, something to get his mind off Mrs. Dempster and the guilt he felt for her. Leading up to his departure to the War he never really saw much of Mary, mainly because Mr. Dempster told him to stay away, but also because every time him saw her he couldn't hold back feelings of guilt and remorse. This ... the responsibility of Mary and Paul was securely on the shoulders of Dunny. Dunny knew this as well but it was too late to do much about it except leave. While Dunny was away at war, Boy was still finishing school and in the process of stealing Dunny's girl while he was away. Boy and Dunstan had been competing for Leola all their life up until when Dunny left. This ... Dunstan. Boy was an Officer and brimming with self confidence while Dunny rather focused his life around what has gone wrong with it up until this point. After they both served their time in the war it was off to University. Percy was doing excellent in school and every other facet of his life and after University he goes on to be a very successful business man and Dunny becomes ...
- 7518: For Whom The Bell Tolls - Summ
- Novel Analysis: For Whom the Bell Tolls By Ernest Hemingway Setting: The story first takes place in Guadarrama Mountains, during the Spanish civil war. Robert Jordan, is an American teacher who has volunteered his services to the Loyalists in their fight against the Fascist rebels. He becomes torn between his new found love, Maria, and a life threatening mission ... Tolls was written in the third person taking place in present tense. It is narrated by an omniscient. The book could be looked at as autobiographical, showing Hemingway s struggle with life. While being a world traveler Hemingway spent most of his time writing his novels, about his experiences. Symbolism: This has the most symbols and themes in one books I have ever read. Every subject touched in the story represented ...
- 7519: Prejudice Against Native Americans
- ... had a strong influence the Europeans to become dominate figures on the Native American land. These factors can still be attributed for the way that Native Americans are viewed in society today. After the Revolutionary War the new United States government sought to gain land through treaties. The payment offered for the land was far from fair, however, and when Native Americans resisted the surrender of their homeland the US government ... Incan- who first settled the western hemisphere. Indians in today's society are often looked down upon as not as productive or not as stable as other cultures. The high alcoholism rates and the third world living conditions found on reservations do not improve the terms used to describe the American Indian.
- 7520: Gangs
- ... try to establish themselves as the only gang in a certain neighborhood. After a few gang fights hatred forms and gang murders and drive-by's begin to take place. When two gangs are at war it makes life very dangerous for citizens in the area. Less that 40% of drive-by's kill their intended victim yet over 60% do kill someone. This gang application is one of the many ... Chicago, 1955. Peter Carroll, South-Central. Hoyte and Williams, L. A., 1987. 1 Marshall B. Clinard, Sociology of Deviant Behavior. University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, 1963, Page 179. 2 Merton Nisbet, Contempory Social Problems. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1971, Page 588.
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