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Jasmine: Taylor's Significance
Words: 891 / Pages: 4 .... that her professorji provided her. The community was an Indian community, with people who has same nationality as her living in the same place. The life living with people who spoke same language as her resulted in her English was "deserting" (p 128) her. Moreover, she had soon realized that she was a "prisoner doing unreal time." (p. 132) By meeting Taylor, he gave her the freedom to explore more America life instead just limited in one place. Her first experience with ordinary American family was with Taylor, Wylie and Duff. "I became an American in an apartment on Claremont Avenue across the street from a Barnard College Dormitory¡KD .....
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Escaping Harlem
Words: 987 / Pages: 4 .... it was only some fantasy or passing phase. He never took the time to actually listen to his brother and take him seriously. In the end Sonny’s brother realizes how important the music is. He sees it not as notes and sounds but an expression of their past and his emotions. It becomes a way to celebrate their struggle in an unforgiving world.
The protagonist in the story is Sonny’s brother. He is a dynamic character that learns how important it is to respect other people’s philosophies. “Freedom lurked around us around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us to be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we wo .....
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Crusoe Savage Man
Words: 1121 / Pages: 5 .... and Second Discourses was written with the idea of the New World's people, for example the "Caribs" of Venezuela.
Rousseau refers to the savage man as having desires for food, physical needs, to be at ease, and not to be in pain. When Robinson owned his own plantation he only produced the quantity he needed to survive. That fact coincides with Rousseau's idea of the savage man, but after two years Robinson produces a larger quantity to sell for profit. This course of action can be associated with capitalism and being prepared for the future. This is not what the "savage man" in Rousseau's discourses is associated with. Instead he is concerned w .....
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Walter Mitty's Pathetic Life
Words: 207 / Pages: 1 .... afraid to stand up for himself.
He automaticly assumed everyone was putting him down. He didn't even try to do
things for himself-parking his own car. He didn't have much confidence in
himself.
He daydreamed all the time about what he wanted to be because he didn't
have a very exiteing life. He dreamed he was a doctor, pilot, convict, etc. On
acount of his boring life he dreamed of having a realy exiting life.
His wife made him do things that he did not think were necessary, but he
did them anyway because he was afraid to stand up for himself. She made him
wear his boots and gloves and told him not to sit in a certain chair in the
hotel. .....
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Jane Eyre: Ladies First
Words: 1462 / Pages: 6 .... is the main theme. As the reader goes deeper into the text
Emma slowly progresses into a self-deception. Having since childhood been
obliged to manage her father, she still likes to manage things, and
particularly people. She manages to manipulate everyone except Mr. George
Knightley.
In Jane Eyre, Jane demonstrates a strong need to be herself, to
take responsibility for her action. She is put to the test by her daily
teasing and abuse from her cousins. When she is brought to a boarding
school she soon distinguishes herself through her classes. Eventually ends
up in Thornfield where she meets Edward Rochester.
While growing up in Gateshe .....
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Reivew Of Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness"
Words: 976 / Pages: 4 .... upon the object of
their work—"a vast artificial hole…the purpose of which I found it
impossible to divine." Apparently, to keep them occupied and thus "out of
trouble," the natives are forced to do meaningless, pointless exercises.
Marlow is shocked by this total subjugation of the Africans and the
completely pointless work which they are forced to perform.
Prior to 1807, the Europeans directly enslaved the Africans. After
1807, Britain, and eventually most European countries, banned the slave
trade. However, this did not stop the Eldorado Exploring Expedition, whose
members Marlow described as "reckless without hardihood, greedy without .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden Was A Twisted Individual
Words: 370 / Pages: 2 .... of how Holden is twisted is how he constantly runs from reality and goes into flash about a person he hates and why he hates them.
Holden is in constant depression and the reason for his depression is that he feels he can’t help in change things. Holden is set on a straight path. Holden gets depressed when he sees something in the world he can’t change. Most young adults don’t think about things like this and get depressed. Most young adults think about it and become sad and move on. Holden has trouble letting go of things
Holden has such a twisted mind that he thinks his teacher Mr. Antolini is gay and a pass at him. This happened .....
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Antigone 4
Words: 760 / Pages: 3 .... is a valuable merit to follow. This theory gradually affects her actions and behavior towards Creon. The tragic flaw of Antigone leads to many lamenting events in the play. The manner she poses her characteristics in such as being stubborn and raggedness portrays her flaw in the play. Antigone attempts to challenge Creon's love for power and accepts the punishment given to her. She bows to death because she is aware that she has done a good deed and she will inhale her last breath in honor. Whether Creon thinks of her as a traitor or not, Antigone knew the gods would reserve their judgment in favor of her. She never once regrets burying her brother w .....
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Hobbit
Words: 577 / Pages: 3 .... and they often escape only because of the assistance of Gandalf and other good creatures they meet. Bilbo proves himself essential to the quest, saving the dwarves on many occasions with his valor and skill. His success is partly due to a magic ring that he takes from a strange, dark creature named Gollum, who lives in the dank, dark caves below the Misty Mountains. Gollum is clammy and slimy and he refers to his ring as my precious. Bilbo even manages to discover Smaug's weak spot, the bare area under his ear, which allows the dragon to be killed and the treasure divided. However, the dwarves cannot enjoy the gold alone, since it lures humans and .....
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"The Problem Of Place In America" And "My Neighborhood": The Breakdown Of Community
Words: 617 / Pages: 3 .... the main ills today, prejudice and
consumerism. These keep our communities from becoming unified. Fear is one of
the prevalent themes in both essays. In Oldenburg's essay the suburbanite fears
the unknown, his neighbors. People feel threatened by the size of the
communities and they do not know anyone. These is due partly to consumerism,
which keeps people indoors. Reed was feared because of the color of his skin.
Dogs would bark at him as he walked by, cops would enter his own home to harass
him, people would yell racial slurs, and he was even watched closely to make
sure that he did not abduct a child off the street. These fears are a result .....
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