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The Joy Luck Club: Journey To Adulthood
Words: 756 / Pages: 3 .... forced her family to move to a nearby village, but Lindo stayed behind. She was to move in with her future in-laws, the Huangs. When she arrived at her new home, the place where she would start her new future, she could see by the outside of the house that the Huangs were much higher in society than her family was. Once she stepped inside, however, she sees that the house is uncomfortable and imposing. Lindo was not welcomed warmly as a new member of the family. Instead she was shown to the servants' quarters which gave her a good idea about her position in this household. Her sole purpose of being the bride of Tyan-yu was to provide grand .....
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The Story Of An Hour: Irony
Words: 480 / Pages: 2 .... instead. Next, the newly widowed women is looking out of the window and sees spring and all the new life it brings.
The descriptions used now are as far away from death as possible. "The delicios breath of rain...the notes of a distant song...countless sparrows were twittering...patches of blue sky...." All these are beautiful images of life , the reader is quite confused by this most unusual foreshadowing until Louise's reaction is explained.
The widow whispers "Free, free, free!" Louise realizes that her husband had loved her, but she goes on to explain that as men and women often inhibit eachother, even if it is done with the best .....
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Huck Finn
Words: 1885 / Pages: 7 .... particular character that some have said is immoral is . But is he? In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain the character of Huck can be seen as a moral person who grows through his actions and experiences both on land and in the river, even though his actions might go against the set standards of society.
Huck is a moral person at the beginning of the novel before he begins his journey on the river. The character of Huck can be seen as subdued in the beginning of the novel. Huck has not let out his true self and it is important to understand this point that Mark Twain tries to get across. This is so important because at this point Hu .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism
Words: 1126 / Pages: 5 .... a capacity for evil. With Pearl, Hester’s life became one of constant nagging, and no joy. The child could not be made amenable to rules. Hester even remarks to herself, “Oh Father in heaven – if thou art still my father – what is this being which I have brought into the world” (Hawthorne 89)? Pearl would harass her mother over the scarlet “A” she wore. In time, Hester was subjected to so much ridicule from Pearl and others that she was forced into seclusion.
Pearl represents the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl is said to be the direct consequence of sin (Martin 108). Their sins include lying to the people about the aff .....
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Albert Camus' The Stranger: Meursault Is Aloof, Detached, And Unemotional
Words: 837 / Pages: 4 .... to have a relationship with Meursault and a
neighbor who wants friendship. He seems content to be indifferent, possibly
protected from pain by his indifference.
Meursault rarely shows any feeling when in situations which would, for
most people, elicit strong emotions. Throughout the vigil, watching over his
mother's dead body, and at her funeral, he never cries. He is, further,
depicted enjoying a cup of coffee with milk during the vigil, and having a
smoke with a caretaker at the nursing home in which his mother died. The
following day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and meets a
former colleague named Marie Cardona. They .....
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Gatsby’s Dream
Words: 909 / Pages: 4 .... In Daisy’s world, the so-called “rich girls” such as herself, would not even consider marrying a “poor guy” who later in the novel was once seen as this.
A second example that would show Gatsby as a romantic idealist is his sense of hope. He hoped for a life with Daisy and to live a life full of money. In the book, Nick, the narrator, states that Gatsby possesses “ some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life” (6). He had “an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness” which takes the ideas of a creative mind (6). Nick shows him under the dignified “name of the creative temperament” (6).
A .....
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Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
Words: 991 / Pages: 4 .... autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A
thirty- minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also
talk about Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was
Gretzky's hockey instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball
and cross country coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and
chauffeur. Gretzky called him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the
book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did not show anything in Gretzky's childhood.
It was started when Gretzky became the NHL player, a member of Edmonton
Oiler's rookie. How he became the hall of the frame. The description of
this book .....
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Jack Londons Apparent Conflict
Words: 1482 / Pages: 6 .... early 20th Century. His vigorous stories of men and animals against the environment, and survival against hardships were drawn mainly from his own experience. An illegitimate child, London passed his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. (Walcutt 8) At the age of 17, he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. The turning point of his life was a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it made him decide to turn to education and pursue a career in writing. His years in the Klondike searching for gold left their mark in his best short stories; among them, The Call of the Wild, and White Fang. His novel, The Sea-Wolf, was based on his experiences at .....
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The Ironies Of 1984
Words: 421 / Pages: 2 .... Love discourages love, and the Ministry of Peace is actually quite violent. The final example of verbal Irony can be seen in the name of the leader of Oceania, "Big Brother." The concept of a big brother is one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the case with 1984's Big Brother. The Big Brother in this novel completely watches over every move a person makes keeping them controlled with fear.
The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or a sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the opposite of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general health. From .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Coming Of Age Of Jeremy Finch
Words: 733 / Pages: 3 .... moody."(115). These are only a few of the things that Jem
does to show that he is growing up in his social ways.
Mental change is another type of change that Jem goes through. Jem
start to think like an adult as he gets older in the book. He shows it at the
trial of Tim Robinson when the jury is in the jury room and he starts to talk to
Reverend Sykes. He starts saying thing about the trial and Reverend Sykes ask
him not to talk like that in front of Scout. Which shows that he knows what
he is talking about.(see page 208-209). There is also the time when he had to
go and read to Mrs. Dubose which he later finds out about her drug addiction
wh .....
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