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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: McMurphy
Words: 2001 / Pages: 8 .... in which volunteers were paid to take mind-altering drugs (Wolfe 321).
Kesey's experiences at the hospital were his first step towards writing Cuckoo's
Nest. Upon testing the effects of the then little-known drug, LSD, "…he was in
a realm of consciousness he had never dreamed of before and it was not a dream
or delirium but part of his awareness (322)." This awareness caused him to
believe that these psychedelic drugs could enable him to see things the way they
were truly meant to be seen.
After working as a test subject for the hospital, Kesey was able to get a
job working as a psychiatric aide. This was the next significant factor in .....
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Joy Luck Club: Symbols
Words: 725 / Pages: 3 .... that America can offer. Jing-Mei states "America was were all my mother's hopes lay (141)." Suyuan fled to America after she had lost all her possessions; however, she does not lose hope. When the swan is ripped from her arms she is only left with a single swan's feather to symbolize all her hopes and dream for the future. When June was a child her mother encouraged her to pursue many different activities especially the piano. Suyuan was obsessed with June becoming a child prodigy because she wanted the best for her, not just because she was jealous of her best-friend, Lindo Jong. When June refused to play, her mother insisted and forced her to .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Everybody Has To Find Out About Living For Themselves
Words: 2768 / Pages: 11 .... raped her, "Den, one night ah
heard de big funs boomin' lak thunder. It kept up all night. And de next
morin' Ah could see uh big ship at a distance and a great stirrin' round. So Ah
wrapped mah way on down to de landin'. The men was all in blue, and Ah heard
people say Sherman was comin' to meet de boats in Savannah, and all of us slaves
was free. So Ah run got mah baby and got in quotation wid people and found a
place Ah could stay." Grandmother was wanting to make a school teacher out of
Janie's mother. Janie found out that a school teacher rapped her mother so she
never met her father either. Janie's mother was seventeen, when she was .....
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I Stand Here Ironing Literary
Words: 1060 / Pages: 4 .... when she was eight months old I had to leave her daytimes with the woman downstairs to whom she was no miracle at all." We both did what we had to do.
I wasn't able to spend a lot of time with Charles when he was a baby because I worked seven days a week on a split shift. Circumstances had changed by the time he was a year old, to where I could stay home, but by then he was walking and talking some. I barely new him, just as Tillie barely knew her daughter when she got her back: "When she finally came home, I hardly knew her." Soon, I had another child (Kevin) and less time to spend with Charles. There were many times that I wished I had more ti .....
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Eliot's Views Of Sexuality As Revealed In The Behavior Of Prufrock And Sweeney
Words: 1130 / Pages: 5 .... a middle-aged man even think of making a proposal of love? "Do
I dare/Disturb the universe?" he asks.
Prufrock knows the women in the saloons "known them all" and he presumes
how they classify him and he feels he deserves the classification, because he
has put on a face other than his own. "To prepare a face to meet the faces that
you meet." He has always done what he was socially supposed to do, instead of
yielding to his own natural feelings. He wrestles with his desires to change
his world and with his fear of their rejection. He imagines how foolish he
would feel if he were to make his proposal only to discover that the woman had
never th .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caulfield
Words: 1043 / Pages: 4 .... in their life.
The first and most obvious characteristic found in most teens, including Holden, would be the desire for independence. Throughout the novel, Holden is not once found wishing to have his parents help in any way. He has practically lived his entire life in dorms at prestigious schools, and has learned quite well how to be on his own. This tendency of teenagers took place in even in ancient history, where the freshly developed teen opts to leave the cave and hunt for is own food. Every teenager tries, in his or her own way, to be independent. Instead of admitting to ones parents of a wrongful deed, the teen tries covering up the mistake .....
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Summary Of The Canterbury Tales
Words: 1364 / Pages: 5 .... up of
separate blocks of one or more tales with links introducing and joining
stories within a block.
The tales represent nearly every variety of medieval story at its
best. The special genius of Chaucer's work, however, lies in the dramatic
interaction between the tales and the framing story. After the Knight's
courtly and philosophical romance about noble love, the Miller interrupts
with a deliciously bawdy story of seduction aimed at the Reeve (an
officer or steward of a manor); the Reeve takes revenge with a tale about
the seduction of a miller's wife and daughter. Thus, the tales develop the
personalities, quarrels, and diverse opinion .....
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The Red Badge Of Courage: Fear
Words: 522 / Pages: 2 .... he
didn't have a wound. No one knew he ran so he still had his pride and
after that his attitude changed and he began fighting with no fear.
Tom Wilson is another young sodier in the 304th regiment who is called
the loud soldier. When he is in the tent talking to Henry and conklin he
talks about how he will not run and take on the whole army on by himself.
When he is in the first battle he tries to run but is caught by an officer
and made to go back and fight. His attitude changed from being confident
to being scard of fighting.
Jim conklin is also a soldier in the 304th regiment who talks with
Henry and tom. When Conklin was talking to .....
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Great Gatsby Party Comparison
Words: 762 / Pages: 3 .... too large for it...”(p. 33) Even the photograph on the wall is labeled as being "over-enlarged."(p. 33) Gatsby's party, however, spares no expense; much like his house. Fruit is sent in every Friday, caterers bring enough lights to "...make a Christmas tree of Gastby's enormous garden"(p. 44), and elegant dinner is served: "On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys..."(p. 44) A full scale orchestra provides music all night for the hundreds of guests, laughing and dancing.
A second variation between Myrtle and Gatsby, is their class of w .....
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Comparison Of The Characters In "A Doll's House" And "The Stranger"
Words: 1648 / Pages: 6 .... mask that is often
worn is the powerful and superior one and so to feel superior when among
others pushes them around and becomes a bully. This same person could be
gentle, nice and kind when around family but may feel the need to appear
superior around other people. This form of adjusting one's personality or
mask to suit a situation in life, is also common among characters in novels,
dramas, and other forms of literature. In certain characters it is evident
in the novel The Stranger and the play A Doll's House . In some
instances it is quite easy to notice but other times it may be difficult to
identify the changes in character's mask .....
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