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A Winter Dream: Judy Jones
Words: 527 / Pages: 2 .... should be enough” and to her advantage it usually is that way. Men meet many a lady, but none quite as rememberable as Miss Judy Jones.
Unfortunately for these men, Judy’s personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “do every thing for me”. She knows that these men who such desire her will sacrifice life and limb for her, and she not only excepts that, but also usually makes them prove it. Judy looks out for herself only, and does anything that will benefit her. This is typical behavior from the Jazz Age, however it is taken to an extreme in this case.
Judy’s good lo .....
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The Great Gatsby: Time As A Key Dimension To One's Life's Theme
Words: 643 / Pages: 3 .... idealistic view of Daisy was,
she was of pure and perfect form and after he kisses her, his ideal perfect
relationship starts to decay, "...and the incarnation was complete". The
incarnation meaning Daisy cannot be ideally perfect anymore now that
Gatsby's with her. Daisy is not pure and perfect like Gatsby thought she
was in the past. From Gatsby's illusions of the past preoccupying all his
thoughts, he forgets about the key dimension he exists in which is the
present.
Although Gatsby was persistent on reliving the past, Gatsby vaguely
lived for the present. This is apparent when he cancels his biology by
leaving home, changing his name, and l .....
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Alex's Analysis Of Any Abject Abuse
Words: 1660 / Pages: 7 .... Writing for a society that values appearances and social frivolities, he
uses these various modes of behavior to call attention to the behavior itself.
Pope compares and contrasts. He places significant life factors (i.e., survival,
death, etc.) side by side with the trivial (although not to Belinda and her
friends: love letters, accessories). Although Pope is definitely pointing to
the "lightness" of the social life of the privileged, he also recognizes their
sincerity in attempting to be polite and well-mannered and pretend to recognize
where the true values lie.
Pope satirizes female vanity. He wrote the poem at the request of .....
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The World Of Odysseus
Words: 1502 / Pages: 6 .... reader with historical relevant background data.
In one of the chapters known as "Homer and the Greeks," the author provides the reader with basic information of Ancient Greece as well as information on The Odyssey and Iliad, the two books on which this book is based upon. In another chapter, referred to as "Wealth and Labor," the author successfully supplies the reader with a larger knowledge base for what the Ancient Greek period was like. Economic and social traits of the period are discussed, with an emphasis of the role of the average Greek man. Throughout the rest of the book, the author carefully continues to assess the roles of Greek man and .....
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Summary Of The Andromeda Strain By Crichton
Words: 1154 / Pages: 5 .... find the satellite and find it,
and head into the town, but they find most of the inhabitants of Piedmont
lying dead, clutching their chest, in the middle of the main street. When
the get out of the vehicle to investigate, they die too, while being
monitored by radio.
The person in charge is back at base, listening to them. When, after
the two find all the dead bodies in the town, everything goes silent, he
knows something has gone very wrong, and calls in the problem. The systems
that have been set up to take over in the event that something that like
this happened start to take over, and certain people are contacted. Years
before, a group .....
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Candide: Voltaire's View Of Human Condition
Words: 813 / Pages: 3 .... tale. The formula, “Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds,” is often reminded to the reader as a clue to the story’s outcome will be and how the story is created in the process of philosophical events.
Candide is heavily depended upon exaggeration; but it also introduces the contrasting device of understatement whereby something is declared by stating the negative of its opposite. In relation to it is euphemism, which it is used ironically with fine comic effect to advance the satire of injustice, crime, and folly. Caricature and parody, ways in which the author exaggerated details of one sort or another .....
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Rasin In The Sun Two Influence
Words: 315 / Pages: 2 .... In this same way he inquired about the way she had her hair style... untraditional to him. (62)
George on the other hand is more to the point and is comparing the norm
of the time to his actions and what he compares others too. such as when he says " Look honey, we're going to the theater-we're not going to be in it...so go change, huh? " (80) He likes to toil too though, such as when he calls Walter prometheus as they walk out the door to the theater. (86) Also another example of Asagai's return to his youth was when he had the conversation with Beneatha after her brother had lost the remaining of their father's money. His theory on the matter .....
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Doublethink In 1984
Words: 1703 / Pages: 7 .... you broke the vase and the dog broke the vase, you absolutely know you broke the vase and are trying to put the blame on the dog as to avoid trouble. Changing ones mind is also different from doublethink. Changing ones mind is accepting or believing one thing, then deciding to accept or believe something else different then what you thought before. An example of changing ones mind would believe the earth is flat and then after seeing sufficient evidence that it is not flat but actually round. Due to the new evidence you would change your mind and now believe the earth is round as you previously thought it was flat. This is clearly different from .....
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The Neurosis Of Passion
Words: 1941 / Pages: 8 .... caretakers. Miss Havisham’s quest for revenge against her fiancé drives her to instill within her adopted daughter Estella the incapacity to love so that she will never feel the pain of unrequited desires. Dickens produces an image of women either devoid of femininity and impotent, or love-mad and utterly absurd.
The female first described in Great Expectations is Pip’s deceased mother. Having never seen his parents he imagines his mother as "freckled and sickly" (Dickens, 3). The novel thus begins with a negative image of women and motherhood. Later Pip introduces his sister and mother substitute, Mrs. Joe Gargery describing her a .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Words: 480 / Pages: 2 .... the time the battle of the Somme ended, the German death toll in defense was 164,055, which was a disaster for the country.
During the Renaissance, European countries chose to break out of the Dark ages and reform and to modernize society. The values in reconstruction produced a sense of disillusionment with the actions that took place on the Western Front. The soldiers on the front were devastated during the first bombardment and all the mental and physical conditions of the soldiers deteriorated from that point on. The values of the Renaissance were the opposite of those that arose on the battlefield.
The fantasy of solving their own national pr .....
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