|
ESSAY TOPICS |
|
MEMBER LOGIN |
|
|
|
Book Reports Essay Writing Help
May Day And USA
Words: 1533 / Pages: 6 .... various other guests as "Kings," "Captains," and "Screenstars." Mary French becomes increasingly aware of just how phony and self-centered these guests really are as she watches the party unfold, "Mary was looking at it all through a humming haze like seeing a play from way up in a smoky balcony" (1529).
Simultaneously, Eveline acknowledges that her life, a reflection of self-centered capitalism, is in fact a waste. Eveline admits, "You know it does seem too silly to spend your life filling up rooms with illassorted people who really hate each other" (1530). This moment is of significance; throughout the story Eveline and Mary have had almost i .....
|
Herland: The Use Of Character Development
Words: 414 / Pages: 2 .... toward connectedness, disappear in Herland, and its women are able to relate to each other without dominating each other. It is no wonder that the three American explorers--Terry, Jeff and Van --who stumble on Herland are shocked and confused. Before they arrive, they joke about the mythical land, assuming that there must be men it, since women could not possibly cooperate well enough, or be competent enough, to run a country. When they see how successfully Herland is run, only one of them, Van, praises its all female population as a group of exemplary human beings w .....
|
Grapes Of Wrath: An Undaunted Journey
Words: 467 / Pages: 2 .... general state of the local population in the intercalary
chapters and then narrowing it down to how it effects the main characters
of the novel, the Joads. Setting the tone of the novel in the readers mind
is another function of Steinbeck's intercalary chapters.
In chapter three, Steinbeck emaculatly describes the long tedious
journey of a land turtle across a desolate highway. From the onset of his
journey, the turtle encounters many set backs. All along the way he is
hindered by ants, hills, and oak seeds under his shell. The turtles
determination to reach his destination is most apparent when a truck driven
by a young man swerves to hit th .....
|
Antigone - Creon As A Tragic H
Words: 462 / Pages: 2 .... but is too late. His weakness is just like Romeo in that he is impulsive with his decision making. He never really sits down and thinks about things, instead he just says what comes to mind. In scene 3, line 118 he says you will never marry her while she lives, right after his first discussion about Antigone. In lines 142-150 he summarizes his plans for Antigone, in which he thinks of right after talking with his son. These two decisions decided the lives of two young people, but the impulsive Creon never thinks about that. In scene 5, lines 105-108 Creon tries to correct his impulsiveness with, "Come with me to the tomb. I buried her, I will set he .....
|
To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
Words: 948 / Pages: 4 .... He had tried to kill them.
Even though this may have been just a rumor the kids were terrified of the
Radleys. They described him often as a monster "six-and-a-half feet tall" with
"bloodstained" hands. He was said to eat "raw squirrels and any cats he could
catch".(pg12) During the rest of the book Scout and companions tried to meet
Arthur (Boo) and get over their fear of him. They did not succeed. But he showed
affection for them by leaving them gifts in a tree. Finally at the end of the
book he proves he is a good person by saving Scout and Jem's lives. In this
instance Scout may have found that to negatively prejudge someone is wrong. She
als .....
|
The Medea: Women's Rights
Words: 944 / Pages: 4 .... to be the beginning of a plea for
liberation. Then Medea ruins it by getting personal and shows her selfish
side. She states that it is twice as hard for her as a foreigner without a
country. Then she gives her reason for getting the women to sympathize
with her. "If I can find the means or devise any scheme to pay my husband
back for what he has done to me - Him and his father in law and the girl
who married him." (260-263) It may have seemed in the beginning of the
monologue that Medea was out to join forces with the other women in
complaint to the way they are treated, but Medea was out for revenge. That
was underling everything she said.
Wh .....
|
Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener": Introduction Of Character
Words: 223 / Pages: 1 .... the fact that the
lawyer introduces himself greatly increases its effectiveness. The lawyer
begins with the words, “I am a rather elderly man.” This first “I” begins
a long, autobiographical narrative in which the lawyer reveals much of
himself to the reader. Because the story is centered on the lawyer's life,
it is imperative that the reader have this close view of him.
The repetitive “I” in these paragraphs is important because it
comes from the lawyer's thoughts of himself. For this text to flow in it's
intended path, the reader must know a great deal about the lawyer and his
employees. In fact, it is these characters which consum .....
|
Rip Van Winkle As A Folktale
Words: 1060 / Pages: 4 .... Dame Van Winkle always got angry and frustrated because Rip never took care of their farm. She became bad-tempered and quarrelsome toward him at times. Poor Rip was at last reduced to despair, and his only alternative was to escape from the labor of the farm and his wife. This was the start of his long, endless journey to a mysterious future...
Two of the elements in folklore is the use of supernatural and journey. Rip went on a adventure up the Kaatskill Mountains. The adventure consisted of some unusual happenings especially meeting up with the supernatural. The first element of a folktale, journey, ties in the second element, the superna .....
|
Anna Karenina: Characters And The Life Novel
Words: 1697 / Pages: 7 .... Tolstoy provides the reader with details of the
characters appearance and actions that give a sense of realism. For example,
the waiter that Stiva and Levin encounter at their dinner, although a flat
character is definitely presented in a manner which allows him to have a sense
of lifelikeness and fullness. From the speech patterns the waiter uses to the
description of the fit of his uniform, one is presented with the details that
allow the waiter to contribute to the novel in means beyond simply the presence
of a minor character. His description and actions provide the novel with a
sense of "real life".
Another way in which Tolstoy gives the .....
|
Cannery Row: Social Classes
Words: 556 / Pages: 3 .... they are lonely, and are dependent on one another in order to live. Mack and the boys take time to make their friends happy, like when they have a party for Doc.
Mack and the boys try to be themselves and get away from the lifestyles of the rich.. "Mack and the boys avoid the trap, walk around the poison, step over the noose while a generation of trapped, poisoned, and trussed-up old men scream at them and call them no-goods, come-to-bad-ends, blots-on-the-town, thieves, rascals, bums"(18). They wish to live the life they want, even if they are called bad names and looked upon as bums.
Rich people call Mack and the boys names without realizing tha .....
|
|
|