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The Scarlet Letter: An Analysis Of Symbolism
Words: 900 / Pages: 4 .... as
well as different meanings to various characters. To Hester, the A means
humiliation. The A to Dimmesdale is a reminder of his own contrition. To
Pearl, the A is peculiarity and Roger Chillingworth sees the A as a journey
for retaliation. Other then adultery, the A can also stand for "Angel" and
"Able". Angel, for it appears in the sky after Governor Winthrop's death.
Able, for Hester has won the respect of the Puritans even if she has sinned
terribly.
Hawthorne uses the prison building to describe crime and punishment in
contrast with the tombstone at the end of the novel. This statement
suggests the crime and punishment will event .....
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Steinbeck's "The Flight": Naturalism
Words: 321 / Pages: 2 .... hand he has poison in his blood stream. He has nowhere to run or hide.
He has no protection since he lost his knife and rifle. Here stands a
stranded, injured “boy” that has no protection or transportation. This
is when his animal instinct begins. When a human he has the talent of
having the art of reason. An animal does things sometimes without even
knowing it. Who in their right mind would put a spider web in their wound.
When he relizes that his time of running has come to an end he begins to
turn to his religion. He starts to “cross” his chest as a Roman Catholic
would. Then his time comes and he pretty much commits suicide.
W .....
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A Picture Of Dorian: Gray Basil's Changes As Related To Wilde's Opinion On Art
Words: 868 / Pages: 4 .... his own internal influence that destroys him. Wilde does this many times throughout the book. He loved using paradoxes and that is why Lord Henry, the character most similar to Wilde, is quoted as being called "Price Paradox." Although Dorian and Basil end up hating each other, they do enjoy meeting each other for the first time. Basil finds something different about Dorian. He sees him in a different way than he sees other men. Dorian is not only beautiful to Basil, but he is also gentle and kind. This is when Basil falls in love with him and begins to paint the picture. Basil begins painting the picture, but does not tell anyone about it, includ .....
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The Influence Of Realism In Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
Words: 870 / Pages: 4 .... with these doctors
because they dodged the fact that Ivan was going to die. Ivan saw right
through these “celebrated physicians,” knowing that they were clouding
their diagnosis. Ivan's friends, too, became Tolstoy's target for illusion
of reality. When they went to Ivan's funeral, they thought that they “
should” or “have to” go and comfort the widow. Their real reasoning behind
everything was to see who would take Ivan's position at work. Another
example of illusion of reality is when Ivan is lying down in excruciating
pain and his wife, daughter, and son-in-law enter. Ivan sits and watches
as they ignore the pain he is enduring to .....
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The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review
Words: 830 / Pages: 4 .... Holden is in a mental hospital in California. The
novel is a flashback of the events over a time period of four days. The
flashback starts off when Holden gets kicked out of his boarding school, Pency
Prep, because he is failing most of his classes. Holden decides to go into New
York City for a couple of days until his parents will be expecting him home for
Christmas vacation. Holden goes to bars and meets with friends during this time.
On the third night, Holden decides to go and visit his sister, Phoebe. Phoebe
is one of the only people that Holden actually loves. Holden talks to Phoebe
about his life being a failure. He is trying to under .....
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The Martian Chronicles
Words: 251 / Pages: 1 .... those rare books showing mankind as alien invaders on another planet. Mars is perhaps the most common source, in early SF literature, for invasions into Earth - the most famous example being H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. In Bradbury's novel, we see how it can happen the other way around. As in Wells' work, here, too, the Martians are killed by Earth's bacteria -- but rather than a case of victory in a war, this is a sad disaster. The desease wiped out a beautiful, wise, and ancient civilization.
The book depicts humankind as mostly violent in nature. Bradbury holds a mirror in front of the reader's face, and the reflected image is not very nice. Th .....
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Tale Of Two Cities Sydney Cart
Words: 660 / Pages: 3 .... deed or a foolish one can be debated, or perhaps Carton can be both a hero and a fool.
Carton can easily be seen by the Darnay and Manette families as a hero, he made them all happy, not to mention Carton kept his earlier promise to Lucie that he would die to save someone dear to her. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. If my career were of that better kind that there was any opportunity or capacity of sacrifice in it, I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you,” he had earlier promised to Lucie. Also, it could be considered honorable of Carton to take a death when he could have been devious and .....
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Catcher In The Rye 2
Words: 1583 / Pages: 6 .... the first syllable of "different," reinforces the tone by demonstrating how typically they speak, just as in reality. He uses dashes for pauses and signaling associative digressions. Instead of signaling pauses, commas are used mostly where mechanically required, for instance: "So all of a sudden, I ran like a madman across the street - I damn near got myself killed doing it, if you want to know the truth - and went in this stationary store and bought a pad and pencil."
Holden Caulfield creates a thought provoking point of view. On the surface many of his thought patterns seem unrelated and often straying from the topic. His association of topic with .....
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Stranger Than Fiction Brave Ne
Words: 2140 / Pages: 8 .... the feelies are porno's with a more advanced plot line and the added bonus of experiencing the same things as the actors on the screen. The government encourages sex and promiscuity among its citizens, if a person is not promiscuous they are seen as outcasts. The more partners a person has the more popular the person is. A person is discouraged from having along term relationship with one person. If they have a long term relationship their loyalty to the government and Ford is in question.
And you know how strongly the DHC objects to anything intense or long and drawn out. Four months of Henry Foster without having another man - why, he .....
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Lord Of The Flies: Creative Story
Words: 280 / Pages: 2 .... boys are stranded
on a deserted island. Suddenly the troop of scouts turn to me for help.
I start saying, "First, we all need to make tents to sleep in so
everyone would have there own privacy and shelter. Next, to make some
bonfires for warmth and in hopes of passing ships seeing it. I will send
out a bunch of people to find food, good sleeping grounds, and high hills
good for fires. Then set up posts so that people could watch out for
passing ships. We can ration the food and everyone's belongings because
there's no telling how long we all could be stranded. Everyone who has
glasses, take out your lenses to facilitate starting fires. Pig, .....
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