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Power And Control In Maggie
Words: 1327 / Pages: 5 .... violence of the household, and the family’s treatment of Maggie’s death.
The kids in the world of Maggie fight each other for the positions of control and power among other children. The novel opens with a scene of violence. Two different groups of boys are engaged in a bloody scuffle. Crane writes, “A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil’s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him” (Crane 3). That the kids are battling for the so-called “honor of Rum Alley” (Crane 3) shows that the kids are tryin .....
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The Great Gatsby: Realism
Words: 643 / Pages: 3 .... are also very realistic and are
a common occurrence in every day life. From here Fitzerald deepened the story by
using realism to entangle these plots. Fitzgerald then grew apon these plots by
making them all have realistic outcomes (such as Gatsby's demise), rather than
your typical story book endings. It is mostly thanks to Fitzgerald's descriptive,
poetic style of writing that allows him to realistically portray the many plots
of The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's realistic construction and development of plot
is extremely dependant apon the setting of the novel in which it take place.
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses realism to clearly depict the sett .....
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Touch Wood: Rene
Words: 847 / Pages: 4 .... to be smaller in Paris. Eventually, her new neighborhood becomes more of a home and helps Renée to miss Alsace a little less.
Renée's parents had left Poland and then Hungary to find a freer, better life. They settled in France and thought they¹d be safe. Then Adolf Hitler, a German man who hated Jewish people, started trouble all over again. First, seven synagogues were blown up. Then, the Germans created a curfew prohibiting Jews to go during certain hours. Any Jew caught in the street after curfew would be taken as hostage. Also, all Jewish people must wear a Star of David on their shirts. An ordinance is created requiring all Jewish .....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: The True Sign Of Maturity
Words: 835 / Pages: 4 .... in...I
says:...Wade down to me and get in." (19). These two men are complete
strangers, and Huck knows that they are being chased, so they are obviously
troublemakers. Yet he takes them in, and welcomes them aboard, showing
great compassion. Later, the two men lie to Huck and Jim. Huck does not say
a thing, though he realizes they are lying. "But I never said nothing,
never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no
quarrels, and don't get into no trouble...I hadn't no objections, 'long as
it would keep peace in the family." (19). It is now clear to Huck that
these men are not going to be a blessing to him and Jim. Still, h .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
Words: 773 / Pages: 3 .... good doctor does create a companion for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice the evil, which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein commits the moral sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I will quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner. When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate .....
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Orwell's "Such, Such Were The Joys....": Alienation And Other Such Joys
Words: 1659 / Pages: 7 .... and serves as the platform for his views on life.
Repeatedly Orwell describes the society of the school from which he is
outcast:
That bump on the hard mattress, on the first night of term, used to give me
a feeling of abrupt awakening, a feeling of: ‘This is reality, this is what
you are up against.' Your home might be far from perfect, but at least it
was a place ruled by love rather than by fear, where you did not have to be
perpetually taken out of this warm nest and flung into a world of force and
fraud and secrecy, like a goldfish into a tank full of pike. (23)
Young Orwell, impacted by this, “hard,” disorienting situation, realizes he
i .....
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The Great Gatsby: The Moment Of Truth
Words: 556 / Pages: 3 .... the Great Gatsby lived so
materialistically that their own values and ethics suffered and really
never showed. Nick's friends in the novel illustrated ignorant fools, Tom
was careless. Tom was ignorant to the fact that cheating on a spouse was
and still is looked down upon. Nick as the Conventionalist1 he is,
displayed the character who looked down upon this affair. He didn't agree
with the fact that his friend Tom could love his wife while he lusted some
other woman. Nicks beliefs were never similar to Tom's, and later he
confronted Tom telling his disapproval of his actions. Tom, Daisy, and
Jordan showed no affection or remorse after the d .....
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A Case Of Needing: Serious Revisions
Words: 1994 / Pages: 8 .... remains a hot-button issue, the debate
has shifted. For the time being, at least, the argument centers on whether or
not the act should be legal, not on whether or not doctors are currently
breaking the law by performing them.
The antiquated plot line is not the story's main flaw. The biggest
drawback here is a one-two punch of highly technical prose employed to relate a
thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent physician, dies
as the result of a botched abortion. Art Lee, a Chinese obstetrician, is accused
of performing the D & C that has resulted in her death. Though Lee is known to
be an abortionist, he vehemently denies an .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Reversal Of Characters
Words: 513 / Pages: 2 .... life to her, and everyone she
loved. Carton changed even more dramatically when death on the guillotine was
approaching. He waxed philosophical about the future, and even quoted a few
scriptures. This is most certainly not the man first seen at the Old Bailey
with the sideways wig.
Another interesting change took place in the character of Madame Defarge.
She is first portrayed as a woman of principle who is helping her husband with
the revolution. However, Madame Defarge makes a startling metamorphosis from
supporting character to antagonist when she is revealed to be the shadow. She
is shown to be cruel and petty, not the compassionate woman o .....
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Shielded Consequences
Words: 1129 / Pages: 5 .... clear his name causes the deaths of many innocent people. Had these characters planned out their situation, this would have been a whole different story.
First, Putnam’s troubled relations with the town causes George Jacob’s imprisonment. To begin with, Putnam is introduced as a man that has many problems with townspeople. He holds grudges tries to acheive revenge with people: “He was a man with many grievances…The motif of resentment is clear here. Thomas Putnam felt that his own name and the honor of his family had been smirched by the village, and he meant to right matters however he could”(14). Putnam’s background is a backdrop f .....
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