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East Of Eden By John Steinbeck
Words: 962 / Pages: 4 .... something in Mr. Wiggins, something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book.
"I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson breaks his somber barrier and shows emotions. At that point he became a man, not a hog. As far as the story tells, he never showed any sort of emotion before the shooting or after up until that point. A hog can't show emotions, but a man can. There is the epiphany of the story, where Mr. Wiggins realizes that the purpose of life is to help make the world a better place, and at that time he no longer minds visiting Jef .....
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Lord Of The Flies
Words: 1154 / Pages: 5 .... into the "rational (the fire-watchers) pitted against the irrational (the hunters) (Dick 121)." The fear of a mythological "beast" is perpetuated by the younger members of the groups and they are forced to do something about it. During one of the hunters' celebrations around the kill of an animal a fire-watcher stumbles in to try and disband the idea of the monster. Caught of in the rabid frenzy of the dance, this fire-watcher suddenly becomes the monster and is brutally slaughtered by the other members of the group. The climax of the novel is when the hunters are confronted by the fire-watchers. The hunters had stole Piggy's (one of the fire-watcher .....
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Television Drama
Words: 1925 / Pages: 7 .... relationship between Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Joey (Katie Holmes) is at the core of the series. Best friends since they were small children, the two are faced with many new challenges ahead of them in their teenage years, ones that would not have arisen in their childhood days. One is sustaining their close friendship in spite of their budding romantic relationship, their emotional, physical and intellectual growth and the changing world around them.
Other than Dawson and Joey, the show also revolves around two other central characters, Jen and Pacey. Jen (Michelle Williams) has mysteriously come from New York to stay with her grandparents, bu .....
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Desdemona
Words: 1373 / Pages: 5 .... ’s father is very angry about this marriage and even more so because she wants to accompany him to Cyprus. Through this anger, I see that is considered her father’s possession. He says nothing more to , but you can feel that there is anger towards Othello and . ’s father confronts her and expresses that she has betrayed him and never accepts what has brought about herself.
seems to be frightful of her father because of the action that she hides her own marriage to Othello. This makes her father furious because she did not ask his permission to marry, she never denies that she is in love with him. This shows great character an .....
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Beowulf
Words: 586 / Pages: 3 .... "We cannot doubt that mighty God has always ruled mankind.", "he soon forgets his destiny, and disregards the honours given him of God, the Ruler of Glory", "..and then may wise God, the Holy Lord, give glory in battle to whichever of us He should think fitting", and also, "…the Lord wove the webs of destiny." These certain passages show that the people of those times had a lot of belief in God, not only as the creator of everything, but also as the person who controls things such as destiny, and mankind itself. Paganism also existed during the same time period, and it was believed and practiced by the Romans. They believed in many Gods li .....
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Native Son 2
Words: 1382 / Pages: 6 .... interest in Wright's life and had at one time offered to teach him to write. Richard Wright died on November 28, 1960, at the age of 52 in Paris.
Choose a person who had the most influence on Bigger. I feel that Max had the most influence on Bigger. Max helped Bigger realize what he had done wrong and how that not all white people were out to get the black man. At times Bigger felt that Max was only trying to hurt him but I think that deep down inside, Bigger knew Max was only there to help him.
A wave of excited voices swept over the room.
Bigger's fingers gripped the arms of the chair.
Max's hand touched his shoulder, Bigger turned
and Max whispe .....
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Othello 3 --
Words: 1370 / Pages: 5 .... compare with Satan. Iago, like Satan, has proved himself to be a master of deception. He lies to everyone taking great care to disguise his own thoughts. For example, in Act 1 scene 2, when he is speaking to Othello about his feelings toward Cassio, he uses very strong language, while at the same time, he lies throughout the whole speech faking loyalty to a fellow soldier and all the while implying that he is reluctantly holding back the full truth: “I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth. Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio” (I.ii.21-22). This deception impresses and convinces Othello that his officer is a good and loy .....
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A Clean, Well-lighted Place
Words: 1188 / Pages: 5 .... that can go on in the night between two people. The old man is around eighty years old, and does not have a wife. He doesn’t experience this type of relationship in the dark. Rather, he finds company in the clean, well-lighted café. Although the only other two people in the café at the late hour are the two waiters, the old man finds it content. The two waiters comment that although he is "A good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying." The younger of the two waiters wants to go home. He has a wife and claims he never gets "into bed before three o’clock." He treats the dea .....
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The Mystery That Was Gatsby, T
Words: 1765 / Pages: 7 .... than with Gatsby. This obscurity adds to the reader’s curiosity about Gatsby’s life, to the eccentric wonder that was his personality, and to the bewilderment that succeeded his death.
Gatsby is the rich, majestic, protagonist of the novel. While it isn't clear how he made all his money it is obvious that it was through illegal dealings in organized crime. There was a reference to the 1919 World Series, (That's the one where the players on the
Chicago White Sox helped out organized crime by not trying their hardest when it counted. Go Reds!) When asked about his line of work, Gatsby claims to be in the drugstore business. Drugstore .....
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The Garden Party
Words: 391 / Pages: 2 .... with a rather bad conscious, probably thinking, “What have I done? Why didn’t I stop the party? What will the family of the killed man think?”
After the party there are some leftovers. Mrs Sheridan suggests that they can give the exposed family some food to show some sympathy. Laura isn’t sure if this is the right thing to do, but she gets the task to give the basket filled with sandwiches to the poor family.
Laura isn’t certain if the poor family will appreciate the gift. When walking to the house, she is afraid of their reaction. This isn’t something she is used to do. She hasn’t been in touch with p .....
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