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Catcher In The Rye 6
Words: 720 / Pages: 3 .... stay in a cheap motel until Wednesday, when he is to return
home. His plan shows the reader how very impetuous he is and how
he acts on a whim. He is unrealistic, thinking that he has a
foolproof plan, even though the extent of his plans are to "take a
room in a hotel.., and just take it easy till Wednesday."
Holden's excessive thoughts on death are not typical of most
adolescents. His near obsession with death might come from having
experienced two deaths in his early life. He constantly dwells on
Allie, his brother's, death. From Holden's thoughts, it is obvious
that he loves and misses Allie. In order to hold on to his b .....
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Old Neighborhood
Words: 1063 / Pages: 4 .... and they tend to look upon scenes of home as seen through a distant and dispassionate eye. Dove’s home seems alien to her. Even the flowers are strangers there. Analyzing the poem farther we can see that Dove uses her views on home to further alienate from our familiar picture of that typical suburban home. She seems to be talking about the house in a manner that would indicate it is a photographic negative; this emphasizes race as an alienating factor. Dove’s writing usually charts a sense of displacement and this seems to be the case in "The ". In My Mother Enters the Work Force Dove does not use her home theme, but in The Bistro St .....
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Ezra Pound
Words: 1462 / Pages: 6 .... feelings that only reading the literature itself would provide. The people are hollow, dehumanized, and utterly superficial. Society lacks creativity and originality. The people are left numbed in the sea of clones. They fail to give acknowledgement or praise to those who do dare to be different and unique. Instead, they are cast out from society for being different. states that, "Introspection ("the obscure reveries/of the inward gaze") in this age is unthinkable." This means that the people are afraid to examine their own thoughts and feeling because they are afraid of what they will see. T.S. Eliot’s works, "Preludes,& .....
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Mark Twain, The Adventures Of
Words: 1593 / Pages: 6 .... As they were escaping from the civilized world, they take refuge in the Jackson’s Island, on the Mississippi river. Huck is running away from a bad father and Jim has leaved Miss Watson because he didn’t want to be sold to New Orleans.
Soon after joining Jim on the island, Huck begins to realize that Jim has more talents and intelligence than Huck has been aware of. Jim knows "all kinds of signs" about the future, people's personalities, and weather forecasting. Huck finds this kind of information necessary as he and Jim drift down the Mississippi on a raft. As important, Huck feels a comfort with Jim that he has not felt with the other majo .....
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Woman In The 19th Century
Words: 1160 / Pages: 5 .... men would not want to find a woman with whom they can carry on an intelligent, meaningful conversation and still be physically attracted to. She knows that once this inferiority complex is gotten past, women will start to excel in all different fields. My interpretation is that Fuller feels if women are educated and skilled then they will be able to take care of themselves until the right man comes along. Their discretion will be tenfold, and they will be able to wait for the proverbial "Mr. Right". Fuller gives three wonderful examples of how equality gets broken down in a marriage. The first is the "household partnership"(42), w .....
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The Characterisitics Of A Trag
Words: 688 / Pages: 3 .... should be a person in society whose actions involve the well-being of its members.The plot of the play should show him working to achieve some goal very dear to him.This action will involve him in choices.There will be a web of circumstances and this will set off a chain of events that could not have been foreseen or stopped.The hostility of his destiny may be the result of circumstances,of the activities of his enemies,or some supernatural force hostile to him personally or to all humanity such as fate,the gods, or Satan.When it is too late to escape the victim comes to realize what has happened to him,and dies bitter,burnt-out,and desperate.The au .....
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Analysis Of THE CRUCIBLE
Words: 560 / Pages: 3 .... havoc upon Salem. Right from the beginning of the play he faces many difficult situations. He was the witness of Elizabeth Proctor's arrest. He also knew that she was innocent, but was afraid to do anything about it because he was always taught to respect the authority of those above him.
By the third act John Hales attitude slowly began to change. He had once been certain of his views, and confident in the ways of the court, but he then started to doubt the court, and even attempted to change some of its demands. "Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell: I beg I may shut my conscience to it no more- private vengeance is working through this testimon .....
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Comparing William Faulkners Tw
Words: 1118 / Pages: 5 .... When she meets Homer Barron and thinks that she has found her true love. But opposite of what she wants, Homer is a homosexual: ¡§¡Khe liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks¡¦ Club --- that he was not a marrying man¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 126). To keep him with her forever, Miss Emily chooses to murder Homer. ¡§Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and learning forward, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair¡¨ (¡§A Rose for Emily¡¨, 130), Faulkner implies that Miss Emily actually sleeps with the corpse. She must love Hom .....
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Hercules
Words: 3120 / Pages: 12 .... Alcmene’s husband, Amphitryon, was away, Zeus made her pregnant. This made the goddess Hera so angry that she tried to prevent the baby from being born. When Alcmene gave birth to the baby, she named him Herakles (Romans pronounced it ""). The name Herakles means "glorious gift of Hera". This made Hera even angrier. When was an infant, Hera sent two serpents to destroy him in his cradle. However, strangled them, one in each hand, before they could bite him.
When grew up and had become a great warrior, he married a young woman named Megara. They had two children together and lived very happily. However, things didn’t turn ou .....
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A Separate Peace - Analysis
Words: 2231 / Pages: 9 .... First, one of the
biggest problems that Gene had, that is jealousy. Gene was jealous of Finny's confidency, openness, modesty, superb athletic abilities, his natural leadership skills, his ability to deal with stress easily, his care free attitude, his people skills and, of course, his good looks.
Early in the story Finny demonstrated his openness by when asked for his height, he said 5 foot, 8½ inches, while Gene replies 5 foot, 9 inches. Finny pointed out that they were the same height and you shouldn't be ashamed to tell anybody your real height. Later that day, they skip dinner to go swimming in the river,by Finny'schoice,
and are aske .....
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