.... The challenge heightens and the swimmer is represented as an “angry isolate.” Like a computer game special affects are added in to increase the danger such as the lightning and the darkness. Imagery such as “Deliberately fracturing glass moving down through pools” conveys the mental picture of the water being glass shattered with every stroke. Shattering glass suggesting danger and fear. “Barely missing the moon’s pale hiss,” portrays the image of a deadly snake, heightening the risk of the challenge. The depiction of “white nudes between each sizzling shaft,” brings to the reader the vulner .....

.... her status socially, financially, and even racially. If it’s their own child, of course, they have every right in the world to name him or her. But in some cultures, as is evident in “No Name Woman”, they have the right to take away someone’s name if they have disgraced their family and/or community. A name is very significant because it gives a person a sense of who they are, an identity. In “No Name Woman”, Kingston’s aunt had no identity except for the story her mother told her and in “Mary” Marguerite’s new boss, Mrs. Cullinan changed her name to Mary which then, in a way, removed M .....

.... was a parallel of the situation surrounding Beatrice, Rappaccini's daughter's apparent poisonous body. Giovanni disregards his professor, hence ignoring the warnings. In the story Paul's Case, Paul's father forbids him to go to work as a usher in the theater, because of Paul's trouble in school. His father calls the hall and tells Paul's boss not to employ him anymore. His father even tells all of his friends in theater not to see Paul. Paul, like Giovanni does not listen to his peers. Paul steals money from the print-shop and goes to New York to live the good life like the people that he used to seat at Carnegie Hall. The stories deal with t .....

.... the home of King Henry XIII and Edward Tudor. Tom went to the gate to ask for food but the guards just pushed him away. Prince Edward saw this and welcomed Tom into the palace for some food. Edward had the idea to change places for just a few minutes. The few minutes were fun. When it came time to change back, the guard kicked Edward out before the boys could change back. This was a dream come true for Tom, and Edward did not think it was so bad either until… -2- After a few days, Edward met Tom’s drunken dad, John. He was very abusive and if Tom’s mother tried to help Edward, John would just hit her away. .....

.... entire external existence of humankind. In most cases our actions reflect our intentions. Although actions are only temporary and do not reflect the entire nature of a person, if people's actions are concluded to be predetermined than it must also be accepted that so is the will of all human beings. In Hume's view, the limits of the mind are equal in every human. Causation in our nature arises almost entirely from uniformity. It should not be expected that because of this uniformity that all humans would act exactly the same in the same circumstances. An allowance must be made for, "the diversity of character, prejudices, and opinions" (Hume .....

.... of people who attempt to preserve knowledge through memorization. At the beginning of the novel Guy Montag is described as a "minstrel man" (4). He is a fireman who "never questioned the pleasure of watching pages consumed by flames." (Back cover). He is a brave individual who decides to rebel against society. Montag meets a crazy and imaginative seventeen-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. She tells him of a time when firemen used to put out fires instead of making them. After that, Montag and the other firemen burn a house filled with books and burn its owner. "They crashed the front door and grabbed at a women, though she was not running .....

.... what she suspects to be a conspiracy. Her role is comparable to the role of Maxwell¡¦s Demon. ¡§As the Demon sat and sorted his molecules into hot and cold, the system was said to lose entropy. But somehow the loss was offset by the information the Demon gained about what molecules were where¡¨ (p.105). Oedipa¡¦s purpose in the novel, besides executing a will, is to find meaning in a life dominated by assaults on people¡¦s perceptions through the use of drugs and the muting of communications. Entangled in this chaos, Oedipa has to do what the Maxwell¡¦s Demon does: sort useful facts from useless ones. Pynchon involves his audience .....

.... in the United States. Literary period/country *Contemporary/Ancient India Characters *Siddhartha -Protagonist -Main character in action -He is stubborn in his quest and yet honored by his community and relatives. *Govinda -Siddhartha's psychological alter ego -Main character's friend who provides opposing ideas and thoughts. -He cares about his dear friend as he follows him throughout most of his quest. *Gotoma (Buddha) -Admired as the distinct holy one and as a great idol among the Hindus. -Open Govinda's eyes, allowing him to seek his own path of peace which he finds through Buddha. -Buddha is a peaceful man who is wise in h .....

.... happiness in the world. When a cheerful couple was seen walking and singing, Candide told Martin, “At least you must admit that these people are happy�(94). Martin quickly replied, “I wager they are not�(94). The only basis Martin had for his judgment was the sight of two outwardly content people, yet somehow he was compelled to characterize them as unhappy. Martin’s pessimistic outlook on life is the antithesis of Leibniz’s theory that this world is the best. The evil that Martin perceived blinded him from the good that existed in the world. The land of Eldorado was the realization of Leibniz’s theory that this world is the best. .....

.... the Russian Revolution. Napoleon is the leader of the pigs that ultimately come to dominate the farm. The characteristics that we associate with pigs , lazy, greedy, and pushy are meant to symbolize the characteristics that the leaders of the Russian Revolution exhibited. Napoleon is admired by all of the animals because he is their leader. All of the animals believe that their leader wants to fulfill all of their needs. They also are convinced that Napoleon’s decisions are made the best interest of the animals. Napoleon’s piglike qualities are shown throughout the story. He exhibited greediness when he sold the dying horse, Boxer to a sl .....